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# Art Lands on LA's Balconies, Porches, and Yards at the Terrain Biennial
- URL: https://hyperallergic.com/art-lands-on-las-balconies-porches-and-yards-at-the-terrain-biennial/
- Published: 2017-10-03T14:15:43.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-24T16:26:31.000Z
- Description: The Terrain Biennial repurposes liminal domestic spaces such as porches, windows, and yards into public art sites.
- Author: Matt Stromberg
- Tags: Art, Events, Sabina Ott, #wp, #wp-post, #image-position-hidden, #Import 2025-11-24 07:30(2016, 2017, part 3)

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JJU Collective installation view: Molly Tierney, “Painting”, oil, tar, enamel, ceiling texture, concrete, flags on canvas, 12’x20’; Woody O’toole, “Performance backdrop,” oil, spray paint, acrylic on canvas, 9’x15′; Michelle Garduño, “Sculpture,” mixed media on found discarded objects (photo by Molly Tierney)

The [Terrain Biennial](https://www.terrainexhibitions.com/?ref=hyperallergic.com) was founded in 2011 by artist [Sabina Ott](http://sabinaott.com/home.html?ref=hyperallergic.com) and author [John Paulett](https://www.arcadiapublishing.com/Products/9780738532790?ref=hyperallergic.com) with the goal of repurposing liminal domestic spaces such as porches, windows, and yards into public art sites. Running from October 1 to November 15, the third Biennial extends far beyond its origins in Oak Park, Illinois to include [locations](https://www.terrainexhibitions.com/2017terrainbiennialsites?ref=hyperallergic.com) in Indiana, Arizona, Northern and Southern California, and even as far afield as Sweden and France.

This Friday, the [Altadena](https://www.terrainexhibitions.com/2017terrainbiennialaltadena?ref=hyperallergic.com) site of the biennial opens with an exhibition and performance by members of the JJU Collective, curated by [Nina Salerno](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/20/perfect-rejects%5Fn%5F6701740.html?ref=hyperallergic.com). Artist [Molly Tierney](http://mollymtierney.com/?ref=hyperallergic.com)‘s contribution is a grid made up of several American flags, which she has covered in paint, tar, and concrete. Her related performance will adhere to the [proper and respectful manner for retiring a flag](https://www.collinsflags.com/blog/archives/1366?ref=hyperallergic.com), which culminates in its ceremonial burning.

Two other LA-area Terrain Biennial exhibitions will open this weekend: [*External Hard Drive*](https://www.terrainexhibitions.com/copy-of-2112-f-street?ref=hyperallergic.com) at Dalton Warehouse*,* featuring candy-colored meme mashups by Instagram sensation [Casey Kauffmann](https://www.instagram.com/uncannysfvalley/?ref=hyperallergic.com) on Saturday; and on Sunday, [*Hairball*](https://www.terrainexhibitions.com/2017terrainbiennialpasadena?ref=hyperallergic.com), an exhibition of paintings by Pasadena-based artist [Willis Stork](https://www.willisstork.com/?ref=hyperallergic.com) that recalls an adolescence spent listening to punk rock, watching MTV, and lingering in bland shopping malls.

**When:** Opens Friday, October 6, 6–10pm  
**Where:** JJU (2656 Santa Anita Ave., Altadena, California)

*More info* [*here*](https://www.terrainexhibitions.com/2017terrainbiennialaltadena?ref=hyperallergic.com)*.*