14th Factory Foundation

CREATE LARGE-SCALE CONTEMPORARY ART EXPERIENCES THAT ACT AS VEHICLES FOR SOCIAL IMPACT.

THE 14TH FACTORY IS A MONUMENTAL, MULTIPLE-MEDIA, SOCIALLY ENGAGED ART AND DOCUMENTARY EXPERIENCE CONCEIVED BY THE HONG KONG-BASED BRITISH ARTIST SIMON BIRCH. TAKING OVER THREE ACRES OF AN EMPTY INDUSTRIAL WAREHOUSE AND LOT ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES, THE LOCATION HAS BEEN TRANSFORMED INTO A FACTORY WHERE BIRCH AND HIS 20 CREATIVE COLLABORATORS WORK AND MANUFACTURE THEIR ART, CREATING AN EVER-CHANGING IMMERSIVE ENVIRONMENT OF 14 INTERLINKED SPACES COMPRISED OF VIDEO, INSTALLATION, SCULPTURE, PAINTINGS AND PERFORMANCE.IN ENTERING THE 14TH FACTORY, THE VISITOR IS TRANSFORMED INTO A CENTRAL PLAYER IN A COLLABORATIVELY FABRICATED ADVENTURE AND MOTION PICTURE THAT ENGAGES AND UNFOLDS, UNITING INDIVIDUALS TO THE CREATIVE PROCESS AND TO EACH OTHER. THE EXPERIENCE CHALLENGES THE CURRENT POLITICAL CLIMATE BY CELEBRATING CREATIVE DIVERSITY, UNITY AND THE ACT OF OVERCOMING OBSTACLES AND CHALLENGES AS A GLOBAL SOCIETY.THE 14TH FACTORY IS A SPACE WHERE THE RESIDENTS OF THE LINCOLN HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD OF LA WERE INVITED TO COME TO EXPERIENCE ART IN A NEW WAY. THE RESIDENTS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AS WELL AS THE STUDENTS OF THE SCHOOLS OF LA WERE INVITED TO EXPERIENCE THE PROJECT FREE OF CHARGE AND MEET SIMON BIRCH AS HE GUIDED THEM THROUGH THE 14TH FACTORY. THE PROJECT BELIEVES IN THE IMPORTANCE OF SHARING ART WITH COMMUNITIES THAT ARE UNDERSERVED AND IN ITS MISSION TO CREATE LARGE-SCALE CONTEMPORARY ART EXPERIENCES THAT ACT AS VEHICLES FOR SOCIAL IMPACT.