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Photo: 3652 Days: #68: Manny’s Mural: Los Angeles, Ca.

March 9 2010

I walked toward the bungalow on the far left because that’s where Geometry class was being held. We had bungalows at our school, next to the last remaining orange groves in the San Fernando Valley, because our real high school location was still under construction after the 1994 earthquake. Yes. I had classes [...]

Photo: 3652 Days: #51: The People’s Los Angeles.

I spotted this at the Southern California Library in South Los Angeles, Ca. We set up a field recording to document youth who grew up in that part of LA and plastered on every grand space of the slightly disgruntled building was a mural, painting or poster. This is one of my favorites. From the [...]

Art: MAK Center Spins Billboards In Los Angeles.

You can’t escape billboards in Los Angeles. They’ve been a signature of the skyline for decades and a valuable resource for advertisers to cram their messages down your throats. Recently they’ve gone digital, and sometimes they are illegal. What’s indisputable is their normalcy in Los Angeles; their presence is an instigator of great debate. I’ve [...]

Photo: 3652 Days: #42: Visiting El Nopal Press.

Feb 11, 2010

There’s a guy who will cut your hair on the street, live bands playing in spaces usually occupied by businessman grabbing a smoke during their break, and people “PAINTING LIVE” with onlookers contemplating if they’re witnessing something special. It’s the Downtown Art Walk standard now. I’ve never been to El Nopal Press when [...]

Art: Céleste Boursier-Mougenot: Electric Guitars Meet Zebra Finches.

I love searching the interwebs and stumbling upon something that makes me go “holy shit, yes!” Artist Céleste Boursier-Mougenot’s new installation at London’s Barbican gallery combines electric guitars and the curiosity of zebra finches. What aspires to be a fusion of the mechanical meeting nature also emphasizes one true fact: finches solo better than I [...]