LACMA × Snapchat: Monumental Perspectives

LACMA × Snapchat: Monumental Perspectives

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  • Various locations throughout Los Angeles County via Snapchat
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Portal for Tovaangar, 2021

Working in landscapes she feels anchored to, Mercedes Dorame reclaims connection to the country and ancestral knowledge past exploring what it means to exist as a Native inhabitant of contemporary Tovaangar (Los Angeles). Portal for Tovaangar creates an immersive portal that links past, nowadays, and potential future worlds. Viewers engage with what continues to inspire many Native people: the sky, the country, indigenous plant life, celestial bodies, and the space ability to connect to these entities and with each other. This piece of work proposes a community healing opportunity, an exploration of truth in understanding Ethnic intrinsic knowledge, and reconciliation. Portal for Tovaangar shifts away from memorializing heroes and singular events to engage the connected and time to come presence of Native people in this city.

The song included in the piece is inspired by a 1918 wax cylinder recording of Tongva singing:

Kotiikawooken papaaxiiwo | Red-winged blackbird

Yakeenax nechoova yakenax | Trip the light fantastic with me

chawaayavet, chawaayavet | With outstretched wings

Portal for Tovaangar may be experienced at LACMA or from anywhere by downloading Snapchat and scanning the code below.

Dorame Snapcode

Limerick by Mercedes Dorame and Samuel Kinsella
Lens Creator: Sutu


The Awe-inspiring Perspectives Podcast | Through the Portal

Mercedes Dorame reclaims connection to the land and bequeathed noesis by exploring what information technology ways to exist equally a Native inhabitant of gimmicky Tovaangar (Los Angeles). Inspired by her augmented reality monument Portal for Tovaangar, Mercedes Dorame speaks with Curators, Academics, and Tongva musicians, poets, and artists in a podcast inspired past Mercedes's augmented reality monument Portal for Tovaangar.

Available on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts.


Mercedes Dorame

Think Big, 2021

I.R. Bach'due south approach to what constitutes a monument differs from its conventional definition. A simple action such as moving through the park may turn into an experience worth memorializing. Through larger-than-life animations, a whimsical soundtrack, and a guiding basketball, Call back Large crafts an experience designed to inspire self-reflection as you go on. "The aspiration is to collectively build an invisible monument of thought." I.R. Bach encourages users to playfully consider the phrase, "Run into yourself in others and others in you lot." Think Big is ideally enjoyed in the park but is available everywhere on a smaller scale with fewer stops. The original soundtrack was composed by the creative person and features special guest Dwight Trible.

Retrieve Large may be experienced at Earvin "Magic" Johnson Park or from anywhere by downloading Snapchat and scanning the code beneath.

Bach Snapcode

Composition by I. R. Bach, with special invitee Dwight Trible
Lens Creator: James Hurlbut


The Monumental Perspectives Podcast | A Walk in the Park

A Walk in the Park with I.R. Bach takes yous on a walk through the mind of the artist and creator of Call up Big, an augmented reality project in Magic Johnson Park that invites us to call up of the large questions, arriving at a deeper understanding of what makes us human. A Walk in the Park may be Ideally listened to on-site, accompanying the art slice itself. However, we invite you lot to experience A Walk in the Park wherever you lot are.

Available on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, or wherever you become your podcasts.


I.R. Bach

No Finish Line, 2021

No End Line centers generational stories from the communities, businesses, and organizations along the 1932 L.A. Olympic marathon route, which started and ended at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. This conceptual project highlights how the stories of daily life come together to make history. A narrative thread connects generations of people, businesses, and organizations forth the route. The symbolism of a marathon reminds the viewer that the path of history is long, and that making positive change and building an equitable world requires stamina. The memories of the people and places therefore become perpetual and non forgotten: the path of history is a marathon with no finish line. In 2028, Los Angeles will become the only city in the United States to host the Olympic Games three times, invoking memories of Games past and contributing new narratives to the future. Original music composition created in collaboration with DJ Melo-D of the Earth Famous Beat Junkies.

No Cease Line may be experienced at Christmas Tree Lane Park (inside Exposition Park) almost the entrance of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Earvin "Magic" Johnson Park, or from anywhere by downloading Snapchat and scanning the code beneath.

Kaino Snapcode

Composition by Glenn Kaino and DJ Melo-D of the World Famous Beat Junkies
Lens Creator: Michael French


Fine art Activity

What is the story of your neighborhood? Who gets to tell the story of your neighborhood? Download Glenn Kaino's No Terminate Line art kit and run across how you can fit stories together.

Physical art kits will be distributed every weekend in June 2021 through artist Lauren Halsey'southward nutrient distribution initiative in South Central Los Angeles.


Glenn Kaino

¡Vendedores, Presente!, 2021

¡Vendedores, Presente! responds to L.A.'s complex history with street vendors. Ruben Ochoa draws from his family history—his mother pioneered a mobile tortilla delivery organisation in San Diego County—to pay homage to the critical role of street vendors in L.A.'southward culture and economic system. Referencing familiar forms of street vending, ¡Vendedores, Presente! serves as a multilingual resource for on-the-ground entrepreneurs and a call for advocacy. After a decade-long fight to legalize street vending in L.A., the pandemic has impacted its progress and potential growth, with many street vendors left more than vulnerable than ever. ¡Vendedores, Presente! invites participants to learn more about the plight of street vendors and provides options to assist through non-profit organizations Community Power Collective (CPC) and Inclusive Activity for the City.

¡Vendedores, Presente! may be experienced at MacArthur Park or from anywhere by downloading Snapchat and scanning the code below.

Ochoa Snapcode

In partnership with Snap, and Lens Creator: Sallia Goldstein


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Ruben Ochoa

The Open Hand is Blessed, 2021

"If you lot agree your paw airtight, nil good tin come in. The open hand is blest, for it gives in abundance, even equally it receives." — Biddy Mason (1818–1891)

The Open Manus is Blessed is a memorial serial that pays tribute to the voice and spiritual philosophy of Biddy Mason. The story of Mason is one of resilience. In 1851, Mason arrived in San Bernardino, California, after traveling thousands of miles by human foot as an enslaved person. After this arduous journeying, she settled in Los Angeles and worked as a nurse and midwife. She died a free person and ane of the wealthiest Black women in the land. In The Open Hand is Blessed, Ada Pinkston draws from archival images of African American residents in 19th century Los Angeles.

The Open Mitt is Blessed may be experienced at Earvin "Magic" Johnson Park or from anywhere by downloading Snapchat and scanning the code below.

Pinkston Snapcode

Limerick by Jamal R. Moore; narration by Dollie McLean. Image: USC Digital Library, California Historical Society Collection
Lens Creators: Charles Hamblen and Sutu


Ada Pinkston