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12-1 pm: A graphic workshop with Handbuilt Studio for Project Food / LA. In preparation for the Edible Endeavors Convention, Yuju Yeo leads participants in generating foodie propaganda – banners, flyers, posters, etc.
3:30-6 pm: Edible Endeavors Convention – A survey of food advocacy practices in Los Angeles. In a rapid-fire series of presentations, a diverse set of individuals and organizations will present their work on behalf of food issues in the city.
Project Food / LA presents this part rally, part political convention, part lecture and part panel discussion. Bring the posters and banners from the earlier graphic workshop.
Keynote by Evan Kleiman, host of Good Food on 89.9 KCRW. Featuring
Presentations by:
Community Services Unlimited
Fallen FruitFed Up with Hunger, an initiative of the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles
Garden School Foundation
Highland Park Coop
Locali Market
M&A Gallery
Project Food / LA
Public Matters
Root Down LA
UEPI at Occidental College
Watts Labor Community Action Committee
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…and live Skype-cast to Materials and Applications in Silverlake in conjunction with its Fish Taco Party during Silver Lake Art Crawl.
Other MAK Day events:
1-2 pm: Curatorial walk-through on the exhibition Otto Neurath. Gypsy Urbanism with guest curator Nader Vossoghian
2:30-3:30 pm: Panel discussion: A discussion of exhibition and display strategies in relation to infrastructure, do-it-yourself methods, social space engagement, and graphic communication.
Moderated by MAK Center director Kimberli Meyer
Panel Participants:
Nader Vossoghian: architectural historian and guest curator of Otto Neurath. Gypsy Urbanism
Roston Woo: designer, writer, educator, and co-founder of the Center for Urban Pedagogy
Linda Pollack: artist, creator of Habeas Lounge
Alexis Rochas: architect, creator of a rooftop garden prototype SynthE Green Roof
Juliette Bellocq: graphic designer, Handbuilt Studio
