Art
A Virtual Reality Meal Is a Powerful Comment on Being Asian in America
The six-course dinner is a sensory metaphor for chef, curator, and poet Jenny Dorsey’s experiences as an Asian in America.
California
Film
Film Studios Left Hollywood in the 1950s and Changed the Business Forever
After World War II, movie studios like MGM and Paramount found themselves at a crossroads as they adapted to changes brought on by both the war and the advancement of filmmaking technology.
Art
Andrea Fraser Puts Male Feminism on the Line
In her performance, Fraser plays the role of male feminists, both empathizing with them and exposing their failure to empathize with the goals of the Women’s Movement.
Art
A Zine Fair Aims to Tackle Tech’s Diversity Problem
Tiny Tech Zines is a new zine fair that examines the weaknesses of the industry, while exploring ways that digital innovation can be harnessed by those communities that have been heretofore underserved.
Art
Jurassic Park Becomes Whimsical Performance Art
Jurassic Park: The Musical will feature video, puppetry, moving sculpture, songs, tap-dancing, and blood (presumably fake).
Art
Barbara Stauffacher Solomon Has Been Shaking Up Design for Seven Decades
Solomon embraced interdisciplinary work long before it became fashionable.
Art
The LA Artists Who Advanced Black Stories Through Art-Making
The network of artists and collectors who were pulled into John T. Riddle’s orbit is the focus of an exhibition at the Craft Contemporary.
In Brief
San Francisco Will Raise Maya Angelou Sculpture
Only two of the city's 87 public sculptures depict historical women. The Angelou monument will help begin to shift that balance.
Art
The Future of Conceptual, Immersive Art Hasn't Quite Arrived
The Gray Area Festival's attractions like Inferno and the ISM Hexadome drew upon images of hell and Thom Yorke to illustrate its vision of audience-participatory art, but the festival itself demonstrated that technology alone is not enough.
Art
A Summer Series of Comedy, Improv, Film, and Performance at Blum & Poe
>BTWN< kicks off with a night of comedy, hosted by artist and comedian Casey Jane Ellison.
Art
An Experimental Puppetry Troupe Crafts Their Hopeful Vision
The Del Hierro brothers craft their costumes from polyurethane foam, which they find in whatever city they happen to be in, tearing into discarded couches or mattresses and ripping out the "meat" inside.
Art
David Hammons Returns to LA With Wicked Tricks and Subtle Jabs
Imagining his first impression of the city he once called home, I suspect Hammons would have said: “You’ve let yourself go.” Conversely, he could have easily said, “I see you haven’t changed.”