PARTICIPATION
1/7/25
On 1/7/25 Los Angeles erupted in an apocalyptic series of fires that were driven by 100 mph Santa Ana winds and record dry vegetation due to two years of wet weather followed by tinder-dry conditions. Global warming played a major factor in these conflagrations.
Most of the damage was from the two largest fires, the Eaton Fire in Altadena and the Palisades Fire in Pacific Palisades which also spread to the coast along Pacific Coast Highway into Malibu. More than two dozen people were killed and 15,000 homes and businesses were lost. The air quality was beyond unhealthy.
Our piece 1/7/25 performs the consequences of breathing such toxic air. Watching clouds of ash approach, rain down, and then breathe it, knowing that it was composed of particulate matter from burned asphalt, computers, and refrigerators, was a terrifying experience shared by too many.
This piece seeks to communicate the physical, and emotional consequences of the fires and as they appeared on 1/7/25 and beyond.
Phoebe Barnum is a practicing visual artist, living and working in San Pedro. She has been a studio artist at Angels Gate Cultural Center focusing her practice on Ceramics, oil stick drawings, jewelry and installation. Working in sound as a completely different dimension, invisible, vibrations, transmitting, emotional reactions, juxtapose to the highly charged videos of the fires themselves, hopefully portraying the violent effects of the recent fires in Los Angeles.
Artist Location: San Pedro, CA
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Henry Krusoe lives and works in Los Angeles, creating artwork spanning a wide variety of analog and digital media. Henry received a BFA in Studio Art and Philosophy from Vassar College in 2018 and completed an MFA at Otis College in 2023. Henry joined Angels Gate Cultural Center as a resident artist in 2019 where he still maintains his sculpture studio.
Artist Location: San Pedro, CA
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