X Artists’ Books and the MAK Center for Art and Architecture present Itinéraires Fantômes at Reading Room in the Schindler House gardens, with guest artist and Itinéraires Fantômes contributor Edgar Fabián Frías. Itinéraires Fantômes, featured in the MAK Center’s exhibition Reading Room, is an artist-made oracle deck published by X Artists’ Books in 2024. It was created by Alexandra Grant with Hélène Cixous in celebration of Hélène's work, and features artworks by family, friends, and artists who have been inspired by and inspired Hélène's writing.
Oracle readings by Edgar Fabián Frías are available on a first come, first serve basis, and included with the price of general admission. Please note that registration does not guarantee an oracle reading.
EDGAR FABIÁN FRÍAS
Edgar Fabián Frías is a boundary-breaking multidisciplinary artist based in Los Angeles with degrees in Psychology, Studio Art, and an MFA in Art Practice from UC Berkeley. Their immersive works blend diverse artistic disciplines, challenging conventional categories. Frías explores resiliency and radical imagination through Indigenous Futurism, spirituality, and queer aesthetics.
X ARTISTS’ BOOKS
X Artists’ Books (XAB) makes collaborative, interdisciplinary, and artist-driven publications and editions. Founded in Los Angeles in 2017, their projects range from artists’ books to institutional partnerships. As artists themselves, they center the artist’s work, voice and vision in each publication. XAB publishes across a range of formats, including hardback and paperback books, artists’ newspapers, and limited editions. Each project’s format and design is a discussion between the artist or artists, design team, institution (if applicable), and publisher that takes into account the subject matter of each project and how best to present it as a printed work.
MAK CENTER FOR ART AND ARCHITECTURE
The MAK Center for Art and Architecture, Los Angeles is a contemporary, experimental, multi-disciplinary center for art and architecture and is headquartered in three architectural landmarks by the Austrian-American architect Rudolph M. Schindler. Founded in 1994, the MAK Center is a Los Angeles-based 501(c)3 non-profit organization and the California satellite of the MAK – Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna. The core of the programming includes the internationally recognized MAK Artists and Architects-in-Residence Program, an annual residency program for emerging international artists and architects. The MAK Center works in cooperation with the Friends of the Schindler House (FoSH), a nonprofit organization whose mission is to preserve and maintain Schindler's Kings Road house in West Hollywood.