PigeonBlog Launch and Workshop

Join LACE for reactivations of Beatriz da Costa’s landmark work, PigeonBlog (2006–08) as part of the PST ART: Art & Science Collide exhibition, Beatriz da Costa: (un)disciplinary tactics. PigeonBlog is an interspecies collaboration between homing pigeons, artists, engineers, and pigeon fanciers to collect and distribute air quality data to the public. Collaborating with pigeons that carry custom-built miniature air pollution sensors, this work engages in grassroots data collection to investigate the use of interspecies co-production in the pursuit of resistant action. Following da Costa’s ethos around collaborative knowledge-building and engagement, this program expands beyond the gallery walls and into the city to revisit the work nearly 20 years later.

In partnership with Crenshaw Dairy Mart and Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, PigeonBlog is reactivated with media archeologist and artist Leslie García and pigeon fancier Bob Matsuyama. The launch is accompanied by a workshop led by García, who will demonstrate how to build your own air pollution sensor. Workshops have a maximum capacity of 15 participants.

Workshop begins at 11 AM; Registration required
Launch begins at 12:30 PM; Free and open to the public

Stick around for the premiere of L.A. Dance Project's Resonance - also at Barnsdall Art Park!