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Clockshop is an arts organization in Los Angeles working to expand the dialogue around cultural production, politics and urban space by commissioning new projects by artists and writers and partnering with diverse institutions. Learn more at Clockshop.org.

Clockshop


    • Feb 11, 2023 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 41 EPISODES


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    Dreaming Land Into Reality 02

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2023 105:46


    Clockshop's series ‘Dreaming Land Back into Reality,' featured conversations with individuals shaping the LandBack Movement. Expanding on the first part of our series on Indigenous stewardship models, we move to unpack the synergistic alliances by Black advocates working to heal the generational historic harms of settler colonialism. This second installment will examine the dispossession of land from the Bruce family of Bruce's Beach and other Black Californians, from seizures through eminent domain to racist housing practices like redlining and racial covenants, and imagine the contemporary conditions that make reparations and land return attainable. This conversation features April Banks, artist and creative strategist; George Fatheree III, a real estate attorney with Sidley Austin LLP; and Kavon Ward, co-founder of Where Is My Land, the latter two having collaborated on the return of Bruce's Beach to the Bruce family. The program will be moderated by Theresa Hwang, a community-engaged architect and founder of the Department of Beloved Places. The speakers discussed how law, public policy, community organizing, and art can work together in envisioning and building toward the radicalizing work necessary to support the reality of reparations. Learn more here: https://clockshop.org/project/dreaming-land-back-into-reality/

    Dreaming Land Back Into Reality

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2022 68:43


    Clockshop presents a new series 'Dreaming Land Back into Reality,' an exploration of the intersectional movements that work to pave pathways to the return and stewardship models of stolen land. Ahead of Indigenous Peoples' Day, the first conversation in the series featured Victor Bjelajac, District Superintendent in the North Coast Redwood District for California State Parks; Kimberly Morales Johnson, Tribal Secretary of the Gabrieleno / Tongva Tribe; and Rudy Ortega Jr., Tribal President of the Tataviam / Fernandeño Tribe. The program was moderated by Alina Bokde, Chief Deputy Director of the County of Los Angeles Department of Parks and Recreation. The program speakers shared their experiences in navigating the co-stewardship of stolen land with Indigenous tribes and communities within and beyond colonial systems.

    William Deverell and Ignacio Perez Meruane

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2020 38:45


    Artist Ignacio Perez Meruane in conversation with historian of the American West, William Deverell, about the cultural, environmental, and social history of the land connected to LASHP and how artworks can function within this historical context. Live event recording.

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    South of Fletcher: Possibilities

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2018 11:28


    What's next for the Bowtie? Sean Woods, Stephen Mejia and Kat Superfisky are all actively trying to answer that question. Listen in as they recount past and current battles, as well as ideas for the park's designed future.

    BONUS EPISODE South of Fletcher: Long Live Ryan

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2018 14:15


    In this episode, Rux and Bear share how they uncovered the story of Ryan Coreas, a local teenager whose life is memorialized at one of his favorite places to hang out: the Bowtie.

    South of Fletcher Live: Designing Open Space

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2018 84:54


    In this wide ranging conversation about the politics of open space, responsive design, and community engagement, Ruxandra Guidi discusses South of Fletcher: Stories from the Bowtie with Christopher Hawthorne, Chief Design Officer for the City of Los Angeles; Kat Superfisky, Urban Ecologist at Studio-MLA and Executive Director at Grown in LA; and Helen Leung, Co-Executive Director of LA-Más. In this discussion, the panelists will consider the Bowtie and its relationship to the rest of a rapidly-changing Los Angeles. Recorded live at Clockshop by Chris Votek on October 17, 2018.

    South of Fletcher: Open Space for Everyone

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2018 21:39


    The Bowtie is a rare plot of wide open space in a city that's becoming more densely populated by the day. What will happen when the site becomes a park? Who will get to use it?

    South of Fletcher: The Pocket

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2018 15:15


    There's only one way into and out of the Bowtie — through the Pocket. This little section of Atwater Village, sandwiched between Fletcher Drive the 2 freeway, is home to a diverse community with mixed feelings about the soon-to-be-park next door.

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    South of Fletcher: Disturbance

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2018 16:28


    How do we thrive in less-than-ideal living conditions? In this episode Rux and Bear talk with CA State Parks certified interpretive specialist Luis Rincon, ecological historian Travis Longcore, and longtime Frogtown/Atwater resident Liz Vega about disturbance at the Bowtie and its surrounding communities.

    South of Fletcher: Taylor Yard

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2018 19:06


    Back in the '70s, the Bowtie Parcel was a bustling rail depot better known as Taylor Yard; a place where Southern Pacific diesel trains came from throughout Southern California for maintenance and repairs. In this episode, Bob Ramírez & Don Tortorice share what it was like to work at the site.

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    South of Fletcher: Stories from the Bowtie Intro

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2018 1:55


    South of Fletcher: Stories from the Bowtie is a multi-platform storytelling project by Fonografia Collective that will launch this September. Follow along as we explore the rhythms of this unique site on the brink of major change.

    Counter-Inaugural: Ahilan Arulanantham, Karla Cornejo Villavicencio & Alex Rivera

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2017 91:51


    In January 2017, in the wake of the 2016 presidential election, Clockshop launched Counter-Inaugural, a series of talks addressing local and national politics through a cultural lens. A year after the election, we are presenting our last talk in this series. ACLU Southern California legal director Ahilan Arulanantham, writer and PhD candidate Karla Cornejo Villavicencio, and award-winning filmmaker Alex Rivera joined us for a discussion about immigration and deportation.

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    Counter-Inaugural: WHW, Anne Ellegood & Erin Christovale

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2017 74:30


    Since the 2016 election, artists, curators and arts organizations alike have responded to this presidency with work that seeks to understand (and possibly upend) our current political systems. See: Counter-Inaugural. What are the stakes of such engagement? What role can art play within politics? On May 30, 2017, Anne Ellegood and Erin Christovale, curators of Made in L.A. 2018, and What, How & for Whom, curators of the 2009 Istanbul Biennial, joined us to discuss Curating Within a Heightened Political Moment. This conversation was part of WHW's Clockshop residency. Learn more here: https://clockshop.org/project/whw/

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    Counter-Inaugural: Douglas Goodwin

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2017 82:17


    On May 9, 2017, Douglas Goodwin introduced specific threats to our electronic privacy, and outlined defensive and offensive actions we can take to mitigate them. For more information about this event or to view video documentation, visit https://clockshop.org/event/douglas-goodwin/.

    Counter-Inaugural: Rudy Espinoza And Dan Flaming

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2017 70:32


    On April 4, 2017, Rudy Espinoza, CEO of Leadership for Urban Renewal Network and Dan Flaming, President of the Economic Roundtable joined us to discuss their work and ideas on income inequality. For more information about this event, visit http://clockshop.org/event/rudy-espinoza-dan-flaming/

    Nance Klehm's Surface Walk

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2017 19:07


    Ecologist and professional forager Nance Klehm led a walk at the Bowtie Project exploring the human uses and ecological functions of the native and spontaneous vegetation at the site. On this walk we will investigate how the vegetation relates to the ecology and vitality of the soil that supports it. Surface Walk is part of Nance Klehm’s Bowtie Project residency titled Double Pairing. Learn more about her residency here: clockshop.org/project/double-pairing/ Learn more about the Bowtie Project at clockshop.org/bowtie.

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    Counter-Inaugural: Timothy Snyder

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2017 80:04


    On March 21, 2017, Timothy Snyder joined us to discuss his new best-selling book On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century. In this book, Snyder offers readers a guide to identifying and understanding the frightening parallels that exist between our current reality and the realities faced by Europeans of the twentieth century during the Third Reich. For more information about this event visit http://clockshop.org/event/timothy-snyder-on-tyranny/

    Counter-Inaugural: Robin D.G. Kelley with Robin Coste Lewis

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2017 88:10


    On January 31, 2017, Robin D.G. Kelley and Robin Coste Lewis reflected on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “Letter from a Birmingham Jail.” This letter was written in response to a public statement of concern issued by eight white religious leaders of the American South about the civil rights movement’s tactics of nonviolent direct action. Kelley and Lewis reflected on this historic document, and discussed what we can learn now from the resistance strategies King championed. Suggested Reading & Viewing Letter from a Birmingham Jail, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., April 16, 1963 Beyond Vietnam, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., April 4, 1967 I Am Not Your Negro, Raoul Peck, screening January 30, 2017 at the Hammer Museum This event was part of Clockshop’s Counter-Inaugural, a series of talks addressing the misogyny, hate speech, and climate change denial that dominated the 2016 presidential campaign. It was recorded by Tom Carroll.

    Counter-Inaugural: Lynda V. Mapes with mark! Lopez

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2017 77:56


    Lynda V. Mapes has been reporting on environmental issues for the Seattle Times since 1997 with a specific focus on river health and Native American communities. These points of focus merged in her 2016 coverage of the Dakota Access Pipeline protests at Standing Rock. On January 24, 2017, Mapes was joined in conversation by mark! Lopez, executive director of East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice. Much of Lopez’s organizing takes place in communities adjacent to the southern portion of the Los Angeles River. In this conversation, Mapes and Lopez spoke about what we’ve learned from Standing Rock, and how those lessons relate to LA River revitalization. This event was co-presented with California State Parks and Friends of the Los Angeles River. Suggested Reading & Listening Will the Los Angeles River Become a Playground for the Rich? Richard Kreitner, The Nation, March 10, 2016 Reporting on the Dakota Access Pipeline… ft. Lynda V. Mapes, The Overcast podcast, November 4, 2016 Exposing Injustice at the LA River Christian L. Guzman, Random Lengths News, September 2, 2016 This event was part of Clockshop’s Counter-Inaugural, a series of talks addressing the misogyny, hate speech, and climate change denial that dominated the 2016 presidential campaign. It was recorded by Andrew Kim.

    Counter-Inaugural: Laurie Penny with Neelanjana Banerjee

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2017 79:14


    UK journalist Laurie Penny has been covering the 2016 presidential campaign through a feminist lens with dark wit and an eye toward her native country’s alarming Brexit vote last summer. On January 10, 2017, Penny was joined in conversation by Neelanjana Banerjee, managing editor at Kaya Press, to discuss misogyny, sexism and female flesh under capitalism. This event was co-presented with Women’s Center for Creative Work. Suggested reading: “Against Bargaining” Laurie Penny, The Baffler, November 18, 2016 “I’m With the Banned” Laurie Penny, Medium, July 21, 2016 “What Women Problem?” Laurie Penny, Medium, July 18, 2016 Clockshop’s Counter-Inaugural is a series of talks addressing the misogyny, hate speech, and climate change denial that dominated the 2016 presidential campaign. This event was recorded by Rounak Maiti.

    Radio Imagination: Uncovering Octavia E. Butler's Pasadena

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 4, 2017 14:49


    Ayana A.H. Jamieson is the founder and director of the Octavia E. Butler Legacy Network. In December 2016, she led a bus tour through Pasadena and Altadena, California, exploring Butler's hometown and the ways its landscapes and politics influenced her worldview. In this episode, Tom Carroll of Tom Explores Los Angeles talks with Jamieson about this tour.

    Radio Imagination: Riding the Bus with Lauren Halsey

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2016 9:52


    In a city as big as Los Angeles with such a well-documented car culture, we often hear that you need a car in LA. But what can the experience of public transit offer a writer? What about an artist? In this episode, we take a ride from West Hollywood to Downtown with commissioned Radio Imagination artist and LA-native Lauren Halsey. Halsey’s work takes inspiration from her neighborhood in South LA and the visual culture of small businesses throughout Los Angeles. Like Butler, she gets around on public transit, but there was a time when she used to drive...

    Radio Imagination: Revisiting Kindred 37 Years Later

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2016 21:04


    'Kindred' is Octavia E. Butler’s most popular novel. It was published in 1979 and the seed for it was planted at Pasadena City College, where Butler was a student. This fall, over 2,500 Pasadena City College students will read Butler’s novel as part of their “One Book, One College” initiative. What is it about 'Kindred' - a novel that’s more fantasy than science fiction - that makes it so popular?

    Radio Imagination: Nicole Mitchell's Musical Tribute to Octavia E. Butler

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2016 24:16


    Nicole M. Mitchell is a creative flutist, composer, bandleader and educator. In 2008, she released Xenogenesis Suite: A Tribute to Octavia E. Butler, followed by her 2014 release of Intergalactic Beings (Xenogenesis II). Both albums are inspired by the writings of Octavia Butler. On October 27, 2016, Mitchell's Black Earth Ensemble will perform songs from both albums at the Huntington Library, featuring new and old collaborators exploring updated interpretations of the themes explored in Butler's work. More info here: https://clockshop.org/event/xenogenesis-suite-a-musical-tribute-to-octavia-e-butler/

    Radio Imagination: Artists in the Archive

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2016 17:08


    Radio Imagination artists Mendi + Keith Obadike and Connie Samaras dive into Octavia E. Butler's archive, gleaning inspiration from her notes to produce new work of their own. For more information about the Radio Imagination exhibition at the Armory Center for the Arts, click here: https://clockshop.org/event/radio-imagination-the-exhibition/

    Radio Imagination: Heading to Work With Octavia E. Butler

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2016 16:00


    Butler rode the bus for nearly an hour everyday to get to the Central Library downtown—reading, writing and researching. What does her dedication to public libraries tell us about who she was as a writer?

    Radio Imagination: Archiving a Writer's Life

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2016 13:04


    Octavia E. Butler died unexpectedly at 58. After her death, a group of curators and writers have sorted through her papers, working to reveal the writer and thinker we didn't come to know in her lifetime.

    Radio Imagination: 'Devil Girl' as Anti-Muse

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2016 11:42


    How a kitchy sci-fi film became a source of inspiration for Octavia E. Butler and the writers who came after her.

    Radio Imagination: A Writer and Her Agent

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2016 20:24


    Merrilee Heifetz met Octavia E. Butler as a young agent looking for writers. What followed was 20 years of letters, conversations and insights into someone breaking the borders of fiction.

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    Radio Imagination: Writers Premiere New Works

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2016 59:56


    Writers Tisa Bryant, Lynell George, Robin Coste Lewis, and Fred Moten premiere new works of poetry and creative nonfiction under the stars in the Clockshop courtyard. For these commissions, each writer spent an extended period of time working in the Octavia E. Butler archive at The Huntington Library.

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    Welcome to Radio Imagination

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2016 0:57


    Join us as we use the archives of Octavia E. Butler to examine the work, influence and legacy of the world's most unique voices.

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    4. Runes

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2015 3:12


    A guided tour of a vacant lot

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    6. Bitter mask

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2015 1:52


    A guided tour of a vacant lot

    2. A native landscape

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2015 2:56


    Rosten Woo's guided tour of the Bowtie Project.

    3. What is a river?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2015 3:44


    Rosten Woo's guided tour of the Bowtie Project.

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    5. A non-native landscape

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2015 3:28


    Rosten Woo's guided tour of the Bowtie Project.

    7. Survivors

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2015 5:04


    Rosten Woo's guided tour of the Bowtie Project.

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    8. The power line sublime

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2015 3:44


    Rosten Woo's guided tour of the Bowtie Project.

    9. Barriers

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2015 1:04


    Rosten Woo's guided tour of the Bowtie Project.

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    10. More barriers

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2015 3:44


    Rosten Woo's guided tour of the Bowtie Project.

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    1. Intro + Labeling the world

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2015 2:40


    Rosten Woo's guided tour of the Bowtie Project.

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