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Lauren Bon

Lauren Bon is a graduate of Princeton University and MIT. Bon holds degrees in architecture, and the history and theory of art. She received her early training in the studios of Martha Graham and Isamu Noguchi. In 2005, Lauren Bon created Metabolic Studio. The actions generated by Metabolic Studio are global in focus and reach: developing new tools for urban living and city planning; inventing novel social practices for political and environmental justice; and directing art practice to engage on the same scale as society’s capacity to destroy.

Manifesto

By Lauren Bon

The River Rail is a collective declaration of our interdependence—a hive mind focused on our rights and responsibilities to water that pushes beyond the outmoded boundaries of city, state and country to an intercontinental engagement.

Installation of the Ed Reyes Special Project in Archiving, 2014. Ed Reyes is a former Los Angeles District One Councilman who worked to improve Downtown Los Angeles social infrastructure and the sustainability of the Los Angeles River during two decades. In 2014, Lauren Bon provided the space and support for Reyes to organize his archive ahead of its acquisition by the UCLA Library Special Collections. Reyes’ archive are shown here installed at Metabolic Studio’ Barn – the former home and studio in L.A. of architect A. Quincy Jones. The Ed Reyes Special Project in Archiving has extended and fed into Metabolic Studio’s ongoing Bending the River Back into the City.
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