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Masters of Modern Design

Season 10 Episode 1
56:06
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Dia de Los Muertos / Day of the Dead

Season 10 Episode 3
56:18
Jeffrey Deitch at his desk | Still from "Artbound" Jeffrey Deitch's Los Angeles

Jeffrey Deitch's Los Angeles

Season 10 Episode 5
54:08
A large-scale Light and Space artwork from Robert Irwin called "untitled (dawn to dusk.)" | Still from Artbound "Light & Space" ab s11

Light & Space

Season 11 Episode 1
56:43
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CURRENT:LA FOOD

Season 11 Episode 3
52:45
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The Watts Towers Arts Center

Season 11 Episode 4
57:08
Sweet Land: The Making of a Myth

Sweet Land: The Making of a Myth

Season 12 Episode 3
56:39
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Artbound

Invisible Cities

Season 3 Episode 6

Artbound presents a one hour special focused on the avant-garde opera, "Invisible Cities." Produced by The Industry, L.A.'s experimental opera company, in partnership with the L.A. Dance Project, "Invisible Cities" depicts the meeting between emperor Kublai Khan at the end of his life and the explorer Marco Polo, as told in Italo Calvino's fantastical book. An innovative production staged in the iconic Union Station, the opera utilizes wireless technology provided by Sennheiser, offering audience members headphones to hear the opera amid the normal "hustle and bustle" of the train station's everyday life. "Invisible Cities" is composed and adapted by Christopher Cerrone, directed by The Industry's founder and artistic director Yuval Sharon, with choreography by Danielle Agami.

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