Field Trip at Materials & Applications

​Field Trip by Erin Besler / Besler & Sons is the current installation at the Materials & Applications (M&A) Storefront Project Space! The project will be open to visitors who will enjoy exclusive access and drinks by Rocky's Matcha and snacks throughout the day.

​Architectural travel has had a way of determining what becomes worthy of recording, seeing, and referencing. It’s paid attention to icons and monuments. From surveys to site visits, from the Grand Tour and its catalog of historic sites to excursions into the field, travel and its documentation are means of seeing and forms of architectural work. Field Trip redirects these architectural practices through an itinerary that shifts attention to the ordinary and charming ways through which the built environment takes shape. A kiosk at the M&A Storefront Project Space is Field Trip’s point of departure and return. It’s a field station and traveling companion that gathers maps, postcards, and provisions for going out into the city.

​M&A is a Los Angeles-based organization pursuing a public, participatory, and just culture of experimentation in architecture.