DISCARDED: L.A.
Tuesday, February 14, 2012 at 06:36PM 
DISCARDED: L.A. is an installation that includes 101 projected photographs of people sitting on discarded sofas and easy chairs from all around L.A., taken by Lexington, Kentucky-based artists Kurt Gohde and Kremena Todorova during their June 16-25, 2011 visit to Los Angeles.
“More than a collection of images, words, and sounds, however, DISCARDED aims to bring together communities that frequently don’t know about each other’s existence. This happens both by seeing the images and by attending the events that surround them.”
THE HISTORY
DISCARDED: L.A. is part of an evolving social experiment through photography that got its blue-grassroots start in Lexington, Kentucky (where the artists Kurt and Kremena are professors at Transylvania University). After a successful show of Lexington locals posted up on their discarded curbside couches at the Land of Tomorrow Gallery in Lexington in 2010, the artistic duo brought their creative talents to L.A. in search of creating a city portrait built on communal collaboration and forgotten furniture.
THE SKINNY
DISCARDED: L.A. is open to the public for one night of mischievous shin-digging. In true Bagavagabonds fashion, BV will bring the Cadillac Hotel gallery alive on Saturday night, February 25th from 6-11pm, by packing the joint full of LA’s cultural tastemakers. With a hosted bar, jiving music and plenty of mingling, the DISCARDED installation will take on a new life of its own.
Pre-show write-ups and support by Rent Food Broke and Black Star Beer.
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