LALA
GArdens
A living, breathing incubation chamber for immersive, experiential, and process based art forms.
LALA GARDENS : A ONE-ACRE PILOT GARDEN, EDUCATION CENTER & ARTIST’S RESIDENCY FOUNDED IN FORT COLLINS COLORADO. THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES OF LALA : TO SPEARHEAD REGENERATIVE CULTURE, NURTURE CLOSED LOOP SYSTEMS, SUPPORT HYPER-LOCAL ECONOMIES, AND UTILIZE WEB-3 INTEGRATION AS LEGACY.
REVEL PROCESS WORKED HEAVILY ON-SITE TO FOSTER COMMUNITY, CREATE RESIDENCY STRUCTURES, AND PRODUCE IMMERSIVE EVENTS AND ARTWORKS. RAEF, REVEL PROCESS’ CREATIVE DIRECTOR, SERVED ON THE LALA BOARD AS AN ADVISOR FOR 2 YEARS BEFORE THE PROJECT SHIFTED ITS OUTREACH EFFORTS.
NEVERLAND NIGHT
Taking place at dusk on July 31st, NEVERLAND NIGHT was an immersive multimedia, multi-community event.
The flatbed of a 1962 International Harvester grain truck served as the main stage and event’s focal point. After a ritual to lustrate the stage, CURATED PERFORMANCES INCLUDED POETRY AND DANCE.
After an offering of supper from the garden’s boon, guests were adjured to flock to a pin-light in the garden’s center, then led along a meandering path to a hidden doorway of juniper, AND ushered through. Guests gathered around a reliquary altar of bone, talisman, glass, and amulet.
A curated selection of stories was recited, stories of wonderment and childhood, death and dreaming, and the timelessness of consciousness. With each story, an artefact was offered upon the reliquary by a guest: a gift to the garden sprites and fairies.
Stories included vignettes from Peter Pan, The Summer Book, A Wrinkle in Time, Grendel, and Pure Colour.
Communities involved included Gulo Gulo Poetry, LaLa Gardens, Permatours, dStudios, Tiyospaye Winyan Maka, & Van Abbey Visual Arts
Feather Two Educational
A fourteen day Hands-on educational program teaching regenerative farming practices, Held on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota, one of the poorest Places the United States. The Pine ridge reservation is home to almost twenty eight thousand lakota people; only three hundred and forty square kilometers of land are suitable for agriculture.
The aim of the educational program was to re-establish food sovereignty in this vast food desert by Teaching students Regenerative farming practices with zero to minimal start up costs, and utilizing readily available resources.
The course Highlighted on two main styles of Regenerative agriculture: KNF and JAdam. These practices focus on soil building, plant immunity, and utilizing INdigenous microorganisms.
Held on the land of Feather Two, by a grant awarded by the SDSU extension, the education program was taught by Christina Trout and Preston Smith.
Revel Process was charged with documentation of the program in its entirety. A multi-course online video curriculum was created, as well as a short-form documentary of this vital effort and its place in time.
French Toast Salon
A bi-weekly community salon where regional organizations and locals would gather, ideate, network, and practice their craft.
These events were multi-media and immersive, involving live paintings, projection art, satellite and remote viewership, and more.
Ideas and work created from these salons populated sections of the LALA digital magazine, published quarterly.
Yes, french toast was served upon arrival to every salon. Once The formal salon was closed, Volunteers were invited to in the idyllic, one acre regenerative garden
These Salons were an important place for development of local voices, updates on community, and was a safe space for discussions of community and individual needs
full CUrriculum Vitae available upon request