Actions, Conversations, and Intersections

April 15 -18
Elana Mann
Performing Economies II

Friday, April 16, 3-5pm
Carolina Caycedo performs The Colombian Connection and Elana Mann performs How did that get done: A Cross Section and Time Series Analysis of the No-Income Hypothesis

Sunday, April 18, 2-5pm
(non-edible) Bake Sale for the Department of Cultural Affairs, Los Angeles with Lara Banks, Dan Greaney, Stephanie Hutin, Jason Kunke, Adam Overton, Nate Page, Vincent Ramos
(Mann is still looking for participants- so contact her if you are interested! elanamann@gmail.com)

++++++++++++++++++++++

Thursday, April 15, 1pm
Mary Sutton and Critical Resistance
Can We Build Our Way Out of Prison Overcrowding?

In conjunction with Actions, Conversations, and Intersections, Mary Sutton, CSPG’s Program Director and members of Critical Resistance Los Angeles will give a presentation created for Californians United for a Responsible Budget, CURB.

The powerpoint features posters from CSPG’s exhibition, Prison Nation: Posters on the Prison Industrial Complex .

++++++++++++++++++++++

Saturday, April 17, 7pm
Poli Marichal’s Shadow Puppet Theater with Jamie Kim, Beth Peterson, and Marianne Sadowski
Once Upon a Grid (Greed) and other contemporary fables for the 21st Century

Once Upon a Grid (Greed) and other contemporary fables for the 21st Century mixes satire and fact in order to create fantastic narratives that address our troubled times. Rod shadow puppets made out of recycled materials are used to reenact some of the critical events that are shaping our world.

++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Sunday, April 18, 2-5 pm
Closing Reception and Catalog Proofing Party

Celebrate the final actions of the exhibition and help proof the soon to be released catalog – a party to celebrate all the artists, organizations, and viewers who made the Actions, Conversations, and Intersections exhibition possible.

Light refreshments courtesy of the Echo Park Private Brewery serving a micro-brewed Nut Brown Ale and Light Ale, Bavarian style pretzels and mustard donated by the We Miss Munich Bakery, with additional snack support provided by Lauren M. Kasmer and Joyce Dallal via Whole Foods.

2-3 pm
Classical Music Trio

Comprised of Vincent Reyes on guitar, Jerico Flores on violin and Mini Zabala on flute will perform selections from their classical repertoire as well as jazz standards and original arrangements of modern pop songs.

Vincent Reyes began playing guitar professionally at 15 and studied composition at NYU under Ruth Schonthal. He is a member of the American Guitar Society and had studied briefly under Scott Tennent. He has written music for various film and theater productions, arranged music for the Filipino American Symphony Orchestra, and is the composer for ThreeTwoOne Productions.

Jerico Flores has been a member of the Hamilton Orchestra, West LA Youth Orchestra, and the Glendale Youth Orchestra under the direction of Brad Keimach. He had been chosen to play the Brach Violin Concerto at CSUN and is currently studying violin at the Thornton School of Music at USC.

Mini Zabala was a flutist with the Los Angeles Symphonic Winds (Pierce College) for several years and went on tours with them to Europe. She has also played with several other groups including the Kelley Love Orchestra, has performed as pit orchestra flutist for some local community productions, and is presently a member of the Filipino American Symphony Orchestra.

2-5pm
Heather Ellison and Lyn M. Watanabe
Pillow Thoughts

Pillow Thoughts was conceived in part from the installation, Cup Thoughts by Nicola Atkinson Does Fly (NADFLY). These pillows once displayed at the Los Angeles Municipal Gallery at Barnsdall Park, have been donated by NADFLY to inspire others.

Seeking eighty participants to re-fashion the pillows and return them for an exhibition in the fall of 2010.

March 18 – 21, 12-5pm

Telematique Ensemble: Aurisha Smolarski, Doran McGee, Somerset Waters and Federico Tobon reside in the video room presenting:

The City Re-Emerged When We Arrived

Through the use of live video imaging and live interactive music, participants will go on a visual and auditory journey through Los Angeles from past to present to a potential future. The once vital Los Angeles was a city boasting of sustainable landscape that has since been taken over by the motor vehicle and concrete landscape. Through the use of sustainable transportation-the bicycle, participants will experience the re-evolution towards a more lush green, more livable environment.

Audience participation is required!

Here is how you can participate:
1) Get on the bike
2) Invite up to 2 people to join you in the pedi-cab
3) Start pedaling
4) Enjoy the ride!

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++

March 18 -20, 12-5pm

Jade Thacker
Playroll Handout Part II
Interact with ceramic casts of the space between handshakes and gestures of intimacy.

Try it On, Shake it Off, Leave your mark.
Add to an archive in progress of the space between this Saturday from 12- 5.

++++++++++++++++++++++++

March 20, 1pm

Charlie Hachadourian and Poorang Nori
Tonir-Lavash

In many villages across the Mid/Near East families and friends gather around a Tonir (a clay bread oven) periodically and proceed to make flat bread (Lavash). Traditionally, the Tonir is installed in one family’s house and relatives and friends bring the flour and water to this location to produce the bread that is shared among all.

In this project they perform the making of Lavash in a Tonir with the intention of evoking the sentiments of the traditional gatherings for making bread in such small villages. By replicating the practice of making bread they aim to create a situation that provides a place for discourse regarding the very elemental connection between community members and the production of sustenance.

The performance also calls into question the tendencies of post-industrialized cultures to distance the production of goods from the community, thereby severing the link between the act of production and the act of consumption. Through the making of the bread in the Tonir, we hope to rekindle the simple sense of community that comes into being when people gather around the making and sharing of food.

+++++++++++++++++++++++

March 20, 2pm

Center for Experimental Art and Architecture

Presentation and film by Vasken Brudian for the preparation for Sunday’s collaborative painting event inspired by Zen garden methodology.

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++

March 20 & 21, 2-4pm

Nadfly Fika Shop is open serving coffee and cardamon cake with guest operators James Frede on Saturday and Marjory Garrison on Sunday.
$3

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

March 21, 2-4pm

Nancy Keystone with Critical Mass Performance Group

Celebrate the 41st anniversary of Allan Kaprow’s performance, Pose, with light refreshments and photographed chair sitting.

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++

March 21, 2-4pm

Center for Experimental Art and Architecture

Collaborative painting project led by Vasken Brudian.

Jennifer Moran, Brian Janeczko, Enci Box and Aurisha Smolarski present the collaborative project, In the Living Room of LA’s Bicycle Culture, highlighting a small aspect of bike culture with the audience invited to be participants. The installation puts the culture on display, and includes discussions, creations and interactions in a ever evolving format, mimicking the dynamic bicycle culture in Los Angeles.

The Exhibit includes an on-going, rotating series of participatory events:

Photography/Painting/Furniture Collaboration
Various artists exhibit artwork that serve as the “living room” decor fabricated out of bicycles.

Video Documentary
The Echo Park Film Center screens a series of videos with films addressing anything and everything about bicycle culture.

Bicycle Workshop
Part of the “living room” is a bicycle workshop where visitors can learn how to fix flats and basic bicycle maintenance.

Thursday and Friday, March 11 and 12, 12-5pm

Bicycle Dressing & Explosion: Two bikes are available to dress with objects, stickers, and streamers.

Spoke Card Design and Trading: Create, trade and discuss the art of spoke card making. Contribute to the Spoke Card display by adding your own designs or trade for designs by others.

Thursday, March 11, 6:30-9:30 pm

Art Cycle Meeting: The final Art Cycle meeting regarding the March 13 Art cycle event on Santa Monica Boulevard.

Saturday, March 13, 12-5pm

Bicycle Explosion: Bicycles from the Bike Dressing Activity are de-constructed to be hung from the ceiling of the gallery.

Bike Noise: Turning the bicycle into a musical instrument through the use of contact microphones, electronic pedals, and amplification visitors are invited to produce music from prepared bicycles.

Experimental Mobile Music Workshop: The Bicycle Bell Ensemble orchestrates a musical event in which bicycles bells are used to create musical compositions.

Sunday, March 14, 12-5pm

Bike Rack Installation: A bike rack fabricated off site with donated materials and labor, referencing the unique ideas and designs of Frank Lloyd Wright’s art and architecture, to be displayed on the portico.

+++++++++++++++++++++++

Sunday, March 14, 2-4 pm
Nadfly Fika Shop: Coffee and cardamon cake served by special guest host Marjory Garrison. $3

++++++++++++++++++++++++++

All events free and open to the public unless otherwise noted at the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, 4800 Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90027.

12-5pm: Howard Hill and Patricia Zambrano turn salvaged furniture and clothing into desirable objects. Dismantling chairs, tables, beds, mailboxes, etc into bike racks, benches and paintings. Spend some time making stuff with them.

12-5pm: Pseduo-Sod Forest artist Amy Caterina will be knitting grass and deer skin. She invites you to knit with her.

by Lauren Kasmer

1-5pm: HOMESITE Clothing Exchange

Bring an article of clothing you no longer want, outgrew, never liked, or just want to have immortalized. Tell the story of your contribution. Exchange it for another item donated by other participants or the MODAC Museum of Fashion Designers and Creators and American Apparel.

And/or: A Homesite label can be sewed or pinned on what you are wearing.

Enjoy a beverage supplied by Whole Foods Santa Monica.

Exchanges are documented and become part of the Homesite
project.

2-4pm: Ana Llorente hosts the Nadfly Fika Shop. Coffee and cardamon cake for $3.

Spend your rainy Saturday afternoon inside the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery hanging out and working on the following projects:

12-5pm: Amy Caterina knits more grass and more fur for her forest floor and forest animals. Bringing your needles and join her.

12-5pm: Upcycling with Howard Hill and Patricia Zambrano – transform salvaged and scavenged furniture into desirable and usable objects. This weekend they share their techniques. Bring an object to work on or choose from theirs.

12-5pm: Theordore Payne docents are on hand every weekend to talk to you about native flora and fauna. Whether you have a yard or a balcony they can give tips on the plants that are best for your location.

1-5 pm: The Longest Potholder will be growing today. Laurel Paley invites you to bring clean socks to modify into a new section of the potholder.

1-5pm: Some of the largest knitting needles in town will be in use by Shelley Ruggthorp and her knitting coherts. You’re invited to join her and knit.

2-4pm: Minh Phan hosts the Nadfly Fika Shop. Enjoy fresh brewed coffee and homemade cardamon cake for $3.