Brain Trust II

Friday May 21
7pm to 9pm
Agitprop space

Agitprop is a space in North Park that attempts to blur the lines between individual art practice, the Studio, the Gallery and the Neighborhood. These attempts have taken the form of the Agitprop space itself, exhibitions, literary readings, live art critiques, artwork in empty storefronts and collaborations with other neighborhood entities.

"Brain Trust" asks you to become a participant and facilitator of future projects. The Agitprop "Brain Trust" is established through Brain Blocks, small concrete sculptures that are equivalent in volume to an actual human brain. Brain Blocks turn corporate and art world institutional conventions on their head as a method of generating support for projects based on connectivity and community at the scale of the neighborhood. The initiation of Agitprop as a space, and subsequently the "Brain Trust" project, stems from an examination and response to current art-supportive structures and artists' relationships to local communities.

While many art-supportive structures are based on the commodification of the work of art or non-profit funding that is dependant on corporate trickle down economics, this project asks the question "Is it possible to have a local art practice supported by those who that practice targets?" Brain Blocks when purchased act as sculptural stock in Agitprop. Sculptural shareholders will be asked for input and feedback on future projects, which will therefore influence the project's outcome, thus establishing a local practice linked to a local network of individuals.

This is second iteration of the Brain Trust and will be held at the Agitprop space on May 21st 2010 at 7 pm. Please join us!

Agitprop space is located at 2837 University Ave. (entrance on Utah St., behind Glenn's Market) North Park, 92104