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For video artists and underground filmmakers, the shadow of Southern California’s outsized film industry provides the perfect environment to experiment. Kenneth Anger’s visual anarchy and Paul McCarthy’s grotesqueries tested audiences’ patience, earned critical acclaim, and urged viewers to contemplate the nature of art itself. Video, as a medium, toys with expectations of the audience. It appropriates the format of surveillance films and amateur home footage, revealing the intimacy and paranoia of watching and being watched. The media arts is a slice of life or a exploration of dreams, codifying the human experience into moving images.
MOCAtv: The Art of Punk
Los Angeles + Film/Media Arts
MOCAtv: The Art of Punk
by Bryan Ray Turcotte
June 11, 2013 11:50 AM
MOCAtv and curator Bryan Ray Turcotte present "The Art of Punk" about the stories of inspiration and creation of such iconic punk symbols and sleeves from the Punk Scene.
The Transformative Nature of David Wojnarowicz's ITSOFOMO
Los Angeles + Film/Media Arts
The Transformative Nature of David Wojnarowicz's ITSOFOMO
by Jennifer Doyle
May 23, 2013 1:00 AM
"ITSOFOMO: In the Shadow of Forward Motion" is considered one of the most intense works of art produced during the years that the AIDS crisis cut through the art world.
Honey Pies and Aquadettes: Stories That Stretch Forever
Counties + Film/Media Arts
Honey Pies and Aquadettes: Stories That Stretch Forever
by Malia Wollan
May 21, 2013 1:00 AM
Filmmakers Drea Cooper and Zackary Canepari are creating haunting portraits of California residents in a series of web videos called "California Is a Place."
Barbara Parmet's Fine Art Photojournalism
Santa Barbara + Film/Media Arts
Barbara Parmet's Fine Art Photojournalism
by Charles Donelan
May 17, 2013 1:00 AM
In her photographic work, Barbara Parmet addresses the degree to which witnessing remains the fundamental constitutive human act.
From Mexican to American: Louis Hock's Decades of Documenting Immigrant Life
San Diego + Film/Media Arts
From Mexican to American: Louis Hock's Decades of Documenting Immigrant Life
by Misael Diaz
May 8, 2013 1:00 AM
Louis Hock documented the experiences of his Los Analos neighbors, undocumented Mexican working class immigrant families, by filming the day-to-day lives of four families.
Exploring the 'Golden Dream' of Riverside's Eastside
Riverside + Film/Media Arts
Exploring the 'Golden Dream' of Riverside's Eastside
by Gayle Brandeis
April 26, 2013 1:00 AM
Writer Susan Straight and photographer Doug McCulloh are telling the stories of residents of Riverside's diverse Eastside in a new exhibition opening at RAM on April 26th.
Fists of Legend: Classic Kung Fu Cinema Posters
Los Angeles + Film/Media Arts
Fists of Legend: Classic Kung Fu Cinema Posters
by Oliver Wang
April 24, 2013 1:00 AM
The "KICK ASS! Kung Fu Posters from the Stephen Chin Collection" exhibit highlights vintage posters mostly from the golden era of 1970s martial arts films.
Japan's Photographers Reflect the Realities of a Changing World
Los Angeles + Film/Media Arts
Japan's Photographers Reflect the Realities of a Changing World
by Meher McArthur
April 18, 2013 1:00 AM
The works of three Japanese photographers, two in Japan and one here in Los Angeles, reflect the many changing realities of the Japanese experience on both sides of the Pacific during the mid-20th century.
The Perpetual Vertigo of Strangeloop
Los Angeles + Film/Media Arts
The Perpetual Vertigo of Strangeloop
by Oliver Wang
April 5, 2013 1:00 AM
As part of the burgeoning Brainfeeder family, Strangeloop (née David Wexler) has become the collective's visual wizard, conjuring video art for artists from Erykah Badu to Flying Lotus.
Playing Paint: The Video Art of Brian Bress
Los Angeles + Film/Media Arts
Playing Paint: The Video Art of Brian Bress
by Lex Brown
March 25, 2013 1:00 AM
Brian Bress dismantles the distinctions between drawing, painting, video, and object through his fusion of language, image, the non-sequitur, and the meaningful.
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