We arrived in Madrid and we are going to meet with Maria, Frank and Paqui from Intermediae today to start setting up our ‘Base Camp’. Located at Matadero, it’s an old slaughter house (!) that has been transformed into a beautiful exhibition and performance space.
Please stop by and say hello if you are at ARCO this year.
Fallen Fruit invites you to take part in Acción Fruta Urbana. Visit their Base Camp set up in Intermediæ from February 16th onwards, designed as a place for reunion, collaboration, work and exchange with the collective. A meeting point where to undertake the actions and where the progress of their initiative in Madrid will be displayed. Once the actions are over, and up until March 14th, a selection of their works will be become the protagonist in this space in order to account for their career and experience in Madrid.
- Urban Fruit Walk
Wednesday, 17 February, from 16.00 to 18.00 h*
Fallen Fruit invites the public to join them on an Urban Fruit Walk, exploring local neighborhoods to locate what fruit trees might already exist and to identify places where more trees could be planted. They are especially interested in fruit trees that are planted on the border of public and private property, which provide a point for interrogation on the use of space and the symbolic power of the fruit tree.
- Urban Fruit Action
Friday, 19 February from 12.00 to 18.00 h*
The public is invited to join them in an Urban Fruit Action, planting new fruit trees in the neighborhoods we have explored. The members of Fallen Fruit learned over time that describing what they wished to see what not enough. To paraphrase Karl Marx, the point would not be to describe the world, but to change it.
- Encounter and presentation of the new Public Fruit Map
Saturday, 20 February 18.30 h
An encounter in which Fallen Fruit will talk about their work methodology, where they will present the new Public Fruit Map which will close the Urban Fruit Action.
*To participate contact info@intermediae.es
