27/01/2020

Imperial
Courts, Dana Lixenberg

Dana Lixenberg exhibits her documentary
consisting of both Photography and Videography. The 69-minute-long film, which
was produced following a previous long-term photographic project curated by
Lixenberg between 1993 – 2015. The documentary follows the normality of day to
day lives of various generations and various individuals living within the
Imperial Courts, Watts, LA social housing project after this location had been
the central point of many riots in 1992. Having had the presence of Lixenberg
in the community for a previous project she curated, subjects featured
throughout the documentary presented as being more relaxed and true to theirselves. The work was presented on three Large Cinematic style screens with
staggered starts to each and all containing different subjects at all times.