Fallen Fruit
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Fallen Fruit is an artists' collaboration
, based in Los Angeles
, whose three members are David Burns, Matias Viegener and Austin Young
. Using photography
, video
, performance
, and installation
, Fallen Fruit's work focusses on urban space
, neighborhood, located citizenship
and community
in relation to fruit
.
Fallen Fruit created their first map
of what they call "Public Fruit", fruit growing in or over public property
such as streets and sidewalks, in the neighborhood of Silver Lake
in Los Angeles
in 2004 in the Journal of Aesthetics and Protest.
In 2008 they participated in "The Gatherers" show at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
, curated by Veronica Wyman and introduced their long term project, "The Colonial History of Fruit". They claim this work examines the objective or factual history of fruit – how the fruit we eat travels to arrive in our daily life – and the subjective or People's history
: how an individual experiences fruit.
Fallen Fruit has had solo exhibitions at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE)
, the Salt Lake Art Center, as well as been in group shows around the US and in Spain, Denmark, Sweden, Mexico, Norway, Austria, the Netherlands, Canada and Colombia.
Artist collective
An artist collective is an initiative that is the result of a group of artists working together, usually under their own management, towards shared aims...
, based in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
, whose three members are David Burns, Matias Viegener and Austin Young
Austin Young
Austin Young is a photographer and film maker currently based in Los Angeles. Young has worked as a photographer since 1985. Young's work has created an encyclopedic documentation of sub and trans culture in New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco. His short videos have over 5 million hits on...
. Using photography
Photography
Photography is the art, science and practice of creating durable images by recording light or other electromagnetic radiation, either electronically by means of an image sensor or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film...
, video
Video
Video is the technology of electronically capturing, recording, processing, storing, transmitting, and reconstructing a sequence of still images representing scenes in motion.- History :...
, performance
Performance art
In art, performance art is a performance presented to an audience, traditionally interdisciplinary. Performance may be either scripted or unscripted, random or carefully orchestrated; spontaneous or otherwise carefully planned with or without audience participation. The performance can be live or...
, and installation
Installation art
Installation art describes an artistic genre of three-dimensional works that are often site-specific and designed to transform the perception of a space. Generally, the term is applied to interior spaces, whereas exterior interventions are often called Land art; however, the boundaries between...
, Fallen Fruit's work focusses on urban space
Public open space
Public Open Space is often referred to by urban planners and landscape architects by the acronym 'POS'. It has a meaning similar to public park, but varied interpretations of the term are possible.'Public' can mean:...
, neighborhood, located citizenship
Citizenship Aesthetics
Citizenship Aesthetics is a movement set forth by Council for Cultural Affairs, Taiwan that proposes an aesthetic style of practicing citizenship. Citizenship aesthetians believe that an aesthetic style of citizenship can help set up the best of our world.Citizenship aesthetics-based world is a...
and community
Community
The term community has two distinct meanings:*a group of interacting people, possibly living in close proximity, and often refers to a group that shares some common values, and is attributed with social cohesion within a shared geographical location, generally in social units larger than a household...
in relation to fruit
Fruit
In broad terms, a fruit is a structure of a plant that contains its seeds.The term has different meanings dependent on context. In non-technical usage, such as food preparation, fruit normally means the fleshy seed-associated structures of certain plants that are sweet and edible in the raw state,...
.
Fallen Fruit created their first map
Map
A map is a visual representation of an area—a symbolic depiction highlighting relationships between elements of that space such as objects, regions, and themes....
of what they call "Public Fruit", fruit growing in or over public property
Public property
Public property is property, which is dedicated to the use of the public. It is a subset of state property. The term may be used either to describe the use to which the property is put, or to describe the character of its ownership...
such as streets and sidewalks, in the neighborhood of Silver Lake
Silver Lake, Los Angeles, California
Silver Lake is a hilly neighborhood in the city of Los Angeles, California east of Hollywood and northwest of Downtown Los Angeles. Silver Lake is inhabited by a wide variety of ethnic and socioeconomic groups, but it is best known as an eclectic gathering of hipsters and the creative class.The...
in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
in 2004 in the Journal of Aesthetics and Protest.
In 2008 they participated in "The Gatherers" show at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts is a multi-disiplinary contemporary arts center in San Francisco, California, United States. Located in Yerba Buena Gardens, YBCA features visual art, performance, and film/video that celebrates local, national, and international artists and the Bay Area's diverse...
, curated by Veronica Wyman and introduced their long term project, "The Colonial History of Fruit". They claim this work examines the objective or factual history of fruit – how the fruit we eat travels to arrive in our daily life – and the subjective or People's history
People's history
A people's history or history from below is a type of historical narrative which attempts to account for historical events from the perspective of common people rather than political and other leaders.-Description:...
: how an individual experiences fruit.
Fallen Fruit has had solo exhibitions at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE)
Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions
Located in Hollywood, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions is a nonprofit exhibition space and archive of the visual arts for the city of Los Angeles, California, USA...
, the Salt Lake Art Center, as well as been in group shows around the US and in Spain, Denmark, Sweden, Mexico, Norway, Austria, the Netherlands, Canada and Colombia.