Friday, July 31, 2009

fallen fruit in LA

if you ever come to LA , in hip neighborehood Echo Park; This map will come in very handy;

Check out this art groupfrom LA all about fruit fallen from tree.
They're plan is to have fallenfruit maps from all around the world. (Thinking very hard now if I know spots in Amsterdam..)

their manifesto;

A SPECTER is haunting our cities: barren landscapes with foliage and flowers, but nothing to eat. Fruit can grow almost anywhere, and can be harvested by everyone. Our cities are planted with frivolous and ugly landscaping, sad shrubs and neglected trees, whereas they should burst with ripe produce. Great sums of money are spent on young trees, water and maintenance. While these trees are beautiful, they could be healthy, fruitful and beautiful.

WE ASK all of you to petition your cities and towns to support community gardens and only plant fruit-bearing trees in public parks. Let our streets be lined with apples and pears! Demand that all parking lots be landscaped with fruit trees which provide shade, clean the air and feed the people.

FALLEN FRUIT is a mapping and manifesto for all the free fruit we can find. Every day there is food somewhere going to waste. We encourage you to find it, tend and harvest it. If you own property, plant food on your perimeter. Share with the world and the world will share with you. Barter, don't buy! Give things away! You have nothing to lose but your hunger!


Reminds me a lot of the Agnes Varda masterpiece; Les glaneurs et la glaneuse.