Food, Music, Art, Lifestyle and Sustainable farm culture all converge at once, stimulating all of our senses.Īccording to documentary filmmaker Aaron Rose from “ Beautiful Losers”(2004) acclaim and one of the “Art in the Streets” co-curators, “farming and food go hand in hand and there is a sense of community around the passion for food.” It is his enjoyment and enthusiasm for all facets of culture ranging from food to art that has led him to collaborate on the food related programing that is running in conjunction with the exhibit. Look online for a map to all of his latest “ Invasion’s”įood x Film, Foodbuzz and Future Farmers:įoodbuzz, a food and lifestyle online community invited us and fellow blogger’s to learn about the collaborative Food x Film projects that are happening all summer at the MOCA Museum at the Geffen Contemporary in conjunction with Levi’s Film Workshops and the historical “ Art in the Streets” exhibit that is one of LA’s hottest tickets this summer. Each invader is different and they can be found all over the world. Space Invader also known as Invader is a French mixed media graphic artist who plasters up tiled versions of video game characters from the 1980’s “ Space Invaders” game in a mosaic style. “ Risk” represents AWR, 7th Letter and WC Crew’s. At the time the transit system in LA was known by the slang term “Richard T. “ Risk” from the 1st & 2nd wave of early 80’s Graffiti movement pays homage to LA’s public transportation in an artistic version of classic“bomb style” Graffiti art with his piece on old LA City Bus in the center courtyard. Otavio and Gustavo Pandolfo, hail from São Paulo, Brazil and have been doing street art since the 1980’s and have created a defining style of street art in a folklore tone putting Brazil on the street art map. Os Gêmeos, or simply translated from its Portuguese origins means “The Twins.” The cubic face outside the museum’s entrance sets the tone for what is to come inside. Meex explained that a vast majority of the artists on display at the show are his mentors and colleagues ever since he began his art career. It is self expression and artistry of the temporary kind because before you know it paint will cover it up and the canvas artists will rotate but the theme of street art will remain. Meex dropped quite a bit of history and knowledge for us and made us feel like we were a part of the the movement as it was happening.īeing from LA we can all relate to the colorful imagery and not fall prey to the stigmas that graffiti is vandalism. Our personal walking tour with Seth “ MeexOne” Wilder started outside upon arrival and it was like touring the museum through the eyes of a street artist. The combination of all stimuli made for a perfect pairing.Ī Tour Through the eyes of a Street Artist: Guest photographer, friend and local street artist Seth “Meex” Wilder from “ The Love Alone” came along with us and our partner in crime, fellow foodbuzz blogger Rico Mandel from “ The Culinary Image” to explore a taste of something that speaks to us all street culture, street art, street life and food related filmography. I had apprehensions when leaving because I was scared it would be hard to find a taxi but the people at the front desk called one for us and made sure they used the meter so we werent ripped off.Viva LA Foodies was invited by Foodbuzz to attend the “ Art In the Streets” and “ Food x Film” presentation of the all new Levi’s film Workshop at the MOCA satellite museum at the Geffen Contemporary in Little Tokyo in LA this past Thursday. I enjoyed it a lot and there were tons of pieces by him there. We were lucky to be there for the Banksy exhibit which was actually really cool. There were no crowds or loud noises at all, and while I love Bangkok for the hustle and bustle, this was a most welcome little break from all of that. Of all the places we visited in Bangkok, this was by far the most empty. Plenty of people asked me about this when i returned because I guess its not super popular amongst tourists. It was such a well spent afternoon looking at all the beautiful things. I love how they have such an emphasis on Thai and Asian art in general. The art was so cool and unique to Thailand. Despite all that, I'm really glad we went. It was about a half hour drive and we had to go through tolls which costed us about 50BHT. Two different taxi's denied us when we showed them where we wanted to go. This museum is definitely hard to get to from the centre of the city.
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