SCULPTURE SCAVENGER HUNT
FEB/MARCH 2024
game starts: THURSDAY, feb 29, at midnight (early morn march 1)
game ends: march 3, 2024 (or until all sculptures are found)
Theme:
Ghost Army
Because no one can do it alone.
Two (or more) sculptures are hidden around Los Angeles County.
They include:
Standing Voodoo Dolls of Myself
Brutalist Forms
+others
They are actual sculptures and they are made of cookie.
They are my take on old Slovonian Licitars from my childhood.
Although, technically they are edible -- I don't recommend it.
Historically they're meant to be decorative keepsakes.
Hurry before they get broken… or eaten.
finders keepers
(i.e. if you find one, you get to keep it. )
Clues Below Ground Rules
Ground Rules
- It's a good sized cookie sculpture inside of a container. Please don't take anything else.
- If you find one, please let me know so I can take it out of play. Let me know by posting on insta and tagging me @danielasobermanstudio or email me at danielasoberman at yahoo dawt com.
- Please be respectful of your surroundings. Most places/homes/businesses have no idea that I’ve hidden a sculpture near them. So please help keep me out of trouble.
- If you happen upon a business or establishment near a hiding spot, please buy something and support local neighborhood small businesses.
- My request is that if you find one, please stop there and leave the rest for others to find.
- Each sculpture will be housed in a larger, non-transparent waterproof container, so please don't go rifling through trash. However, do be careful when opening the containers that you don’t inadvertently crack the cookie.
- For those sculptures that are proving difficult to find, I'll provide additional clues/hints approx every 24 hours.
- I will remove all unfound sculptures on March 4, 2024.
- If you find one, post a pic to Instagram and tag me @danielasobermanstudio
- Play nicely. :)
FNotes: In general, all of the sculptures were hidden on the Eastside of town. I did this for a couple of reasons, First. it's where i live. Second, I'm from Los Angeles and I'm still discovering hidden places near me. Finally, more people should spend time of the Eastside, rad people live here.
1. 34.099616. -118.203742
Through the archway
Find her waiting patiently
At her left hand #2
FOUND
Notes: While driving around LA, I came upon a really cool archway entrance to a set of stairs. At the top of the stairs was a statue of the Virgin de Guadalupe with additional stairs and paths leading up and away from the statue. It felt like a secret garden. A perfect place to hide a sculpture. The sculpture was hidden up the right side flight of stairs behind the second column.
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2. 34.069831, -118.188624
Find her and follow her path the right way.
SADLY MIA
Notes: While driving on the backside of a nature preserve, I came up another depiction of the Virgin de Gualdalupe, this time painted on a concete block at the bottom of a small drainage ditch. I hid the sculpture part way up the drainage ditch and under a bush on the rightside of the ditch.
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3. 34.071038, -118.219076
Burning bush aglow,
Not consumed by raging flames,
Under swell it knows.
FOUND
Notes: The sculpture was hidden under a bush down the street from Last Projects and in the same neighborhood as Sade Gallery and Wonzimer Gallery. I'm a big supporter of edgy, underground galleries that make space for fresh voices.
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4. 34.100100, -118.187499
When all the hairs of a paintbrush are dampened,
it becomes one hair. But prior, so many branches.
FOUND
Note: When driving around LA, i love taking surface streets more so than the highway. There is a really cool section through Hermon that allows you to cut from the Eastside towards downtown. It's a major artery that I routinely drive. I love that in the middle of a city, it looks like you're off a country road. The sculpture was hidden under a tree in a field next to the road.
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NOTES:
There are 4 containers (4 sculptures) hidden.
My advice is to pick one to search for and concentrate your efforts there.
Some are interlocking, some aren't.
Some are bigger, some are small.
Numbers are the clues for a general location.
Words are the clues to help you narrow down the hiding spot.
Happy hunting!
1. 34.099616. -118.203742
Through the archway
Find her waiting patiently
At her left hand #2
FOUND
Notes: While driving around LA, I came upon a really cool archway entrance to a set of stairs. At the top of the stairs was a statue of the Virgin de Guadalupe with additional stairs and paths leading up and away from the statue. It felt like a secret garden. A perfect place to hide a sculpture. The sculpture was hidden up the right side flight of stairs behind the second column.
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2. 34.069831, -118.188624
Find her and follow her path the right way.
SADLY MIA
Notes: While driving on the backside of a nature preserve, I came up another depiction of the Virgin de Gualdalupe, this time painted on a concete block at the bottom of a small drainage ditch. I hid the sculpture part way up the drainage ditch and under a bush on the rightside of the ditch.
----------
3. 34.071038, -118.219076
Burning bush aglow,
Not consumed by raging flames,
Under swell it knows.
FOUND
Notes: The sculpture was hidden under a bush down the street from Last Projects and in the same neighborhood as Sade Gallery and Wonzimer Gallery. I'm a big supporter of edgy, underground galleries that make space for fresh voices.
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4. 34.100100, -118.187499
When all the hairs of a paintbrush are dampened,
it becomes one hair. But prior, so many branches.
FOUND
Note: When driving around LA, i love taking surface streets more so than the highway. There is a really cool section through Hermon that allows you to cut from the Eastside towards downtown. It's a major artery that I routinely drive. I love that in the middle of a city, it looks like you're off a country road. The sculpture was hidden under a tree in a field next to the road.
----------
NOTES:
There are 4 containers (4 sculptures) hidden.
My advice is to pick one to search for and concentrate your efforts there.
Some are interlocking, some aren't.
Some are bigger, some are small.
Numbers are the clues for a general location.
Words are the clues to help you narrow down the hiding spot.
Happy hunting!
Anticipated Questions
1. Are they edible? NO! DON'T EAT THEM! Although they are made of cookies and icing and are technically edible DON'T EAT THEM!!!! The cookies are allowed to go stale to add strength to the forms and are therefore very [EXTREMELY] hard.
2. Are they all the same? NO! Some sculptures are fully formed in one piece, others are interlocking.
3. How big are they? They're a good size. Each one is unique and they are all different sizes. Some are small (4.5inches x 4.5inches x 4.5 inches) and some are larger (18 inches tall x 8 inches wide x 8 inches deep)
4. How long will they last? Old Yugoslav licitars last for years, if not forever.
5. Are they preserved in anyway? There is a sugar coating of icing that helps preserve the cookie, however there are no artificial preservatives added to the cookie.
6. Are they signed? Yes.
7. What do I do once I find one? First, celebrate! Then, if you feel like uploading a photo to instagram, please tag me @danielasobermanstudio. Additionally, feel free to email me a photo so I can see that it's been found ([email protected]).
8. How do I take care of them? Handle them gingerly. The icing can chip off and the edible ink can smudge, so it's best to handle/touch them with clean hands on the main sections of each body. Keep them inside and out of direct sunlight, don't get them wet.
9. Are they worth anything? It's possible. :)
1. Are they edible? NO! DON'T EAT THEM! Although they are made of cookies and icing and are technically edible DON'T EAT THEM!!!! The cookies are allowed to go stale to add strength to the forms and are therefore very [EXTREMELY] hard.
2. Are they all the same? NO! Some sculptures are fully formed in one piece, others are interlocking.
3. How big are they? They're a good size. Each one is unique and they are all different sizes. Some are small (4.5inches x 4.5inches x 4.5 inches) and some are larger (18 inches tall x 8 inches wide x 8 inches deep)
4. How long will they last? Old Yugoslav licitars last for years, if not forever.
5. Are they preserved in anyway? There is a sugar coating of icing that helps preserve the cookie, however there are no artificial preservatives added to the cookie.
6. Are they signed? Yes.
7. What do I do once I find one? First, celebrate! Then, if you feel like uploading a photo to instagram, please tag me @danielasobermanstudio. Additionally, feel free to email me a photo so I can see that it's been found ([email protected]).
8. How do I take care of them? Handle them gingerly. The icing can chip off and the edible ink can smudge, so it's best to handle/touch them with clean hands on the main sections of each body. Keep them inside and out of direct sunlight, don't get them wet.
9. Are they worth anything? It's possible. :)