Conceptual Artist Dorit Cypis plans to utilize the space by further investigating her thesis, Foreign Exchanges: Bridging Equality and Difference, which actively explores an ongoing development of new participatory and collective models of engagement. During her time in the residency she will archive her personal writings written over the last three decades, develop a pro-active curriculum for engagement that can be used by others and offer a series of workshops on mediation and somatic movement. Dorit will also host a variety of forums among centralized artists to produce a large dialogue for a local Los Angeles public about social engagement.