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Carne y Arena is a virtual installation that acknowledges people’s stories and brings them to light. I choked up a few times just thinking about all the things my mother and oldest brother went through when they crossed the border. (They both came to the US separately, first it was my mother in 1978 then my brother in 1986). My mother has shared with me what it was like for her to run/walk in the desert in pitch darkness, in the freezing cold and afternoon heat, then getting caught by the patrols only to be harassed and made fun of. The virtual installation helped me piece everything together–details that my mother has shared and parts of her story she has left out because it’s too difficult for her to share or relive. It also helped me put my mother’s and brother’s stories into perspective. In Carne y Arena, I hear their voices in other people’s stories. “Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s 6 ½ min conceptual virtual reality installation CARNE y ARENA (Virtually present, Physically invisible) explores the human condition of immigrants and refugees. Based on true accounts, the superficial lines between subject and bystander are blurred and bound together, allowing individuals to walk in a vast space and thoroughly live a fragment of the refugees’ personal journeys.” Now at LACMA—Guadalupe Rosales (of @veteranas_and_rucas And @map_pointz) #CarneYArena #LACMAInstaResidency http://ift.tt/2fcFhdx

Flashback Friday ! Here is a photo of LACMA’s Curator and Acting Department Head of Contemporary Art, Rita Gonzalez and I at The Main Museum a few weeks ago. Thanks to the Main Museum crew for giving us a thorough tour of the space. And big shoutout to Rita for being a great companion to chat and look at art with. Have a great weekend everyone! —Guadalupe Rosales (of @veteranas_and_rucas And @map_pointz) #LACMAInstaResidency http://ift.tt/2vyEU3h

TGIF. Here’s your week as told through art. https://giphy.com/lacma/

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‘Tis the season. 

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Ready for winter in L.A. 

Get it? ;) 

Mean Girls, art history version 

http://collections.lacma.org/node/177970

Such a good doggo 

Going back to reality after the holiday break

Oops.

Welp. 

Time flies. 

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It's strange to see anyone surprised by Universal using a tactic as cruel as denying even shade to picket line members, in the heat-based hellscape that is Los Angeles. So let's try to condense the explanation.

By and large, executives are people who already come from wealth and privilege, and have that wealth and privilege protected throughout their life as they're escorted through whatever levels of education and then into employment.

Most of them have never received any kind of culture shock to make them aware of the struggles of 'lessers'. Their parents and peers had a vested interest in keeping the then-children from mixing with 'those people'.

They are insulated enough from daily life that they no longer see anyone outside their immediate wealth and influence bracket as human.

So a strike, to them, is not "people who want enough money to live and work in health", it's "The machine that makes us money is broken, get those workers back into their jobs so we can keep making money."

So the executives treat the strike like they would a broken machine or a disobedient pet. Hit it until it works, and replace it if it breaks.

And don't doubt for one minute that this wasn't at the advice of a Pinkerton or similar union-busting agency consultant. This is more than just petty; this is tactical cruely.

Folk art is displayed under a ceiling lined with Greek rag rugs in Frogmore’s festive dining room and kitchen.

The Los Angeles House, 1995

because i've not seen a lot of coverage on it, hotel workers in LA are on strike right now, too:

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please remember to support these people as well!

monday warm up, speedpainting study of an LA sunset

(~2hrs)

So Universal Pictures may have just intentionally over-pruned all of the city owned trees in front of their LA corporate office in an effort to fuck with the WGA/SAG-AFTRA picketers during what is predicted to be the hottest week of the year so far:

And the LA City Controller is looking into it:

Once again it looks like it's time for: