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New Season of KCETLinks Acclaimed ARTBOUND Series Launches
With Focus on Social Issues Expressed Through Art
The 7th Season of KCETLinks Flagship Southern and Central Californias
Arts and Culture Series Debuts With Episode Exploring Mundane Afrofuturism
www.kcet.org/artbound
BURBANK, Calif. - October 19, 2015 - KCETLink Media Group today announced the 7th season of its acclaimed series ARTBOUND, which explores and illuminates the cultural issues of our times, providing critical in-depth analysis of how arts and culture affect our society. Through one-hour documentaries and an expanded digital footprint, ARTBOUND investigates the role that creative industries have in shaping the future of the region and the nation. The new season of ARTBOUND premieres Tuesday, Nov. 17 on KCET (Southern California) at 8 p.m. and nationwide on Monday, Nov. 23 at 8 p.m. PT/ET on Link TV (available on DirecTV channel 375 and DISH network 9410).
To give viewers a chance to show their support for the new season of ARTBOUND, KCET launched a social media awareness campaign to help spread the word. By following this link visitors can add a splash filter to their Facebook and Twitter profile pictures.
The debut episode of season seven explores Mundane Afrofuturism, an hour-long special that proposes a new theory of the black aesthetic of the 21st century. Afrofuturism is a term that originated in the early 90s to theorize black techno culture and explore new expressions of black art.
Created in collaboration with the award winning creative studio Ways and Means, along with artist and filmmaker Martine Syms, Mundane Afrofuturism explores the tension between conventional, segregated channels of media distribution and the black imagination. Through a close reading of works by five Southern California artists engaged with problems of representation, the episode will walk through their artistic and creative processes as well as discuss inspirations. The episode features in-depth interviews with artists that include novelist Tisa Bryant, musician/producer Delroy Edwards, restaurateur Nes Abegaze, film programmer Erin Christovale and visual artist Nicole Miller.
The critically acclaimed weekly television series and online destination ARTBOUND will continue to capture the spirit of the burgeoning arts and culture community in Southern and Central California and how its shaping California as the creative capital of the world. The series will shift its focus to more immersive documentary specials, taking a macro view of the impact of arts and culture on society.
Additionally, ARTBOUND will continue to partner and collaborate with institutions across the region, such as the Museum of Contemporary Art, the Autry Museum, the Irvine Foundation, USC and Occidental College.
The series will also continue to air videos created from popular user-voted online columns from cultural tastemakers about how the arts and artists have shaped the region. Since its inception in 2012, the series has earned high industry praise including several Emmy Awards, LA Press Club awards, two Golden Mike awards and a National Entertainment Journalism award, among others. Most recently, ASCAP recognized ARTBOUND with the prestigious ASCAP Foundation Deems Taylor / Virgil Thomson Multimedia Award for outstanding music.
Highlights on the upcoming season include an exploration back to pre-industrial Los Angeles to explore one of its key and most controversial figures, Charles Lummis; a revealing look at highly skilled, yet rarely noticed work of artisans migrating from Mexico and Latin America who are creating exquisite furniture, textiles and design goods; as well as an analysis of the Third Los Angeles, a term coined by Los Angeles Times architecture critic and Occidental College professor Christopher Hawthorne.
Season Breakdown:
Mundane Afrofuturism A new framework for black diasporic art production is taking shape in contemporary Los Angeles. This documentary profiles five emerging artists whose work explores the intersection of race, class, identity and aesthetics.
MOCAtv Special
ARTBOUND collaborates with the Museum of Contemporary Art showcasing upcoming exhibitions, historical segments, artist documentaries, and original video art pieces created in collaboration with artists, musicians and fashion designers. Features interviews with Museum Director Philippe Vergne and MOCAs new chief curator, Helen Molesworth.
User Voted Episode
Based on the most popular user-voted stories on kcet.org/Artbound, including: Good Design Is for Everyone: The Evolution of Low-Income Housing in L.A.; The Spirit of North Shore; Drummer Peter Erskine; Will Art School Adjuncts Unionize?; and El Mac: Making the Ordinary Extraordinary
Lummis
Charles Fletcher Lummis: historian, photographer, ethnographer, archaeologist, poet, librarian, Indian rights and historic preservation activist. This documentary explores the fascinating life and legacy of one of Californias most iconic figures.
User Voted Episode
Based on the most popular user-voted stories on kcet.org/Artbound, including: The Chicana/o Printmakers of Estampas de la Raza;, Junk Dada: The Stories Behind Noah Purifoys Joshua Tree Sculptures; Alma Ruiz: Former MOCA Curator Discusses Three Decades at the Institution; and At the Epicenter: Cristopher Cichockis New Earth Art.
LAs Creative Rise
In the 1930s, Paris generated some of the most defining art of the 20th century. In the post-war years, New York City took its place. Now, at the turn of the millennium, all eyes are on Los Angeles. Can Los Angeles live up to the expectations? Artbound explores.
The Third Los Angeles
ARTBOUND will examine the Third Los Angeles, to borrow a term coined by Los Angeles Times architecture critic and Occidental College professor of practice Christophe
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