Finishing School is an interdisciplinary artist collective that explores contemporary social, political, and environmental issues. Their projects conflate praxis, play, and activism and seek to engage audiences through various participatory models. Finishing School was established in 2001 and is based in Los Angeles.
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Little Pharma Drug Run, 2008
Little Pharma Drug Run, 2008 Using materials
provided by MOCA,
participants first met to construct costumes modeled on their
drug of choice. Finishing School then lead a costumed bike tour
exploring various drug distribution sites of downtown Los Angeles. The
event will culminate at Fringe
Exhibitions, which will be hosting Finishing School’s Little
Pharma Physic Garden, a participatory installation that
promotes education, community involvement, natural beauty, relaxation
and renewal. The garden model is based on a typical 16th centuries European monk
garden. The monks encouraged and empowered the public to be directly
involved in their own health and well-being and to promote the study
of herbal medicine, known then as the "physic" or healing
arts. The monks involved the public in community gardening and demonstrated
the many uses of plants and the tradition of the plant world as the
most common medicine source. These gardens also provided a place of
natural rest, meditation, and spiritual renewal for many weary urban
dwellers. Little Pharma is an umbrella inter-disciplinary investigation that explores and promotes various “alternative” medicines and lifestyles as viable antidotes to some of the Big Pharma pathologies. Projects include web and printed matter, exhibitions, workshops, roundtable meetings, lectures, and interventions. The Little Pharma Blog is included in the Rhizome Artbase collection. View more images Little Pharma Meditation Workshop |
Projects dSatellite, 2010 |
