Events: Friday, April 3 + Saturday, April 4
Construction Performance: Sunday, March 29
WATER IN LA: Surfurbia and The LA River
Friday, April 3 at 7PM
The county of Los Angeles is home to 70 miles of coastline and 51 miles of river pathway. Los Angeles has had, and still has, a complex
relationship with its waters: From the beaches— or Surfurbia, one of Reyner’s Banham’s Four Ecologies of Los Angeles— to the
concrete channels of the LA River, to the recurring challenge of drought in California. How do we negotiate today the channelization
of the LA River that changed the urban landscape decades ago? What revitalization efforts will change the future landscape? How do we
confront the privatization vs public access of beachfront territory? As LA is surrounded by water, how do we grapple with an ongoing
lack of potable, usable water?
Panelists: Benjamin Ball, Daveed Kapoor, Elizabeth Timme
