Wed, Apr 3, 2013
This episode begins at the Mission of San Luis Obispo with members of the San Luis Obispo orchestra performing mission period music arranged by historian and composer Craig Russell. Next, the show explores the work of photographer Mike Miller whose iconic photos of 1990s West Coast hip-hop became genre and generation defining. Heading to Riverside County, the third segment features a guided tour of the Twentynine Palms Marine Base, where artist Hillary Mushkin leads a group "draw-in" as part of her Incendiary traces project, which reflects on the militarized landscape of Southern California. The show then returns to Los Angeles to explore the work of Marjan K. Vayghan, whose traumatic experience during the Green Revolution in Iran has informed an arts practice of creating safe spaces. For the final segment, the show meets up with fashion designer Victor Wilde, whose process oriented pieces are creating a new bohemian aesthetic specific to downtown LA. The show closes with a musical performance by Carly Ritter.
Wed, May 29, 2013
Episode Two begins in with artist Nery Gabriel Lemus who draws inspiration from his experiences as a social worker, creating art that comments on race, gender, and domestic abuse. Then in East Los Angeles, artist Shizu Saldamando's paintings explore a punk rock, Chicano/a subculture. Her work begins by photographing her subjects in their natural environments such as backyard parties in East LA, then she paints those works on various surfaces: tablecloths, wood, skin (as tattoos). Artbound then travels to the streets of Melrose to uncover the history of LA's street art culture that exploded in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Featuring the main players in the scene such as MEAR ONE, AXIS, DYTCH, LYNK, RAKKA of Dilated Peoples. Then the show heads South to discover the pasajes ("passages") of Tijuana, alleys housing small craft vendors and a burgeoning arts scene that is revitalizing the city. The last segment is a project by the Library Foundation based on Josh Kun's book "Songs in the Key of Los Angeles," where old sheet music housed in the LAPL's collection was mined for songs specific to the city. These songs were then given to several contemporary bands to interpret, arrange, and record. This installment features L.A. folk-country band I See Hawks in L.A., who also perform a live studio set.
Wed, Jul 24, 2013
Episode three begins in Los Angeles where Alexandra Grant constructs a large-scale, site-specific work at 18th Street Arts Center based on an ongoing exchange with the iconic French author, poet, playwright and philosopher Hélène Cixous. Artbound then heads to Riverside, where the exhibit Geographies of Detention: From Guantánamo to the Golden Gulag offers a nuanced investigation into incarceration and its architectures. The exhibit features artists Sandow Birk, Alyse Emdur, and Richard Ross, each of whom explores different aspects of imprisonment. Returning to Los Angeles, Radio Sombra is a community based radio station housed at Espacio 1839 in Boyle Heights. The programming is created by the community and for the community. Featuring DJ sets of Heartbreak Radio by Elisa Sol Garcia, Discos Inmigrantes by David Gomez, and Chicano/Son by Marco Amador. Also featuring the Boyle Heights Caminarte, or art walk, hosted by Nico Avina. The episode closes with a live studio performance by East LA rock group Chicano Batman. They are the sound of local Latino music in the 21st century, comprised of Bardo Martínez (vocals/keyboard/guitar), Eduardo Arenas (bass), Gabriel Villa (percussion) and Carlos Arévalo (guitar).