An incarcerated firefighter struggles to find emotional stability as he relives searing memories of his traumatic past. El Llano En Llamas is a meditation on trauma, the fluidity of memory, and the isolation experienced by those suffering from mental illness.
Sit in Water, Float in Peace invites you to do exactly that. It is an exploration into the subconscious that reveals the insecurities of an artist and her familial connection to the water just west of Los Angeles.
Lesley, a young woman who feels that her life is spiralling out of control, goes to visit a self proclaimed mystic with the hopes of getting answers, and a "quick-fix" solution to her problems. Instead, she is encouraged to visit the ocean which prompts an internal journal where she learns that she held the answers to everything all along.
Three siblings walk along the dry, concrete expanse of the Los Angeles River, reminiscing through memories about their recently deceased mother. One of them remembers her dream about a river.
Set in the bustling neighborhood of Koreatown, Los Angeles, Essential Work is a meditative piece chronicling a gig economy worker’s last day to make rent and avoid eviction.
After moving to LA, an ambitious film-maker encounters considerable success with her career. However, these successes force her to grapple with the memories of his passing through the powerful, cleansing forces of water.
In Los Angeles Chinatown, a lonely teenager tries to help her parents keep their seafood restaurant afloat during the COVID-19 pandemic. Between chopping green beans and packing takeout orders, she attempts to hang on to a semblance of normalcy by studying for her driver’s permit and prepping for her high school Zoom theater debut in “The Tempest”.
A new exhibition at PalaisPopulaire in Berlin features more than 100 works from the Deutsche Bank Collection, including Gerhard Richter, Tadaaki Kuwayama and Katharina Grosse
Marking fifty years of his brand this year, the celebrated designer talks about spending lockdown as the sole occupant of his office - and his plans for the future
Victoria Siddall, Global Director of Frieze Fairs and Claudio de Sanctis, Head of the International Private Bank and CEO EMEA, Deutsche Bank, welcome you to the second edition of Frieze Viewing Room.
