by Alicia | Feb 19, 2014 | Hyperallergic
LOS ANGELES — Machine Project is housed in a formerly unremarkable convenience store nestled in between a coffee shop and the Echo Park Film Center on Alvarado Street. On Saturday evening, I went there to experience a performance called “The Ship’s Recorder.” When...
by Alicia | Feb 19, 2014 | Hyperallergic, News, Writing
LOS ANGELES — What are people really saying when they express a desire for a new camera? Do they want a camera that will take better pictures, allowing them to see the world more clearly, or do they want a new smartphone with a better camera in it, in order to snap...
by Alicia | Feb 19, 2014 | Hyperallergic, News, Selfie Column, Writing
LOS ANGELES — How many selfies is too many? From teenagers with cadavers and selfie-snappin’ toddlers to couples taking “couplies“ (just one type of group selfie), the selfie’s possibilities seem as inexhaustible as a history of portraiture. Is it narcissistic to...
by Alicia | Feb 9, 2014 | Hyperallergic, News, Writing
LOS ANGELES — President Barack Obama stands fully formed in wax towards the exit of the entertaining, kitschy tourist trap that is the Hollywood Wax Museum. Celebrity gazing is a thoroughly American tradition, and as such, the Hollywood Wax Museum has three other...
by Alicia | Feb 9, 2014 | Hyperallergic, Queer
LOS ANGELES — The LA Art Book Fair is for those who cannot afford to buy art. That includes everyone from recent MFAs to working artists, writers and curators, and collectors who like objects that take up space on the coffee table — not the wall. Miranda July and...
by Alicia | Feb 9, 2014 | Hyperallergic, News, Selfie Column, Writing
LOS ANGELES — Your selfies are a visual wonderland. This week’s images touch on boredom, mother-daughter relationships, photo booth self-portraits as predecessors of the selfie, webcam-induced mirror reflections, and plain old internet “weirdness” that borders on...
