"Living Large"
an animation by Jacalyn Lopez Garcia and Lucy H. G.



"Living Large" is a video statement on housing in America. Projected against a vast white wall of a retired bank, the short film is an animation of nothing to something and status to homeless. The collaboration underlines the artists' unrealized efforts of purchasing a home in Southern California and stems from their observations of inflated neighborhoods with unreachable houses.

ABOUT THE ARTISTS

Jacalyn Lopez Garcia is a multimedia artist who is constantly searching for innovative ways to integrate diverse artistic practices with new technologies. She enjoys pushing the boundaries between politics and art and is fascinated with exploring the relationship between narrative and memory in her artmaking. The house, is a familiar subject for Jacalyn, whose most recognized work is an interactive website "Glass Houses". Jacalyn has earned national and international recognition for her multimedia art works and photography. She is the recipient of a California Council of Humanities grant for her documentary project "Life Cycles: Reflection of Change and A New Hope for Future Generations. Her published works include Art, Women & Technology by MIT Press, among others. Jacalyn enjoys working in collaboration with other artists. "Living Large", offers a reflection of the artist's dreams, desires and fears of becoming a homeowner.


Lucy H. G. is a video artist whose work frequently visits the house as its subject. She takes very real, ordinary experiences and posits scientific theorems with elaborate video animations. Oxygenation takes place at a fancy tea party, and photosynthesis over dinner. Mundane rituals, like eating dinner or bathing, become essential parts of her collection of physics. “Living Large” is one of her aspirations, in that she hopes to one day own a home in Southern California. Lucy H. G. has exhibited both nationally and internationally and most recently is the recipient of a Durfee artist completion grant for an upcoming exhibition at the Harris Art Gallery at the University of La Verne.

 

EXHIBITION DATES

"Living Large" will be featured in "Dwellings"
Friday, September 30th through Saturday, December 31st, 2005
Artist Reception: Friday, September 31st, 7-9pm
Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery
4800 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90026

Dwellings is a  group exhibition featuring painting, drawing, photography, sculpture and video by Southern California artists who are influenced by and receive their inspiration from architecture and urban life. Architecture has played a significant part in the consciousness of our metropolitan cities.   The artists' role in this exhibition is one of revealing personal observations within an ever-changing environment, and how the changing city landscape impacts our visual, social and spiritual lives.

DWELLING: "NOUN:   A building or shelter where one lives: abode, domicile, habitation, home, house, lodging (often used in plural), place, residence. Chiefly British: dig (used in plural). See PROTECTION


EXHIBITION HISTORY

" Living Large " was first screened on Janury 20, 2004 and was projected against a vast white wall of a retired bank located downtown in the Pomona Arts Colony in Pomona, California.

In February 2004, " Living Large " took 2nd place in the Venturous Vanguard Film Festival held in Los Angeles at Cal State Northridge University.

On Saturday, November 27, 2004, " Living Large " was presented at the Selah Art Center in Los Angeles, CA . At this location the film was projected from Selah's Art Center onto the wall of a warehouse located across the street that faces the Art Center.

On Saturday, July 30, 2005, from 6pm -10pm "Living Large" was featured in OFF THE MAP. This exhibition was presented as a one-time gathering of 43 artists in a private home in Mt. Washington, Los Angeles. The exhibit included video/installation artists, photographaers, painters, sculptors and performers. OFF THE MAP relates to the location, its particpants and its community, which is outside of the conventional setting of art archives. The works related to space (home, structure, privacy and intimacy) and site (community & surroundings).

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