Invited by the Hammer to participate in our Artist Residency Program, VanDerBeek spent several weeks in Los Angeles over the past year. The works included in her Hammer Project have grown out this residency and offer a particular view into our city.

A website listing remarkable and historic buildings in Los Angeles.

An essay by Jenny Price, published in The Believer Magazine, 2006.

Whitewash, a mixture of lime, water and salt, as well as color additives such as chalk, molasses, blood, egg white and milk, was first used in the mid 19th century in household and farm exterior maintenance. As paint's predecessor, it first offered itself as both a means to beautification as well as sanitation. It can be inexpensively purchased or easily made, and offers many modern modes of application.

The Schindler House, also known as the Kings Road House or Schindler Chace house, is a house in West Hollywood, California designed by architect Rudolf Schindler. The Schindler House is considered to be the first house built in the Modern style.

Fancy dance, Pan-Indian dancing, Fancy Feather or Fancy War Dance is a style of dance some believe was originally created by members of the Ponca tribe in the 1920s and 1930s, in an attempt to preserve their culture and religion. It is loosely based on the War dance. Fancy dance was considered appropriate to be performed for visitors to reservations and at "Wild West" shows. But today, fancy dancers can be seen at many powwows across the nation and even the world.