Frieze is partnering with the Black Trustee Alliance for Art Museums to support the creation of ‘Land Memories: Voices of Altadena’. In the wake of the 2025 Eaton fire, this project seeks to uplift and preserve collective memories of the historically Black and culturally-rich community of Altadena. Altadena stands as a crucial site of Black artistry, culture and community vitality in Southern California. The neighbourhood emerged as a haven for Black homeownership in the early 20th century, with roughly 80 percent of Black residents owning their homes – double the national average. This foundation fostered a rich creative ecosystem, hosting artists Charles White, Betye Saar and Doyle Lane, as well as writer Octavia Butler. The recent devastating wildfires have threatened this legacy, destroying numerous historic structures, archives and studios. ‘Land Memories’ celebrates the legacy of Altadena, documenting the community’s diverse cultures, communities and creativity through oral history and visual storytelling. Working together with Altadena’s residents and the wider Los Angeles community, ‘Land Memories’ strives to provide a participatory record, gathering voices from across generations. These testimonies give voice to the vibrant and overlapping memories of Altadena, map the impact of the fires on its communities and question what role art can play in individual and collective healing. About the Artist Dominique Moody (b. 1956, Augsburg, Germany) is a nomadic visual artist whose collage, mixed media, assemblage structures and installations are layered with personal and social narratives that reflect her African Diaspora and cultural experience. As an urban nomad, she has found creative refuge in Los Angeles for the past 25 years. In LA she has been embraced by the African American arts community specifically and the arts ecosystem in general. Her narrative artwork is inspired by the objects she finds and from the places she finds them. Assembled the objects are transformed into figurative or structural forms that tell stories both real and imagined. Assemblage Art has a unique voice in LA and Moody has added an additional perspective to that school of thought. Her practice is reflected in her non-traditional approach as an artist as well as an arts educator, bringing the creative practice into people's everyday lives. Over the years her social practice of engagement could be found in schools, museums, cultural institutions and campuses and neighborhoods. Her work can also be seen in public and private spaces as temporary and permanent artworks in communities throughout LA. Mobility is both symbolic and has an activated role in her work because her intentions are for it to travel beyond borders. Her NOMAD art dwelling has facilitated this vision through artist residencies in both urban and rural environments in ways that could not otherwise exist. However, the NOMAD is not an art studio in the traditional way, due to its scale all work is done outside with whatever is found in the space. What is essential to Moody as an artist is a nurturing space to dream, so for Dominique the Nomad is Home, where all things are made possible.