Recent years have seen them create art and actions from Austria to Australia, Italy to Kentucky, West Hollywood to Puerto Vallarta - and now they’re coming home to Los Angeles, with trees for all their friends.įallen Fruit (David Allen Burns and Austin Young): Monument to Sharing, L.A. The artists work under the name Fallen Fruit, staging fruit-based gatherings including jam-making and tree adoption, as well as public-space planting in parks and plazas and art- and art history-focused installations in galleries and museums globally. It’s not only the ultimate locavore movement, and the freshest way to get to know your neighbors and your neighborhood, it’s a powerful statement on sustainability, food justice and - pardon the pun - community roots.įor Austin Young and David Burns, this is the dream. Avocados, lemons, apples and pears, tomatoes, squash, pomegranates, oranges…all free for the grateful taking. Parks, front yards, byways and sidewalks all over the globe, populated with beautiful, shade-giving, air-cleansing and nourishment-yielding plants and trees. Imagine how different the world might look if folks dedicated public and accessible private spaces to growing fruit trees with the specific intention of sharing their bounty with their neighbors.

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