LIVE DANCE | FILM INSTALLATION | RITUAL & MAGIC | MYTHICAL DISCO RIOT’s Artistic Director, Zaquia Mahler Salinas, shares a preview of her newest work Cenotes – a live dance […]
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Nandito (Here) by Cat Chiu Phillips
ART INSTALLATION | FILIPINO CULTURE | TEXTILES | TRADITIONAL ICONOGRAPHY Nandito (Here) is an installation project in which traditional barong tagalog fabric and discarded barong tagalog are quilted together. Barong […]
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Hayley Thomas – This Feels Like Wildfire
PHOTO COLLAGE | INTIMATE | ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT | LARGE SCALE PROJECTION | SOUNDSCAPE This Feels Like Wildfire is a large-scale video art installation featuring original works by Hayley Thomas. Thomas […]
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Border –Axis Multimedia Stop-Motion Installation
RAW & EDGY | STOP-MOTION VIDEO | LIVE PERFORMANCE | IMMERSIVE | BORDER LIFE **This experience has strong visual content that may not be suitable for all ages. Ages 16+ […]
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The Alchemist in His Elements
ART INSTALLATION | ENVIRONMENTAL | HUBRIS | FRAGILITY | GLOBALISM | TRANSFORMATION Enter the temple of the The Alchemist in His Elements – a large-scale art installation devoted to the […]
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Tsikuri
VIBRANT | TRADITIONAL | HONOR | COMMUNITY | COLORFUL | ART INSTALLATION “Ojo De Dios” (Eye of God) is a traditional and votive object made by weaving a design out […]
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Mexus. Nexus. Fluxus.
VIDEO ART | REGIONAL CONTEXT | MULTIDISCIPLINARY | LINGUISTIC CODING The Mexico/US border region (a nexus of cultural, political, technological, and creative energy) is in a state of continual flux. Artists Perry Vásquez and Lianne Thompson-Mueller […]
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Aemida(أعمدة) . Columnata
IMMERSIVE | IMPROVISATIONAL DANCE | LIVE MUSIC | FUTURISTIC | COLLABORATIVE | AUGMENTED REALITY Aemida(أعمدة) . Columnata, reveals the Arabic-Mexican communities of San Diego through immersive improvisation. It is a […]
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THE BUZZ: ‘Bhangin’ It Musical is Bringing Down the (Play)House
By Mimi Sells March 30, 2022 Joyful, raucous, shimmering are not words that come to mind when the topic is ethnic identity and cultural appropriation. However, these themes are the […]
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ART SEEN: Salvatore Giametta
Behind-the-scenes arts coverage by Kristen Schweizer March 29, 2022 “If you want to know what matters to someone, watch what they photograph.” I forget who told me that, […]
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THE BUZZ: De Monet a Matisse, Dejando una Impresión en San Diego
28 marzo, 2022 Escrito por Mario Sanguinet En 1873, pocos días después de Navidad, un grupo de artistas franceses cansados por innumerables rechazos del Salón—una de las principales, si no […]
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THE BUZZ: Monet to Matisse, Leaving a Lasting Impression in San Diego
Article by Mario Sanguinet March 28, 2022 A few days after Christmas 1873, a group of French artists weary of the onslaught of rejections from the Salon—one of the leading, […]
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