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. With To Do in Los Angeles March 16 (and March 10-31)
This sounds sort of interesting for all you unconsumption fans in L.A.:
The Journal of Aesthetics and Protest along with Machine Project will be present Heather Rogers, author of “Gone Tomorrow: The Hidden Life of Garbage”. The talk based on her book will take us through the surprisingly brief history of the trash heap, as before mass production and mass marketing it would have been unthinkable to dispose of so much of what we produce so soon after it is produced.
1200 D North Alvarado Street
Separately, I see that the The Journal of Aesthetics and Protest has another event coming up, related to the book about failure that they put out recently, and which I keep meaning to check out. The opening is on March 10 for this exhibition:
Park Projects is pleased to present a group exhibition that explores the positive aspects of failure. “Failure Ridiculous Terrible Wonderful” features works that can be characterized as privileging a heartfelt appreciation of the effort expended to realize a goal, even if the goal itself remains elusive or even unattainable, rather than the goal itself. Like the 1970s New Games phenomenon, it celebrates effort over effect, engagement over outcome.
Through March 31
Park Projects
4755 York Blvd
Los Angeles
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