Allan Kaprow–Art as Life » Don’t http://www.moca.org/kaprow Mon, 14 Jul 2008 18:07:47 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Documentation from Don’t (1970/2008) by the USC Public Art Studies Program http://www.moca.org/kaprow/index.php/2008/04/15/documentation-from-don%e2%80%99t-19702008-by-the-usc-public-art-studies-program/ http://www.moca.org/kaprow/index.php/2008/04/15/documentation-from-don%e2%80%99t-19702008-by-the-usc-public-art-studies-program/#comments Tue, 15 Apr 2008 20:29:10 +0000 MOCA http://www.moca.org/kaprow/index.php/2008/04/15/documentation-from-don%e2%80%99t-19702008-by-the-usc-public-art-studies-program/ Images from Don’t (1970/2008), reinvented by graduate students in the University of Southern California’s Public Art Studies Program (PAS), Roski School of Fine Arts, with graduate students in USC’s Art History Program, in collaboration with the Tijuana/Los Angeles-based collective Bulbo, and advisor Joshua Decter, director of the PAS Program.

Don’t (1970/2008) by the USC Public Art Studies Program

Don’t (1970/2008) by the USC Public Art Studies Program

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12pm: University of Southern California (USC)
(Intersection of Bloom Walk and Trousdale Pkwy., Los Angeles)
2pm: MacArthur Park, 2230 West 6th St., Los Angeles

Originally situated at two locations in Los Angeles, Don’t (1970) explored questions of access and exclusion by transferring symbolic authority to neighborhood youths who staged demonstrations, ironically, on segments of artificial grass. This reactivation counter-poses the private/public space of the university to the contested ‘public’ environment of an urban park. This event is organized by graduate students in the University of Southern California’s Public Art Studies Program (PAS), Roski School of Fine Arts, with graduate students in USC’s Art History Program, in collaboration with the Tijuana/Los Angeles-based collective Bulbo, and advisor Joshua Decter, director of the PAS Program.
INFO 213/743-8540 or lovins@usc.edu

Don’t (1970)
For Don’t, originally realized in coordination with the Los Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation, participants surrounded a patch of fake grass with barricades and signs that read “Do not enter,” “Do Not Step On Grass,” etc. Passers-by were asked for their reaction to this scene. Later, the barricades were removed and new signs invited people to walk on the grass. Again, passersby were asked to give comments.
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