This past Saturday Jerri Allyn and I coordinated the recreation of Fluids: A Happening by Allan Kaprow. In conjunction with the exhibition Allan Kaprow – Art as Life at MOCA, LACMA organized this recreation at several sites throughout the LA area. The project was supported in part by an in-kind donation from the Union Ice Company (which rocks!) and by generous support from the Getty Foundation. The original happening occurred in 1967 as part of Kaprow’s exhibition at the Pasadena Museum of Art. Our recreation at the Westchester Park was completed in just over 2 hours and lasted untill about 2:50 when the west facing wall fell. The whole structure collapsed shortly after 3:30, just as the LA Art Girls were placing ice from Fluids sites at the Getty, Rios Clementi Hale Studios/notNeutral and A Place Called Home. See more photos here.
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This Friday the documentary RECOVERED Journeys Through the Autism Spectrum and Back premieres at the PDC in West Hollywood. I hear the 380 seat theater is sold out! We at Rise are very excited to say the least.
As many of you know, for the last three and a half years I have been working on a documentary with Dr. Doreen Granpeesheh of the Center for Autism and Related Disorders called RECOVERED Journeys Through the Autism Spectrum and Back. It follows four children who recovered from Autism Spectrum Disorder and includes an original score by our very own Jeremy Quinn and Michael Feldman, with songs by Nine More Lies and H. Hanson. I am very proud to announce that the project is complete and the premiere is scheduled for Friday April 25, 2008 at 8 pm (doors open at 7 pm) at the Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood. RSVP for Premiere screening, Q&A and Reception or if you are out of town you can purchase the 2 disk DVD set to watch at home.
If you give David Horvitz specific sums of money he will complete a variety of specific actions that will not only make both your and his lives better, but also effect the livelihood of his landlord, a homeless person, a Buddhist monk, a cat in LA, or in many cases the airlines industry. I wish I had thought of this. Nice one David.
So this semester I am teaching 6 classes between UCR and Otis (yes everyone keeps telling me I am crazy, I know that), but I am most excited about the Otis Integrated Learning course: Creative Solutions to Living Through Autism. I spent the last two semesters designing this course so it is great to see it finally happening. The class is partnered with the Center for Autism and Related Disorders and students from all majors at Otis will develop projects relating to one of four topics: Children diagnosed on the Autism Spectrum, their Families, ABA Therapists, and the Public Awareness of Autism. Check out our Virtual Classroom from time to time to see what we are up to.
This month my video suite “we do not have to inherit everything they leave for us” will be presented in a group show of video art that opens tonight in Kansas City at the University of Missouri’s Gallery of Art. The show, called I-Dentity, was curated by Ashley McLean Emenegger and includes work SE Barnet, Nancy Buchanan, Zackary Drucker, Nabawia (Nabby) El-Soudani, Anthony Goicolea, Terrence Handscomb, Michele Jaquis, McCallum & Tarry, Natasa Prosenc, Miller Updegraff & Kaari Upson, Bruce Yonemoto. I know all of you on the east and west coasts will be flying there tonight so as not to miss the party. I wish I could too.
Our dear glorious leader…
A new gadget from our dear and glorious leader Google… Grand Central. What kind of sinister plot are they up to? A phone number of the beast? I’m only half kidding…
originally posted by J on 11.06.2007 (moved from the Calendar)
Apparently, I am originally from Brazil, but have also lived in Korea Republic, Greece, Vietnam, and currently reside in France.
Inspired by discussions about art versus non-art audiences in relation to my recent work, I made a proposal for a billboard. Let me know what you think.
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