The garage will do is a temporary installation in the backyard space of the Mackey Apartments by current architect-in-residence Jakob Sellaoui, with invited talks by ten LA-based artists, architects and writers. The project draws upon a quote by Frank Lloyd Wright referring to R.M. Schindler's buildings as well-designed, but badly executed. He nevertheless concludes that so far none have fallen down. The intervention reassesses assumptions surrounding the way things are made— or ought to be made. Departing from constructional shortcomings, not-quite solutions and average arrangements, the proposal explores crudeness and make-do, not as lack of finesse or quality, but rather as a form of resilience and robustness— perhaps not because they are 'well made', but because they are just 'good enough'. In a series of talks, the invited participants are asked to contribute stories that mark out a way of rethinking the notion of deficiency not as a disadvantage, but possibly as a virtue. Making a building or telling a story is never an exact or definite process. Details might be left out and characters forgotten. Things get lost in translation. Nevertheless they persist. At least most of the time. The first talk on February 29th at 7PM will include Cristobal Amunategui, Wendy Gillmartin, Andrew Kovacs, Emanuel Rohss, and Julia Tcharfas. The second talk on March 7th at 6PM will include Katy Barkan, Fiona Connor, Jia Gu, Jimenez Lai, and Luis Ortega Govela.