1 COLLECTIVE SHOW
Previously realized in NYC at Participant Inc in September 2010, Collective Show is an artist- organized exhibition of contemporary art groups. This collaboratively-curated “group show of group shows” features local artist-run projects and spaces, independent curatorial initiatives, not- for-profit endeavors and web-based groups estab- lished in the past 5 years. Collective Show is an open-source project organized by Silvershed, an artist-run project space in New York and Los Angeles. Collective Show organizers are currently developing the next Collective Show in Berlin. www.collectiveshow.org/
1 COLLECTIVE SHOW LOS ANGELES
Over 30 groups will exhibit artwork, publications and posters during the show at a newly renova— ted space in Chinatown. In addition, screenings, performances and talks will take place during the exhibition.
Collective Show Los Angeles 2011 is organized by artist groups ACP (Artist Curated Projects), Human Resources, [name], Night Gallery, Public Fiction, The Public School, Silvershed, Statler Waldorf Gallery and Workspace. Collective Show was founded by collaborators from New York and Los Angeles, and aims to further creative relationships by pro- viding an open-source format for locally organized shows.
2 PARTICIPANTS
323 Projects ACP Actual Size Los Angeles Adrian Piper Gallery ART2102 of Los Angeles Canal Commonwealth and Council CUBO Dan Graham Darin Klein & Friends Ditch Projects Eighteen-Thirty Electronic Disturbance Theater 2.0, *particle group*, b.a.n.g. lab Elephant Eternal Telethon GIBSMIR-Family Human Resources J Moca LA Pedestrians LA Road Concerts Material Monte Vista [name] Night Gallery Open Arms Public Address Public Fiction Secondhome Projects Silvershed Statler Waldorf Gallery Summercamp The Elysian Park Museum of Art The Public School Workspace WPA
3 COLLECTIVE SHOW LOS ANGELES 2011
January 20 - 30, 2011
Opening Reception: Thursday, January 20, 2011, 6-9 pm
Exhibition Hours: Friday, January 21 to Sunday, January 23, 2011, Thursday, January 27 through Sunday, January 30, 2011, 12-6 pm
Location: 995, 997 North Hill Street, Los Angeles CA 90012
Collective Show is free and open to the public, not-for-profit and volunteer organized. To learn more, please visit us online or contact Kerry Has- sler: [email protected]
4 LOS ANGELES ORGANIZERS
Zain Burgess Sabrina Chou Spencer Douglass Eve Fowler Maryam Hosseinzadeh Daniel Ingroff Dawn Kasper Eric Kim Ronni Kimm Molly Larkey Lauren Mackler Patrick Meagher Yunhee Min Davida Nemeroff Paul Pescador Matthew Timmons
SUPPORTING ORGANIZERS
Dawn Blackman Alexander Dawson Kerry Hassler Jay Henderson Pat Lian Nicolas Linnert Maeve O’Regan Melinda Wang
5 ABOUT SILVERSHED
Silvershed is an artist-run contemporary art pro— ject space in Chelsea. Collaborating on exhibi- tions, publications and events in New York, Los Angeles and Berlin, Silvershed explores contem- porary art values, ethics and aesthetics of the early 21st century. Started in 2008 by Patrick Meagher, Yunhee Min and Oliver Lanz, Silvershed is volunteer organized and accepts tax-deductible contributions as a sponsored project of Fractured Atlas, a non-profit arts service organization. www.thesilvershed.org/
6 GROUP NAME 323 Projects
NEIGHBORHOOD Everywhere
FOUNDER Tucker Neel
FOUNDED September 2010
MISSION To access 323 Projects simply call (323) 843-4652.
323 Projects exists to provide a dispersed, peripatetic, and constantly accessible venue for artists of all kinds who seek to explore issues important to their respective practices. 323 Proj- ects does not represent artists or sell work for a profit.
RECENT PROJECTS From One Side to the Other, I’ve Dreamed that Too. An exhibition organized by VOL- UME, You’ve Got Problems? We’ve Got Solutions by [name] a curatorial collective dedicated to the optimal channeling of auspicious energies in any and all available circumstances. Its members in- clude Spencer Douglass, Holly Myers, Paul Pesca- dor, Catherine Taft, Mathew Timmons, Matt Wardell, and Kate Wolf, Drift/Net by Yann Novak & You
COLLABORATED WITH VOLUME, Marcus Civin, Dino Dinco, Zackary Drucker, Seth Horvitz, i8u, Nina Katchadorian, Killsonic Women’s Chorus, M. La- mar Lissom, Marc Manning, Lucas Michael, Taisha Paggett, David Schafer, Susan Silton, Jacob Sper- ber, Ultra-red, Dorian Wood, [name] (a curatorial collective with Spencer Douglass, Holly Myers, Paul Pescador, Catherine Taft, Mathew Timmons, Matt Wardell, and Kate Wolf), Yann Novak, Joe Sola, Elana Mann
UPCOMING PROJECTS Snowshoe Expedition (Two People Fucking) by Matt Wardell, February Steve Vitiello, March Christopher Russell, April Joe Sola
PARTING WORDS 323 Projects is supported by grass- roots fundraising efforts, teamwork and collabo- rations with dedicated artists and art lovers. If you would like to support 323 Projects in any way please email [email protected] www.323projects.com
7 GROUP NAME Actual Size Los Angeles
NEIGHBORHOOD Chinatown
FOUNDERS Lee Foley, Justin John Greene, Samia Mir- za, Corrie Siegel
FOUNDED April 24, 2010
MISSION Actual Size Los Angeles is a gallery run by artists Lee Foley, Justin Greene, Samia Mirza and Corrie Siegel. Through close interaction with artists and thoughtful preparation of exhibitions and events, Actual Size presents a wide range of artwork and allows for situations that activate the exhibition and engage the public in the cul- ture of the artists’ work.
RECENT PROJECTS On January 15th, 2011, Actual Size Los Angeles hosted a premiere of Pals or Pals for Life / Life for Pals, an approximately 34-minute video piece, which was shot principally in January 2011 at the Actual Size gallery. Created in the style of a traditional studio audience television program, Pals revels in the angst and emotion of four friends/lovers who must install their respec- tive artworks in the presence of frenemies large and small. Though each character in the film is named after a specific human being, the story im- plies that these are simple archetypes from a vast universe of narcissistic micro-movements. Pals features performances by Wilson Chang, Richard Lidinsky, PJ Risse, and Natascha Snellman, with cinematography by Tyler Jamison and original theme music composed by Wilson Chang. The screening will be on view January 15th - February 5th, 2011 dur- ing gallery hours and by appointment.
COLLABORATED WITH Justin Cole, Eamon Ore-Giron, Katie Herzog, Josh Lee, Bobbi Woods, Tyson Reeder, Gaylen Gerber, Autumn Ramsey, Wintergarten Ltd., Eduardo Consuegra, Zach Kleyn, Marilyn Lowey, Aaron Brown, Aaron Wrinkle, Adam Cruces, Bjarki Bragason, Brad Troemel, Carlos Laszlo, Charles Ir- vin, Christopher Michlig, dev01ded, Dmitri Hertz, Emily-Rose Wagner, Eugene Kotlyarenko, Gustavo Herrera, Joanna Leitch, Justin Swinburne, Keith Rocka Knittel, Lindsay Lawson, Lucy Chinen, Maliea Croy, Mark Essen, Morrisa Maltz, Matt MacFarland, Max Hegedus, Michael Decker, Michael Ray-Von, Pas- cual Sisto, Robert Becraft, Sean Boylan, Spencer Douglass, STEEL5000, Tony Banuelos, Yogi Proctor
UPCOMING PROJECTS Larry Fink & Alex Prager a group show opening on February 12th, 2011 and Swamp Thing a group show curated by Adam Miller in March 2011. www.actualsizela.com
8 GROUP NAME Adrian Piper Gallery
FOUNDERS Melinda Guillen, Daniel Ingroff, Paul Pescador
FOUNDED Summer 2010
MISSION Adrian Piper formed as a response to a celebratory, all-male Los Angeles exhibition. Our first subversive project Waves brought work from female and queer artists into the exhibition, distributed on postcards, as an act of expansive inclusion. The core members Daniel Ingroff, Me- linda Guillen and Paul Pescador initiate projects and membership is open and fluid. We use ephemera, multiples and satire as a critical device for our muted interventionist gestures. Adrian Piper ex- hibits when necessary.
MEMBERS Members are brought in on an as needed basis. Past members include: Alexis Disselkoen, David Gilbert, Katie Herzog, Davida Nemeroff.
RECENT PROJECTS Waves
UPCOMING PROJECTS Greetings from Los Angeles
9 GROUP NAME ART2102 of Los Angeles
FOUNDED 2003
FOUNDERS Songmi Huff, Rika Hiro, Erlea Maneros and Renaud Proch
MISSION Established in Los Angeles in 2003, ART2102 is an itinerant non-profit that is a cata- lyst for local and international collaboration between practitioners while providing a respon- sive context for artists, writers and curators to develop independent projects.
MEMBERS Ronni Kimm, Renaud Proch and Kate Fowle
RECENT PROJECTS Final publication project, Dis- patches and Directions: On Artist-Run Organiza- tions in Los Angeles, and public discussion series in conjunction with launch events. www.art2102.org
10 GROUP NAME Artist Curated Projects Location: Los Angeles FOUNDERS Eve Fowler & Lucas Michael FOUNDED July 2008 MISSION Artist Curated Projects (ACP) was con- ceived of by Eve Fowler and Lucas Michael. The goal is to support and nurture a community of art- ists –their projects and ideas. Shows are curat- ed by artists, with the intention of creating a shared space where they can develop their curato- rial ideas, show the work of their peers, while promoting, engaging in dialogue and creating con- nections among artists from multiple disciplines and at different stages of their practice. RECENT PROJECTS Solo show by Kate Brown at Pieter curated by Erika Vogt. Cirilo domine curated a performance at the MAK Center for Art and Archi- tecture at the Schindler House COLLABORATED WITH Silvershed, Pieter Jibz Cameron, Jake Ewert, Daniel Feinberg, Keltie Ferris, Daphne Fitzpatrick, Jacob Robichaux, Rebecca Schiff- man, A.L. Steiner, Wesley Willis, Sam Gordon, Dawn Kasper, Taisha Paggett, Nancy Popp Judie Bamber, Robert Blanchon, Cirilo Domine Cecilia Dougherty & Leslie Singer, Ashley Hunt Catherine Lord, Kelly Marie Martin, Yong Soon Min Nguyen Tan Hoang, Catherine Opie, Connie Samaras, Jean- nie Simms, Laura Splan, Anne Walsh, Young Chung, Jenn Berger, Daniel Ingroff, Billy Kheel, Nathan McChristy, Evan Walsh, Jocelyn Foye, Jean Robison, Micol Hebron, Robert Olsen, Amanda Ross- Ho, Marco Rios, Primitivo Suarez-Wolfe, Ginger Wolfe-Suarez, Kathryn Andrews, Taft Green, Alice Konitz, Patrick Meagher, Yunhee Min, Aimée Brown, Quinn Gomez- Heitzeberg, Elisa Maria Lopez, Christina Ondrus, Math Bass, Zachary Drucker, Dylan Mira, Martha Windahl, Eve Fowler, Lucas Michael, Rico Gatson, Ellie Murphy, Kate Costello, Lecia Dole-Recio, Carlson Hatton, Mariah Anne Johnson, Mirjam Kort, Jennifer Rochlin, Amy Yao, Judith Young, Anna Sew Hoy, Veronica Johnson, Kiki Johnson, Iv Chan, K8 Hardy, Amanda McGough, Rachel Pitler, John Tiney, Mary A Valverde, Terry Young, Pearl C Hsiung, Al- exandro Segade, Monica Deo, Caroline Thomas, Tony Payne, Jeff Ono, Jen Smith, Ginger Brooks Taka- hash, Lee Maida, Tami Demaree, Stephen Heer, Amir H Fallah, Asad Faulwell, Zachary Hansen, domine, Kelly Barrie, Sherin Guirguis, Furutani Kazuya, Patrick Hebert, Hiro Ajiki, Ashley Hunt, Glenn Ligon, Yoshi Makino, Tala Mateo, Erika Vogt, Kate Brown, Maryrose Mendoza, Morimoto Yoshinobu, Tsu- jimura Yui, Hans Vangso, Jenny Yurshansky, Far- rah Karapetian, RJ Messino, Calvin Phelps, Clay Russell, Anne McCaddon, Laurie Nye, William Downs, Madison Brookshire www.artistcuratedprojects.com
11 GROUP NAME CANAL
NEIGHBORHOOD Los Angeles
FOUNDER Jessica Minckley
FOUNDED January 1, 2010
MISSION CANAL is a project-based art initiative which exists online and in Los Angeles, Califor- nia. CANAL has this website and a storefront in Highland Park, CA. CANAL showcases one digital artwork per month in its section FEATURE. These artworks are available for purchase by emailing CANAL.
CANAL works with emerging and mid-career artists to create non-traditional exhibitions. CANAL seeks like minded galleries in other cities to swap ideas and exhibitions.
MEMBERS Artist Jessica Minckley and many other artists
RECENT PROJECTS FEATURE Editions: Bret Nicely Jennifer Bastian, “SUSTAIN/APART”, New York, NY
COLLABORATED WITH Bret Nicely, Jennifer Bastian, Katie Shapiro, Fette, Jeff McLane, Lucy Madeline, Lindsay Lacewell Kessner, Daniel Everett, Erin Minckley Chlaghmo, Jessica Labatte, Michael Jon Radziewicz, John Henderson, Michael G. Bauer, Emi- lie Halpern, Sidonie Loiseleux, McIntyre Parker , Eric Yahnker, Bradney Evans, Emmeline de Mooij, Maggie White Lomeli, Sidonie Loiseleux, Nicole C. Russell, Ruby Johnson, Julie Shafer, Lind- say Ljungkull, Siri Kaur, Heather Rasmussen, Zoe Crosher, Renee C. Martin, Eli Langer, Renaud Per- riches, Lindsay Lawson, Gilda Davidian, Dawson We- ber and Vi Ha
UPCOMING PROJECTS 2011 Solo Projects: Lindsay Lacewell Kessner, Maya Lujan, Tessa Windt, and Ni- cole Belle
PARTING WORDS CANAL hosts physical and online shows with works available for purchase. In addi- tion, CANAL has created a monthly edition called FEATURE, consisting of prints and multiples priced for artists and recession-proof collecting. www.canal.tumblr.com
12 GROUP NAME Commonwealth & Council
NEIGHBORHOOD Historic Filipino Town
FOUNDER Young Chung
FOUNDED September 2010
MISSION We are artists in pursuit of a collective commonwealth. Our headquarters is located at the intersection of Commonwealth Avenue and Council Street. Our space is multi-functional: short-term residency, studio, exhibition space, forum for dialogues, and workshop for cooperative knowledge and skill sharing. Commonwealth & Council is com- mitted to sustaining and fostering the well-being and vitality of artists.
MEMBERS Joseph Stewart, Chuong-Dai Vo
RECENT PROJECTS I Want to Prepare to Learn Some- thing I Don’t Know / Gala Porras-Kim. pulpa flesh / Erich Bollmann, Koh Byoung Ok, Maryrose Cobar- rubias Mendoza. Link Arms and Listen / Jen Smith. Tit for Twat: The Release / Kaucyila Brooke. Rube’s Apprentice / Erich Bollmann. Sextile / Cirilo Domine, Jeremy Chase Sanders, Lee Maida.
COLLABORATED WITH Gala Porras-Kim, Erich Boll- mann, Koh Byoung Ok, Maryrose Cobarrubias Mendoza, Jen Smith, Kaucyila Brooke, Cirilo Domine, Jeremy Chase Sanders, Lee Maida
UPCOMING PROJECTS Enrique Castrejon, Zac Monday Erich Bollmann, Maryrose Cobarrubias Mendoza, Ethan Shoshan, Sojung Kwon, Suzanne Wright, Marga- ret Honda, Koh Byoung Ok, Jeannie Simms, Mariah Garnett, Jeanine Oleson, Ho Tam, Cirilo Domine, D’nell Larson, Jeremy Chase Sanders, Lee Maida, Jennifer Moon, Nguyen Tan Hoang. www.commonwealthandcouncil.com
13 GROUP NAME CUBO
NEIGHBORHOOD Tijuana-San Diego-Los Angeles
Founder(s): Camilo Ontiveros (Los Angeles) Felipe Zuñiga-Gonzalez (Tijuana)
FOUNDED 2007
MISSION CUBO is a collaborative project that ex- plores the creative exchange between technology, architecture, sound, and performance - in order to reflect and tranform social space and public culture. Since its inception in 2007, the project has had several embodiments that include mobile sculptural-sound interventions, sound and music performances, ephemeral radio transmissions, interactive sound-scupltures, and youth-at-risk workshops in the cities of Tijuana, Los Angeles and San Diego.
MEMBERS Jenny Donovan, TJ; Gabriela Torres Oliva- res, TJ; Nina Waisman, SD; Flora Wiegmann, L.A.; Giacomo Castagnola, SD; Michael Trigilio, SD; Mi- cha Cardenas, SD; Ornella Delfino y David Martínez Jimenez, Mexico City; José Ignacio López, SD; Ichtis Ontiveros, L.A.; Omar Pimienta, TJ; Steve Rioux, SD; Martha Castro, TJ; Luz Adriana Chijón, TJ; Facundo Delgado, TJ; Lorena Mancilla, TJ; Ma- gui Valencia Trianna, Spain; Kara Lynch, NYC; Alma Berumen, TJ; Claudia Algara, TJ; Geneva Gamez, SD
RECENT PROJECTS Mediawomb at Gallery 727 (g727) in Los Angeles; The Gallery at CALIT2 at UCSD in San Diego; and online at C_M_L archive: http://c-m-l. org/?q=node/382, CUBO Residency at LACE in Los An- geles, CUBO: Performances and Installations at the CECUT museum and Lui Velasquez, Tijuana, Mexico
COLLABORATED WITH Different CUBO members col- laborate on each CUBO project, according to their availability and the projects’ focus. We all show/ work both individually and with various collec- tives.
UPCOMING PROJECTS CUBO: Playground, CUBO: Medel- lin, Colombia
PARTING WORDS This iteration of the CUBO project will be created by Jennifer Donovan, Gabriela Tor- res Olivares, Nina Waisman and Flora Wiegmann. The CUBO project began as an assemblage of pallets, a folding, unfolding, re-assembling, occasional cube, disturbed by sound. Through various itera- tions, it gained urban mobility, interactivity, 14 hosted radio waves and community-created sound content, lost all its materials, found new ones, lost them again. CUBO is in constant transforma- tion. www.proyectocuboproyect.blogspot.com www.youtube.com/user/Proyectocubo www.ninawaisman.net/cubo
15 GROUP NAME Dan Graham
NEIGHBORHOOD Chinatown
FOUNDER Aaron Wrinkle
FOUNDED Erected in 2008 in Echo Park, Los Angeles as studios, a gallery and exhibition space
MISSION Creating a site that supports emerging artists
MEMBERS Dorit Cypis, Adam Feldmeth Megan Cotts, Diana-Sofia Estrada, CamLab, Mark Veriabioff, John Burtle, Kim Thompson, Dan Fin- sel, Cary Georges, Justin Gainan, Jason Underhill, Cody Trepte, Erich Bollman, Vivian Joyner, Justin Thomas Schaeffer, Nicholas Grider, Drums Guitar, Monster, Greg Curtis, Michael Decker, Bradney Ev- ans, Doug Harvey, Brennan Hill, John Hogan, Sanya Kantarovsky, Avram Kosasky, Miles Martinez, Ray- mond Pettibon, Dan Graham, Vincent Ramos, Marcos Siref and many others
RECENT PROJECTS Dorit Cypis Inside/ Outside/In (performer/audience/mirror/dan graham/1975 Diana- Sofia Estrada, For Ur Eyes Only Chandelier Mosque, Justin Thomas Schaeffer, Zoe Crosher
COLLABORATED WITH CalArts, Perform Now, Emma Gray (EMHQ), Eternal Telethon
UPCOMING PROJECTS Thompkins Projects, Brooklyn, NY, Solo Exhibition by Chadwick Rantanen, Group Show at Cottage Home w/ Anthony Greaney and Sam- son, Boston, featuring Keith Rocka Knittel, Calvin Lee for Dan Graham, Conversations, Art Los Angeles Contemporary, Raymond Pettibon, Dan Graham, Dorit Cypis and Zoe Crosher.
PARTING WORDS For Collective Show, Dan Graham will present “collective” information on the gallery proposing the project as a collaborative endeavor. Leading up to the closing of the gallery expected in June, Dan Graham is thankful for this opportu- nity to begin examining the archive of the gal- lery publicly. This will help support the begin- ning stages of the anticipated book on the project and the friends connected to it to be released in 2012. Thanks for all of your support.
16 GROUP NAME Ditch Projects
LOCATION Springfield, Oregon
FOUNDED 2008
FOUNDERS Jesse Sugarmann, Mike Bray, Donald Mor- gan, Rob Smith, Jared Haug
MISSION The mission of Ditch Projects is to supply a progressive and permissive venue for the visual and performing arts while maintaining an open, ex- perimental and festive atmosphere.
MEMBERS Jesse Sugarmann, Mike Bray, Donald Morgan, Rose McCormick, Jared Haug, Jack Ryan, Julie Berk- beugler, Rob Smith, Dave Seibert
RECENT PROJECTS Are You Ready for the Country - Installation of the 2010 Portland Biennial
COLLABORATED WITH Recent shows by Eve Fowler, Anna Sew Hoy, Terri Smith (curator), Sol Hashemi and Matt Browning
UPCOMING PROJECTS Upcoming shows with Appendix Collective, Maidens of the Cosmic Body Running, Oregon Painting Society, MK Guth, Bruce Conkle, Tom Greenwood www.ditchprojects.com
17 GROUP NAME Darin Klein & Friends
NEIGHBORHOOD Echo Park... and beyond
FOUNDERS Darin Klein & Friends
FOUNDED 2008
MISSION Exhibitions, Arts Programming, Artists’ Publications
MEMBERS An ever-expanding network of friends and collaborators
RECENT PROJECTS Publications: Box of Books, Vol. I-III, 21st Century Queer Artists Identify Them- selves #1-3
Exhibitions and Arts Programming: Louis M. Schmidt + 4 weeks of related programs @ Amy Adler’s Echo Park Studio, Kate Barclay + 4 weeks of related programs @ Amy Adler’s Echo Park Studio, Suzanne Wright + 4 weeks of related pro- grams @ Amy Adler’s Echo Park Studio, Original Plumbing Release Party + films/performance @ work- space, Original Plumbing Release Party + films/per- formance @ REDCAT/OUTFEST
COLLABORATED WITH Collaborators in 2010 include Ron Abram, Amy Adler, Sonja Ahlers, Noël Alumit & Manuel Falcon Padua, Brandon Andrew, Adam J. Ansell, Brent Armendinger, Artist Curated Proj- ects, ASAP / Michael Ano, Kate Barclay, Sadie Barnette, Math Bass, Eden Batki, Christopher Baughman, Cody Bayne, Kelly Besser / The Mira- cle Bookmobile, JohnJoseph Bibby, Alex Black & Samuel White w/ Closetboy, Jennifer Blowdryer, bodega vendetta, Erich Bolmann, George Bolster, Rich Bott, Lindsay Brant, Peter J. Brant / Ben & Bruno, Julie Burleigh, Kathrin Burmester, Butch- lalis de Panochtitlan, Sarah Cain, Micha Carde- nas & Elle Mehrmand, Keith Carollo & Chris Bick, Enrique Castrejon, Kelly Cline, osvaldo cibils, Timothy Cummings, Malene Dam, Michael Dates, Jef Deisel, Cathy de la Cruz, Chris Diaz & Vivian Babuts, Christopher Dibble, Antonio Diaz, Na- thalie Dierickx, Tracy Dishman, Zackary Drucker, Drew Dunlap, Julia Dzwonkoski & Kye Potter, Hedi El Kholti, Epsilon + Epsilon, Deanna Erdmann, Ben Evans, Kelly Eginton, Edie Fake, Frankie Fever, Daphne Fitzpatrick, Eve Fowler, Brian Gainey, Ella Gant, Paul Gellman, David Gilbert, Kate Gilbert, Hilary Goldberg, Sam Gordon, Jeremiah Gregory, Kris Grey, Nicholas Grider, Abel Baker Gutierrez, Lia Halloran, Jim Hanson, Michael T. Harrison, 18 Michael Hayden, Cliff Hengst, Hi Fashion, Kate Hoffman, Onya Hogan-Finlay, Nadine Hottenrott, David Humphrey, Kuan Hwa, Daniel Ingroff, Larissa Brantner James, Jason Jenn, Jonesy, Katastrophe, David King, Kevin Killian, Jenn Kolmel, Molly Lar- key, David LeBarron, Anthony Lepore, Matt Lipps, Marget Long, Catherine Lord, Noah Lyon, Amos Mac / Original Plumbing Magazine, Ian MacKinnon, Joe Mama-Nitzberg & Marc Swanson, Martin Masetto, Kirk Maxson, Jason Fritz Michael, Lucas Michael, Joanne Mitchell, Sharon Molloy, Zac Monday / Catchy Gory, Grace Moon, Leon Mostovoy, Magritte Nankin, Ali Naschke-Messing, Amir Nikravan, Kean O’Brien, Billy O’Callaghan, Erwin Ong, Tyler Matthew Oyer, M. Pernod, Paul Pescador, Maria E. Piñeres, Joshua Ploeg, Andrew Printer, prvtdncr, Clifford Landon Pun, Iana Quesnell, Mina Rahnema, Lawrence Rinder, Christopher Russell, Steven Reigns, Jimena Sarno, Jim Schatz & J.G.R., Louis M. Schmidt, Chris- topher Schulz, Daniela Sea, Paul Mpagi Sepuya, Zachary Sharrin, Ethan Shoshan, Cedar Sigo & John Huston, Lily Simonson, Angela Smith, Jen Smith, Max Steele, Molly Stinchfield, Kyle Stephan, Doug Stockstill, Sumi Ink Club, Marc Swanson, Sweater- queens, Irwin Swirnoff, Margaret Tedesco, Philip Tomaru, Chris Vargas & Greg Youmans, Carla Verea & Francisca Rivero-Lake, Elysa Voshell, e war / Fagpunk, Rob Williams, Martha Windahl, Jim Win- ters, Kate Wolf, Suzanne Wright, Charles Herman Wurmfeld, The Yes Men, Justin Yockel, Joe Yorty, Austin Young
UPCOMING PROJECTS Box of Books, Vol. IV 21st Century Queer Artists Identify Themselves #4
PARTING WORDS Collaborate - you’ll love it! www.darinkleinandfriends.blogspot.com
19 GROUP NAME Eighteen Thirty Collaborations (ETC)
NEIGHBORHOOD Echo Park, CA
FOUNDERS Suzy Halajian, Shoghig Halajian, Samuel Vasquez
FOUNDED April 2007
MISSION ETC is a collective of inspired individu- als who join together and break apart to organize and undertake various performances, publications, and ambitious collaborations. Originally conceptu- alized as a project space for performative works, ETC has since challenged itself to step outside of its thick walls and imagine a world activated by creative insight. If we get lost for a while, assume we are huddled under a bridge somewhere talking big about the city, space and sand in the hourglass.
MEMBERS Suzy Halajian, Shoghig Halajian, Samuel Vasquez, and collaborators.
RECENT PROJECTS LETTERS is new publication that seeks to revive the practice of letter writing. Selected participants were asked to address a single recipient and share their personal perspec- tives with a broad range of individuals. These thoughts are recorded in letter format and dis- persed quarterly. www.eighteenthirty.org
20 GROUP NAME Electronic Disturbance Theater 2.0, *particle group*, b.a.n.g. lab
NEIGHBORHOOD UCSD/San Diego
FOUNDERS Electronic Disturbance Theater 2.0: Micha Cardenas, Elle Mehrmand, Amy Sara Carroll, Brett Stalbaum, and Ricardo Dominguez.
*particle group* Amy Sara Carroll, Ricardo Domi- guez, Diane Ludin, and Nina Waisman b.a.n.g. lab: Micha Cardenas, Christopher Head, Elle Mehrmand, Amy Sara Carroll and Brett Stalbaum
FOUNDED 1997, 2005
MISSION The development of disturbance poetics on global scale.
MEMBERS Micha Cardenas,Ricardo Dominguez Christo- pher Head, Elle Mehrmand, Amy Sara Carroll Brett Stalbaum, Diane Ludin, and Nina Waisman
RECENT PROJECTS Transborder Immigrant Tool (www.bang.calit2.net/xborder), Nanosférica By *Particle Group* (www.hemisphericinstitute.org/ hemi/en/particle-group-intro), Electronic Civil Disobedience as Institution by b.a.n.g. lab (www. bang.calti2.net)
COLLABORATED WITH Water Station Inc., Border An- gels
UPCOMING PROJECTS “Flash Drives” a collaboration with Temporary Services.
PARTING WORDS We must end the borders that kill and make people criminals whose only crime is hope. www.bang.calit2.net
21 GROUP NAME Elephant
NEIGHBORHOOD Glassell Park
FOUNDERS Cathy Akers, Jason Kunke, Kiki Johnson, Paul Schuette, Astri Swendsrud, Wendy, Jennifer Bruce
FOUNDED 2010
MISSION Elephant is a contemporary artist-run space in Glassell Park, Los Angeles. Elephant houses six working studios, a central exhibi- tion space and an outdoor event area. The studio artists collaborate to provide outside curators and artists a physical location for exhibitions, events, and gatherings.
MEMBERS Jason Kunke, Astri Swendsrud, Jennifer Bruce, Wendy Gilmartin, Bianca D’Amico, Wayne At- kins
RECENT PROJECTS Fast Hands / curated by CANAL, 100% Natural / curated by Nicholas Grider, BE HERE NOW / curated by Josh Mannis, FUTURES / curated by Christopher McKinney and Ryan Moffett
COLLABORATED WITH CANAL, Erin Minckley Chlagh- mo, Jessica Labatte, Daniel Everett, Michael Jon Radziewicz, John Henderson, Nicholas Grider, Tommi Cahill, Roger Tilton, Cynde Miller, Josh Mannis, Rebecca Kolsrud, Anna Mayer, Andy Roche, Sarah Campbell, Chris Cunningham, Michael Hanna, Phil Hession, Lisa Malone, Christopher McKinney, Ryan Moffett
UPCOMING PROJECTS The Reanimation of Fabricated Nature / curated by Diana-Sofa Estrada, James Jean is Famous/Not A James Jean Show / John Hogan
PARTING WORDS “Words are cheap. The biggest thing you can say is ‘elephant’.” -Charlie Chaplin www.elephantartspace.blogspot.com
22 GROUP NAME The Elysian Park Museum of Art
NEIGHBORHOOD Elysian Park
FOUNDERS Luke Fischbeck, Paul Pescador, Akina Cox, Cindy Rehm, Amy Howden-Chapman, Helga Fassonaki
FOUNDED October 4, 2009
MISSION EPMoA considers 600-acre Elysian Park, next to downtown LA, as a self-organizing museum space--a platform for new actions, workshops, and explorations on the scale of everyday pub- lic use, as well as documenting, activating, and publicizing diverse ways the park is already be- ing used. Participation is open to all: projects are independently realized, curated on a peer-to- peer basis by whoever is interested. Our goal is sustained enthusiasm for a public resource with a complex, emergent structure.
MEMBERS open
RECENT PROJECTS Monument Building / Liz Glynn, Solar Cooking Workshop / Michael Parker and Alyse Emdur, American Minimalism Picnic / Alice Tseng and Jeremy Rotsztain, Spirulent Green / Lisa Tuck- er, Eucalyptus Carvers / unmanned minerals, Plein Air (in full air) / Katie Bachler, Stone Soup / Jenn Su, Tree Planting / Citizens’ Committee to Save Elysian Park, Tumbleweed Snowmen Construction / Dept. of Recreation and Parks
COLLABORATED WITH (incomplete list) Michael Park- er, Alyse Emdur, Liz Glynn, Jenn Su, Lisa Tuck- er, Gabie Strong, Jared Stanley, Matthew Hebert, Maura Brewer, Alice Tseng, Jeremy Rotsztain, Katie Bachler, Citizens’ Committee to Save Elysian Park, Dept. of Recreation and Parks, Lauren Mackler, Riah Buchanan, Beau Sievers, Joanne Cheung, David Horvitz, Emily Mast, Joseph Imhauser, Cammie Sta- ros, lazer
UPCOMING PROJECTS Drive in Movie Theater / Cay- etano Ferrer and Alyse Emdur, Shape Note Singing / Karen Adelman, Tree Climbing / Stephen van Dyck www.epmoa.org
23 GROUP NAME Eternal Telethon
NEIGHBORHOOD The Internet! broadcasting sporadi- cally from anywhere artists may gather that has an Internet connection
FOUNDERS Akina Cox, Chad Dilley, Ina Viola Bla- sius, John Burtle, and Niko Solorio
FOUNDED Early 2009
MEMBERS Miggie Wong, Marcos Siref, John Martin, Guan Rong, We Aint Called Shit, Anna Mayer, Andrew Cox, BYOFF, Jen Bruce, Adam Overton, Stephen van Dyck, Body City, John Hogan, Janice Gomez, Alexis Disselkoen, Sojung Kwon, Paul Pescador, Erlkönig, Corey Fogel, Amy Howden-Chapman, Pangea, Emily Lacy, Keith Rocka Knittle, Elana Man, Drew Denny, Frau Fiber, Ali Valle, Danielle Adair, Robby Herbst, Ecstatic Energy Consultants, John Barlog, Tyler Calkin, Carl Pomposelie, Fatima Hoang, Eamonn Fox, Nancy Popp, Candice Lin, Cory Thomas Hanson, Danny Bengston, Julie Lequin, Ni- cole Antebi, Brian Gentric, Gender Wayang, James Raymond, CamLab, Michael Decker Alan Hiroshi Nak- agawa, Mooey Moobau, Aaron Wrinkle, Dave Weldzius, Rene Navaro, Deirdre McConnell, Ravens Revenge, Aaron Valenzuela, Birdstrike, Jake Davidson, Flawless Flawless, Glitter Nation, TOO BIG TO FAIL, Sunday Sundae, Brittany Bailey, Cursty Cursty, Reclamation, Wanda Gala, Bob Bellerue, Vanessa Porter, Zachary Fabri, Audry Chan, Dream Homes, Katherine Nichols, Hot Nun, Sexy Robot, Joe the Comedian, Frederick Portillo, Michael Decker, Solomon Bothwell and many more
MISSION To raise money to create an artist retire- ment home through an ongoing series of collective- ly-organized live web-casts. These web-casts fea- ture a variety of artists presenting new dynamic works to a global audience.
RECENT PROJECTS Infinity+24, the Future is Eternal, Eterniversary, 533, X, 999, Under a Blanket, 11, Eternal Rosethon, the Eternal Telethon
UPCOMING PROJECTS Eternal Telethon: Up Close and Personal in late January and Church of the the Eternal Telethon in April. www.eternaltelethon.com
24 GROUP NAME GIBSMIR-Family
LOCATION Zürich, Switzerland
FOUNDERS Veronika Spierenburg, Marcel Reimer, Urs August Steiner
FOUNDED March 11, 2010
MISSION We bring artists to the table to listen to the chirping of the moment, to listen to the joy of sharing and to gratify the lust for life.
MEMBERS Veronika Spierenburg, Marcel Reimer, Urs August Steiner
RECENT PROJECTS The Anounymous GIBSMIR Art Auction took place in December in Zurich. It is a curated platform for upcoming artists to show and sell work to a broader audience. In this setting, noted artists lend support to emerging talents with their established names.
COLLABORATED WITH K3 Project Space, Erik Steinbre- cher, Fabrice Gygi, Nic Hess, Peter Radelfinger, Walter Pfeiffer, Angelika Schori, August, Basim Magdy, Beau Rhee, Bleta Jahaj, Cat Tuong Nguyen, Colin Guillemet, Gaël Paccard, Garrett Nelson, hu- ber.huber, Isabelle Krieg, Jérôme Gouverne, Jiajia Zhang, Jonas Etter, Julia Tabakhova, Les frères Chapuisat, Livio Baumgartner, Lukas Beyeler, Fabio Marco Pirovino, Marcel Reimer, Maya Bringolf, Mi- chael Günzburger, Mickry 3, Navid Tschopp, Nicolas Vermot Petit-Outhenin, Nine Budde, Paul Harper, Petra Köhle, San Keller, Sandra Kühne, Sarah Burg- er, Sebastien Verdon, Tatiana Arce, Tom Huber, Ve- ronika Spierenburg, Yana Dubosson, Yannick Lam- belett, Clare Goodwin www.gibs-mir.at
25 GROUP NAME Human Resources
Location: Chinatown, Los Angeles
FOUNDERS Eric Kim, Kathleen Kim, Devin McNulty, Giles Miller, Dawn Kasper
FOUNDED May 1, 2010
MISSION Human Resources is a team of creative in- dividuals which seeks to broaden community engage- ment with contemporary and conceptual art, with an emphasis on performative and underexposed modes of expression.
RECENT PROJECTS Perform! Now!, X-TRA SUMMER LAUNCH PARTY with Brandon LaBelle and Benjamin Lord, The Mystics Circle, Premiere of “Whole Halves” by Eve Fowler and Anna Sew Hoy, QUALIA, May Day Perfor- mance Event, Gustavo Herrera solo show
COLLABORATED WITH Skip Arnold, Math Bass, Emily Mast / Jerome Bel, Ellen Birrell, Olivia Booth, Mariel Carranza, Marcus Civin, Ginny Cook, Dorit Cypis, Megan Daalder, Alexis Disselkoen, Zackary Drucker, Liz Glynn and Corey Fogel, Douglas Green, Matt Greene, Daniel Lucas Guimaraes, Micol He- bron, Gustavo Herrera, Dan Hockenson, Marc Horow- itz, ING, Farrah Karapetian, Joel Kyack, Morrisa Maltz, Sister Mantos, Wendy Mason, micha cardenas and elle mehrmand, Yong Soon Min, Lucas Murgida, Warren Neidich, Paul Pescador, Nancy Popp, Andrew Printer, Jules Rochielle, Margie Schnibbe, Kim Schoen, Susan Silton, Alex Staiger, Vishal Jugdeo / Aram Moshayedi / Matteo Tannat, Dorian Wood and Joseph Tepperman, Julie Tolentino, Jason Wallace Triefenbach, Jason Underhill, Brian Getnick and Kristian van der Heyden, Samuel Vasquez, Dee Wil- liams, Fundación Wanna Winni, Team Zatara, Brian Bress, William E. Jones, Hilja Keading, Mike Kel- ley, Candice Lin, Davida Nemeroff,Eden Bakti, Math Bass, Eve Fowler, Mariah Garnett, Pearl Hsiung, Dawn Kasper, Visperd Madad-Doust, Lucas Michael, Daniella Sea, Anna Sew Hoy, Marty Windahl, Asher Hartman, Skylar Haskard, Jason Yates, My Barbar- ian, Lucy Indiana Dodd, Corey Fogel, Mad Gregs, Sharon Hayes, Dawn Kasper, Wounded Lion, W.A.G.E www.humanresourcesla.com
26 GROUP NAME JMOCA (Justin’s Museum of Contemporary Art)
FOUNDERS Justin B. Hansch
FOUNDED September 2005
MISSION To present excellent art.
RECENT PROJECTS Haunted JMOCA
COLLABORATED WITH Adam Janes, Adrian Paules, Al- berta Mayo, Amanda Ross-ho, Anders Brinch, Bran- don Alvendia, Caleb Lyons, Chris Lipomi, Ciprian Contreras, Colab, D’Nell Larson, Davida Nemeroff, Ellie Lee and Nick Lucking, Erik Frydenborg, Eske Kath, James Krone, Jason Starr, Jessica Minkley, John Espinosa, John Knuth, Jon Stahn, Joseph Em- hauser, Katie Herzog, Kelly Kleinschrodt, Kiersten Puusemp, Landon Wiggs, Lia Lowenthal, Lia Trinka- Browner, Lisa Williamson, Locus Projects, Marie Kirkegaard, Mark McKnight, Matthias Merkel-Hess, Michael Decker, Michele O’Marah, Nora Jean Peters- en, Oscar Berglund, Rachel Mason, Rachel Roske, Richard Jackson, Ry Rocklen, Sarah Cromarty, Sayre Gomez, and Shalter
UPCOMING PROJECTS 2011 Schedule TBA www.jmoca.info
27 GROUP NAME L.A. Pedestrians
NEIGHBORHOOD variable
FOUNDERS Nicolas Grenier & Melodie Mousset
FOUNDED 2011
MISSION The L.A. Pedestrians are not located in any specific space: the idea that defines the struc- ture of our organization is to be active wherever we have ties. We work on gathering a network of people from different cities, and we organize in- ternational exhibitions by connecting local commu- nities together. We are open to any unconventional strategy that seems appropriate, and we promote the “Trojan Horse” approach to provide the oppor- tunity for artists, curators, writers, etc. to be visible beyond their respective scenes.
MEMBERS Nicolas Grenier and Mélodie Mousset. Col- laborators for this project: Yelena Zhelezov, Tatiana Rihs, Annie Hémond-Hotte, Ania Diakoff, Travis Diehl
UPCOMING PROJECTS Screening and exhibition of 10 LA video artists at Espace Curtat-Tunnel (Laus- anne, Switzerland) in March 2011; Screening of 10 Swiss and French video artists at 417 Wall St West (Los Angeles) in March 2011; Group exhibition of 5 LA-based and 5 London-based artists at Galerie Art Mûr (Montreal, Canada) in May-June 2011; L.A. Pedestrians Pavillion in the Elysian Park, Los An- geles www.lapedestrians.com
28 GROUP NAME Los Angeles Road Concerts
NEIGHBORHOOD all around LA
FOUNDER Stephen van Dyck
FOUNDED 2008
MISSION Los Angeles Road Concerts seeks to inves- tigate the possibilities of LA’s lengthy streets as sites for artistic exploration while using the street itself as a cross-section to observe the city’s diversity of landscapes and people, how the Los Angeles metropolis grew, and the massive in-between and negative spaces it left behind as it expanded. How can we generate a new kind of LA experience, utilizing its car culture to find mean- ing and attention to a collection of less obvious destinations?
MEMBERS Stephen van Dyck, Tucker Neel, Julia Holt- er, Sarah Ibrahim, Joseph Milazzo, Matias Viegen- er, John D’Amico, Tracy Molis, Katie Shook, Alexis Hudgins, Michael Buitron, David Earle, Sojung Kwon, Ken Ehrlich, Eric Lindley, Ama Birch, Austin Young, Danielle Adair, John Burtle, Jade Thacker, Mark So, Islands of LA, Carlin Wing, Katie Jacob- son, Daiana Feuer, Andrea Lambert, Cynthia Simo- nian, Mary Beth Heffernan, Janet Sarbanes, Sara Roberts, Lara Bank, Samantha Cohen, Karen Atkin- son, Paul Pescador, Allan Alessio, Ally Sachs, David Burns, Robin Myrick, Caroline Chang, Kyoung Kim, Emery Martin, Carolyn Chen, James Rojas, Luis Zavala, Nate Schulman, Akina Cox, Yelena Zhe- lezov, Audrey Chan, Ali Prosch, Shaun Klaseus, Ian James, Faith Purvey, Jean Hester, Veronica Sha- lom, Gary Schultz, Mariangeles Soto-Diaz, David Dominguez, Jennifer Styperk, Anita Marto, Laura Vena, Anna Magnuson, Cindy Bravo, Bernard Brunon, Nancy Ganucheau, Matthew Fielder, Andrew Clinco, Robin Letcher, Fabio Assis, Josh Forbes, Allison Carter, Phillip Stearns, body city
RECENT PROJECTS Washington Boulevard Road Concert
UPCOMING PROJECTS New road concert in the works for April or May 2011 on Normandie Avenue
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29 GROUP NAME MATERIAL
NEIGHBORHOOD Chinatown, Los Angeles
FOUNDERS Ginny Cook, Kim Schoen
FOUNDED 2007
MISSION MATERIAL is a journal started by artists interested in the writings of other artists. We are a home for divergent opinions, uses, and ap- propriations of language. We solicit friction and conviviality both, from a wide community of art- ists.
MEMBERS Ginny Cook, Kim Schoen
RECENT PROJECTS Lovingly, Rose Peebles, an exhi- bition curated by Kim Schoen with MATERIAL at the Brand Library Art Gallery (Glendale, CA); The Futility of Making Salad, a panel discussion and publication on artist communities, in collabo- ration with Insert Press; The Oratorium, a simul- taneous reading by 10 artists, as part of Perform Now! in Chinatown, Los Angeles
COLLABORATED WITH Art 2102, Mathew Timmons/Insert Press, Maggie White, Marcus Civin, James Well- ing, Sayre Gomez, Susan Silton, Jed Lind, Keren Benbinisty, Mara De Luca, Hilary Graves, Adam Overton, Elana Mann, Julie Orser, Melanie Nakaue, Dorit Cypis, Daniel Lucas/Don’t Look Studios, among many others
UPCOMING PROJECTS Reopening at Outpost for Contem- porary Art; MATERIAL Issue 3
PARTING WORDS Looking forward! www.materialpress.org
30 GROUP NAME Monte Vista
NEIGHBORHOOD Highland Park
FOUNDERS Chris Bassett, Jeff Cain, Fiona Jack, Candice Lin, Noah Peffer, Shizu Saldamando, Josh Stone, Ryan Taber
FOUNDED July 2007
MISSION Monte Vista is an artist-run gallery in Highland Park that hosts exhibitions, lectures, events, and performances. The space has no mani- festo, mission statement, or predetermined ideo- logical agenda, aiming only to provide a platform for art and conversation.
MEMBERS Lara Bank, Chris Bassett, Frank Chang, Candice Lin, Jay Lizo, Nikki Pressley, Christie Williams
RECENT PROJECTS see website
COLLABORATED WITH see website www.montevistaprojects.com
31 GROUP NAME [name]
FOUNDERS Spencer Douglass, Holly Myers, Paul Pescador, Catherine Taft, Mathew Timmons, Matt Wardell, and Kate Wolf.
FOUNDED 2010
MISSION [name] is a curatorial collective dedicat- ed to the optimal channeling of auspicious ener- gies in any and all available circumstances.
MEMBERS Spencer Douglass, Holly Myers, Paul Pesca- dor, Catherine Taft, Mathew Timmons, Matt Wardell, and Kate Wolf.
RECENT PROJECTS Telephone at Francois Gheably gal- lery November 2010 ‘You’ve got problems, we’ve got answers’ at 323 Projects
UPCOMING PROJECTS Food & Frame - A traveling ar- chitectural theater dinner series
32 GROUP NAME Night Gallery
NEIGHBORHOOD Lincoln Heights
FOUNDER Davida Nemeroff
FOUNDED February 2010
MISSION Night Gallery hosts art and other projects made to be seen at night. She provides a nocturnal platform, distanced from routine and attuned to temperature.
MEMBERS Paul Heyer, Mira Dancy, Cara Siik Benedet- to Joshua Callaghan, Peter Harkawik, Alika Cooper, Mark A. Rodriguez, Parker Davis, Darcy Bertoletti, David Korty, and Cecelia Lee.
RECENT PROJECTS Private Life, Nightbird, Hurri- cane Doris, Leaves of Grass, IT, Casa Bella, Das Heilmittel, Hearts of Palm, Madam presents Acces- sorx, You Are Invited to a Show About You By You Know Who, New York, Cantorage, In The Hall of Pure Intimacy, Die Dame, Young and Full of Cum, and Trialogue
COLLABORATED WITH Las Putsch, Silvershed, Econo- my, Workspace, Eighth Veil, Anna Rosen, Virgin- ia Poundstone, Justin Beal, Charles Long, Mieke Marple, Eric Palgon, David Gilbert, Jesse Reding Fleming, Daniel Newman, Valerie Piraino, Michael Berryhill, SKOTE, Rona Yefman, Conor Thompson, Darcy Bertoletti, Shawn Kuruneru, Brooke Eberle, Bobbi Woods, Ilja Karilampi, Jasmine Justice, Zeesy Powers, Jennfier Boysen, Michael Rashkow, Kim Krans, Sarah Conaway, Victoria Cheong, Samara Golden, Alex Harris, Steve Kado, Andy Spore, Ian James, George Jensen, Paul Pescador, Daniel In- groff, Yunhee Min, Patrick Meagher, Miles Coolidge
UPCOMING PROJECTS Her Seder / Eve Fowler and Anna Sew Hoy
PARTING WORDS she www.nightgallery.ca
33 GROUP NAME Open Arms
NEIGHBORHOOD Nomadic, but primarily based in Northeast LA
FOUNDERS Johns Burtle and Barlog
FOUNDED May 2007
MISSION The Traveling Open Art Display (TOAD) is an art space delineated by a tattooed rectangle on the forearms of two Johns -- 2” x 4” plots of skin that have hosted drawings, petite paintings, mini-sculptures, micro-performances, live screen- ings and more! by over 100 artists over the last three years. The spaces strive every day to inject creativity into routine, providing a platform for art that can navigate through the boundaries between public and personal space.
RECENT PROJECTS Solo Exhibitions by Marcos Siref, Amy Blount, Anna Mayer, Adrian Tenney, Alison Bar- log, Jessie Nichols Gussin Lopez. Group Exhibition by Miwa Matreyek and Karen Lofgren (curated by Da- vid P. Earle)
Artists/Groups you have COLLABORATED WITH (Selected) Justin Long, Kara Tanaka, Steven Schkolne, Jade Thacker, Mike Chang, Lara Bank, Clay Chaplin, Guan Rong, Camlab, Adam Feldmeth, Tom McKenzie, Alyssa Gorelick, Death Token, Miggie Wong, Aaron Sandnes, Aboozar Amini, Akina Cox, Nathan Bockelman, Donna Duggan, Grandpa Paroski, Gala Porras-Kim, Zoro Feigl, Xu DaRocha, Sojung Kwon, Marcos Siref, Dorit Cypies, Val Verde Domino Art Group, Don Bateman, Susanne Dollois, Carlin Wing, God Equals Genocide, Carl Pomposelli, Hanne Maren, Daniel Pineda, Stine Jacobsen, Mariechen Danz, Frédéric Cybulski, Miky Ma, Devon Tsuno, Jackson Fledermause, and many more.
UPCOMING PROJECTS Proposals are accepted on an ongoing basis. To send a project description or make an appointment to visit Open Arms, contact: [email protected]. www.yourartonourarms.wordpress.com
34 GROUP NAME Public Address
NEIGHBORHOOD Highland Park
FOUNDED July 2010
MISSION To create an open platform for experimen- tal projects and discussions
RECENT PROJECTS www.publicaddresslosangeles.org/ category/past-events/
COLLABORATED WITH Mark Mcbride, Faith Wilding, Dan S. Wang, Craig Santos Perez, Arturo Ernesto Romo- Santillano, Will Alexander, Dmitry Golynko, Vanes- sa Place, Matvei Yankelevich, Jordan Flaherty, The San Precario network and more
UPCOMING PROJECTS www.publicaddresslosangeles.org/ calendar/ www.publicaddresslosangeles.org
35 GROUP NAME Public Fiction
NEIGHBORHOOD Highland Park
FOUNDER Lauren Mackler
FOUNDED June 1, 2010
MISSION PUBLIC FICTION is a small and shapeshift- ing museum. In the model of cabinets curiosity - the shows combine made & found things to create slightly unsual environments to frame art, arti- fact and facsimile in one fictional place.
MEMBERS In this iteration Public Fiction is a col- lective of artists an designers including: Ju- liette Bellocq, Erin Hauber, Katie Bachler and Lauren Mackler.
RECENT PROJECTS PUBLIC RECORDS (an installation that creates a mock-record store. But with a play on words between records and archives, each of the 26 artists involved showed work that deals with recording, documenting, archiving. This exhibition combines the work of 26 artists, as well as an on- going collection of artist records that have built during the length of the show and found objects to create the fictional space.)
COLLABORATED WITH Alee Peoples, Anders Johnson, Ashley Zangle, assume astro vivid focus, BEVERLY FRE$H, Bobbi Woods, Breanne Trammell, Brendan Threadgill, Brie Ruais, Clement Valla, Darcy Bar- toletti, Davida Nemeroff, Erin Hauber, Erin Perry, Grant Worth, Greg Kalliche, Julia Dault, Joshua Callaghan, Kat Hodges, Mark Rice, Maureen Keaveny, Michael Bizon, Michael Magnan, Paul Pescador, Riah Buchanan, Sto, Talon True Gustafson, Tanya Rubbak, Walker Mettling,
UPCOMING PROJECTS The next exhibition will trans- form the space into a spiritual center, a church and a cult. It will run from February 1st 2011 - May 1st 2011 and includes the work of Chris Lipomi, Chiara Giovanni, Maureen Keaveny, Davida Nemeroff, Alison O’Daniel and the Library of Sa- cred Technologies. www.publicfiction.org
36 GROUP NAME The Public School
NEIGHBORHOOD Chinatown
FOUNDERS Sean Dockray and Fiona Whitten
FOUNDED 2006
MISSION To create a school without a curriculum where classes are determined by member interest.
MEMBERS All participants in classes
RECENT PROJECTS Specters of LA -- Echo Park Commu- nism 1930-50, Analyzing Wikileaks, Specters of the Riot 65-92, Shamanism
UPCOMING PROJECTS www.la.thepublicschool.org/cal- endar www.la.thepublicschool.org
37 GROUP NAME Secondhome Projects
LOCATION Berlin, Germany
FOUNDERS Jörg Dreyer, Anthony Downs, Petra Prahl
FOUNDED February 2009
MISSION secondhome projects is not an artist group in the traditional sense but indicates a number of artists and art institutions that work and exhibit in the neighborhood of Schererstrasse and Oude- narderstrasse in Berlin Weding. Since February 2009 a great number of exhibitions and events took place in these premises, featuing both artists such as those participating in this show as well as invited artists and artists groups.
MEMBERS Lilla von Puttkamer, Miray Seramet, Su- sanne Runge, Kirstin Rabe, Eike Heinrich, Stefan Riebel, vierter stock project space berlin, Satel- lit Berlin the berlin showroom of the art academy Offenbach as well as associated artists: Oliver Oefelein, Anna zur Nieden
RECENT PROJECTS secondhome projects temporary I – X, various single and group exhibitions with among others Frank Walter, Lilla von Puttkamer, Sascha&Andreas, Cristofol Pons, Michael Hernandez de Luna, etc.
COLLABORATED WITH tamtam8 Art Space Berlin, HJKB New York
UPCOMING PROJECTS My first Wedding Anniver- sary exhibition of Kunstkontakter Berlin www.berlinerkunstkontakter.de www.oursecondhome.de/projects
38 GROUP NAME Silvershed
LOCATION New York & Los Angeles & Berlin
FOUNDERS Patrick Meagher, Yunhee Min, Oliver Lanz
FOUNDED March 2008
MISSION Silvershed is an artist-run contemporary art project space in Chelsea, working between New York, Los Angeles and Berlin, as a collaboration for exhibitions, publications, and events. Silvershed explores social dynamics of increas- ingly lateral flow of exchange of information, ideas and resources among artists to generate and to connect discussions of contemporary art values, ethics and aesthetics of the 21st century.
MEMBERS Kerry Hassler, Emily Lenz, Melinda Wang, Dawn Blackman, Georg Krummenacher, Alfred Steiner, Jeanhie Hahn, Nili Gilbert, Marc Maleika, Janet Kwon, Pat Lian, Alexander Dawson, Sabrina Chou, Nicolas Linnert, Zain Burgess, Meg Frisch
RECENT PROJECTS Trialogue at Night Gallery, Collective Show Blog, Tussie Mussie at Silvershed, Collective Show NY at Participant Inc, The Silver- shed Reader, ABCyz
COLLABORATED WITH ACP, Night Gallery, Human Re- sources, Kunstverein, Artist Accomplices, Every Letter In The Alphabet, Ronni Kim, Miles Coolidge.
UPCOMING PROJECTS Silvershed LA, Night Gallery show at Silvershed NY, Project curated by Rose Marcus at Silvershed NY, Collective Show Berlin, Collective Show Zurich, Discussion at Art LA Contemporary Art Fair
PARTING WORDS 3D, 4D, 5D, Love www.thesilvershed.org
39 GROUP NAME Statler Waldorf Gallery
NEIGHBORHOOD Echo Park
FOUNDER Molly Larkey
FOUNDED January 2009
MISSION Our mission is to to encourage dialogue between artists, through curated group and two- person exhibitions, performances, salons, and social events.
RECENT PROJECTS Hidden Bodies, Depthless
Artists/Groups you have COLLABORATED WITH Joshua Aster, Jesse Bercowetz, Jennifer Boysen, Joshua Callaghan, Jamie Chan, Alice Clements, Kelly Cline, Brian Cooper, Christian Cummings, Michael Decker, Zachary Drucker, Deanna Erdmann, Rafael Esparza, Rico Gatson, Kiki Johnson, Katie Herzog, Onya Hogan-Finley, Dawn Kasper, Jenn Kol- mel, Josh Mannis, Florian Morlat, Margie Schnibbe, Aaron Spangler, Austin Thomas, Torbjorn Vejvi, Bari Ziperstein
UPCOMING PROJECTS Hack www.statlerwaldorfgallery.com
40 GROUP NAME Summercamp’s ProjectProject
NEIGHBORHOOD El Sereno
FOUNDERS Fatima Hoang, Elonda Billera and Janice Gomez
FOUNDED April 2009
MISSION Summercamp is a home in the neighborhood in El Sereno, Los Angeles. The homemade modern house, full of pass-throughs and secret spaces, currently functions as an artist live/work space and hosts ProjectProject. The space showcases exhibitions, performances, lectures, workshops, screenings and events by activating multiple parts of the property – installing works in the sloping backyard, projecting videos on the living room ceiling, and showcasing musical performances in the old goat pen.
MEMBERS Fatima Hoang, Elonda Billera and Janice Gomez
RECENT PROJECTS Obsessed The Real Show (title pending) at Cypress College
COLLABORATED WITH Cypress College, Open Arms, David P. Earle, Tarra Stevenson, Chelsea Dean, Falcon Eddy, Corinne Kamiya, Justin Michell, Gina Osterloh, Julie Schustack, Christian Tedeschi, Bari Ziperstein, Liza Wade Green
UPCOMING PROJECTS Lecture at UC Riverside and Westridge School www.summercampprojectproject.blogspot.com
41 GROUP NAME Workspace
NEIGHBORHOOD Lincoln Heights
FOUNDERS Workspace is directed by Daniel Ingroff and Paul Pescador. Julia Sherman & Adam Katz started Workspace in 2008.
FOUNDED October 2008
MISSION Workspace is a venue for installations, performance and projects. Workspace offers emerg- ing artists solo exhibition opportunities with an emphasis on innovation, hosts the Five Points Reading Series, and invites curators to organize exhibitions and projects. It was conceived as an accessible and flexible space for creative people to execute their ideas through site-specific art- work and programming.
MEMBERS Cole Akers, Elizabeth Cline, Melinda Guil- len, Danyel Madrid, Calvin Phelps and Sarah Wil- liams
RECENT PROJECTS Dark Glasses / Bobbi Woods, Mutual Assent / Untitled Collective, Busts: My Personal Winter / Samara Golden, Tasteful Improvements / Katie Ryan, POTPOURRI / Davida Nemeroff
COLLABORATED WITH Cameron Crone, Alexis Dissel- koen, Bobbi Woods, Nikki Darling, Kate Wolf, Unti- tled Collective, Samara Golden, Katie Ryan, Davida Nemeroff, Anna Wilson, Sarah Wang, David Horvitz, Jessica Minckley, Zemie Barr, Jennifer Lieu, Sarah Brin, Melinda Guillen, Elizabeth Cline, RAID Proj- ects, Sonja Geredes, Eve Fowler, Jenny Yurshank- sky, Darin Klein, House on Genesee, Elonda Bille- ra, Graham Kolbeins, Lia Lowenthal, David Gilbert, Katie Herzog, Matthew Timmons, Liz Glynn, Danielle McCullough, Mike Olin, Joy Curtis-Olin
UPCOMING PROJECTS Five Points Reading Series, Background and Layers / Cameron Crone, Five Points Reading Series, Lesley Moon Solo Exhibition, TBA Group Show James Anderson, Neal Bashor, Zach- ary Leener, Betsy Seder Solo Exhibition www.workspace2601.com
42 GROUP NAME WPA
NEIGHBORHOOD Chinatown Los Angeles
FOUNDER Andrew Hahn
FOUNDED August 2009
MISSION WPA is an art space run by artists that provides opportunities for curated group shows, solo exhibitions, performances, screenings etc… Our intent is to make possible an ambitious array of exhibits and activities by pooling our re- sources and taking advantage of this moment in Los Angeles. As a group we facilitate the individual. WPA intentionally recalls the Works Progress Ad- ministration, Roosevelt’s New Deal relief agency that employed artists during The Great Depression.
MEMBERS Andrew Hahn, Rachael Neubauer, Tyler Vlahovich, Amy Sarkisian, Terri Phillips, John Pearson, Pamela Jorden, Henry Taylor, Ryan Tomcho, Bart Exposito, Michael Minelli, Fil Ruting, David Hughes and Charles Irvin
RECENT PROJECTS David Hughes, UITOA; radio broad- cast reading, Dave Hughes, NO X; Tyler Vlahovich, I Drank the Kool Aid; Henry Taylor, Couch Paint- ings; John Pearson )black(; video screening, John Pearson, Pickax and Candle; public art exchange, Swap Thing
UPCOMING PROJECTS Ride the Fantasy Charles Irvin, Angst Journey, Where’s the Dead Man’s Chest Javier Tapia www.wpala.com
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