Artbound

Season 5

Episode 1 visits Riverside County where the duo known as the Date Farmers are re-writing pop surrealism, Orange County where two Muslim-American women are creating a fashion line, San Bernardino County where there is an artist colony inhabiting Jackrabbit Homesteads, Palm Springs where mid-century modern architecture is getting a revival. Also features a location hopping performance by turntable master Cut Chemist.

Where to Watch Season 5

8 Episodes

  • MOCAtv with Philippe Vergne
    E1
    MOCAtv with Philippe VergneArtbound’s fifth season kicks off with an exciting collaboration with MOCAtv, featuring all original pieces including Wildflowering L.A., a Los Angeles county-wide public initiative by artist Fritz Haeg; a performance art video featuring the movement group WIFE; painter John Knuth’s unusual practice of getting flies to “paint” on canvas; and more.
  • 50th Flashback: Earthworks #4
    E2
    50th Flashback: Earthworks #4To commemorate KCET's 50th anniversary, "Artbound" dives into the vaults to uncover groundbreaking arts programming that aired during the 1980s and 1990s, featuring land art from environmental artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Lita Albuquerque, and Rachel Rosenthal.
  • Without Borders / Sin Fronteras
    E3
    Without Borders / Sin FronterasArtbound visits Kathy Kobayashi who discusses the Shades of L.A. photography archive at the Downtown L.A. Library, which explores community based photos illuminating diversity in Southern California. Then, Ana Serrano shows us her cardboard-constructed pieces based on her cultural explorations around Los Angeles. Next, we travel to Mexicali Rose, an artist organization in Mexicali.
  • 50th Flashback: The Works, 60s In 90s
    E4
    50th Flashback: The Works, 60s In 90sTo commemorate KCET's 50th anniversary, Artbound dives into the vaults to uncover groundbreaking arts programming that aired during the 1980s and 1990s. In this episode, host Mary Woronov, a former "Warhol superstar," reflects on the cultural discourse of the Los Angeles arts scene of the 60s, and how it contributed to a renewed cultural arts movement in the 90s.
  • Virtual Domains
    E5
    Virtual DomainsIn this episode of Artbound, we visit the Zorthian Ranch artist community in Altadena. We also view some of the current art installations at LAX airport. Micol Hebron confronts gender inequality in the art world through her project Gallery Tally. Alan Nakagawa gives an eclectic musical performance utilizing ambient sounds collected from the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona and the Watts Towers in L.A.
  • Bukowski Reads Bukowski
    E6
    Bukowski Reads BukowskiArtbound digs into the KCET vaults to uncover a gem from the early 1970s. Iconoclast writer and poet Charles Bukowski reads from his work to a live audience. Also featuring candid behind the scenes footage.
  • Social Practice
    E7
    Social PracticeArtbound explores Social Practice arts, featuring: Olga Koumoundouros' occupation of foreclosed homes in Los Angeles; The Workers' Rug/La Alfombra Del Trabajador, an art project by day laborers, organizers affiliated with IDEPSCA, artist Katie Bachler, and Jade Thacker, and the Craft and Folk Art Museum; Public Matters’ Market Makeover project addressing the "grocery gap" in "food deserts."
  • America Deserta
    E8
    America DesertaArtbound travels to Southern California’s desert regions. Featuring the landscape painting and video art of visual artist Diane Best whose work personifies the creative spirit found throughout the Joshua Tree region; the Coachella artists the Date Farmers who infuse abstract expressionism with a politically charged, pop culture update; a draw-in with Hillary Mushkin’s Incendiary Traces and more.

 

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