LOT-EK
MIXER

a steel cement mixer is retrofitted as 21st century media cocoon

completed

2000

exhibited

Henry Urbach Architecture gallery, New York

collection

Guggenheim Museum, New York

collaborators

John Hartman, project lead / UAF-Marc Ganzglass, engineering+fabrication

photography

Paul Warchol

awards

concept & vision

MIXER transforms a steel cement mixer into a 21st century media cocoon suitable for lounging, viewing, and dreaming

design & architecture

fitted with 12” monitors connected to a variety of audio/video inputs - surveillance cameras, satellite TV, DVD player, Play station2 - and lined with a memory foam soft interior, Mixer offers a plush, intimate environment animated by multiple forms of information and media

program & use

we keep its rotating feature as Mixer still pivots on its central axis to allow perception of the space around it from within. In the spirit of a DJ mixing booth, Mixer offers a space for one or few people to select, sample, and mix a variety of sounds and imagery to suit individual fantasies

impact & significance

from the road spinning concrete, to an art space, an ordinary mixer revisited for a shared communal experience of technology - real, virtual, desired, imagined

Dec 1, 2026

LOT-EK lectures at RIT Vignelli Center, Rochester

LOT-EK lectures at RIT Vignelli Center, Rochester

Nov 16, 2026

LOT-EK lectures at Jefferson University CADE, Philadelphia

LOT-EK lectures at Jefferson University CADE, Philadelphia

Oct 10, 2026

The Black Schoolhouse opens!

The Black Schoolhouse opens!

Sep 14, 2026

The Black Schoolhouse on World Architects

The Black Schoolhouse on World Architects

Sep 10, 2026

The Black Schoolhouse on The Architect’s Newspaper

The Black Schoolhouse on The Architect’s Newspaper

Jul 7, 2026

LOT-EK on Wallpaper* US400 list

LOT-EK on Wallpaper* US400 list

Apr 6, 2026

LOT-EK and Carroll House on PIN-UP 40

LOT-EK and Carroll House on PIN-UP 40

Mar 16, 2026

LOT-EK on koozArch

LOT-EK on koozArch