No Rules Except…, 2008

Allan Kaprow and Brian Dick 

The New Children's Museum, San Diego, CA 
 

In 2008 I was invited by the New Children's Museum, San Diego and Allan Kaprow's estate to "Reinvent" one of two Kaprow Environments; Yard, and No Rules Except..., for the Museum's premier exhibition Childsplay. Initially I planned to reinvent one or the other, but then it occurred to me to combine them. Kaprow's 1960 seminal tire environment Yard and the 2000 pillow environment No Rules Except… created with Kaprow's son Bram Crane- Kaprow for LACMA Lab's Made in California: NOW exhibition, was reborn as No Rules Except…YARD

The installation included 150 full sized canvas covered foam tires; over 30 mattresses, a climbing wall, sound element (Newly designed by Bram Crane-Kaprow); two heavy bags, a climbing wall with rope (inspired by the work of Simone Forte ), and flashing lights and mirrors.