Presentation Type
Oral Presentation
Department
Art and Art History
Major
Art
Abstract
Alien Lands has been an academic year-long study and cross-media art endeavor, researching the history of palm trees in Los Angeles and documenting their current presence. I photographed and made videos of the palm trees in Los Angeles and ended the project with a ceremonial installation/performance, grieving the colonial history and unsustainability of palm trees by ironically commemorating them. This body of work is meant to provoke discussion of palm trees' iconicization, their ubiquitous invisibility in our environment, their colonial history, and their likely nonexistent future.
Faculty Mentor
Jane Mi
Presentation Session
Session A
Location
BPC 188
Start Date
23-3-2018 4:30 PM
End Date
23-3-2018 4:45 PM
Included in
Film and Media Studies Commons, Fine Arts Commons, Other American Studies Commons, Photography Commons, United States History Commons
Alien Lands
BPC 188
Alien Lands has been an academic year-long study and cross-media art endeavor, researching the history of palm trees in Los Angeles and documenting their current presence. I photographed and made videos of the palm trees in Los Angeles and ended the project with a ceremonial installation/performance, grieving the colonial history and unsustainability of palm trees by ironically commemorating them. This body of work is meant to provoke discussion of palm trees' iconicization, their ubiquitous invisibility in our environment, their colonial history, and their likely nonexistent future.