Two Postcommodity members, along with composer Guillermo Galindo, are partnering with members of a fast-gentrifying Santa Monica neighborhood to produce a sound-based artwork of contested histories.
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In a Santa Monica Parking Lot, Performance Artists Air Their Grievances
The 18th Street Art Center celebrated its 30th anniversary with We the Artists, a multimedia festival in which residents expressed rage and frustration toward the political climate.
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Make Zines and Screenprint Slogans at a Politically Minded Festival
18th Street Arts Center’s Pico Block Party, now in its third year, honors the cultural heritage of one of the most diverse areas of Santa Monica.
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An Imagined Feminist Art School in the Amazon Jungle
Mariángeles Soto-Díaz has created a detailed archive for this imaginary school, which centers indigenous and feminist perspectives.
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The Difficult Work of Decolonizing Culture, from the Whitney Biennial to Gentrification
Anuradha Vikram will discuss her new book, Decolonizing Culture, with editor Bean Gilsdorf.
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Motorcycle-Riding Artists Perform in Griffith Park
Carmen Argote has enlisted a crew of motorcycle-riding artists and collaborators to perform in the park this Saturday.
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Moving Like Microbes on Santa Monica Beach
In a performance and workshop on May 28, the Laboratory for Embodied Intelligences will channel microbial intelligence through human movement.
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Perform the Movements of a Santa Monica Neighborhood
Brendan Fernandes has been studying people’s movements in the area around 18th Street Arts Center. On March 18, he’ll lead a workshop on what he’s found.