Group actions, art occupations and habitations on tables
Nov 2025
Concept and Art Direction: Monique Allain
CONCEPT
ART SPROUTS are a series of events offered by artists to institutional, private, and public spaces. The project consists of one-day pop-up actions, or “habitations” for a longer period, to be replicated forming an artistic wave of interventions which support human rights and nature preservation. Art is a powerful tool for transformation. The precise and effective actions have unlimited potential for growth, always happening within the same consistent pattern, thus constituting an identity. The artworks presented are engaged with peace and sustainability, varying in each performance, making events new and fresh.
The project aims to insert art into daily life. It poetically advocates for collaboration. It also enables a direct connection to the public, giving voice to the artists.
TYPE OF ACTIONS
“Art Blitz” - One-afternoon pop-up 3 hours event with performance
“Habitation” – Exhibition for a period with performance at the opening and closing dates
ARTISTS
Anita Fina Kiewra: https://www.instagram.com/anita_fina/?hl=en
Anne Harmon: https://anneharmonstudio.com/
Bibiana Huang Matheis: https://bibiphoto.com/ / https://inspirationartgroup.org/artist/bibiana-huang-matheis/
Leslie Connito: https://www.connitoart.net/
Maria-Gracia Donoso: https://www.mariagraciadonoso.com/
Monique Allain: https://moniqueallain.com/
Pauline Galiana: https://www.paulinegaliana.com/view/6302973/1/6302974
Penny Dell: https://www.pennydell.net/
Sally Frank: https://sallyfrank.com/
Tanya Kukucka: https://www.instagram.com/p/DOyLCsJDmD4/
DESCRIPTION
Participants wearing black clothes arrive all together in a coordinated operation, each carrying a white folding table and a black soft bag containing their artwork and minimal personal items. Uniformity and lightness are essential features of the action. Artists purchase their own table and bag. The tables, which are white, small, and portable, match the model and size below. The bags are black, soft, and discreet.
In 10 min the participants set up the space. They open their table and display their artwork on top. There is nothing on the walls or elsewhere. The black bags with personal items are left together in a corner or somewhere in the space (established previously depending on the specificity of the location), creating one or more little black piles. They compose a collective installation. All the rest is neat and visually clean.
Thereafter, the artists are ready to present the artworks, interact, and chat with the public. The duration of the activity is variable and depends on the circumstances. However, it is estimated to be a maximum of 3 hours.
In the end, all participants, in a synchronized time, pack the works, fold the tables, and leave the space together. This operation is completed in 10 min. Punctuality is a crucial aspect of this event. Every participant arrives 10 minutes early and waits nearby, in a secluded location, avoiding congregating until it is the right time to be in the designated spot.
Surprise and synchronization powerfully engage the public. At the scheduled time, we all advance and occupy the performance space.
As the project is meant to grow, there will be a first generation of maximum 15 artists participating in the events, discussing together adjustments and new possibilities. They will constitute a “council” for the ART SPROUTS project. Periodically, depending on the available locations, each first-generation participant can invite another artist for next actions, sharing all procedures and logistics with their “protégé”. This procedure can be replicated, and the artists from the 2nd generation are able to invite a 3rd generation participant, and so on.
The strategy of occupation adopted for ART SPROUTS is inspired by LE DÎNER EN BLANC created in Paris in 1988 by François Pasquier.
The actions are pacific, inclusive, and legal. All participants act in accordance with the law.
LOCATION PROFILE
The locations for our actions are public or private and aligned with our values of promoting peace, environmental preservation, and non-discrimination.
Folding portable white table
Folding portable white table
Acrylic black felt fabric
Hook and loop straps
Shoulder strap
