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MOCA: The Art of Our Time

MOCA: The Art of Our Time

Season 7 Episode 2
57:20
Art

Art and Protest

Season 7 Episode 3
58:00
Art and Protest - Noah Purifoy

Black History Month Special

Season 7 Episode 7
54:03
Masters of Modern Design

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
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Artbound

The Mundane Afrofuturist Manifesto

Season 7 Episode 1

A new framework for black diasporic art production is taking shape in contemporary Los Angeles. The season seven premiere of "Artbound" explores "Mundane Afrofuturism," an hour-long special that proposes a new theory of the black aesthetic of the 21st century. Created in collaboration with the award winning creative studio Ways and Means, along with artist and filmmaker Martine Syms, the episode explores the tension between conventional, segregated channels of media distribution and the black imagination. Through a close reading of works by five Southern California artists engaged with problems of representation, the episode will walk through their artistic and creative processes as well as discuss inspirations.

The episode features in-depth interviews with artists that include novelist Tisa Bryant, musician/producer Delroy Edwards, restaurateur Nes Abegaze, film programmer Erin Christovale and visual artist Nicole Miller.