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Monthly Archives: December 2010
12/27/2010: Last show of the year
On this week’s show we wrap up the year with a review of stories we have covered since we launched our show in September. Our goal is to map the city through sound-rich profiles of people living and working toward … Continue reading
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12/20/2010: walking the city
On this week’s Hear in the City, we take a walk through the streets of Los Angeles, New York, and Mexico City.
12/20/2010: walking the city
Brenda Hutchinson: Soundscape from Manhattan
For two years in the early 80’s, sound artist, Brenda Hutchinson, recorded people living on the streets of Manhattan when she was dealing with homelessness and struggling as an artist. “It was heartbreaking, and I was angry and bitter,” she … Continue reading
12/20/2010: walking the city
King Anyi across the city
If you drive from that wall outside MOCA down the 101 to the 110 Freeway toward the Airport, you’ll pass iconic L.A. murals by Willie Heron, Glenn Avila, and Kent Twitchell’s, “L.A. Marathon Mural,” that used to reside on the … Continue reading
12/20/2010: walking the city
Suprasensorial: Experiments in Light, Color, and Space
Jesse Lerner reviews a new show of South American avant garde work Suprasensorial: Experiments in Light, Color, and Space, is the first museum exhibition to situate pioneering Latin American artists among the international canon of those working with light and … Continue reading
12/20/2010: walking the city
Audiopostal from Mexico City
Mexico has also brought in the results of its 2010 census. Preliminary data suggest he country grew by nine million people since the last count and is now home to 112 million people. Nearly a quarter of those people live … Continue reading
12/06/2010: building and construction
Construction jobs for women
Construction work is one of those professions that is the distinct domain of men in most places in the world. Hear in the City producer Luis Sierra Campos visited a workshop where 19 women of from the ages of 18 … Continue reading
12/06/2010: building and construction
12/06/2010: Pixel This!
Hear in the City arts, music, and film commentator Jesse Lerner takes us to Venice to visit Gerry Fialka, founder of Pixel This! an independent film festival in Venice, California that is celebrating its 20th anniversary of featuring work made … Continue reading
12/06/2010: building and construction
Murals and graffiti-what is public art?
Each year, 34 million tax dollars go toward eradicating graffitti. Hear in the City Producer, Luis Sierra Campos, talks to artists and organizers of a new show opening at the Social and Public Art Resource Center in Venice this weekend … Continue reading
Posted in 011: 12/06/2010: building and construction, arts, film, and music, censorship, City Government, community arts, East Hollywood, street art, Venice, work
Tagged censorship, East Hollywood, graffiti, Luis Sierra Campos, murals, public art, Social and Public Art Resource Center, Venice
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12/06/2010: building and construction
UCLA Labor & Occupational Safety and Hazards Program
According to U.S bureau of labor statistics, the number of people employed in construction has dropped from 11 million in 2007 to 9 million today. Of those 9 million construction workers, nearly 2 million are self-employed, meaning they are not … Continue reading
Posted in 011: 12/06/2010: building and construction, economy and equality, education, infrastructure, Uncategorized, work
Tagged construction, high risk industry, housing boom, housing bust, independent contractors, OSHA, Sara Harris, UCLA, undocumented workers, workers' rights, workplace safety
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