Artists Mark Farina and Matthew Horne converted a radio telescope to absorb the sun's rays, transforming the waves into audible sounds, high-pitched blips to Yoko-esque wails to white noise like the ocean. It's sun music for desert lands.
Tyler Stallings ruminates on the connections between the archaic and contemporary in Michael Heizer's project "Levitated Mass," which perhaps represents a desire to reconnect with the sacred: the planet itself.
KChung Radio broadcasts an eclectic array of music, experimental shows, performance artists, and even on air meditations.
As Chicano Art moves forward in its documentation, some artistic consideration may have to be made for "Earache My Eye Featuring Alice Bowie," a 1974 Cheech and Chong sketch poking at the commercial record industry. "It wasn't just a parody," says Cheech, "it was the real stuff."
In 2003, Antonio Gonzalez Vasquez started Living On the Dime: A View of the World from Along the I-10 environmental and cultural research oral history project to study the effects of the I-10 freeway on Southern California communities.
This week's edition of
Around the Counties, explores the art scene in the Inland Empire and features columnist Ruth Nolan. Find out which art communities are emerging in the counties of San Bernardino and Riverside.
Romanian artist Alexandra Croitoru's work seeks to expose and challenge sociological, geo-political and gender power structures in present-day Romania.
The dozen owners of wacky Volkswagen bugs that are part of the sprawling VW Classic in Irvine this weekend probably wouldn't be there if not for Adolf Hitler. The world's most beloved car was shaped in no small fashion by one of the world's most atrocious human beings ever.
Enter the Crystal Cave. Inhale the musty air, the scent of glue and dreams. Revel in the tiny sea of gold light illuminating a sea of turquoise and pink chrysacolla stones. Welcome to Bob's Cave, a hidden desert treasure.
Need something to do this weekend? Every week the Artbound staff will be featuring events taking place in Southern California that you should consider attending.
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