the graffiti garden is an experiment in
simple collaboration.
this particular experiment had it's seed
in il corral, but was manifest in full
deliberately over the half year of
zero-point's life at the 1049 e. 32nd st.
los angeles sodo location, as i said,
it began, as many stories do,
with il corral.
mark ferem, author of bathroom graffiti,
had interviewed me for his book
because of my 'curation' of graffiti at
il corral. i took him around to show all
these layers of conversations...it was
those kind of documented interactions
on the walls that were my favorite.
i loved watching it happen.
simple collaboration.
this particular experiment had it's seed
in il corral, but was manifest in full
deliberately over the half year of
zero-point's life at the 1049 e. 32nd st.
los angeles sodo location, as i said,
it began, as many stories do,
with il corral.
mark ferem, author of bathroom graffiti,
had interviewed me for his book
because of my 'curation' of graffiti at
il corral. i took him around to show all
these layers of conversations...it was
those kind of documented interactions
on the walls that were my favorite.
i loved watching it happen.
when il corral moved to south of downtown los angeles from
east hollywood and the name changed to zero-point, mark
was leading a los angeles times writer through a tour of the
local bathroom graffiti, it was a bathroom crawl, so they
visited the end of il corral to take pictures as we were
moving to zero-point.
the crawl would be punctuated by the two newly painted
and painted on bathrooms at our new location.
zero-point's warehouse warming was 'make your mark'
and all mediums were present by the end of the night.
people were everywhere there was a huge line for the
bathrooms, it was obvious that the art had to spill over.
so it did! it was one of the most amazing nights of my life,
recently. the bouncy castle festival is pretty hard to beat.
but i adored it! the graffiti garden made so much sense
and added such a rich ever changing element of stimulation
and reflection, synthesis and taking a step back...it was an
immensely ripe source of inspiration for me.
we decided to keep it up for six months, but i decided i could
never take it down. so the only paint that went up to cover it
was when we left.
it was a grand experiment, a wonderful experiment that
people gave way and wrote and drew, all sorts of people.
bathroom graffiti is accepting of all things. that's the whole
point of 'curating' it.
there are so many people who have added to the 'graffiti
garden', and taken pictures, even with their phones and
such. it is an alive being itself, a giant mirror, with each
mark a facet. i definitely support this as an art process for
collaboration, and it is always being changed with each new
mark. thanx to all involved! love it. love & ruckus.,
east hollywood and the name changed to zero-point, mark
was leading a los angeles times writer through a tour of the
local bathroom graffiti, it was a bathroom crawl, so they
visited the end of il corral to take pictures as we were
moving to zero-point.
the crawl would be punctuated by the two newly painted
and painted on bathrooms at our new location.
zero-point's warehouse warming was 'make your mark'
and all mediums were present by the end of the night.
people were everywhere there was a huge line for the
bathrooms, it was obvious that the art had to spill over.
so it did! it was one of the most amazing nights of my life,
recently. the bouncy castle festival is pretty hard to beat.
but i adored it! the graffiti garden made so much sense
and added such a rich ever changing element of stimulation
and reflection, synthesis and taking a step back...it was an
immensely ripe source of inspiration for me.
we decided to keep it up for six months, but i decided i could
never take it down. so the only paint that went up to cover it
was when we left.
it was a grand experiment, a wonderful experiment that
people gave way and wrote and drew, all sorts of people.
bathroom graffiti is accepting of all things. that's the whole
point of 'curating' it.
there are so many people who have added to the 'graffiti
garden', and taken pictures, even with their phones and
such. it is an alive being itself, a giant mirror, with each
mark a facet. i definitely support this as an art process for
collaboration, and it is always being changed with each new
mark. thanx to all involved! love it. love & ruckus.,
| the graffiti garden |
i described it as a garden, because after every show i would see what had grown there....and also
because i did keep things moving and open and with always changing ideas stimulating new
ideas...sometimes i would write down things people said at a show that i overheard...
those are some of my favorites...
during that conversation with mark, the 'graffiti garden' was born. it was the seed for the zero-point bash!
because i did keep things moving and open and with always changing ideas stimulating new
ideas...sometimes i would write down things people said at a show that i overheard...
those are some of my favorites...
during that conversation with mark, the 'graffiti garden' was born. it was the seed for the zero-point bash!
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