Fluids: A Happening by Allan Kaprow
During three days, about twenty rectangular enclosures of ice blocks (measuring about 30 feet long, 10 wide and 8 high) are built throughout the city. Their walls are unbroken. They are left to melt.
On April 25, 26, and 27, 2008, in conjunction with the exhibition Allan Kaprow—Art As Life presented at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), LACMA will coordinate the reinvention of Allan Kaprow'sFluids. First realized for his 1967 exhibition at the Pasadena Art Museum, Fluids will be recreated by teams of volunteers at a wide range of sites across Los Angeles.
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LACMA |
Westchester Park |
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Memorial Park |
The Getty Center |
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California State University, Los Angeles |
Rios Clementi Hale Studios/notNeutral |
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MOCA |
MacArthur Park |
| A Place Called Home 2830 S. Central Avenue Los Angeles, California 90011 Saturday, April 26, 9am |
Angels Gate Cultural Center |
The recreation of Fluids is coordinated by LACMA and supported in part by an in-kind donation from the Union Ice Company. Happenings are coordinated by The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, and made possible by generous support from the Getty Foundation. The exhibition Allan Kaprow—Art as Life is organized by the Haus der Kunst, Munich, and the Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, and is on view at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA from March 23 to June 30, 2008.
Related event: Overflow, by the LA Art Girls, is a reinvention ofFluids that reinterprets the original score. On Saturday, April 26, 10 am–8:30 pm, the LA Art Girls and the Union Ice Company build a rectangular ice structure at the Getty Center’s Lower Terrace Sculpture Garden. This is followed by a celebration for all the participants involved in the reinvention of Fluids with DJ J. Sole of KCRW starting at 6 pm. On Sunday, April 27, 10am–4 pm, the LA Art Girls and other participants dismantle the ice structure, removing and repurposing the ice to various locations around the Getty campus. Get more information.
* The Artica Research Project is an official International Polar Year (IPY) Education & Public Outreach (EPO) activity made possible by support from NASA’s Science Mission Directorate, Earth Science Division, in partnership with the Urban Science Corps, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and the Metro Region of the City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks.
Image: © Museum Associates/LACMA 2008
