The Friendship Centre
(presented by the Social Evolution Research Gang)

March 21 - March 28, 2010
Mac Arthur b Arthur Gallery
4030 Martin Luther King Jr Way
Oakland, CA

During a week long residency at MacArthur b Arthur the Social Evolution Research Gang (SERG) presented The Friendship Centre. This Centre served as a place for people to share stories, relax, hangout and create projects together. Over the course of the residency SERG connected with Bay Area residents in a variety of fun and meaningful ways.

The Social Evolution Research Gang (SERG) explores numerous aspects of art and life. As a research gang, they are interested in the small, intimate nuances of daily life: napping, lunch, daydreams, love letters and reading – these social fragments are examples of what they investigate. Oftentimes the moments which are inherently important, in order for life to have a sense of completion and fulfillment, are frequently the ones taken for granted and allowed to fall by the wayside. Working as unconventional researchers, SERG artistically examines daily life in contemporary society.

SERG is Lori Gordon, Robin Lambert, Ashley Neese.

Schedule of events:

Sunday March 21: 5-7pm, Tea and Letter Writing Workshop
Monday March 22: 12-5pm, Ongoing activities/projects
Tuesday March 23: 7-9pm, Reading
Wednesday March 24: 7-9pm, Record listening party
Thursday March 25: 12-5pm, Ongoing activities/projects
Friday March 26: 9-11am, Breakfast and 7-10pm Off to the Movies (Movie info TBA)
Saturday March 27 (Closing Party): 8pm - 8am, A Slumber Party and Documentation of the Friendship Centre

Ongoing activities/projects: Friendship Bracelets, Napping, Letter Writing, Spirograph Drawings, Reading, Drinking Tea and Listening to Records.

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