The Goethe-Institut Los Angeles would like to invite you to attend the Exhibition Opening reception for SHAPING THE PAST
About this event
The Goethe-Institut Los Angeles would like to invite you to attend the Exhibition Opening reception for SHAPING THE PAST
SHAPING THE PAST: Exhibition Opening Reception
Saturday, December 4, 2021 from 4PM - 7PM
Poetry Reading by Kelly Caballero @ 5:30 PM
No Longer Untold by Joel Garcia
At the Goethe-Institut Los Angeles
1901 West 7th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90057
Admission is free. Space is limited. RSVP and masks required.
Please bring one of the following documents required for admittance: Proof of Vaccination OR Proof of Immunity OR Proof of a Negative COVID Test performed within 72 hours of the event.
Valet Parking is available.
Public transport is possible with the red line to MacArthur Park/Westlake stop.
Using carpool or rideshare options are appreciated.
SHAPING THE PAST
Shaping the Past builds connections and showcases patterns that constitute a transnational memory culture at work to address systemic racism and sexism, social and economic exclusion, and legacies of colonial and state violence. Featuring works by artists, activists, and collectives from North America and Germany — all part of the Monument Lab Fellows Program — this exhibition broadens understandings and illuminates ongoing memory interventions that reimagine civil society. The spotlighted projects offer innovative and reparative models that highlight creative changemakers who are actively shaping the past and our paths forward.
Part of a titular project begun in 2019, Shaping the Past will be presented in Los Angeles from December 4th - February 28th, 2021, where posters highlighting the works of artists Sergio Beltrán-García, Zyahna Bryant, Thalia Fernández Bustamante, Ulf Aminde, Tomie Arai, Kanyinsola Anifowoshe, Arielle Julia Brown, Cheyenne Concepcion, and Joel Garcia will be on view along with No Longer Untold, by Joel Garcia.
No Longer Untold is an invitation to weave our stories together. This altar serves as a portal to connect Shaping the Past, an exhibition of work by international fellows, to the local work around memory, memory justice, monuments and land return. You can contribute to this altar during the run of this exhibition.