'Scores for the City' by The Llano Del Rio of Los Angeles

…the latest freely distributed print project by The Llano Del Rio (masterminded by Robby Herbst) describes, charts and maps (see the print side here) a certain special Los Angeles flavor of recently initiated radical cultural activity on the streets of the city (which makes me miss the place so much this year) and I think the use of the term ‘scores’ is important, describing a pattern, recipe, instructions, model, or way of operating that anyone might be able to pick up and make their own, for their street, their neighborhood, their city – reminding me of Lawrence and Anna Halprin’s 1969 book ‘The RSVP Cycles: Creative Processes in the Urban Environment’ – an inspiration for me which Robby originally turned me on to years ago. (webpage)

The Llano Del Rio working group’s “Scores For the City” is  available now, free! This two sided guide maps locations that have supported oddball behavior in LA, including freeway puppet shows, civic dance pageants, riots, and the gatherings of witches. The front of the map is an archive of documents relating to four  events. The backside is an exploration of the way non-conformist behavior in LA has helped shape collective consciousness. The guide contains contributions by Llano Del Rio, Joel Kyack, Sandra de la Loza, Adam Overton, Nancy Popp, Jonah Schwartz, and Julia Wallace. There are two ways to get the guide for free if you live in LA County: 1) For county residents simply email us your postal address and we’ll drop one in the mail for you free (till postage $ runs out) 
Contact llanodelrio(at)gmail.com. 2) Maps will be dropped of at various distribution nodes. If you do not live in LA County the map will soon be available through Half Letter Press.

The Llano Del Rio Collective aims to expand cultural, social, and political imagination of Los Angeles through the production of thematic guides, related events and the hosting of a speakers bureau. We aim to frame practices, rather then be a practice. The project draws its name from the socialist colony founded in California’s Antelope Valley by Job Harriman in the early Twentieth Century. Though not strictly a collective we negotiate collectivist ideals with an advisory group currently constituted by Katie Bachler, Sandra de la Loza, John Burtle, Adam Overton, Hector Gallegos, Ashley Hunt, Tom McKenzie, Ken Ehrlich, Kelly Marie Martin, Steve Anderson, Janet Sarbanes, Fritz Haeg, Kimberly Varella, Ava Bromberg, Nicole Antebi, Lara Bank, Jen Hofer, and Colin Dickey. The Llano Del Rio Collective is organized by Robby Herbst.