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On February 9, 2025 a crowd assembled around the conglomeration of sculptures that comprise 'Por El Río,' some reclining against one benches’ concrete curvatures and others in the cast shadows of towering chainlink. Their attention was directed toward artists Christopher Suarez and Carlos Agredano, who were brought into conversation with Clockshop’s Director of Artistic Projects, cat yang, to discuss how their practices evolved over the course of this project. Suarez, seated on his own structure of compacted earth, reflected on his choice to collaborate with those who had been instrumental in his development as an artist and how, over the course of intense cross-pollination, conversation, and the co-facilitation of a series of community workshops, these ties had strengthened immeasurably.

On Saturday, February 1, 2025 Clockshop hosted a special SOLD-OUT ‘Reading By Moonrise’ with Little Flower Cafe and Octavia’s Bookshelf featuring writers and artists with a direct connection to the Altadena Public Libraries. Featuring: Empress Of York Chang Ayasha Guerin Maryam Hosseinzadeh Lester Graves Lennon Sesshu Foster Lynne Thompson Sehba Sarwar 100% of donations from this event directly supported the Altadena Library Foundation and LA County Library Foundation’s LA Wildfires Connected Wellness Campaign.

In a 30-minute binaural audio experience, Rosten Woo activates the Glendale Narrows channel as an aperture to situate visitors within the hydrological networks of the greater Los Angeles Basin, one of the city’s most misunderstood and complex infrastructural systems.

In a 30-minute binaural audio experience, Rosten Woo activates the Glendale Narrows channel as an aperture to situate visitors within the hydrological networks of the greater Los Angeles Basin, one of the city’s most misunderstood and complex infrastructural systems.

Preview 'What Water Wants' and join us for the full experience. Learn more here: https://clockshop.org/project/what-water-wants/ In a 30-minute binaural audio experience, Rosten Woo activates the Glendale Narrows channel as an aperture to situate visitors within the hydrological networks of the greater Los Angeles Basin, one of the city’s most misunderstood and complex infrastructural systems. The audio tour moves between a guided meditation and speculative disaster horror, evoking multiple perspectives of the river’s history and future.

On Saturday, February 24 2024, artist Rodrigo Valenzuela led a walk-through of 'the underpinning,' where he and attendees cultivated a bilingual dialogue, reflecting on the ways we relate to our built environments. Valenzuela explored the shared and divergent histories of government housing in Chile and the architectures of public housing in Los Angeles, and how each are distilled into the form of the installation to evoke possibility and resist a delimited conception of home.

'What Water Wants' is designed to foster group learning in preparation for a long-term artwork by Rosten Woo at the Bowtie parcel along the Los Angeles river with The Nature Conservancy. The Bowtie parcel is owned by California State Parks and will include a 3-acre wetland demonstration project breaking ground later this year. This series will take us to rarely seen sites of water treatment, water modeling, and habitat creation in the company of scientists, policymakers, water scholars, and holders of cultural knowledge. 'What Water Wants' Tour 1 met at Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Preserve with guest speakers Jessica Henson, Mark Hanna, and Miguel Luna. Jessica Henson grew up playing in the creeks that lead to the Mississippi River, but her path to becoming the landscape architect she is now was an unlikely one. Her passion for creativity, design, and “a little bit of math” came together in high school when she declared to her parents that she would become an architect. She tried out a two-week architecture pr

'What Water Wants' is designed to foster group learning in preparation for a long-term artwork by Rosten Woo at the Bowtie parcel along the Los Angeles river with The Nature Conservancy. The Bowtie parcel is owned by California State Parks and will include a 3-acre wetland demonstration project breaking ground later this year. This series will take us to rarely seen sites of water treatment, water modeling, and habitat creation in the company of scientists, policymakers, water scholars, and holders of cultural knowledge. 'What Water Wants' Tour 1 met at Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Preserve with guest speakers Jessica Henson, Mark Hanna, and Miguel Luna. Jessica Henson grew up playing in the creeks that lead to the Mississippi River, but her path to becoming the landscape architect she is now was an unlikely one. Her passion for creativity, design, and “a little bit of math” came together in high school when she declared to her parents that she would become an architect. She tried out a two-week architecture pr

'What Water Wants' is designed to foster group learning in preparation for a long-term artwork by Rosten Woo at the Bowtie parcel along the Los Angeles river with The Nature Conservancy. The Bowtie parcel is owned by California State Parks and will include a 3-acre wetland demonstration project breaking ground later this year. This series will take us to rarely seen sites of water treatment, water modeling, and habitat creation in the company of scientists, policymakers, water scholars, and holders of cultural knowledge. 'What Water Wants' Tour 1 met at Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Preserve with guest speakers Jessica Henson, Mark Hanna, and Miguel Luna. Jessica Henson grew up playing in the creeks that lead to the Mississippi River, but her path to becoming the landscape architect she is now was an unlikely one. Her passion for creativity, design, and “a little bit of math” came together in high school when she declared to her parents that she would become an architect. She tried out a two-week architecture pr

In January 2024, park-goers joined Theresa Hwang, Molly Rysman, and Sissy Trinh in an illuminating conversation that activated the site of Rodrigo Valenzuela’s installation, 'the underpinning,' in Los Angeles State Historic Park through an exploration of urban planning grounded in the legacies of Chinatown and the surrounding neighborhoods. The speakers delved into the current landscape of housing in Los Angeles, drawing connections between systems of power and harm, the segregationist histories of land use, and the negotiations made by communities and policymakers when envisioning cultural infrastructures that reflect the identity and center the wellbeing of residents.

On Sunday, September 24, Clockshop transformed into a gallery with various entry points to learn about the stories included so far. Guests watched documentaries, read storyboards, and joined the story circle to listen. Ruth Coleman, Ceci Dominguez, Ruben Molina and Yancey Quinones spoke about the Northeast LA they know, offering personal artifacts to help us explore the region’s history: photographs of a 1984 little league team, a map of Palo Verde, Elysian Valley in the 1960s, and an initial plan for the site of Rio de Los Angeles State Park. Explore 'Take Me to Your River' here: https://takemetoyourriver.org/

TMTYR: Ceci talks about her early days in Elysian Valley by Clockshop

TMTYR: Ceci talks about Metrolink by Clockshop

TMTYR: Yancey talks about Antigua Coffee in Cypress Park by Clockshop

TMTYR: Helen talks about gang activity in Frogtown in the 1990s by Clockshop

TMTYR: Helen talks about her hopes for Northeast LA Communities by Clockshop

TMTYR: Raul habla sobre la importancia de educación ambiental by Clockshop

TMTYR: Raul habla sobre la involucraron de padres en la lucha por parques by Clockshop

TMTYR: Yancey talks about people leaving his neighborhood by Clockshop