Series
Yasmine Ostendorf-Rodríguez
A Micro-Residency
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Volunteer Gardening Day
in David Horvitz’s 7th Avenue Garden
A day of gardening with David Horvitz, Terremoto, and Yasmine Ostendorf-Rodríguez.
Let’s Become Fungal in David Horvitz’s 7th Avenue Garden
A regenerative community barbeque in David Horvitz’s 7th Avenue Garden.
This Spring, writer and curator Yasmine Ostendorf-Rodríguez is spending time with Active Cultures to germinate a mycelial network between different ecological art practices in Los Angeles and beyond.
Long invested in fungi and mycelium as a material––the ever-branching connecting threads of the fungal world––Ostendorf-Rodríguez invests in the potential in these rhizomatic networks to function as a potent metaphor for potential new systems, ways of thinking and behaviors. Inspired by the worlds of art and mycology, her work emphasizes multispecies collaboration, symbiosis, alliances, non-monetary resource exchange, decentralization, bottom-up methods and mutual dependency—all in line with the behavior of the mycelium.
A week-long program of public activities and encounters will be the beginning of a long-term collaboration, strengthening ties and forming a support network of mutual exchange. We begin with artist David Horvitz, in conversation, digging, gardening, cooking, and more in his 7th Avenue Garden.
Related Programs
Monday April 29th
Mycelial sharing with Exploring the Mycoverse
Arlington Garden
Join Yasmine and community group Exploring the Mycoverse for a guided meditation and workshop in Arlington Garden in Pasadena. Find them here!
Register here.
Wednesday, May 1
Idea Lab #2 at Metabolic Studio
Idea Lab is an on-going series of workshops that equip a diverse cohort of participants with specialized climate-focused knowledge. Together they explore strategies to address the pressing challenges of our time. Yasmine Ostendorf-Rodriguez joins Metabolic Studio for a presentation and workshop, with additional one-on-one sessions on Friday May 3rd. Their guiding question will be “How Do We Organize Like Mycelium?” where they will apply a mycological lens to foster equitable relationships and solidarity in organizing and taking action to bring about a better future. Read more here!
Thursday, May 2
Volunteer Gardening Day at The Garden
1911 7th Ave and West Washington Blvd
In a vacant lot next to his studio where a house had burned down, artist David Horvitz and landscape architects TERREMOTO began designing a garden. Hosting exhibitions, performance, readings, gatherings, and more, David calls it “… a garden of additions, of stories. Memories. Futures. The flotsam and jetsam of all things. A design always in progress and un-designing itself.” All are welcome to join us for a day of gardening with David, Terremoto, Yasmine, and Active Cultures. We will dig a hole and look for clay in the soil.
Registration is free, all are welcome (snacks and water provided).
Sunday, May 5
Let’s Become Fungal in The Garden
1911 7th Ave and West Washington Blvd
Join us for a regenerative barbeque in David Horvitz’s Garden. Together we will make mushroom skewers and test the ground oven, share a no waste lunch, feed the garden with oyster shells, and talk ravens and crows.
That afternoon, Artbook at Hauser & Wirth LA meets us in The Garden to celebrate Let’s Become Fungal! with a book-signing, readings, and more.
Registration is free, all are welcome.