The Port of Long Beach Recordings is a soundtrack to the globe’s hunger for commodities, the ever-expanding growth of imported products, and the enormous system of infrastructure still insufficient to process it all.
Renée Reizman
Renée Reizman lives in Los Angeles, where she is a research-based interdisciplinary artist and writer who examines cultural aesthetics and their relationship between urbanization, law, and technology. Her writing has appeared in The Atlantic, The Awl, and Real Life Magazine. Learn more about her dog on Twitter and Instagram.
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New Folk Art Museum Celebrates the Rise of Craft During the Pandemic
Self-taught artists were invited to exhibit, and sell, their fuzzy stacks of pancakes and tasseled tapestries.
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Pippa Garner’s Household Inventions Reimagine the World
Garner appeared on the talk show circuit in the early 1980s as an eccentric pop culture figure who was never fully understood.
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Eileen Gray’s Masterpiece in the French Riviera, No Longer Overshadowed by Le Corbusier
While staying as a house guest, a naked Le Corbusier defiled Gray’s minimalist, color-blocked walls that were only restored in 2015.
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An Ode to California Architecture in Paint, Pencil, and Ceramics
In welcoming warm hues and tranquil blocks of color, five artists share their visions of California.
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A Bright New Grocery Store, Made Entirely of Recycled Plastic
In Robin Frohardt’s immersive installation, the cereal rattles like it’s filled with bottle caps and the water bottles are filled with dirty, cloudy liquid.
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A Playful, but Critical, Tribute to Los Angeles
Umar Rashid creates an alternate timeline that shows Black and Indigenous people defeating colonizers.
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A Costume Designer’s Beautiful and Grotesque Sculptures
Cathy Cooper’s sculptures fan out with hoop skirts, oversized cowls, and long bustled trains.
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Breathtaking Black-and-White Photos of LA’s Subway System
What began as a one-day project for Ken Karagozian transformed into a 30-year one.
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A Fragrance Bottles Up the Everyday Scents of Former East Germany
Notes of mold and tobacco hit quickly, with raspberry candies cutting through the musk, personifying the feeling of “bittersweet.”
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Choreographer Alleges Harassment After Asking University for Land Acknowledgment
Yup’ik artist Emily Johnson says the head of the Peak Performances series at Montclair State University revoked the $100,000 commission she was promised.
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A Glimpse of the Mail Art Made During the Pandemic
In Long Beach, arts institutions commissioned mail art by more than 80 South Bay artists and illustrators.
