Unfinished City: A Conversation on Context, Materiality, and Collaboration at sister dreamer

Artist and visionary Lauren Halsey's newly opened sculpture park, sister dreamer, is an architectural ode and gift to South Los Angeles. As a monumental sculpture park and major public art installation, the site merges ancient Egyptian temple design with Afro-funk futurism. The result is a tribute to the neighborhood’s community and Halsey’s upbringing and family history in the area.

Entering the park at the corner of Western and 76th, the public is invited into a world of care and tender regard for the artist's community. The park offers a space for gathering and reflection, standing as a beautiful and powerful reminder of how Los Angeles is constructed daily by those who inhabit it.

To bring the project to reality, Halsey Studio worked with a team of collaborators, including Project Architect Current Interests (Mira Henry & Matthew Au).

In celebration of the space, L.A. Forum invites Current Interests to host a conversation with an emerging generation of design practitioners. Participants will reflect on the work they're excited about, with a specific focus on how their practice attends to context, explores materiality, and centers collaboration.

Join us for an evening in the park -- to look, to listen, and to think together about what it means to build a city with care.

Participants:

Emanuel Admasu, AD-Wo
Zion Estrada, Black Discourse
Sean Canty, Studio Sean Canty
Katy Barkan, Now Here
Mira Henry, Current Interests
Matthew Au, Current Interests

This event is sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts grant for LA Forum's Unfinished City: 250 Years of Los Angeles and the American Experiment project.

Additional thanks to our beverage sponsor, Madre Mezcal.

Additional details:

Street parking is available. Please be courteous to our neighbors and remember this is a residential neighborhood. Rideshare is encouraged.

This event is ADA accessible.

This is an age 21+ event. No one under 21 will be allowed entry.

Please note, this is a work of art. Gallery rules apply -- please do not touch the work. Thank you.

Images

Credit: Allen Chen

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Unfinished City: A Conversation on Context, Materiality, and Collaboration at sister dreamer