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THE PORTABLE FOREST
The
Portable Forest are potted trees that can travel for shows, events and
happenings inside and outside.
Typically they are shown interacting with the space they are in or traveling
metaphorically if not physically.
Bank also uses The Portable Forest as a pseudonym to curate or produce artworks.
THE PORTABLE FOREST TREE LIBRARY
16 different kinds of evergreen trees from around the world, wood, tar, casters, stain, metal handles, dirt, mulch.
2011
Description
In response to an invitation from Monte Vista, The Portable Forest created The Portable Forest Tree Library, a free holiday tree checkout service of seventy-one one to seven foot tall evergreen trees from around the world. The Portable Forest invited Bianca D’Amico of terri planty, Nicole Antebi, and Amy Blount Lay to collaborate on an exhibition, entitled Ever Green, hosted by Monte Vista.
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11/19/2011The Portable Forest, The Portable Forest Tree Library & Bianca D'Amico, make love plant a garden / excuse me, i planted /
planting a party, Monte Vista Projects, LA, CA. Bianca D'Amico's piece in this shot is the live fern spinning disco ball on the ceiling.
11/19/2011The Portable Forest, The Portable Forest Tree Library & Bianca D'Amico, make love plant a garden / excuse me, i planted /
planting a party, Monte Vista Projects, LA, CA. Bianca D'Amico's piece in this shot is the live fern spinning disco ball on the ceiling.
11/19/2011 The Portable Forest, The Portable Forest Tree Library, Monte Vista Projects, LA, CA. Installation shot.
 
 
11/19/2011 The Portable Forest, The Portable Forest Tree Library, Monte Vista Projects, LA, CA. Clockwise: Serbian and Black Hills
Spruce in medium sized pots, Sequoia in a medium sized pot, participant showing his checked out small sized Colorado Blue Spruce,
Jean's Dwarf Spruce shown in the small sized pot.
11/19/2011 Amy Blount Lay, The Last Time I Tried To Be Human, It Almost Killed Me: Evergreen Rookery & The Portable Forest, The
Portable Forest Tree Library, Monte Vista Projects, LA, CA. Detail shot of Amy Blount Lay's collaboration of seals in the trees.
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