Fair Trade

Fair Trade was inspired by contemporary artists whose performance-based practices infuse artistic production with community organizing. Interested in promoting creativity to a broader audience and building energetic relationships through cultural exchange, the projects are event-oriented, performative, and either participatory in nature or geared toward activating underutilized space. Each project is planned to occur at a site appropriate to the artist's proposals throughout Los Angeles.

Haircuts by Children

by Darren O'Donnell and Naomi Campbell (both b. Canada, both live in Toronto)

October 14 and 15, 2006 at two Highland Park Salons

"Haircuts by Children" is a whimsical performance that engages with the enfranchisement of children and trust in the younger generation, and invites contemplation of a very simple image: a child cutting an adult�s hair. The project continues the artists� exploration of an aesthetic of civic engagement, with the materials being a grade 5-6 class, a hair salon, and a brave, willing public.



"Haircuts by Children" will take place on October 14 and October 15 from 11:00 am - 5:00 pm at two different Highland Park salons:

October 14th at Susy's Beauty Salon
6419 N. Figueroa St., LA CA 90042

October 15th at Odette's New Styles
5914 N. Figueroa St., LA CA 90042

Free haircuts. Call 323.982.9461 to make your appointment.

"Haircuts by Children" is co-sponsored by José Huizar, Councilmember, District 14.

Corresponding Event:
Social Acupuncture: the art of civic engagement, a proposal and a demonstration.

Author Darren O'Donnell presents his book "Social Acupuncture," an extended essay outlining the possibility for a civically engaged artistic practice, and stages "Q&A," a simple performance game that introduces the concept of entreveillance � observation from between.

Thursday Oct 5 at 8:00pm
Hosted by The Mountain
473 Gin Ling Way
Los Angeles, Ca, 90012
http://www.themountainbar.com.

Friday Oct 6 at 8:00pm
Hosted by LACE
6522 Hollywood Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90028
http://www.welcometolace.org.

Fire in the Taco Bell

by Joaquin Segura/Ricardo Cuevas/Renato Garza
(all b. Mexico, all live in Mexico City)

October 14, 2006 at Gallery 727

"Fire in the Taco Bell" is a one-day event with art components that will explore the idea of the autonomous zone and its possible repercussions on trade practices with friendly nations. The event will include a lecture on the politics of misunderstandings, the nature of evil, the spirit of creative dissent and the subtleties of fair commerce along with the presentation of video and objectual works pertinent to the conceptual structure of the event.

Further outreach will develop through site-specific projects that privilege public space and social interaction with local groups during the artists� 3-week residency in Los Angeles.

"Fire in the Taco Bell" will also feature the Los Angeles premiere of Renato Ornelas' feature film, "Cabecitas," produced by Revolcadero Films.

"Fire in the Taco Bell" will take place on
October 14, 2006 at Gallery 727 downtown.
Exhibition: 12:00 - 6:00 pm
Lecture: 2:00 pm
Screening: 7:00 pm

Gallery 727
727 South Spring St.
Los Angeles, CA 90014
www.gallery727losangeles.com

The NAFTA Effect

THINK AGAIN (D. Attyah/S.A. Bachman both b. U.S., Attyah lives in Los Angeles and Bachman lives in Boston/Los Angeles

"The NAFTA Effect� is a series of public projections throughout Los Angeles addressing how �free trade� insidiously reshapes lives on both sides of the border.



October 7; October 13; and October 14, 2006 Locations and times to be announced by September 15. Please check back!

For more information about THINK AGAIN visit www.agitart.org.

Rose Bowl Flea Market Biennale

2006 Rose Bowl Flea Market Biennale

by Sergio Munoz-Sarmiento (b. U.S., lives in Cambridge, MA and Truth or Consequences, New Mexico)

October 8, 2006 at the Rose Bowl Flea Market in Pasadena.

The "2006 Rose Bowl Flea Market Biennale" is a performative/sculptural installation within the Pasadena Rose Bowl Flea Market that invites local and international artists (including from Mexico, Canada, and the U.S.) to submit items or artworks for sale within the flea market grounds, and within a "sculptstructural" stall to be designed and fabricated by the artist�s company, CLANCCO (Clandestine Construction Company International). visit www.clancco.com for more information.



The "2006 Rose Bowl Flea Market Biennale"
will take place on October 8, 2006
from 9:00 am - 4:30 pm
at the Rose Bowl Flea Market in Area 'E'
in the Arts and Crafts section.
1001 Rose Bowl Dr. Pasadena, CA 91103
$7 entrance fee

visit www.rgcshows.com for location details about the Rose Bowl Flea Market.

Speak Up LA

Speak Up LA
by Amanda Herman and Katina Papson (both b. U.S., live in San Francisco)
Sept 29; Sept 30; and Oct 1, 2006.



"Speak-Up LA" is a multilingual amplification of Los Angeles' diverse voices that expands the boundaries of everyday interaction. This dynamic, performative event will use spontaneous communication to activate public space. "Speak Up LA" encourages collaboration and creativity by plugging in a microphone, turning on a generator, hanging some lights, and inviting participants to share their ideas about borders, home and identity.

Locations:
Friday September 29, 6-9 pm
In front of the Hollywood/Western Metro Station
5450 Hollywood Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90028

Saturday Sept. 30 at 2-4 & 6-8pm
Outside adjacent to Millard Sheets Gallery at the Los Angeles County Fair Grounds
1101 W. McKinley Avenue
Pomona, CA. 91768

Sunday October 1, 12:30 pm - 2:30 pm
In front of Mama's Hot Tamales Caf� in MacArthur Park
2122 West Seventh Street (between Alvarado St and Lake)
Los Angeles, CA 90057

Fair Exchange

Fair Exchange
by Irene Tsatos
(b. U.S., lives in Los Angeles)
September 8 - October 1, 2006



Location: Millard Sheets Gallery on the L.A. County Fairgrounds and on the grounds of the Fariplex.
(1101 W. McKinley Avenue, Pomona, CA 91768)
Hours and entrance fees vary daily; check www.lacountyfair.com for details.

�Fair Exchange,� a curatorial project organized by Irene Tsatsos at the Los Angeles County Fair Grounds, is one of six projects selected for "Fair Trade."

"Fair Exchange" is inspired by, occurs at, and intervenes with the Los Angeles County Fair. Fairs are associated with a celebration of the domestic and agricultural arts and sciences; "Fair Exchange" considers and celebrates the wonder of what is immediately around us, what is within and of our selves, our homes, our communities, and the objects and ideas we generate in an effort to identify, connect with, and enhance our relationships to ourselves and our communities.

Welcome to the Fair Trade blog

Welcome to the Fair Trade blog.

Fair Trade is a program of Outpost for Contemporary Art. This blog was provided as a service by the Shed Research Institute, who is committed to producing, publicizing, and promoting site-specific projects.

This blog is a live document of the happenings of Fair Trade and will be used by all the participants of this project series to comment, update, and document their projects. Each participant will be using this tool differently to serve their projects.

You can read through this blog chronologically as Fair Trade, or you can link to the project categories though the links at the homepage and view each project individually.

If you have something to say, please feel free to comment on each entry.