Farmer and earthworks artist Matthew Moore speaks at Farmlab in Los Angeles, July 27, 2007. Matthew Moore is a fourth-generation farmer whose land and life is quickly being overcome by suburban sprawl. He creates large site-specific earthworks on and around his family’s land, which highlight the grounds on which the urban and rural collide and compete. Moore also works with video and installation art, addressing issues of ecological, cultural and economic sustainability and the potential loss of the romanticized American farm. Farmlab is a short-term multidisciplinary investigation of land-use issues that are related to sustainability, livability and health. It was created by the team behind the Not A Cornfield project in downtown Los Angeles to serve as a catalyst for community involvement and change through the development of art actions, projects and more. [LINK] Posted by Linda Frye Burnham