260 Richardson
Valerie,
A friend described the contemporary moment as possessing the “feels” of the first episode of the last season of a television show. On the brink,“I” am "to be," hastily enunciated with my fat lady finger, live studio audience laugh track vapor-fades like what like what— Quick look: i©al reveals what has transpired in the hot months since you extended an invitation to present an installation of "Trash Floats" at Future Development.
Message marked urgent: demolition date has been pushed back, what to do? Notes: believing I’m taking advantage of the afternoon’s Santa Ana winds, I string my whites and delicates along a ladder’s rungs just as my landlord bursts into my studio courtyard; although I suspect he knows his tenants reside in their above-market commercial lofts, it’s, like, awkward. This is the neighborhood formerly known as South Central, former home to anti-segregationist Superior Court Justice Loren Miller, and also known as the backdrop to the new post-viral television series “Awkward.”
LL’s gaze adverts, tracing the open U-line box brimming with “Candles that smell like Skid Row” Christine had dropped off earlier: a cool crescendo. The previous morning I Tinder-matched with a notorious DTLA developer; at the time of writing, he’s yet to message back. Too soon tho? At the time of writing, to acknowledge we've all already lost, having succumbed to and embodied oppressive systems of control is symptom of the patriarchal ruse that already occupies much of my terrestrial to-do list. Hard, heavy and cheap, each inky dot a sugar candy bauble link nearly concealing a thin elastic choker. Against doctors orders, one-by-one I gather and press a pastel into my dumb wet mouth. Baby suckles: don’t forget to pay rent; don’t forget to not use irony as a feeble defense mechanism nor literary device; don’t forget to cover up, cover-all, to not be poor, to not feel shame; definitely do not forget.
The evening may include: A performative 'build' of Alli Miller’s post-consumer waste “Trash Float” fragments; a concealed installation by Papas y Kakkas (Jacinto Astiazarán, Veli-Matti Hoikka, Alli Miller); candles by Christine Wang; behind the scenes, a “curated” selection of baseball caps by Starfire Water—a Los Angeles-based ethereum-infused artisanal bottled water company—will be available for purchase.