GOOD IDEA-Pepsi Refresh Project
Inspire community-building through food, art & culture with EAT LACMA.
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We’re headed to Madrid for ARCO 2010 in February, where we’re in residency for two weeks and will be working on a project called Acción de Fruta Urbana at Intermediae in the Matadero arts complex.

www.intermediae.es

Acción Fruta Urbana [ARCOmadrid_ 2010], Fallen Fruit

Performing Public Space-bodily actions and artworks that interrupt the conventional structuring of public space, curated by Janet Owen-Driggs and Matthew Driggs

Lauren Bon, Fallen Fruit, Finishing School, John Geary
Anne Hars & Bill Wheelock, Ari Kletsky, Paul Pescador, Nancy Popp
Jules Rochielle Sievert, Jane Tsong, L.A. Urban Rangers

Bringing the work of eleven LA-based artists and artist collectives to La Casa del Túnel, Tijuana, Performing Public Space presents new performances and artworks alongside growing archives of ‘non-art’ actions documented on the streets, parks and plazas of Los Angeles and Tijuana.

Fallen Fruit will plant 21 fruit trees along the border of Mexico and the United States in Tijuana, Mexico. The trees will be in 21 barrels lined against the Mexican side of the border in the Colonia Federal neighborhood for the run of the show. The barrels for the trees will be painted in collaboration with Peruvian artist Giacomo Castagnola, a resident of Tijuana. Each tree will be adopted by a neighborhood resident, who will determine its final placement. Fallen Fruit is working with Guy Hatzvi on simple irrigation and grey water collection systems that can be adapted by local residents.

Performing Public Space

February 6 – March 21, 2010

La Casa del Túnel
Calle Chapo Márquez 133
Colonia Federal
Tijuana BC
México.
(664) 682-9570

www.lacasadeltunelartcenter.org

www.portablecityprojects.org

The US/Mexico Border, Fallen Fruit, 2010

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Come to the opening of Actions, Conversations, Intersections,  at the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, California.
An exhibition of participatory projects at Barnsdall, January 24 – April 18, 2010
Our video Double Standard will be part of the exhibition. 
Opening Sunday January 31, 2-5pm. 
at: The Municipal Art Gallery, 4800 Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles, 90027
Barnsdall

Opening January 30 until February 19 2010
Curated by Veronica Wiman: * la vitrina presenta: fallen fruit
Selections from United Fruit will be openingat Lugar a Dudas, Cali, Colombia. Most of the work for United Fruit was originally generated during our residency at Lugar a Dudas, so it’s an honor to be asked back to show it.
Banana Machine and Los Bananeros

www.lugaradudas.org

Introducing EATLACMA in February are two Public Fruit Tree Adoptions, a fruit tree giveaway held at Watts Towers and the LACMA campus. Fallen Fruit will distribute free bare-root fruit trees, requesting they be planted in public space or on the perimeter of private property. These events were chosen to open EATLACMA in order to honor the beginning of the growth cycle, as well as to signal the project’s commitment to changing the shape of our city.


The Watts Towers Public Fruit Tree Adoption is on Saturday, Feb 6 from 12-3 and is sponsored by TreePeople Los Angeles; the address is 1761 East 107th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90059. The LACMA Public Fruit Tree Adoption is on Sunday Feb 7 from 12-3 and will take place at the Los Angeles Times Central Court at LACMA.

February 2010–November 2010

EATLACMA is a year-long investigation into food, art, culture and politics. Fusing the richness of LACMA’s permanent collection with the ephemerality of food and the natural growth cycle, EATLACMA’s projects consider food as a common ground that explores the social role of art and ritual in community and human relationships.  EATLACMA unfolds seasonally, with artist’s gardens planted and harvested on the museum campus, hands-on public events, and a concurrent exhibition, Fallen Fruit Presents The Fruit of LACMA (June 27-November 7, 2010). It culminates in a day-long event (November 7, 2010) in which over fifty artists and collectives will activate, intervene, and re-imagine the entire museum’s campus and galleries. EATLACMA is curated by Fallen Fruit—David Burns, Matias Viegener and Austin Young—and LACMA curator Michele Urton.

HI Everyone!

Fallen Fruit is included in a great show opening this Saturday at Luckman Gallery at CalState Los Angeles. Please join us!!

hugs,
David, Matias and Austin

Taking its name from Jonathan Gold’s Pulitzer Prize winning LA Weekly column, Counter Intelligence is an exhibition inspired by food. Consisting of sculpture, photography, video, and performance, artists examine the social, political, and historical origins of food as well as simply celebrating it.

COUNTER INTELLIGENCE
curated by Marco Rios

November 21 – January 23
opening Saturday December 19th, 6pm – 8pm

Luckman Gallery
Luckman Fine Arts Complex
California State University, Los Angeles
5151 State University Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90032
T: 323.343.6604
F: 323.343.6423

Actions: What You Can Do With the City

16 October 2009 until 13 March 2010
Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts
4 West Burton Place, Chicago, Illinois

The Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA) presents Actions: What You Can Do With the City, an exhibition with 99 actions that instigate positive change in contemporary cities around the world. Seemingly common activities such as walking, playing, recycling, and gardening are pushed beyond their usual definition by the international architects, artists, and collectives featured in the exhibition. Their experimental interactions with the urban environment show the potential influence personal involvement can have in shaping the city, and challenge fellow residents to participate.