something for everyone

fritz haeg / frieze art fair / london / october 18th, 2008

electorate map from the 2004 United States presidential election

Los Angeles...

Éor New Jersey?

The American Front Lawn

none are welcome

the making of Lakewood, California - 1940Õs

The cities will be part of the country; I shall live 30 miles from my office in one direction, under a pine tree; my secretary will live 30 miles away from it too, in the other direction, under another pine tree. We shall both have our own car. We shall use up tires, wear out road surfaces and gears, consume oil and gasoline. All of which will necessitate a great deal of work. . . enough for all.
ÑLe Corbusier, The Radiant City (1935)

aerial view of the American Dream

crops in the desert southwest

ONE-roomed Native American wigwam

TWO-roomed American hall and parlor house

FOUR-roomed early American colonial house

typical contemporary American developer house

American Dream - drawings

todayÕs American Dream

English Estate

London Victory Garden in bomb crater

Victory Garden movement

Edible Estates

#1 - Salina, Kansas - 2005 {Salina Art Center}

#2 - Lakewood California - 2006 {Machine Project}

#3 - Maplewood, New Jersey - 2007 {Garden Supply}

#4 - London, England - 2007 {Tate Modern}

#5 - Austin, Texas - 2008 {Arthouse}

#6 - Baltimore, Maryland - 2008 {Contemporary Museum Baltimore}

Descanso Public Demonstration Garden - 2008 {Descanso Gardens}

Cox residence - Salina, Kansas

Edible Estates #1: Salina, Kansas - 2005

Edible Estates #1: Salina, Kansas - 2005 / brochures

Foti residence - Lakewood, California

Edible Estate #2: Lakewood, California - 2006

Christman Wei Family - Maplewood, New Jersey

Edible Estate #3: Maplewood, New Jersey - 2007

Brookwood Estate - London, UK, 2007

Edible Estate #4: London, England - 2007

Edible Estates Temporary HQ / Tate Modern Turbine Hall - 2007

Sierra Ridge Apartments - Austin, Texas

planting weekend

Edible Estates #5: Austin, Texas - 2008

How to Eat Austin / Edible Estates #5: Austin, Texas - 2008

Ridgley residence - Baltimore, Maryland

Edible Estate #6: Baltimore, Maryland - 2008

Edible Estates: Attack on the Front Lawn
Òall of the photos i have seen of the edible estates are not very prettyÉsome are even somewhat hideous for a front yard garden.Ó - review by a gardener on amazon.com

Among the Sierra Nevada, CA / Albert Bierstadt (1830-1902)

The Kitanemuk tribe in what is now Tejon Ranch, California - Angela Lozada, Maria Garcia, and Juana Encinas picking gooseberries - 1910Õs

Tejon Ranch Development website today

The Kitanemuk tribe in what is now Tejon Ranch, California - Angela Lozada, Maria Garcia, and Juana Encinas picking gooseberries - 1910Õs

New York Times / October 15, 2008

Fox News

"What's great about this country is that America started the tradition where the richest consumers buy essentially the same things as the poorest. You can be watching TV and see Coca Cola, and you know that the President drinks Coca Cola, Liz Taylor drinks Coca Cola, and just think, you can drink Coca Cola, too. A coke is a coke and no amount of money can get you a better coke than the one the bum on the corner is drinking. All the cokes are the same and all the cokes are good. Liz Taylor knows it, the President knows it, the bum knows it, and you know it."

soft drink aisle in a typical American grocery store

Alaska State Governor Sarah Palin and family

Grizzly Bear in front of an Alaskan glacier - October 9th, 2008

Moose on a suburban street in Anchorage - October 6th, 2008

Animal Estates

Animal Estates 2008

1.0: New York, New York {Whitney Museum of American Art}

2.0: Austin, Texas {Arthouse}

3.0: Cambridge, Massachusetts {MIT}

4.0: San Francisco, California {SFMOMA}

5.0: Portland, Oregon {Douglas F. Cooley Memorial Art Gallery}

6.0: Utrecht, The Netherlands {Casco}

7.0: Cleveland, Ohio {The Cleveland Institute of Art}

Animal Estates 1.0: New York, NY / 2008 Whitney Biennial

Upper East Side / September 10th, 1609 / Mannahatta Project

Animal Estates 1.0: New York, NY / Whitney Biennial / 2008

Animal Estate 1.02: Barn Owl / Whitney Biennial / 2008

Animal Estates 1.0: New York, NY / Whitney Biennial / 2008

Animal Estates 1.0: New York, NY / eagleÕs nest

Animal Estates 1.0: New York, NY / Whitney Biennial / 2008

Animal Estates 1.0: New York, NY / beaver pond

Animal Estates 1.0: New York, NY / mason bees & big brown bat

Animal Estates 1.0: New York / Guided Estate Tours - mud turtle

Animal Estates 1.0: New York / Guided Estate Tours - flying squirrel

Animal Estates 1.0: New York / Guided Estate Tours
K8 Hardy as the bobcat

Animal Scores - 1.03: Wood Duck / Animal Scores postcard

Animal Scores - 1.07: Opossum / Animal Scores postcard

Animal Score 1.11: Eastern Mud Turtle / Whitney Museum bookstore

Animal Scores / Bobcat & mud turtle

Animal Estates 1.0: New York, NY / Animal Drills

Animal Estates 6.0: Utrecht, The Netherlands / Casco - 2008

Animal Estate 6.3: Common Swift / Tieneke de Groot

Animal Estates 6.0: Utrecht, The Netherlands / postcards

Utrecht Animal Estates Headquarters

Animal Estates 6.0: Utrecht, The Netherlands / Casco - 2008

Animal Estates 5.0: Portland, Oregon / Cooley Gallery - 2008

Animal Estates 5.0: Portland, Oregon / the snag

Animal Estates 5.0: Portland, Oregon / Cooley Gallery - 2008

Animal Estates 5.0: Portland, Oregon / Build a Better Snag

Animal Estates 4.0: San Francisco, CA / SFMOMA - 2008

Animal Estates 4.0: San Francisco, CA / SFMOMA

Animal Estates 4.0: San Francisco, CA / Sea Lion Estates at Pier 39

Animal Estates 4.01: California Slender Salamander

Animal Estates 4.0: San Francisco, CA / SFMOMA - 2008

Animal Estates 4.0: San Francisco / writing workshop - 826 Valencia

Animal Estates 4.0: San Francisco, CA
Anna HalprinÕs Sea Ranch Collective - Animal Movements

Anna Halprin / Blank Placard / 1967

Anna Halprin / Circle the Earth, Dancing with Life on the Line - 1989

Ant Farm / Clean Air Pod / Berkeley, California - 1970

Ant Farm / Clean Air Pod

Ant Farm / Media Burn / San Francisco - 1975

Journal of Aesthetics and Protest / VonÕs parking lot / Los Angeles

Machine Project / Building Rome in a Day - building

Machine Project / Building Rome in a Day - city complete

Machine Project / Building Rome in a Day - sacking Rome

Machine Project / Building Rome in a Day - My Barbarian

My Barbarian / Gods of Canada / The Power Plant, Toronto - 2005

My Barbarian / Gods of Canada / The Power Plant, Toronto /2005

Sundown Salon 2001-2006

Sundown Salon #4 / Nightmarathon Hextravaganza / Oct 26, 2002
My Barbarian

Sundown Salon #11 / Knitknit / February 22, 2004

Sundown Salon #21 / L.A. Literary / October 23rd, 2005

Sundown Salon #28 / The Young Ones / June 18th, 2006

Sundown Salon #20 / Salon Salon / July 10, 2005

Slide 125

Slide 126

Slide 127

Sundown Salon #29 / Dancing Convention / July 9th, 2006

Sundown Schoolhouse

Slide 130

Sundown Schoolhouse / morning movement & dance - fall 2006

Sundown Schoolhouse / fall 2006

Sundown Schoolhouse / final event - fall 2006

Dancing 9 to 5 / Whitney Museum of American Art, Altria - 2007

Philadelphia Training Camp for Expression Skills
Philadelphia Institute of Contemporary Art - 2007

Slide 139

Slide 140

Slide 141

This River is Our Parade / Valencia, California - 2006

Slide 143

This River is Our Parade / Valencia, California - 2006

EAST MEET WEST INTERCHANGE OVERPASS PARADE - the score:
Two parades will become one on an Indianapolis interchange overpass. Participants and viewers representing the EAST and WEST of Indianapolis, Indiana, the United States and the world will converge on each other visible to the speeding traffic below. The parade will begin as easterns and westerns assemble on either side and will end as they gradually drift away from the mash-up on the overpass.

1. A north-south line is struck where the Interstate 70 meets Interstate 65 at the Virginia Ave. overpass in Indianapolis.

2. All parade participants from the west side of that line will assemble at the intersection of East Street & Virginia Avenue.

3. All parade participants from the east side of that line will assemble at the intersection of Shelby Street & Virginia Avenue.

4. Those residing west of that line coming to view the event will assemble along Virginia Ave. west of the overpass.

5. Those residing east of that line coming to view the event will assemble along Virginia Ave. east of the overpass.

6. At noon on Saturday, April 26th, the two parade groups will proceed on the right lane of Virginia Avenue heading towards each other.

7. As each parade passes, the assembled viewers along Virginia Avenue will fall in line behind.

8. The two parades will pass each other on either side of the overpass, the following viewers may assemble in the center of the overpass, or wherever they are comfortable.

9. The east marching westside parade (visible to cars on the northbound Interstate) may make a u-turn as it reaches the east end of the overpass, continue straight ahead to the beginning point of the other parade or dissolve into a mash-up of east, west and audience on the overpass.

10. The west marching eastside parade (visible to cars on the southbound Interstate) may make a u-turn as it reaches the east end of the overpass, continue straight ahead to the beginning point of the other parade or dissolve into a mash-up of east, west and audience on the overpass

11. Folding in on itself parts of the two parades may pass each other, combine as one infinite circular parade, or collapse into one mass where the lines between east and west, performers and audience disolves.

12. The parade will end gradually as participants, marchers and audience slowly drift away and head back to the museum....

East Meets West Interchange Overpass Parade / USA

East Meets West Interchange Overpass Parade / Indiana

East Meets West Interchange Overpass Parade / Indianapolis

East Meets West Interchange Overpass Parade / parade routes

East Meets West Interchange Overpass Parade / WEST stage

East Meets West Interchange Overpass Parade / EAST stage

East Meets West Interchange Overpass Parade / going EAST

East Meets West Interchange Overpass Parade / going WEST

East Meets West Interchange Overpass Parade / overpass

East Meets West Interchange Overpass Parade / IMA galleries

Garage Project - coming in 2009

compost pile