Trespass: First a Parade, Then a Party
West of Rome Public Art
www.trespassparade.org <http://www.trespassparade.org>
On Sunday, October 2, 2011 the streets of downtown Los Angeles will erupt in
a
parade of local artists and residents, complete with music, dancing and
performance. The parade is the culmination of Trespass, a collaborative
project between Arto Lindsay, Rirkrit Tiravanija, and West of Rome Public
Art
(WoR). They have commissioned 40 Los Angeles based artists, including John
Baldessari, Barbara Kruger, Nancy Rubins and Sterling Ruby, to produce a
statement--their call to action, pleasure and reciprocity. The statements
have
been printed on T-shirts in English and in Spanish, and will be worn as part
of the parade and sold via the West of Rome website. The parade will take
place at 11:00 am and will convene at 1933 South Broadway, Los Angeles, CA
90007. This project has been created to coincide with Pacific Standard Time,
a
collaboration of more than 60 cultural institutions across Southern
California
coming together for the first time to celebrate the birth of the L.A. art
scene, which begins October 2011.
On Monday, October 3, 2011 Trespass will reach its climax with a blow out
benefit party for WoR at Union Station in downtown Los Angeles. Fantastic
and
transgressive Los Angeles iconic underground figure, Miss Vaginal Davis will
shape our journey into the night. The rhythms of Trespass will permeate
into
the evening as musician Arto Lindsay will perform a unique piece composed
for
the occasion. Artist Rirkrit Tiravanija will engage the audience in a
continuation of the collective experience of social awareness stemming from
the parade.
WoR will integrate underground and cutting edge moments of street life and
cultural history in Los Angeles into the party, and deliver it to a
sophisticated international art audience. For a unique experience in the
City
of Angels, please visit our website: www.trespassparade.org
<http://www.trespassparade.org> .
Arto Lindsay's musical career has often involved collaboration with artists.
These have ranged from working with Jean Michel Basquiat on his artist break
for MTV to a performance at The Kitchen with Vito Acconci called "Women's
Business" to a parade during Carnaval in El Salvador with Matthew Barney
entitled "de lama l?mina." Recent projects include collaborations with
Dominique Gonzalez Foerster and Philippe Parreno. In April 2008 Lindsay
presented "I Am a Man", a parade in Frankfurt featuring dancer Richard
Siegal,
artist /musician Nico Vascellari, percussionist Marivaldo Paim, and students
of the Staedelschule. In 2009 Lindsay presented Multinatural (Blackout) a
parade at the Venice Biennale. He also presented parades in New York and
Berlin. In 2010 he collaborated on a parade in Paris for Nuitblanche with
Rirkrit Tiravanija.
Thai artist Rirkrit Tiravanija is widely recognized as one of the most
influential artists of his generation. His work defies media-based
description, as his practice combines traditional object making, public and
private performances, teaching, and other forms of public service and social
action. Winner of the 2010 Absolut Art Award and the 2005 Hugo Boss Prize
awarded by the Guggenheim Museum. Tiravanija was also awarded the Benesse by
the Naoshima Contemporary Art Museum in Japan and the Smithsonian American
Art
Museum's Lucelia Artist Award.
WoR is the leading organization in Los Angeles dedicated to the realization
of
artists' projects, exhibitions, and public interventions outside of the
frame
of galleries and museums. Founded in 2005, WoR has produced many notable
exhibitions including Women in The City featuring Barbara Kruger, Louise
Lawler, Cindy Sherman and Jenny Holzer, Mike Kelley and Michael Smith's A
Voyage of Growth and Discovery, and Marnie Weber's Eternity Forever.
West of Rome Public Art 380 South Lake Avenue, Suite 209 Pasadena,
California
91101 Phone: (626) 793-1504 email: info@westofrome.org
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