2012 Time for Changes

As the future unfolds and we are entering the uncharted territory of 2012, we don't think another galaxy is going to hit our planet or any apocalyptic prophecy is going to be fulfilled, but we know it is time for a great collective transformation and we are ready for it at West of Rome Public Art.  

 

Since the outset, the concept and mission of West of Rome has included an impetus towards change at its very heart. Since the art world has become devoured by greed, devoted to profit in spite of quality, and consumed with celebrity, it is not a good place for real artists and for the generation of new ideas. We don't want to be spectators, waiting for future catastrophes, but we like to think of ourselves as initiators of change. Help us to create a better place and a real platform for artists, thinkers, young people and activists...be part of this adventure. We are also incurable romantics and we believe in a better world. Everyone should be part of this change; the world needs a collective effort to better itself!

At West of Rome we have much to be grateful for this year.  We would again like thank everyone who supported Trespass and helped make it a great success and a unique experience for the over 2,000 people who marched on Broadway on October 2nd.

  

"...I felt a part of something strange and special, a unique march of artists for artists, a movement, a unity, a unique and incredible nexus."   Read More 

- Andrew Berardini  

"Trespass Parade happened! The streets of LA closed
down for a concert by Vaginal Davis--need I say more?"

- Alex Israel

"It was exhilarating to see so much noncommercial and political speech marching on the cavernous streets of downtown Los Angeles. In my slogan I loved calling forth my own history and matching it with today's same messed up issues of class warfare." 

 

 

"For LA-based artists, Trespass was a chance to experience and interact with public space in the city from a new perspective: the middle of the street! Usually, this is exclusively the domain of cars, but for a few hours, it was occupied by expressive bodies in an improvised carnival/protest..." Read More 

- Alex Segade 

 

  

Artist t-shirts are still available for sale at www.trespassparade.org.

 

There are many other opportunities to support West of Rome.