Without the Los Angeles River, there would quite simply be no Los Angeles. While the precise geography is unknown, historians have estimated at least nine changes in course in the first half of the nineteenth century alone. Today, less than 250 years into the life of our young city, a complex infrastructure delivers water not just to our citizens, but to crops, farms and manicured lawns.

La Reina de Los Ángeles presents a discussion of our relationship with water, using the Los Angeles River as an entry point. Through contemporary artworks, documentary films, historic materials and special programming, La Reina explores the history, infrastructure and community around this critical resource. 

Scacco has long considered the LA River in her practice, from physically tracing her ever-changing course to researching intrinsically human connections to water sources. The exhibition, featuring works by fifteen artists, ponders the life-giving role and newly industrialized presence of water.

Artists
Judith F Baca, Andrew Bird, Lauren Bon and the Metabolic Studio, Tom Carroll (Tom Explores Los Angeles), Carolina Caycedo, Mercedes Dorame, Nicholas Hummingbird , KCET, Galia Linn, Blue McRight, Diego Palacios, Michael Parker, Emma Robbins,  Kerry Tribe, Devon Tsuno. 

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Without the Los Angeles River, there would quite simply be no Los Angeles. While the precise geography is unknown, historians have estimated at least nine changes in course in the first half of the nineteenth century alone. Today, less than 250 years into the life of our young city, a complex infrastructure delivers water not just to our citizens, but to crops, farms and manicured lawns.

La Reina de Los Ángeles presents a discussion of our relationship with water, using the Los Angeles River as an entry point. Through contemporary artworks, documentary films, historic materials and special programming, La Reina explores the history, infrastructure and community around this critical resource. 

Scacco has long considered the LA River in her art practice, from physically tracing her ever-changing course to researching intrinsically human connections to water sources. La Reina de los Ángeles, curated by Scacco and featuring works by fifteen artists, ponders the life-giving role and newly industrialized presence of water.

Artists
Judith F Baca, Andrew Bird, Lauren Bon and the Metabolic Studio, Tom Carroll (Tom Explores Los Angeles), Carolina Caycedo, Mercedes Dorame, Nicholas Hummingbird , KCET, Galia Linn, Blue McRight, Diego Palacios, Michael Parker, Emma Robbins, Kerry Tribe, Devon Tsuno. 

Click on images below to view full screen.

Without the Los Angeles River, there would quite simply be no Los Angeles. While the precise geography is unknown, historians have estimated at least nine changes in course in the first half of the nineteenth century alone. Today, less than 250 years into the life of our young city, a complex infrastructure delivers water not just to our citizens, but to crops, farms and manicured lawns.

La Reina de Los Ángeles presents a discussion of our relationship with water, using the Los Angeles River as an entry point. Through contemporary artworks, documentary films, historic materials and special programming, La Reina explores the history, infrastructure and community around this critical resource. 

Scacco has long considered the LA River in her art practice, from physically tracing her ever-changing course to researching intrinsically human connections to water sources. La Reina de los Ángeles, curated by Scacco and featuring works by fifteen artists, ponders the life-giving role and newly industrialized presence of water.

Click on images below to view full screen.

Artists
Judith F Baca / Andrew Bird / Lauren Bon and the Metabolic Studio / Tom Carroll (Tom Explores Los Angeles) / Carolina Caycedo / Mercedes Dorame / Nicholas Hummingbird / KCET / Galia Linn /  Blue McRight / Diego Palacios /  Michael Parker / Emma Robbins / Kerry Tribe / Devon Tsuno