There are different facets of Islands of LA. Projects often cross over into more than one of these. Some projects are one time events and others span several months.
PUBLIC SPACE
ONLINE (VIRTUAL SPACE)
PRIVATE SPACE
Below is a chronological list of projects:
[ June 27, 2010; 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ]
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The Gardens of LACMA
(part of Fallen Fruit Presents EATLACMA)
Islands of LA has focused on the temporary use of traffic islands as a vehicle to consider the city as well as examine and engage with public space for gathering (peaceable assembly), speech and questions of individual agency. [...]
[ October 3, 2009; 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm. ] We’ll be on a traffic island in Echo Park on 1st between Douglas and Glendale from 8-10pm, beneath the bridge with the downtown skyscrapers visible in the distance for an evening of public square dancing, live music and film on a traffic island. Donwloadable Island Square Dance flyer, designed by square dance caller Cory Marie [...]
[ March 7, 2009; 7:00 pm; ] g727
727 South Spring Street
Los Angeles, CA 90014
213 627 9563
Islands of LA welcomes artist Sarah Roberts and composer Gerhard Schultz for soundscape activities. These activities are part of Islands of LA’s ongoing effort to explore the use and availability of traffic islands for peaceful assembly and expressive content that fosters discussion and in-person interaction.
Sara Roberts will [...]
[ April 17, 2009; 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm. ] The undergrad public art class at USC (aka “Art In the Public Realm: Contemporary Issues”) is working on a project with Ari and Islands of LA. The aim is to develop an island-based action that let’s our group tease out – or butt into – ideas about public space/s in L.A. It could be a didactic intervention [...]
[ October 21, 2008; 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm. ] Traffic islands are filled with histories, sounds, sights and movements…a cacophony of relations and possibilities. Spend a moment on an island, listen, look, learn about the history, about these spaces all over the place. There is much to see in the Islands of LA Nat’l Park. This is just what we did tonight. A small [...]
[ September 18, 2008; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] On 9/18/08, a group of 12 graduate students in Public Art Studies at USC and their professor, Susan Gray, took a tour of public art in Los Angeles.
Early on in the project, there was a picnic discussion on a traffic island and recently, there have been more of these. They happen at different times of day and the discussions have revolved are the context of the traffic island. The picnics are a way for people to be introduced to these spaces and [...]
This project uses cleaning as a context for dialogue. A Buddhist organization called SGI contacted Islands of LA to clean-up an island in Hollywood. It turns out we had a common interest in dialogue and after a few discussions, a group of us met on the island to clean and have a discussion. [...]
SALSA SALSA
What: Salsa Salsa, a Celebration of Love Apples (Press Release)
Type: Public Art Event in which we make salsa while dancing to salsa music together and
enjoying a free salsa concert and dance class
When: Sun August 17th, 3 to 7 p.m.
Where: Farmlab, 1745 N. Spring Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012
Free to the public
Come to [...]
