Category Archives: arts, film, and music
2/07/2011: Maya Goded
This past Saturday evening, Mexican photographer Maya Goded inaugurated a solo exhibition called Las Olvidadas at the California Museum of Photography in Riverside. Goded is a documentarian associated with the Magnum cooperative and known for her work in marginalized and … Continue reading
1/24/2011: San Francisco cinema space
For this next segment, we’re going to the cinema space of San Francisco, which has long been a hotbed of alternative arts production as well as radical politics. A collaborative team of three media curators–Steve Seid, Kathy Geeritz, and Steve … Continue reading
1/10/2011: PTSD and “Macho Like Me”
On this week’s show we visit with a psychologist who is committed to providing access to services for traumatized soldiers returning from Afghanistan, and we preview a new one-woman about switching gender in search of a greater understanding of the … Continue reading
1/10/2011 Helie Lee: Macho Like Me
Los Angeles author Helie Lee is 1.5 generation Korean American. Several years ago, Helie spent two harrowing years in China and in Seoul planning to help her family defect from North Korea. Helie’s latest undertaking is a one-woman performance that … Continue reading
01/03/2011: censorship and the arts
On this week’s Hear in the City, we take a look at censorship in the arts from the perspective of three exhibitions taking place in Los Angeles. Hear in the City airs every Monday at 2pm Pacific Standard Time on … Continue reading
01/03/2011: Street art at MOCA, street art in LA
As part of the “Art in the Streets” exhibition, the Italian street artist known as BLU was hired by MOCA to paint a mural on the north wall of the Geffen Temporary Contemporary in Little Tokyo. The museum had the … Continue reading
01/03/2011: Siquieros in Los Angeles: Censorship Defied
In 1932, after having served prison time for his political views, David Alfaro Siquieros came to Los Angeles to work. He was commissioned to paint a mural on a beer garden wall above the Italian Hall at Olvera Street. That … Continue reading
01/03/2011: Censorship at the Smithsonian: “A Fire In My Belly”
In December, GOP congressmen ordered the removal of an artwork from the National Portrait Gallery’s Hide/Seek exhibit at the Smithsonian claiming it was “an outrageous use of taxpayer money and an obvious attempt to offend Christians during the Christmas season.” … Continue reading
12/20/2010: walking the city
On this week’s Hear in the City, we take a walk through the streets of Los Angeles, New York, and Mexico City.
12/20/2010: Brenda Hutchinson: Soundscape from Manhattan
For two years in the early 80’s, sound artist, Brenda Hutchinson, recorded people living on the streets of Manhattan when she was dealing with homelessness and struggling as an artist. “It was heartbreaking, and I was angry and bitter,” she … Continue reading
