Inner Transition: It Takes A Village

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From Neurotically Zen

LIVING ART INSTALLATION “IT TAKES A VILLAGE”
PRESENTED BY NELA, ARROYO TIME BANK, AND ARTIST RON SAUNDERS
OCTOBER 15, 2011 10AM-3PM
AT THROOP UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH
IN PASADENA, CA


Interdisciplinary artist Ron Saunders, along with the Northeast Los Angeles Transition (NELA), and the Arroyo Time Bank present the art installation, “Inner Transition: It Takes a Village” (Forming Resilient Communities for Lasting Connections) on October 15th through October 22nd at the Throop Unitarian Universalist Church, 300 S. Los Robles Ave. in Pasadena. This temporary home in the garden will be a living art installation, bringing together multiple organizations, artists and community members for a large-scale art collaboration funded through time-dollars rather than grants in Pasadena. This event is free to attend and open to the public.

Recently relocated from New York, Ron Saunders’ work centers on social interaction, community creation, and intervention. His social sculptures provide participants with the opportunity to actively engage in their surroundings and become the art through their activities. He has held similar events in New York, The Netherlands, Finland, and South Korea.

Sharing Saunders’ mission to create strong community interconnections are local grass roots organizations NELA and the Arroyo Time Bank. Both organizations focus on local resiliency and the strengths of interdependence. The Arroyo Time bank (arroyotimebank.org), established in March 2009, facilitates the exchange of local services in the community without using money. Instead members exchange services for hours and bank those hours using a simple internet-based system, which keeps track of exchanges. Northeast Los Angeles Transition Initiative (nelatransition.org), formed in November of 2010 and is a part of an international grassroots response to the issues of Peak Oil and Global Warming. Transition Initiatives are about moving our communities from oil dependence to local resilience.

On Saturday, October 15th at 10am, event participants will create minimalist temporary cardboard living structures at the Throop Church in Pasadena. The event will be an expression of creating a new home as industrialized society transitions to the world of environmental and energy sustainability. The event will also build community relationships while creating this temporary aesthetic experience. The “Village” will remain installed on the south lawn at the NE corner of Del Mar and Los Robles for one week. After October 22nd, the structures will be broken down and the cardboard material will be used to establish a permanent, permaculture garden in front of the church.

During the event, viewers are invited to come and speak with the participants or take part in building a structure themselves. The event will provide an opportunity to investigate art, community, and sustainability. The objects and documentation of the day will be exhibited later at a more traditional space.