Sundown Salon #29: Dancing Convention. Collective Static (Now called Body City) performs a piece choreographed for the Sundown gardens. Below Right: Rae Shao-Lan Blum performs in the garden. [Fritz Haeg]
Sundown Salon #06: Instant Installations. On the left: Pipilotti Rist installs plastic containers collected during her time in Los Angeles on the deck. They shimmer with the 2 Freeway in the background. [Photos by Krysten Cunningham] Large Photo: Dawn Kasper lies ‘dead’ in the newly installed pond. [Lauren Lavitt] At Right: A bloody purse and paperback are evidence of the deadly struggle. [Fritz Haeg]
Sundown Salon #18: K48 is an Animal. The octopus on the floor is one big vinyl sticker fabricated for the dome by avaf. Photographer Eve Fowler has visitors lay down on the octopus for a 15 second video portrait. [Fritz Haeg]
Sundown Salon #28: The Young Ones. Laura Cooper brings the materials to make a colorful fort. This is where most of the activity happens for the rest of the day. [Laura Cooper] At Right: Down a secret hole in the plumbago bushes a long narrow path usually favored by the dogs is transformed into a secluded play space. [Fritz Haeg]
Sundown Salon #11: KnitKnit. Lisa Anne Auerbach designed a geodesic hat for the occasion, and hands out instructions on how to make your own. [Daniel Marlos]
Sundown Salon #13: Radical Gardening. Katie Grinnan’s sculpture is installed in the Sundown Garden to be planted with vegetables and herbs. [Fritz Haeg]
Sundown Salon #19: Baroque Geode. The Aeromad by Alexis Rochas inflates and deflates throughout the afternoon. [Fritz Haeg]
Sundown Salon #29: Dancing Convention. Lake Sharp and Sissy Boyd in a duet. Below: Kimberly Varrella belly dancing in the dome. The ladies of Mirror Phase take charge of the music in the dome. [Fritz Haeg]
Sundown Salon #27: Where. Stephen Remington creates “Inflatable Organic Installation” around the plum tree and invites guests to come in one by one, remove their shirt, and have their photo taken. [Stephen Remington]
“The Sundown Salon Unfolding Archive: A Project By Fritz Haeg.” is coming July 2009 in a limited edition of 500 copies. Available through eviltwinpublications.com and Distributed Art Publishers.