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
The US/Mexico Border, Fallen Fruit, 2010