S1 E1 - Mercedes Dorame: Through the Portal with Dr. Wendy Teeter
06/24/21 • 25 min
Mercedes Dorame reclaims connection to the land and ancestral knowledge by exploring what it means to exist as a Native inhabitant of contemporary Tovaangar (Los Angeles). Inspired by her augmented reality monument Portal for Tovaangar, Mercedes Dorame speaks with Dr. Wendy Teeter, Head Curator of Archaeology & Lecturer at the UCLA Fowler Museum, to peel back some of the concrete landscape in Los Angeles and get a view of the history and context that lie just beneath our feet.
The Monumental Perspectives Podcast further explores the augmented reality monuments created through the LACMA × Snapchat: Monumental Perspectives initiative. This episode is hosted by artist Mercedes Dorame with guest Dr. Wendy Teeter, Head Curator of Archaeology & Lecturer at the UCLA Fowler Museum. For more information about Portal for Tovaangar, visit lacma.org/dorame. Thumbnail artwork created in collaboration with Lens Creator, Sutu.
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Mercedes Dorame reclaims connection to the land and ancestral knowledge by exploring what it means to exist as a Native inhabitant of contemporary Tovaangar (Los Angeles). Inspired by her augmented reality monument Portal for Tovaangar, Mercedes Dorame speaks with Dr. Wendy Teeter, Head Curator of Archaeology & Lecturer at the UCLA Fowler Museum, to peel back some of the concrete landscape in Los Angeles and get a view of the history and context that lie just beneath our feet.
The Monumental Perspectives Podcast further explores the augmented reality monuments created through the LACMA × Snapchat: Monumental Perspectives initiative. This episode is hosted by artist Mercedes Dorame with guest Dr. Wendy Teeter, Head Curator of Archaeology & Lecturer at the UCLA Fowler Museum. For more information about Portal for Tovaangar, visit lacma.org/dorame. Thumbnail artwork created in collaboration with Lens Creator, Sutu.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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S1 E2 - Mercedes Dorame: Through the Portal with Dr. Ed Krupp
Mercedes Dorame reclaims connection to the land and ancestral knowledge by exploring what it means to exist as a Native inhabitant of contemporary Tovaangar (Los Angeles). Inspired by her augmented reality monument Portal for Tovaangar, Mercedes Dorame converses with Dr. Edwin C. Krupp, Director of Griffith Observatory, to contextualize our potential relationship to the cosmos.
The Monumental Perspectives Podcast further explores the augmented reality monuments created through the LACMA × Snapchat: Monumental Perspectives initiative. This episode is hosted by artist Mercedes Dorame with guest Dr. Edwin C. Krupp, Director of Griffith Observatory. For more information about Portal for Tovaangar, visit lacma.org/dorame. Thumbnail artwork created in collaboration with Lens Creator, Sutu.
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