@susyluck, @carameganlewis, + @ms.larasaur look on as @reginamamou learns the art of making cotton candy in the park. We will be showing our work "7 Actions for a Concrete-Colored Sky" tomorrow during @cantoscomunes (a collateral @habanabienal event) at @theblockhousestudio. Our work will incorporate an action-oriented version of spun sugar. Images to be posted soon!
We arrived in Havana on Thursday night, + have limited wifi, so we're posting @habanabienal from yesterday. Image 1–4: The gauzy shadows of Alexia Miranda (El Salvador) "Tejido Colectivo" ("Connective Tissue"); The large nesting structures of Esther Aldaz Brunetto (Spain) "De qué hablamos cuando hablamos de futura" ("What we talk about when we talk about the future"); The study of Aleppo soap as a metaphor for loss and destruction in Emmanuel Tussore (France) "Estudio para un jabón" ("Study for a Soap"); + "País en construcción" ("Country under Construction") by the Clandestina collective – Idania del Río, Celia Ledón, + Gabriel Lara at the Spanish Embassy. . . . . . #researchforthebermudatriangle #rbt #reginamamou #larasalmon #collaborativeartpractice #researchbasedartist #bodybasedartist #theunknown #internationalartprojects #cantoscomunes #commonchants #theblockhouse #13thhavanabiennial #7actionsforaconcretecoloredsky
En route to Havana. We touched down last night + now – we're with new friends + old! . . . . . #researchforthebermudatriangle #rbt #reginamamou #larasalmon #collaborativeartpractice #researchbasedartist #bodybasedartist #theunknown #internationalartprojects #cantoscomunes #commonchants #theblockhouse #13thhavanabiennial #7actionsforaconcretecoloredsky
+ we're off! RBT is on the move. We'll be in Havana this evening with a hundred cotton candy cones. . . . . . #researchforthebermudatriangle #rbt #reginamamou #larasalmon #collaborativeartpractice #researchbasedartist #bodybasedartist #theunknown #internationalartprojects #cantoscomunes #commonchants #theblockhouse #13thhavanabiennial #7actionsforaconcretecoloredsky
Some of our favorites from this weekend. Image 1–3: Ridley Howard's "Shapes + Lovers" at @nightgallery; Image 4: Marsian De Lellis's hand sewn + aged dolls in "Stuck Together" at @track_16_dtla; Image 5: Yukinori Yanagi at @blumandpoe (***more info below***); Image 6: Kara Joslyn's "Moon" in "Dandy in the Underworld" at @bozomag. ***In Yukinori Yanagi's "The World Flag Ant Farm," Yanagi created a series of world flags by pouring sand into a labyrinth of plexiglass boxes connected by tubes. He then introduced live ants into the 'farm'...In the process of tunneling through the sand, the ants created cracks in the flags and mixed the colors of each country's identifying design, resulting in their very own version of the United Nations.*** . . . . . #researchforthebermudatriangle #rbt #reginamamou #larasalmon #collaborativeartpractice #researchbasedartist #bodybasedartist #theunknown #internationalartprojects #ridleyhoward #nightgallery #marsiandelellis #track16 #yukinoriyanagi #blumandpoe #karajoslyn #bozomag #RBTxLA
@reginamamou is making clouds...Left: White 'European' sugar vs.brown raw cane sugar. The strength of the raw cane sugar is pretty outstanding.
@ms.larasaur is in the kitchen with oodles of In-N-Out as we prepare for Havana. #Repost @ms.larasaur ・・・ Getting ready to #preserve all this In-N-Out for my next project with Regina as @research_bermuda_triangle in Havana, Cuba!! @cantoscomunes @habanabienal #April18 #innout
Thank you for your kind words, @scarlet.oh! We look forward to sharing more work with you in the future. #Repost @scarlet.oh ・・・ Salon #1 of Reseach for the Bermuda Triangle, brainchild of adventuremates Regina Mamou and Lara Salmon. Pix 2 and 3 are performance they executed @havenforartists residency in Beirut last year, serving up charred food to dinner guests. Look, don't eat! Would love to see a reprise in LA, ladies!! @ms.larasaur @reginamamou #contemporaryart #performanceart #researchforthebermudatriangle
'Research' for our upcoming projects.
Another material test/study for @cantoscomunes. This time sectional dehydrated hamburgers. We're only 1 week away before we leave for Cuba!
We're starting to create a score for our upcoming intervention + so we studied an actual concrete-colored sky.
We finally have our promo image for "7 Actions for a Concrete-Colored Sky," our upcoming intervention in @cantoscomunes at The Blockhouse in Havana, Cuba, April 18. We will spill more beans later!
We stopped at @grdn.la yesterday to catch the last day of "Entangled Matter" (curated by Kavior Moon). Images from 1–4: Alwyn O'Brien's porcelain "Small Monuments of Forgotten Fruit # 2"; Candice Lin's dried orchid in "Animal Within the Animal"; Alwyn O'Brien's "The Last Harlequin"; + Katrina Umber's C-print in a wood hand-tooled frame crafted by her father.
At @lacolombecoffee, where we first began conceptualizing our proposals for @havenforartists + @queenscollectivemarrakech. Now we can check off another completed application, fingers crossed, to the @casabiennale. Wish us luck!
We feel the love – thank you, friends! Salon no. 1 was epic + we will have so much more to share in the coming months! • "Cantos Comunes"/"Common Chants," April 18, Havana, Cuba. • "Morning Salute," April 27, Flat Top Hill, Montecito Heights, LA. • Images: Specialty cocktail with spherical-ice-cube message: "Research for the Bermuda Triangle in LA | 4/27 | 17:30h | Look 190° South."
We can't seem to get out of the kitchen (experiments). No lemon trees were harmed in the making of this project! We're just prepping for tonight's Salon no. 1.
Tonight’s 'research' at @thenormandieclub. We're preparing an unusual cocktail for our upcoming Salon [no. 1].
We took @ms.larasaur bearded dragon [lizard] أمير [Amir] on a trip with us to buy materials for our project in Havana, which may or may not include hamburgers + dry ice...
We took a trip over to the @aplusd_la to see @sunoptions show "Tangle." We highly recommend that you check it out + take a walk through this experiential installation. RBT sends love + congrats to Sarah Jones!
We are excited to announce that we are traveling to Havana, Cuba, in April to create a new intervention for @cantoscomunes. "Cantos Comunes" is a series of created + recreated Fluxus performances at The Blockhouse that will run concurrently with the 13th Havana Biennial. In keeping with RBT's philosophy we will be in the 'lab' with our mad scientist experiments. Stay tuned! ・・・ #Repost @cantoscomunes ・・・ #hashtag #conceptual #art #contemporaryart #fluxus #instructionsnotincluded #Havana #cuba #cantoscomunes #commonchants #theblockhouse