Growing up immersed in the Los Angeles art and punk scenes, but on opposite sides of the county, Kyle Roberts and Ryan McGuffin were well-versed in the art of discovering a space, throwing up a gig or exhibition, then breaking it down to find another.
"We discovered a domestic space, so we took that as our starting point".
This week's house was looking pretty good, as far as investments go, until they discovered a crawl space and set out to explore it.
After Zabludowicz discovered an office space in pre-demolition limbo, where the previous company had already vacated the space but there were still a few weeks before the space would be demolished, the curator made a last-minute decision to throw together a residency in this very unlikely setting.
He captures the solitary sense of being the last one awake in a sleeping house and the peacefulness that comes with discovering a restful space of one's own (even if that space isn't found in the classic places: the well-appointed bedroom, as in "Goodnight Moon," or at the tail end of a strange dream, as in Sendak's "In the Night Kitchen").
And far higher than the world's tallest mountain, researchers at Utah University discovered that a "space drink" astronauts drink can stave off the damaging effects of radiation, the main culprit behind wrinkles and other age-related blemishes.
Entering through a doorway with muslin curtains, you discover a loft space divided in half by shelves that display small, enticingly lighted objects freshly plucked from the tabacs, farmacias and alimentaris of somewhere else — all the odd things you might stare at as a displaced tourist.
Space scientists have discovered a new hiding place for water on Mars.
The group hurried downstairs and discovered a vast, nearly empty space, lit with Christmas lights.
Kimberlee Hanson, the buyer and a co-founder of the stores, said she and the proprietor, Richard Beyda, were "working on finding the right location for over two years," and finally discovered a 14,000-square-foot space in an area of Manhattan she called the "mecca of home furnishing".
