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ClockshopClosing Reception; Por El RíoOn February 9, 2025 a crowd assembled around the conglomeration of sculptures that comprise 'Por El Río,' some reclining against one benches’ concrete curvatures and others in the cast shadows of towering chainlink. Their attention was directed toward artists Christopher Suarez and Carlos Agredano, who were brought into conversation with Clockshop’s Director of Artistic Projects, cat yang, to discuss how their practices evolved over the course of this project. Suarez, seated on his own structure of compacted earth, reflected on his choice to collaborate with those who had been instrumental in his development as an artist and how, over the c...
2025-02-1728 min
ClockshopReading by Moonrise; Benefit for Altadena LibrariesOn Saturday, February 1, 2025 Clockshop hosted a special SOLD-OUT ‘Reading By Moonrise’ with Little Flower Cafe and Octavia’s Bookshelf featuring writers and artists with a direct connection to the Altadena Public Libraries.
Featuring:
Empress Of
York Chang
Ayasha Guerin
Maryam Hosseinzadeh
Lester Graves Lennon
Sesshu Foster
Lynne Thompson
Sehba Sarwar
100% of donations from this event directly supported the Altadena Library Foundation and LA County Library Foundation’s LA Wildfires Connected Wellness Campaign.
2025-02-0158 min
ClockshopPreview: What Water Wants by Rosten WooPreview 'What Water Wants' and join us for the full experience.
Learn more here: https://clockshop.org/project/what-water-wants/
In a 30-minute binaural audio experience, Rosten Woo activates the Glendale Narrows channel as an aperture to situate visitors within the hydrological networks of the greater Los Angeles Basin, one of the city’s most misunderstood and complex infrastructural systems. The audio tour moves between a guided meditation and speculative disaster horror, evoking multiple perspectives of the river’s history and future.
2024-09-1907 min
ClockshopTake Me to Your River Community Launch: Storytelling CircleOn Sunday, September 24, Clockshop transformed into a gallery with various entry points to learn about the stories included so far. Guests watched documentaries, read storyboards, and joined the story circle to listen. Ruth Coleman, Ceci Dominguez, Ruben Molina and Yancey Quinones spoke about the Northeast LA they know, offering personal artifacts to help us explore the region’s history: photographs of a 1984 little league team, a map of Palo Verde, Elysian Valley in the 1960s, and an initial plan for the site of Rio de Los Angeles State Park.
Explore 'Take Me to Your River' here: https://takemetoyourriver.org/
2023-09-2945 min
ClockshopTMTYR: Ceci talks about her early days in Elysian ValleyTMTYR: Ceci talks about her early days in Elysian Valley by Clockshop
2023-08-2300 min2023-08-2301 minClockshopTMTYR: Helen talks about her hopes for Northeast LA CommunitiesTMTYR: Helen talks about her hopes for Northeast LA Communities by Clockshop
2023-08-2300 minClockshopTMTYR: Helen talks about gang activity in Frogtown in the 1990sTMTYR: Helen talks about gang activity in Frogtown in the 1990s by Clockshop
2023-08-2301 minClockshopTMTYR: Yancey talks about Antigua Coffee in Cypress ParkTMTYR: Yancey talks about Antigua Coffee in Cypress Park by Clockshop
2023-08-2300 minClockshopTMTYR: Raul habla sobre la importancia de educación ambientalTMTYR: Raul habla sobre la importancia de educación ambiental by Clockshop
2023-08-2301 minClockshopTMTYR: Raul habla sobre la involucraron de padres en la lucha por parquesTMTYR: Raul habla sobre la involucraron de padres en la lucha por parques by Clockshop
2023-08-2301 minClockshopTMTYR: Yancey talks about people leaving his neighborhoodTMTYR: Yancey talks about people leaving his neighborhood by Clockshop
2023-08-2300 minClockshopTMTYR: David talks about smells and noises in the neighborhoodTMTYR: David talks about smells and noises in the neighborhood by Clockshop
2023-08-2301 minClockshopTMTYR: Ed talks about busing students into UCLATMTYR: Ed talks about busing students into UCLA by Clockshop
2023-08-2301 minClockshopTMTYR: Ed talks about the history of the GreenwayTMTYR: Ed talks about the history of the Greenway by Clockshop
2023-08-2301 minClockshopTMTYR: David talks about neighborhood dangers and relationships in the 1980sTMTYR: David talks about neighborhood dangers and relationships in the 1980s by Clockshop
2023-08-2301 minClockshopTMTYR: Melanie talks about transforming the riverTMTYR: Melanie talks about transforming the river by Clockshop
2023-08-2300 minClockshopTMTYR: Melanie talks about Taylor Yard BridgeTMTYR: Melanie talks about Taylor Yard Bridge by Clockshop
2023-08-2301 minClockshopTMTYR: Lazaro talks about leaving marks around Los AngelesTMTYR: Lazaro talks about leaving marks around Los Angeles by Clockshop
2023-08-2301 minClockshopTMTYR: Lazaro talks about oral histories as resistanceTMTYR: Lazaro talks about oral histories as resistance by Clockshop
2023-08-2301 minClockshopTMTYR: Ruth talks about addressing park gentrificationTMTYR: Ruth talks about addressing park gentrification by Clockshop
2023-08-2300 minClockshopTMTYR: Ruth talks about the planning of LA State Historic ParkTMTYR: Ruth talks about the planning of LA State Historic Park by Clockshop
2023-08-2300 minClockshopTMTYR: Una talks about plans for the BowtieTMTYR: Una talks about plans for the Bowtie by Clockshop
2023-08-2300 minClockshopTMTYR: Carolina talks about relationships with the natural worldTMTYR: Carolina talks about relationships with the natural world by Clockshop
2023-08-2301 minClockshopTMTYR: Samantha talks about human relationships to nature from a radical youth perspectiveTMTYR: Samantha talks about human relationships to nature from a radical youth perspective by Clockshop
2023-08-2301 minClockshopTMTYR: Kimberly talks about the severing of ties to the landTMTYR: Kimberly talks about the severing of ties to the land by Clockshop
2023-08-2301 minClockshopTMTYR: Kimberly talks about the ConservancyTMTYR: Kimberly talks about the Conservancy by Clockshop
2023-08-2300 minClockshopTMTYR: Kruegermann talks about growing up in FrogtownTMTYR: Kruegermann talks about growing up in Frogtown by Clockshop
2023-08-2300 min
ClockshopDreaming Land Into Reality 02Clockshop’s series ‘Dreaming Land Back into Reality,’ featured conversations with individuals shaping the LandBack Movement. Expanding on the first part of our series on Indigenous stewardship models, we move to unpack the synergistic alliances by Black advocates working to heal the generational historic harms of settler colonialism. This second installment will examine the dispossession of land from the Bruce family of Bruce’s Beach and other Black Californians, from seizures through eminent domain to racist housing practices like redlining and racial covenants, and imagine the contemporary conditions that make reparations and land return attainable.
This conversation features April Banks, artist a...
2023-02-111h 45
ClockshopDreaming Land Back Into RealityClockshop presents a new series 'Dreaming Land Back into Reality,' an exploration of the intersectional movements that work to pave pathways to the return and stewardship models of stolen land.
Ahead of Indigenous Peoples’ Day, the first conversation in the series featured Victor Bjelajac, District Superintendent in the North Coast Redwood District for California State Parks; Kimberly Morales Johnson, Tribal Secretary of the Gabrieleno / Tongva Tribe; and Rudy Ortega Jr., Tribal President of the Tataviam / Fernandeño Tribe. The program was moderated by Alina Bokde, Chief Deputy Director of the County of Los Angeles Department of Parks and Recreation. The...
2022-10-221h 08
ClockshopWilliam Deverell and Ignacio Perez MeruaneArtist Ignacio Perez Meruane in conversation with historian of the American West, William Deverell, about the cultural, environmental, and social history of the land connected to LASHP and how artworks can function within this historical context. Live event recording.
2020-11-1638 min
ClockshopSouth of Fletcher: PossibilitiesWhat's next for the Bowtie? Sean Woods, Stephen Mejia and Kat Superfisky are all actively trying to answer that question. Listen in as they recount past and current battles, as well as ideas for the park's designed future.
2018-11-0511 minClockshopBONUS EPISODE South of Fletcher: Long Live RyanIn this episode, Rux and Bear share how they uncovered the story of Ryan Coreas, a local teenager whose life is memorialized at one of his favorite places to hang out: the Bowtie.
2018-10-2914 minClockshopSouth of Fletcher Live: Designing Open SpaceIn this wide ranging conversation about the politics of open space, responsive design, and community engagement, Ruxandra Guidi discusses South of Fletcher: Stories from the Bowtie with Christopher Hawthorne, Chief Design Officer for the City of Los Angeles; Kat Superfisky, Urban Ecologist at Studio-MLA and Executive Director at Grown in LA; and Helen Leung, Co-Executive Director of LA-Más. In this discussion, the panelists will consider the Bowtie and its relationship to the rest of a rapidly-changing Los Angeles.
Recorded live at Clockshop by Chris Votek on October 17, 2018.
2018-10-221h 24ClockshopSouth of Fletcher Live: Designing Open SpaceIn this wide ranging conversation about the politics of open space, responsive design, and community engagement, Ruxandra Guidi discusses South of Fletcher: Stories from the Bowtie with Christopher Hawthorne, Chief Design Officer for the City of Los Angeles; Kat Superfisky, Urban Ecologist at Studio-MLA and Executive Director at Grown in LA; and Helen Leung, Co-Executive Director of LA-Más. In this discussion, the panelists will consider the Bowtie and its relationship to the rest of a rapidly-changing Los Angeles.Recorded live at Clockshop by Chris Votek on October 17, 2018.
2018-10-221h 24ClockshopSouth of Fletcher: Open Space for EveryoneThe Bowtie is a rare plot of wide open space in a city that's becoming more densely populated by the day. What will happen when the site becomes a park? Who will get to use it?
2018-10-2221 minClockshopSouth of Fletcher: The PocketThere's only one way into and out of the Bowtie — through the Pocket. This little section of Atwater Village, sandwiched between Fletcher Drive the 2 freeway, is home to a diverse community with mixed feelings about the soon-to-be-park next door.
2018-10-0815 minClockshopSouth of Fletcher: DisturbanceHow do we thrive in less-than-ideal living conditions? In this episode Rux and Bear talk with CA State Parks certified interpretive specialist Luis Rincon, ecological historian Travis Longcore, and longtime Frogtown/Atwater resident Liz Vega about disturbance at the Bowtie and its surrounding communities.
2018-09-2416 minClockshopSouth of Fletcher: Taylor YardBack in the '70s, the Bowtie Parcel was a bustling rail depot better known as Taylor Yard; a place where Southern Pacific diesel trains came from throughout Southern California for maintenance and repairs. In this episode, Bob Ramírez & Don Tortorice share what it was like to work at the site.
2018-09-1019 min
ClockshopSouth of Fletcher: Stories from the Bowtie IntroSouth of Fletcher: Stories from the Bowtie is a multi-platform storytelling project by Fonografia Collective that will launch this September.Follow along as we explore the rhythms of this unique site on the brink of major change.
2018-08-0801 min
ClockshopCounter-Inaugural: Ahilan Arulanantham, Karla Cornejo Villavicencio & Alex RiveraIn January 2017, in the wake of the 2016 presidential election, Clockshop launched Counter-Inaugural, a series of talks addressing local and national politics through a cultural lens. A year after the election, we are presenting our last talk in this series.
ACLU Southern California legal director Ahilan Arulanantham, writer and PhD candidate Karla Cornejo Villavicencio, and award-winning filmmaker Alex Rivera joined us for a discussion about immigration and deportation.
2017-11-071h 31ClockshopCounter-Inaugural: Ahilan Arulanantham, Karla Cornejo Villavicencio & Alex RiveraIn January 2017, in the wake of the 2016 presidential election, Clockshop launched Counter-Inaugural, a series of talks addressing local and national politics through a cultural lens. A year after the election, we are presenting our last talk in this series.ACLU Southern California legal director Ahilan Arulanantham, writer and PhD candidate Karla Cornejo Villavicencio, and award-winning filmmaker Alex Rivera joined us for a discussion about immigration and deportation.
2017-11-071h 31
ClockshopCounter-Inaugural: WHW, Anne Ellegood & Erin ChristovaleSince the 2016 election, artists, curators and arts organizations alike have responded to this presidency with work that seeks to understand (and possibly upend) our current political systems. See: Counter-Inaugural.What are the stakes of such engagement? What role can art play within politics? On May 30, 2017, Anne Ellegood and Erin Christovale, curators of Made in L.A. 2018, and What, How & for Whom, curators of the 2009 Istanbul Biennial, joined us to discuss Curating Within a Heightened Political Moment.This conversation was part of WHW's Clockshop residency. Learn more here: https://clockshop.org/project/whw/
2017-05-311h 14ClockshopCounter-Inaugural: WHW, Anne Ellegood & Erin ChristovaleSince the 2016 election, artists, curators and arts organizations alike have responded to this presidency with work that seeks to understand (and possibly upend) our current political systems. See: Counter-Inaugural.
What are the stakes of such engagement? What role can art play within politics?
On May 30, 2017, Anne Ellegood and Erin Christovale, curators of Made in L.A. 2018, and What, How & for Whom, curators of the 2009 Istanbul Biennial, joined us to discuss Curating Within a Heightened Political Moment.
This conversation was part of WHW's Clockshop residency. Learn more here: https://clockshop.org/project/whw/
2017-05-311h 14
ClockshopCounter-Inaugural: Douglas GoodwinOn May 9, 2017, Douglas Goodwin introduced specific threats to our electronic privacy, and outlined defensive and offensive actions we can take to mitigate them.For more information about this event or to view video documentation, visit https://clockshop.org/event/douglas-goodwin/.
2017-05-151h 22ClockshopCounter-Inaugural: Douglas GoodwinOn May 9, 2017, Douglas Goodwin introduced specific threats to our electronic privacy, and outlined defensive and offensive actions we can take to mitigate them.
For more information about this event or to view video documentation, visit https://clockshop.org/event/douglas-goodwin/.
2017-05-151h 22
ClockshopCounter-Inaugural: Rudy Espinoza And Dan FlamingOn April 4, 2017, Rudy Espinoza, CEO of Leadership for Urban Renewal Network and Dan Flaming, President of the Economic Roundtable joined us to discuss their work and ideas on income inequality.
For more information about this event, visit http://clockshop.org/event/rudy-espinoza-dan-flaming/
2017-04-051h 10ClockshopCounter-Inaugural: Rudy Espinoza And Dan FlamingOn April 4, 2017, Rudy Espinoza, CEO of Leadership for Urban Renewal Network and Dan Flaming, President of the Economic Roundtable joined us to discuss their work and ideas on income inequality.For more information about this event, visit http://clockshop.org/event/rudy-espinoza-dan-flaming/
2017-04-051h 10
ClockshopNance Klehm's Surface WalkEcologist and professional forager Nance Klehm led a walk at the Bowtie Project exploring the human uses and ecological functions of the native and spontaneous vegetation at the site. On this walk we will investigate how the vegetation relates to the ecology and vitality of the soil that supports it.
Surface Walk is part of Nance Klehm’s Bowtie Project residency titled Double Pairing. Learn more about her residency here: clockshop.org/project/double-pairing/
Learn more about the Bowtie Project at clockshop.org/bowtie.
2017-03-2719 minClockshopNance Klehm's Surface WalkEcologist and professional forager Nance Klehm led a walk at the Bowtie Project exploring the human uses and ecological functions of the native and spontaneous vegetation at the site. On this walk we will investigate how the vegetation relates to the ecology and vitality of the soil that supports it.Surface Walk is part of Nance Klehm’s Bowtie Project residency titled Double Pairing. Learn more about her residency here: clockshop.org/project/double-pairing/Learn more about the Bowtie Project at clockshop.org/bowtie.
2017-03-2719 min
ClockshopCounter-Inaugural: Timothy SnyderOn March 21, 2017, Timothy Snyder joined us to discuss his new best-selling book On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century. In this book, Snyder offers readers a guide to identifying and understanding the frightening parallels that exist between our current reality and the realities faced by Europeans of the twentieth century during the Third Reich.
For more information about this event visit http://clockshop.org/event/timothy-snyder-on-tyranny/
2017-03-211h 20ClockshopCounter-Inaugural: Timothy SnyderOn March 21, 2017, Timothy Snyder joined us to discuss his new best-selling book On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century. In this book, Snyder offers readers a guide to identifying and understanding the frightening parallels that exist between our current reality and the realities faced by Europeans of the twentieth century during the Third Reich. For more information about this event visit http://clockshop.org/event/timothy-snyder-on-tyranny/
2017-03-211h 20
ClockshopCounter-Inaugural: Robin D.G. Kelley with Robin Coste LewisOn January 31, 2017, Robin D.G. Kelley and Robin Coste Lewis reflected on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “Letter from a Birmingham Jail.” This letter was written in response to a public statement of concern issued by eight white religious leaders of the American South about the civil rights movement’s tactics of nonviolent direct action. Kelley and Lewis reflected on this historic document, and discussed what we can learn now from the resistance strategies King championed.
Suggested Reading & Viewing
Letter from a Birmingham Jail, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., April 16, 1963
Beyond Vietnam, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., April 4, 1967
I Am Not Y...
2017-02-071h 28ClockshopCounter-Inaugural: Robin D.G. Kelley with Robin Coste LewisOn January 31, 2017, Robin D.G. Kelley and Robin Coste Lewis reflected on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “Letter from a Birmingham Jail.” This letter was written in response to a public statement of concern issued by eight white religious leaders of the American South about the civil rights movement’s tactics of nonviolent direct action. Kelley and Lewis reflected on this historic document, and discussed what we can learn now from the resistance strategies King championed.Suggested Reading & ViewingLetter from a Birmingham Jail, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., April 16, 1963Beyond Vietnam, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., April 4, 1967I Am Not Your...
2017-02-071h 28
ClockshopCounter-Inaugural: Lynda V. Mapes with mark! LopezLynda V. Mapes has been reporting on environmental issues for the Seattle Times since 1997 with a specific focus on river health and Native American communities. These points of focus merged in her 2016 coverage of the Dakota Access Pipeline protests at Standing Rock. On January 24, 2017, Mapes was joined in conversation by mark! Lopez, executive director of East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice. Much of Lopez’s organizing takes place in communities adjacent to the southern portion of the Los Angeles River. In this conversation, Mapes and Lopez spoke about what we’ve learned from Standing Rock, and how those lessons relate to L...
2017-02-071h 17ClockshopCounter-Inaugural: Lynda V. Mapes with mark! LopezLynda V. Mapes has been reporting on environmental issues for the Seattle Times since 1997 with a specific focus on river health and Native American communities. These points of focus merged in her 2016 coverage of the Dakota Access Pipeline protests at Standing Rock. On January 24, 2017, Mapes was joined in conversation by mark! Lopez, executive director of East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice. Much of Lopez’s organizing takes place in communities adjacent to the southern portion of the Los Angeles River. In this conversation, Mapes and Lopez spoke about what we’ve learned from Standing Rock, and how those lessons relate to L...
2017-02-071h 17
ClockshopCounter-Inaugural: Laurie Penny with Neelanjana BanerjeeUK journalist Laurie Penny has been covering the 2016 presidential campaign through a feminist lens with dark wit and an eye toward her native country’s alarming Brexit vote last summer. On January 10, 2017, Penny was joined in conversation by Neelanjana Banerjee, managing editor at Kaya Press, to discuss misogyny, sexism and female flesh under capitalism. This event was co-presented with Women’s Center for Creative Work.
Suggested reading:
“Against Bargaining” Laurie Penny, The Baffler, November 18, 2016
“I’m With the Banned” Laurie Penny, Medium, July 21, 2016
“What Women Problem?” Laurie Penny, Medium, July 18, 2016
Clockshop’s Counter-Inaugural is a series of talks addressing the misogyny, hate speec...
2017-02-071h 19ClockshopCounter-Inaugural: Laurie Penny with Neelanjana BanerjeeUK journalist Laurie Penny has been covering the 2016 presidential campaign through a feminist lens with dark wit and an eye toward her native country’s alarming Brexit vote last summer. On January 10, 2017, Penny was joined in conversation by Neelanjana Banerjee, managing editor at Kaya Press, to discuss misogyny, sexism and female flesh under capitalism. This event was co-presented with Women’s Center for Creative Work.Suggested reading:“Against Bargaining” Laurie Penny, The Baffler, November 18, 2016“I’m With the Banned” Laurie Penny, Medium, July 21, 2016“What Women Problem?” Laurie Penny, Medium, July 18, 2016Clockshop’s Counter-Inaugural is a series of talks addressing the misogyny, hate speec...
2017-02-071h 19
ClockshopRadio Imagination: Uncovering Octavia E. Butler's PasadenaAyana A.H. Jamieson is the founder and director of the Octavia E. Butler Legacy Network. In December 2016, she led a bus tour through Pasadena and Altadena, California, exploring Butler's hometown and the ways its landscapes and politics influenced her worldview. In this episode, Tom Carroll of Tom Explores Los Angeles talks with Jamieson about this tour.
2017-01-0414 minClockshopRadio Imagination: Riding the Bus with Lauren HalseyIn a city as big as Los Angeles with such a well-documented car culture, we often hear that you need a car in LA. But what can the experience of public transit offer a writer? What about an artist? In this episode, we take a ride from West Hollywood to Downtown with commissioned Radio Imagination artist and LA-native Lauren Halsey. Halsey’s work takes inspiration from her neighborhood in South LA and the visual culture of small businesses throughout Los Angeles. Like Butler, she gets around on public transit, but there was a time when she used to drive...
2016-11-2909 min
Archinect'Next Up: The LA River' Mini-Session #6: Julia Meltzer (Clockshop) and Elizabeth Timme (LA-Más)For this Mini-Session from our Next Up: The LA River event, Nicholas Korody spoke with Elizabeth Timme, co-director of the urban design and architecture non-profit LA-Más, and Julia Meltzer, director and founder of non-profit arts organization, Clockshop.
Both Clockshop and LA-Más are located within Elysian Valley, aka Frogtown—a sliver of a neighborhood bordered by the LA River, the 5 and the 2 freeways. In recent years, Frogtown (predominantly a low-density neighborhood of single-family homes) has become a major focus in LA conversations about gentrification and development, and both Timme's and Meltzer's work is heavily invested in their context. Clockshop (in c...
2016-11-2213 min
Archinect Sessions'Next Up: The LA River' Mini-Session #6 with Julia Meltzer (Clockshop) and Elizabeth Timme (LA-Más)For this Mini-Session from our Next Up: The LA River event, Nicholas Korody spoke with Julia Meltzer, director and founder of non-profit arts organization, Clockshop, and Elizabeth Timme, co-director of the urban design and architecture non-profit LA-Más. Both Clockshop and LA-Más are located within Elysian Valley, aka Frogtown—a sliver of a neighborhood bordered by the LA River, the 5 and the 2 freeways. In recent years, Frogtown (predominantly a low-density neighborhood of single-family homes) has become a major focus in LA conversations about gentrification and development, and both Timme's and Meltzer's work is heavily invested in their...
2016-11-2213 minClockshopRadio Imagination: Revisiting Kindred 37 Years Later'Kindred' is Octavia E. Butler’s most popular novel. It was published in 1979 and the seed for it was planted at Pasadena City College, where Butler was a student. This fall, over 2,500 Pasadena City College students will read Butler’s novel as part of their “One Book, One College” initiative. What is it about 'Kindred' - a novel that’s more fantasy than science fiction - that makes it so popular?
2016-11-0721 minClockshopRadio Imagination: Nicole Mitchell's Musical Tribute to Octavia E. ButlerNicole M. Mitchell is a creative flutist, composer, bandleader and educator. In 2008, she released Xenogenesis Suite: A Tribute to Octavia E. Butler, followed by her 2014 release of Intergalactic Beings (Xenogenesis II). Both albums are inspired by the writings of Octavia Butler. On October 27, 2016, Mitchell's Black Earth Ensemble will perform songs from both albums at the Huntington Library, featuring new and old collaborators exploring updated interpretations of the themes explored in Butler's work. More info here: https://clockshop.org/event/xenogenesis-suite-a-musical-tribute-to-octavia-e-butler/
2016-10-1924 minClockshopRadio Imagination: Nicole Mitchell's Musical Tribute to Octavia E. ButlerNicole M. Mitchell is a creative flutist, composer, bandleader and educator. In 2008, she released Xenogenesis Suite: A Tribute to Octavia E. Butler, followed by her 2014 release of Intergalactic Beings (Xenogenesis II). Both albums are inspired by the writings of Octavia Butler. On October 27, 2016, Mitchell's Black Earth Ensemble will perform songs from both albums at the Huntington Library, featuring new and old collaborators exploring updated interpretations of the themes explored in Butler's work. More info here: https://clockshop.org/event/xenogenesis-suite-a-musical-tribute-to-octavia-e-butler/
2016-10-1924 minClockshopRadio Imagination: Artists in the ArchiveRadio Imagination artists Mendi + Keith Obadike and Connie Samaras dive into Octavia E. Butler's archive, gleaning inspiration from her notes to produce new work of their own.
For more information about the Radio Imagination exhibition at the Armory Center for the Arts, click here: https://clockshop.org/event/radio-imagination-the-exhibition/
2016-08-1717 minClockshopRadio Imagination: Artists in the ArchiveRadio Imagination artists Mendi + Keith Obadike and Connie Samaras dive into Octavia E. Butler's archive, gleaning inspiration from her notes to produce new work of their own.For more information about the Radio Imagination exhibition at the Armory Center for the Arts, click here: https://clockshop.org/event/radio-imagination-the-exhibition/
2016-08-1717 minClockshopRadio Imagination: Heading to Work With Octavia E. ButlerButler rode the bus for nearly an hour everyday to get to the Central Library downtown—reading, writing and researching. What does her dedication to public libraries tell us about who she was as a writer?
2016-08-0116 minClockshopRadio Imagination: Archiving a Writer's LifeOctavia E. Butler died unexpectedly at 58. After her death, a group of curators and writers have sorted through her papers, working to reveal the writer and thinker we didn't come to know in her lifetime.
2016-06-2913 minClockshopRadio Imagination: 'Devil Girl' as Anti-MuseHow a kitchy sci-fi film became a source of inspiration for Octavia E. Butler and the writers who came after her.
2016-06-0211 min
ClockshopRadio Imagination: A Writer and Her AgentMerrilee Heifetz met Octavia E. Butler as a young agent looking for writers. What followed was 20 years of letters, conversations and insights into someone breaking the borders of fiction.
2016-05-2320 minClockshopRadio Imagination: Writers Premiere New WorksWriters Tisa Bryant, Lynell George, Robin Coste Lewis, and Fred Moten premiere new works of poetry and creative nonfiction under the stars in the Clockshop courtyard. For these commissions, each writer spent an extended period of time working in the Octavia E. Butler archive at The Huntington Library.
2016-05-0159 minClockshopRadio Imagination: Writers Premiere New WorksWriters Tisa Bryant, Lynell George, Robin Coste Lewis, and Fred Moten premiere new works of poetry and creative nonfiction under the stars in the Clockshop courtyard. For these commissions, each writer spent an extended period of time working in the Octavia E. Butler archive at The Huntington Library.
2016-05-0159 minClockshopWelcome to Radio ImaginationJoin us as we use the archives of Octavia E. Butler to examine the work, influence and legacy of the world's most unique voices.
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