Trespass - A Parade, Party & Public Call to Action October 2, 2011

Join thousands of revelers in the streets of Downtown L.A. on Sunday, October 2nd at noon!

As part of the Getty-sponsored, region-wide initiative, Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A. 1945-1980, Trespass is one of the official Opening Weekend Celebrations!

On Sunday, October 2, 2011, the historic Broadway Theater District in Downtown Los Angeles will erupt with Trespass, a parade where artists and residents will rally together to engage in art, music, dancing, floats, community activism, and performance. The parade is just one component of Trespass – a collaborative project between Arto Lindsay, Rirkrit Tiravanija, and West of Rome Public Art (WoR) that also includes a party and a T-shirt project with call-to-action slogans. Many Los Angeles art luminaries, including John Baldessari, Barbara Kruger, Nancy Rubins, and Jeffrey Vallance, were asked to produce statements – personal calls to action expressing political or social concerns – which will be worn on T-shirts in the parade. Many of the participating artists will also join in with performative pieces.

By noon the parade will get underway traveling north on Broadway with rolling street closures over more than 25 blocks. Influential contemporary artists and performers will perform in and along the parade route with Lindsay and Tiravanija such as Nancy Buchanan, Vaginal Davis, Ann Magnuson, My Barbarian, Sylvère Lotringer and many others. The finale includes a special KILLSONIC performance along the Grand Avenue cultural corridor with an ending reception at The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA) as well as at REDCAT (Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater). See parade route: http://trespassparade.org/when-and-where.

Official Website: http://trespassparade.org/