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Film & Media Arts
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: William Wegman & His Weimaraner Dogs
Los Angeles + Film/Media Arts
MOCAtv: William Wegman & His Weimaraner Dogs
by MOCAtv
March 18, 2013 1:00 AM
Working with man's best friend gives William Wegman's work an inherent, perhaps instinctive charm, one that has led to the artist's creation of iconic film shorts.
Under the Influence: Michael Miller's L.A. Hip-Hop Photography
Los Angeles + Film/Media Arts
Under the Influence: Michael Miller's L.A. Hip-Hop Photography
by Oliver Wang
March 11, 2013 3:30 PM
Michael Miller was the go-to lensman for countless album covers and publicity stills during one of California hip-hop's most vibrant eras.
AgH2O: Silver, Water, and Pinhole Camera in a Silo
Inyo + Film/Media Arts
AgH2O: Silver, Water, and Pinhole Camera in a Silo
by Lauren Bon
March 1, 2013 1:00 AM
Lauren Bon's "Liminal Camera," comprised of a repurposed shipping container mounted on the back of a truck, captures the dessicated Owens Lake in large-scale photographs.
MOCAtv: Chris Burden's Late Night Commercials
Los Angeles + Film/Media Arts
MOCAtv: Chris Burden's Late Night Commercials
by MOCAtv
February 28, 2013 1:00 AM
Chris Burden is an enormously influential figure in conceptual art. The artist is the latest subject in the West Coast Video Artist series available on MOCAtv.
Catherine Opie: From the Outside In
Los Angeles + Film/Media Arts
Catherine Opie: From the Outside In
by Sharon Mizota
February 25, 2013 1:00 AM
Catherine Opie's images are distinguished by her ability to merge references to photographic history with the stuff of contemporary life.
Ñongos: A Document of the Tijuana River's Improvised Housing Community
San Diego + Film/Media Arts
Ñongos: A Document of the Tijuana River's Improvised Housing Community
by Marco Vera
February 22, 2013 1:00 AM
Ana Andrade is one of a handful of new-generation Tijuana artists involved in artistic practices desiring to produce social change.
The World, Considered: Sharon Lockhart's Watchful Eye
Los Angeles + Film/Media Arts
The World, Considered: Sharon Lockhart's Watchful Eye
by Drew Tewksbury
February 8, 2013 1:30 PM
Filmmaker Sharon Lockhart intently interprets the world under her watchful lens.
Morgan Maassen's Color of Creativity and Texture of Ambition
Santa Barbara + Film/Media Arts
Morgan Maassen's Color of Creativity and Texture of Ambition
by Ethan Stewart
February 8, 2013 1:00 AM
Photographer and Santa Barbara native Morgan Maassen's career in the surf editorial world is on a meteoric rise.
Parry Gripp: From Nerf Herder to Meme Master
Santa Barbara + Film/Media Arts
Parry Gripp: From Nerf Herder to Meme Master
by Charles Donelan
January 18, 2013 1:00 AM
Santa Barbara musician Parry Gripp is the man behind some of the web's biggest memes.
Sidewalk Stories: The Photography of William Reagh
Los Angeles + Film/Media Arts
Sidewalk Stories: The Photography of William Reagh
by Lynell George
January 11, 2013 1:00 AM
Since arriving in L.A. in the 1930s, William Reagh captured a sense of the city's humanity during its most vigorous years of growth and urban renewal.
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Los Angeles + Visual Arts
Documenting Exodus: Hit Man Gurung and Nepal's Departing Youth
by Meher McArthur
Nepalese artist Hit Man Gurung's residency at 18th Street Arts Center offers a unique perspective on …
Santa Barbara + Performance
'Theater Heaven' Realized at the Pacific Conservatory of the Arts
by Sarah Linn
The Pacific Conservatory of the Arts is a professional resident theater company and a two-year vocat …
Inyo + Multi-Disciplinary
De-silvering the Mirror: Mining for Film in the Owens Valley
by William L. Fox
It is a little-known fact that some of the silver and chemicals to produce the films that made Holly …
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Los Angeles + Multi-Disciplinary
Pop-Life: Why Melrose Avenue is a Mecca for Graffiti Writers
by Chie Davis
Melrose Avenue has served as a center for local graffiti artists, including MEAR ONE, AXIS, DYTCH, a …
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