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Episodes (6)
May 10, 2016
"Charles Lummis: Reimagining the American West" chronicles the life and legacy of the Los Angeles icon who was known to many as a writer and editor of the Los Angeles Times, an avid collector and preservationist, an American Indian rights activist, and the founder of LA's first museum, the Southwest Museum of the American Indian. Lummis' genius and idiosyncratic personality captured the ethos of an era and a region. The documentary will give viewers an in-depth look at his fascinating life through the eyes of key historians and experts including William Deverell (...
May 17, 2016
The highly skilled labor of artisans migrating from Mexico and Latin America are the backbone of high-end design and retail in Los Angeles, producing some of the most exquisite furniture, textiles, and design goods. But they represent a creative force that seems invisible to the city. Artbound uncovers their stories and their role in making Los Angeles and Southern California the creative capital of the world.
May 24, 2016
A documentary chronicling the process of the Long Beach Opera to make an opera about a Iraqi war veteran's return home and struggle with PTSD.
May 31, 2016
Artbound explores the programming of the Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles, investigating new programming and curatorial approaches that are redefining what it means to be a 21st century museum. Featuring three new programs by The Underground Museum, Wolvesmouth, and Public Fiction.
Jun 07, 2016
Artbound explores the groundbreaking opera Hopscotch, which unfolded in cars zigzagging throughout Los Angeles, telling a single story of a disappearance across time. Audiences experienced the work in both the intimacy of a car, where artists and audiences shared a confined space, or in a larger central hub, where all the journeys were live streamed to create a dizzying panorama of life in Los Angeles.
Jun 14, 2016
Architectural critic Christopher Hawthorne partners with Artbound to look at the future of Los Angeles by examining its architecture, urban planning, transportation and changing demographics, giving us a glimpse of Los Angeles as a model of urban renewal for the nation and the world.
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Artbound Season 8 (2016) is released on May 10, 2016 and the latest season 13 of Artbound is released in 2022. Watch Artbound online - the English News TV series from United States. Artbound is directed by Bruce Dickson,Chris Metzler,Matt Glass,Jordan Wayne Long and created by Javier Cabral with Austin Young and David Kipen.
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.