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Here are some photos I shot of Carmina Escobar’s performance at The Bowtie Project for Clockshop. Escobar filled the historic Roundhouse at the Bowtie Project with light and sound for her site-specific performance FUENTES / This Nature of Ours. This performance, organized by Clockshop, was part of the Department of Cultural Affair‘s  first ever public art biennial, Current:LA.

Experimental vocalist Carmina Escobar is a creative performer, improviser, sound and intermedia artist from Mexico City. Her work focuses primarily on sound, the voice, the body and their interrelations to physical, social and memory spaces. She has intensely explored the capacities of her voice developing a wide range of vocal techniques that she applies not only to her performance and creative practice but also to investigate radical ideas and concepts regarding the voice. In her artwork the Voice is the phenomenon and conceptual trigger that links all the materials, analogue or digital, in order to create an experience that sets in motion the audience perception. She has presented her own work in diverse festivals, biennials, experimental venues, formal concert halls and living rooms of the Mexican Republic, the USA, and Europe.

Clockshop is an arts organization in Los Angeles working to expand the dialogue around cultural production, politics and urban space by commissioning new projects by artists and writers and partnering with diverse institutions.

Clockshop Event: Carmina Escobar Performance, “FUENTES / This Nature of Ours” Here are some photos I shot of Carmina Escobar’s performance at The Bowtie Project for…

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current:LA

CURRENT:LA FOOD

Eva Aguila & Coaxial Arts Foundation — Comida a Mano Reseda Recreation Center, Council District 3

Celebrating the universal experience of eating with one’s hands, Eva Aguila’s installation comprises an outdoor earthen oven based on a Mexican comal (griddle), with demonstrations by a local tortillero artist. Accompanying the installation is a screening of newly commissioned experimental videos by artists with a tradition of eating by hand.

Julio César Morales & Max La Rivière-Hedrick — New Shores: The Future Dialogue Between Two Homelands Barnsdall Park, East Hollywood, Council District 13

New Shores: The Future Dialogue Between Two Homelands focuses on the immigrant experience and the ethnic diversity around Barnsdall Park. Julio César Morales and Max La Rivière-Hedrick collaborate with local chefs to hear personal accounts of food and migration. They then use the narratives as the foundation to create a multisensory installation and series of performances inspired by night markets.

Jazmin Urrea — Imperishable Martin Luther King Jr. Park, South LA, Council District 8

Jazmin Urrea’s sculptures in Martin Luther King Jr. Park in South LA are filled with Flamin’ Hot Cheetos® and stand eight feet tall. This amusing monument to a popular junk food is also an imposing reminder of the poverty of nutritional options in disfranchised communities.

Nari Ward — Enchanted Servers Leimert Plaza Park, Council District 10

The events and art installations of Nari Ward’s Enchanted Servers metaphorically set the table to celebrate and reflect on how food is served. In Leimert Park, a totem sculpture made of food plate covers and jacks evokes LA car culture, food trucks, and DIY music instruments. Participatory activations related to this work generate meaningful social communion around food, art, and music.

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Call for Calendar: CURRENT:LA FOOD conCURRENT call (Greater Los Angeles)

CURRENT:LA FOOD conCURRENT Call for Calendars For Southern CA artists

BACKGROUND

CURRENT:LA puts a new spin on traditional international triennials by democratizing the way people access art. The initiative shifts art away from the museum environment and places temporary public art projects and public programs in the neighborhoods of Los Angeles where residents and visitors live, work, and play. CURRENT:LA uses contemporary art as a way to deepen connections on issues affecting Los Angeles and other global cities to inspire civic discourse on those particular issues.

DCA will present the second edition of CURRENT, in response to food, over the course of one month in Fall 2019: CURRENT:LA FOOD will be open from October 5 through November 3, 2019. The issue of food is relevant and timely for LA with the development of such glories and challenges as food diversity and access; inequity and justice; waste and recycling; public health and community-building. The momentum around such topics as eliminating food deserts, supporting urban agriculture, improving distribution systems, and strengthening food polity will be affirmed and reinforced. Los Angeles is poised to become an international culinary capital and role model for food issue solutions.

Approximately 15 temporary public art projects and related public programs will comprise CURRENT:LA FOOD in 2019. CURRENT will be located in public spaces throughout Los Angeles and along its public transportation infrastructure, including bus lines and DASH routes operated by the City’s Department of Transportation, Metro’s rail and bus lines, and the regional Metrolink. As LA’s transit systems continue to undergo an aggressive expansion, an investigation and utilization of public transit will be part of CURRENT 2019. Visitors will be invited to experience Los Angeles’s mobility alternatives as they engage with food-related projects throughout the city.

 DEscriptION OF OPPORTUNITY

conCURRENT is an open call for public events to be included on the CURRENT:LA web calendar on currentla.org. conCURRENT aims to increase perspectives on the CURRENT:LA theme during each triennial. This cross-promotional opportunity will highlight events exploring the theme of food throughout the city while increasing an event’s potential outreach. Currentla.org received nearly 158,000 views during the first triennial with a total attendance of over 30,000. 

 Please note that this opportunity provides marketing and promotional support and is not a grant opportunity. Submission of an event does not guarantee listing on the CURRENT:LA website. You will be informed of your approved selection via email.

 ELIGIBILITY

This call for calendars is open to organizations, institutions, collectives, community groups, food justice groups,  sustainability organizations, students, artists and more! Submissions will be reviewed on a rolling basis until September 6, 2019. 

To be included as part of the online conCURRENT calendar:

Events must include food as a theme, topic, or issue

Events must take place between October 5 and November 3rd

Events must be located within the City of Los Angeles

Events must have a venue and permission to use it

Event attendance/tickets must be free or low-cost

Events must be self-organized and self-funded

Event organizers should have a documented track-record of producing public events

In addition:

Events that incorporate art and/or culture are highly encouraged

Events suggesting or supporting attendees to use public or alternative forms of transportation are highly encouraged

Events can be one-time or ongoing as part of a regular series of workshops or activities

Event tags can include ART, FILM, MUSIC, PERFORMANCE, LITERARY, WORKSHOP, FAMILY-FRIENDLY, MOBILE, TOURS

  Deadline: 09-06-2019 City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs Los Angeles, CA Contact: Cerrina Tayag-Rivera email: currentla@lacity.org Phone: Website: currentla.org

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Los Angeles to Host Food-Themed 2019 Edition of Current:LA Triennial http://lnk.al/6Pzl