for the birds is the first collaborative work of choreographer Melinda Ring and artist Jennifer Nelson. The artists lived in the gallery with twenty-one birds for twenty-one days, and attempted with all sincerity, to create art and choreography that is “for the birds.”

January 18th - February 7th, 2009
Opening Orientation: January 18th
Farewell Lunch Party: February 7th
Daily Feedings 1:30pm

The Box, Los Angeles, CA
Mara McCarthy, director
Hilary Graves, gallery assistant

Press Release

photo: Ann-Marie Rounkle