Active Cultures welcomes you to Soup & Tart: Los Angeles—a marathon evening of two-minute performances by fifty artists and delicious food by acclaimed chefs.
Taking inspiration from Soup & Tart, an event devised by Fluxus-affiliated artist Jean Dupuy in 1974, held at New York’s revered downtown art space The Kitchen, Active Cultures’ Soup & Tart: Los Angeles brings together artists, musicians, and dancers from across the city’s cultural landscape, inviting them to use the micro window of time in any way they like: an improvisation, song, action, movement, or text. As the performances roll on, a lineup of exciting chefs serve up their takes on delicious soup and tarts for all—just as bowls of vegetable soup and French apple tarts were served when artists such as Phillip Glass, Yvonne Rainer, Arthur Russell, Laurie Anderson, and Joan Jonas entertained the crowd during the original event.
Organized by interdisciplinary performance curator Sarah Cooper, the lineup includes artists and musicians such as Julianna Barwick, Jennifer West, Sun Araw, MPA, David Horvitz, Clarissa Tossin, Victoria Fu & Matt Rich, Adee Roberson, Dave Muller, Austyn Rich, Eddie Ruscha, Jr., Jasmine Nyende, Oliver Payne, Carolyn Pennypacker Riggs, Dean Spunt, Ana Roxanne, Akua, Allison Wolfe, Celia Hollander, YACHT, Cory Fogel, Geneva Jacuzzi, Molly Lewis, Alex Somers, and Gabie Strong, and many others.
With soup and tarts by
Kwang Uh and Mina Park of Baroo
Minh Phan of Porridge + Puffs
Lisa Giffen of Audrey at the Hammer Museum
Ray Anthony Barrett of Cinqué
Leif Hedendal, San Francisco-based cultural producer and chef
Roxana Jullapat of Friends and Family
Bread provided by Bub and Grandma’s
Just as Dupuy’s Soup & Tart took place in a pivotal moment for the artists of its generation, this experiment aims to ask what the models of earlier avant-gardes can reveal in the here and now. Poised to be a night of the unexpected, Soup & Tart: Los Angeles seeks to capture that magical sense of convening that is only possible when aided by delicious food.
Reserve your spot at soupandtart.eventbrite.com
