lara bank

lara bank
a partipatory project artist

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fertile creatures (series)
drawing
composting diaper
sapphire pacifier
onesie armor
infant vampire formula

photos
belly back
boob shoulder
crows
c-section cut path

preditorXtreme (series)
sculpture
fox gun
baby quail grenades

drawings
coyote sight
fox guns
prairie dog revolver
baby quail grenades

the dead garden (series)
Winter Shack, Brooklyn, NY
High Desert Test Sites, CA

the portable forest (series)
Dumbo Arts Center & Festival, NYC
The Armory Center for the Arts, CA
The San Deigo Museum of Art
Monte Vista Projects, LA
Sunset Blvd. Art Concert, LA
Human Resources, LA
Washington Blvd. Art Concert, LA
Woodbury Hollywood Exhibitions
Sea and Space Explorations, LA

participatory
you are the largest thing on Earth
art of exchange
primal scream painting booth
we
miss
wish

sculpture/installation
data planter
yard
search
loop
blue kiss
island of misfit toys

concept paintings
student waste painting
portal paintings
black holes
LED Paintings

videos
Periphery Murder Mystery
Paradigm Shifts Frighten Small...
A Flat Ontology
born free

performative
Digital Improvisational Ensemble

public art places
organizer, curator, director
sea and space explorations, LA
tree and space, LA
sound in space Festival, LA
100 person solo show, LA

Tree and Space
bronze plaque, cement, tree, photo documentation, maps
Location: Highland Park, LA
2008 - present
website http://treeandspace.org
printable map to find the location

Handmade Map:

Press:

Herbst, Robby, "Where Possible Possibilities Are Possible: Experiences and Forms of the Possible,"Proximity, Issue Number 5, Fall 2009, pgs. 38-43. - PDF

Herbst, Robby, “A Map for An Other LA,” The LLano Del Rio working group, Dec 2009.

Tree and Space is a space defined by a tree to serve as a location for public art practices. It is unregulated and open to all to utilize for art, performances, and happenings. A brass marker is placed on location to aid in identification. Los Angeles, CA .

Chronology of Tree and Space: FIRST TREE I planted the first tree and it died a few months later dispite hauling 3 gallon jugs of water up the hill every other day. The tree, planting, and events shown below



SECOND TREE The second tree I chose was indigineous and in a shadier location on the hill. It too died six months after planting. The tree and planting shown below.

THIRD TREE I did some more research and found that the Eucalyptus trees I was planting near were probably the problem. So, deciding that the project was about place and not planting, I chose to use a nearby eucalyptus sapling that was thriving next to my dying tree. I did not plant this tree, it was simply there. The tree, planting, and events shown below.