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Venice: L.A.'s Former Frontier
For much of the 19th and 20th centuries Los Angeles culture, like most of American culture, was obsessed with westward expansion. The way to understand the city was to view it from east to west — from downtown to the beach.
Santa Monica and Venice were once viewed as the last frontiers — centers for cultural experimentation where young architects and artists set up shop. But with gentrification and rising rents, change is afloat and, increasingly, creative individuals are looking to settle in more affordable, eastern parts of the city.
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50:10
Artbound explores the groundbreaking opera "Hopscotch," which unfolded in cars zigzagging throughout Los Angeles, telling a single story of a disappearance across time.
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55:40
Architecture critic Christopher Hawthorne partners with Artbound for an episode that looks into the future of Los Angeles.
![Fallujah: Art, Healing, and PTSD](https://kcet.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/190b768/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1920x1080+0+0/resize/1440x810!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.pbs.org%2Fvideo-assets%2FUedyJnL-asset-mezzanine-16x9-E9GKnqe.jpg)
51:43
USMC Sergeant Christian Ellis was a machine gunner in Iraq, whose platoon was ambushed, leaving him with a broken back and only one of a few survivors.
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57:07
Artbound explores the programming of the Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles, featuring The Underground Museum, Wolvesmouth, and Public Fiction.
![Artesanos / Artisans](https://kcet.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/2487809/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1920x1080+0+0/resize/1440x810!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.pbs.org%2Fvideo-assets%2FAShD0Im-asset-mezzanine-16x9-FGf20KG.jpg)
58:18
The highly skilled labor of artisans migrating from Mexico and Latin America are the backbone of high-end design and retail in Los Angeles.
![Charles Lummis](https://kcet.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/0307728/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1920x1080+0+0/resize/1440x810!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fkcet-brightspot.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Flegacy%2Fsites%2Fkl%2Ffiles%2Fthumbnails%2Fimage%2Flumis_web_banner_plain2_0.png)
55:25
In this new season, Artbound travels back to pre-industrial Los Angeles to explore one of its key and most controversial figures – Charles Lummis.
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54:03
"Artbound" celebrates Black History Month with a special episode featuring the work of African American artists.
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58:00
"Artbound" explores art created amidst social upheaval.
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57:20
The fourth installment of this series, "MOCA: The Art of Our Time," features George Herms, Betye Saar, Willem de Kooning, Jackson Pollock, Franz Kline, Robert Rauschenberg, Mark Rothko, Gabriel Orozco, Senga Nengudi and Matthew Barney.
![Afrofuturism](https://kcet.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/0941f38/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1920x1080+0+0/resize/1440x810!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fkcet-brightspot.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Flegacy%2Fsites%2Fkl%2Ffiles%2Fthumbnails%2Fimage%2Fartbound_afrofuturism_hero1_0.jpg)
56:35
"Artbound" profiles five emerging artists whose work explores the intersection of race, class, identity, and aesthetics.
![Memory Palace](https://kcet.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/0f7165d/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1920x1080+0+0/resize/1440x810!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fkcet-brightspot.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Flegacy%2Fsites%2Fkl%2Ffiles%2Fthumbnails%2Fimage%2Fmemorypalace.jpg)
55:19
This "Artbound" special episode, in partnership with MOCAtv, features The Museum of Contemporary Art's current programming.
![State of Creativity.jpg](https://kcet.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/0c8474d/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1920x1080+0+0/resize/1440x810!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fkcet-brightspot.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Flegacy%2Fsites%2Fkl%2Ffiles%2Fthumbnails%2Fimage%2Fstateofcreativity.jpg)
1:00:14
Using key data from the newest issue of the Otis Report on the Creative Economy, this "Artbound" special explores the vibrant network of creativity in Southern California.