OPPPAFFF
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OPPPAFFF (Other Places Projects Performances and Fun Food Fair) presents a program of special events and workshops that engages with the culture, history and natural habitat of the Los Angeles region. Taking place across physical and digital platforms, the projects will feature food, traditional Korean wrapping, native plants and sound as a means to engage with, and celebrate, the region's rich cultural diversity and environment. Most workshops and events will require registration to allow for social distancing and/or an intimate experience; please check the calendar for further details and new additions!
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The series is organized by independent curator Asha Bukojemsky.
Noisy Sock
See Work in Person at: 1984 Phillips Way, Los Angeles, CA 90042
Noisy Sock, a collaborative piece between Acceptable Risk LA members Sean Cully and Carly Chubak, is a collaboration with the environment where it is installed. When installed on the beach, it becomes a solid bobbing mass, filled with a stiff sea breeze. When installed on a small sloped lawn in Highland Park, it becomes listless, only occasionally rising to its full potential. Noisy Sock asks the audience to consider their surroundings.
the east side of my body went that way (2020) : An audio poem for listeners standing on hilltops By Sarah Rara
instructions for listening:
locate a hill
wherever you are
climb to the top of the hill
listen from here.
Nossi Bojagi (보자기) Workshop
This workshop teaches participants how to make traditional & modern knots with a variety of reusable Korean wrapping cloth, called Bojagi (보자기). All levels welcome!
Cost $30 includes Bojagi materials | *Participants are asked to register at least one week in advance so as to receive materials on time
Registration link: https://nossinossi.com/products/opaf2020
Wrapping, carrying and storing objects with a cloth is part of a Korean tradition that contributes to everyday life and culture. In this workshop, Nossi founder Ellen Lee will teach participants how to make traditional & modern knots through a variety of reusable Koean wrapping cloth, called Bojagi (보자기). Nossi’s mission is to deliver a fun cultural experience with a wide range of wrapping skills that can be applied to everyday life.
Nossi is an independent boutique and art workshop founded by Korean-born, Los Angeles based Ellen Lee. Formerly a journalist, Lee spent 12 years writing about the Korean American community before establishing her dream business which embraces her deep love for the community and individual creativity. Nossi connects Korean and American culture through tactile storytelling, allowing individuals to expand and create their own unique stories.
@nossibojagi | Shop & Private workshop sign up - www.nossinossi.com
Coconut Plasma Therapy : A performance by JPW3, featuring a coconut and a cactus
One-on-one sessions, 20min each | Cost $20 includes takeaway juice and plant | *Participants are asked to pre-register and bring a portable cup for their juice
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/coconut-plasma-therapy-a-performance-by-jpw3-tickets-121870001455
Location:
La Tierra de la Culebra Park
240 S Ave 57, Los Angeles CA 90042
Welcome to the dream and the facade. L.A. saloon town with a palm tree backdrop, still selling the Toon Town - I arrived and dried out and I bet you did too. We should import some coconuts from Thai Land- why are they cheaper than from Mexico? That's a good story -- Later we will get back to our Native roots and learn about Living Soil.
P.I.A (Plant Intelligence Agency)Seed Apothecary
One-on-one sessions, 10min each | Donation based : $5-10
Includes one bottle of personalized seeds + one bottle of "mystery seeds" to mail to a friend in the LA area. ** seeds are selected specifically for Southern California**
*Participants are asked to pre-register
Location:
La Tierra de la Culebra Park
240 S Ave 57, Los Angeles CA 90042
Agents of the Plant Intelligence Agency are agents for the future.We seek to end plant blindness by encouraging a dialogue between people, plants, and art. We are looking for community planters to help spread native seeds in the Los Angeles area.
Guests are invited to a one-on-one seed prescription experience. A unique blend of native seeds will be prepared for each individual. Seeds from 33 different native species will provide food and habitat for a variety of pollinators in the Los Angeles area. The personal seed prescription experience takes 5-10 minutes. Visitors will go home with a bottle of seeds and planting instructions.
Fermentation Together: Yogurt and Cucumber Pickles!
Cost per student/ household: $35* | *Scholarships offered on a case by case basis | Optional tote bag: $12
If you missed this workshop you can still get the recording and make pickles and yogurt at home!
Email Jessica Wang at picklepickleco@gmail.com to obtain more information. Happy pickling!
In this Picklé workshop, Chinese American host Jess Wang will be joined by friend and collaborator, Hungarian American Artist Chef Eden Batki to show you two traditional food preservation methods that rely on fermentation: making yogurt with dairy and pickling cucumbers in salt brine. These two are excited to bring you recipes which are based on a shared love of sour and resourcefulness in the kitchen! Learn how to make "pickle soup", a recipe with roots in eastern Europe, and together we'll trace origins of the ingredients used and celebrate the diversity of foodways and how they connect us.
https://app.acuityscheduling.com/schedule.php?owner=18237121&appointmentType=16464868
