Last Saturday, Watts House Projects hosted Fellows of Contemporary Art (FOCA)’s 5 Senses/107th Street Dinner, inaugurating the new WHP “Platform” located at 1726 107th Street.

The series was part of a collaborative artwork by Alexandra Grant, for the the Fellows of Contemporary Art to present a collaborative writing and mapping project that would include a reading and dinner.  The event was in conjunction with the exhibition “Not Los Angeles” curated by Aandrea Stang and Zachary Kaplan and included readings by Andrew Berardini (Smell), Allison Carter (Sight), Douglas Kearney (Sound), Gabriela Jauregui (Touch), and Salvador Plascencia (Taste).  As a final address to the senses, guests we taken through the 107th St. neighborhood on a special “Smell” tour by Katie Bachler.

Please visit www.focala.org for additional program information.

October 31st, 2009 | Tags: Aandrea Stang, Alexandra Grant, Allison Carter, Andrew Berardini, Dinner, Douglas Kearney, FOCA, Gabriela Jauregui, Katie Bachler, Platform, Salvador Plascencia, WHP Events, Zachary Kaplan | Category: Public Programs, Related Programs | Subscribe to comments | Leave a comment | Trackback URL