Downtown, Los Angeles
Bob Dornberger & Alee Peoples
A Kind Of Mayor
GaitGait is pleased to present A kind of mayor, a two person exhibition featuring the work of Bob Dornberger and Alee Peoples. A kind of mayor presents the work of Bob Dornberger and Alee Peoples, whose studio practices both focus on human behavior as a framework to mine the relationship between human, material, and site. Featuring an interactive sculpture by Bob Dornberger and a screening of three short films by Alee Peoples, this exhibition defines mayor as a protector and purveyor utilizing inanity and commitment. Dornberger and Peoples deliver humor through their own lens of absurdity, inviting the viewer to enter their constructed realities while maintaining a responsibility to the real. Dornberger acknowledges the downtown LA rooftop as an untraditional space to exhibit artwork and presents an interactive sculpture that incorporates a ladder, a drink dispenser, binoculars, and a framed drawing demonstrating his deep generosity and hospitality for the viewer. Peoples’ 16mm films, projected onto an elevator shaft on the rooftop, create universes that move between play and critique, direct and complex framing, and the mundane and dramatic. Bob Dornberger works in the gray area between art and design. A furniture and object designer by day, Bob disrupts the underground food scene on nights and weekends with his ongoing project, Secret Restaurant. Exploring the intersection of food, anxiety and sculpture has become a central theme in Bob's work. His work often uses quasi-architectural interventions to create surreal and engaging experiences. Recent group exhibitions include Jonald Dudd: House Party in Brooklyn, Public Programs for the LA:Current Public Art Biennial, Snorkel Dreams at the Annenberg Community Pool House and Surveying the Land in Joshua Tree CA. Bob studied sculpture and sound design at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He lives and works along the I-10 Corridor, from Culver City to Pioneertown, CA. Alee Peoples maintains a varied artistic practice that involves screen-printing, sewing, sculpture and film. Currently living in Los Angeles, she has taught youth classes at Echo Park Film Center and organized a 13-date film tour in the spring of 2014. Peoples has shown her films at numerous U.S. film festivals and at art spaces in Tokyo, Spain, Switzerland and the Netherlands. She is inspired by pedestrian histories, pop song lyrics and invested in the hand-made. Gait is a rooftop project space dedicated to presenting artistic projects emphasizing experimentation and site-specificity in Los Angeles, California.