Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Friday Lecture Arnold Hall 2pm

Fritz Haeg's work has included edible gardens, wild landscapes, public dances, educational environments, animal architecture, domestic gatherings, urban parades, temporary encampments, documentary videos, publications, and occasionally buildings for people. Recent projects include Sundown Schoolhouse - an itinerant educational program; Edible Estates - an international series of domestic edible landscapes; and Animal Estates - a housing initiative for native animals in cities around the world which debuted at the 2008 Whitney Biennial. He is a 2010-11 Rome Prize Fellow and has variously taught in architecture, design, and fine art programs at Princeton University, Cal Arts, Art Center College of Design, Parsons School of Design, the University of Southern California, and Wayne State University in Detroit. Haeg has produced projects and exhibited work at MoMA, Tate Modern, The Hayward Gallery, The Liverpool Biennial, The Whitney Museum of American Art, SFMoMA, SALT Beyoglu (Istanbul), Casco (Utrecht), Stroom (Den Haag), Arup Phase 2 (London), Blood Mountain Foundation (Budapest), Pollinaria (Abruzzo), The Israeli Center for Digital Arts, The Institute of Contemporary Art (Philadelphia), The Indianapolis Museum of Art, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Mass MoCA, the deCordova Museum, and most recently at the Walker Art Center for the solo show “Fritz Haeg: At Home in the City.” Recent books include "The Sundown Salon Unfolding Archive" (Evil Twin Publications, 2009), “Edible Estates: Attack on the Front Lawn” (Metropolis Books, 2010, 2nd ed.), and “Roma Mangia Roma” (Nero, 2014).
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Wildflowering L.A. is a native wildflower seed planting initiative throughout Los Angeles County beginning in October 2013 by artist Fritz Haeg.

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