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AoA x Hwa Records: Grounding Bodies, Casting Dreams
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Youth fellows from Downtown and East LA collaborate with Korean diasporic artists Saewon Oh and C. Ryu on a participatory stone-tower installation.
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If you left a rock at ICA LA's reception desk before September 18, this is where it went. Stones from the public, the youth fellows and their communities are stacked into a Dol Top (돌탑), the Korean wishing tower that tradition says protects a community. This one guards the fellows' own wishes for the future.
The builders are 14 high schoolers in ICA LA's Agency of Assets fellowship, who spent the summer in workshops with the museum's artists in residence Saewon Oh and C. Ryu of Hwa Records, a collective of Korean diasporic artists and healers. Around the tower are a zine, a sound piece and a video that grew out of the fellows' meditations on nature and the elements.
It's a youth project in the Annex Gallery rather than a headline show, so fold it into a visit for the main galleries. Entry is free, Wednesday to Sunday 11am to 6pm, with free parking on site. It closes November 1.
Look for
The Dol Top stone tower
Look for the stacked tower of rocks gathered by the fellows, their communities and members of the public, built as a guardian for the fellows' wishes.
Good for
- Cheap Culture
- Locals Who've Seen It All
Skip if
You want finished work by established artists: this is a high school fellowship project.
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