L.A. Louver presents the debut American exhibition of a new body of work by Los Angeles-based architect and artist Thom Mayne. Investigating the philosophical intersections of impermanence and materiality, Mayne demonstrates how technology – at the frontiers of computer language and object-creation – can reframe and readdress timeless questions at the essence of artmaking.

Each artwork in Shaping Accident begins with a computer algorithm, which assists the translation of concepts into physical forms that fuse drawing, sculpture and printing. Mayne’s process, although highly technological, is informed by the theoretical laws and currents of the natural world, primarily selection, iteration and evolution.