AX Mina is an artist and culture writer exploring contemporary spirituality, technology and other sundry topics. She co-produces Five and Nine, a podcast about magic, work, and economic justice, and serves on the board of the Rabkin Foundation.
Opinion
LOS ANGELES — One of my favorite podcasts these days has to be Science Fridays, by Ira Flatow. While my body and car are stuck in back to back traffic, my mind soars through the depths of knowledge explored in the show.
Art
LOS ANGELES — We use our phones increasingly for getting around, taking pictures and finding the next place to eat. It's not quite accurate to call them phones anymore — they're really mini computers and GPS tracking devices, with all your friends tagging along. LA Re.Play, an exhibition of "mobile
Art
LOS ANGELES — "What is the role of the artist?" I'm used to hearing this question in college seminars and rant sessions after opening parties. Artist Sheryl Oring tried a different tack.
News
LOS ANGELES — LA's art world has been in mourning ever since artist Mike Kelley died earlier this month, an apparent suicide. At the College Art Association conference and at various events, artists and art lovers are finding ways to remember him and keep his work alive. The most poignant and effect
Art
LOS ANGELES — It's just been the first two days at the College Art Association conference, and people are talking tech. Or maybe I'm just attending the tech-oriented panels. The first panel I sat on spoke on internationalizing the practice of art history. Immediately, it felt like the voice of God w
Opinion
LOS ANGELES — His name is almost too perfect for an artist-architect engaging with urban space. John Locke, not to be confused with the late Father of Liberalism, has been marrying two soon-to-be archaic devices in a charming way. Traveling around Manhattan, he's been carrying objects called books a
Opinion
LOS ANGELES — Ever wanted to take a roller coaster through Buenos Aires? How about an invisible one? Yeah, me too. Argentinian film director Fernando Livschitz has released a new video of roller coasters cutting through the lovely streets of the country's capital.
Art
LOS ANGELES — It comes up in every conversation I have with art-and-technology types. "I have an app idea," a friend will say. But then comes the inevitable question: "Do you know any developers?"
Opinion
LOS ANGELES — I know a lot of artists who get drunk a lot. I know a lot of artists who are sleepy half the time. It just so happens that these artists are also very creative.
Art
LOS ANGELES — The arts have a long tradition of apprenticeship and mentorship. Somewhere along the way, the expected career path of a professional artist turned into days in the classroom studying art theory and private time in a cramped studio, followed by huge student loan debts.
Opinion
LOS ANGELES — I love the rain, and especially the aesthetic of rain. I always think back to the work of Hiroshige, whose rainy woodcut prints famously inspired Van Gogh's impressionistic landscapes.
Opinion
LOS ANGELES — This week, New York artist Zefrey Throwell flew in to create the Entropy Symphony, a series of aural interventions around the world. The LA edition was an orchestrated movement in five parts of some 1,000 cars across the Southland. Each participant received an mp3 attuned to their car