Los Angeles Is Endless (Like a Scroll)


2019








Conceived by SpAN (Sean Deyoe and Taylor Fitz-Gibbon) and Sara V. Suárez, with Roundhouse Platform (Noémie Despland-Lichtert & Brendan Sullivan Shea)

Video recorded/collected and mixed live by Sean Deyoe
Sound design and live audio and video synths by Sara V. Suárez
Live internet browsing by Brendan Sullivan Shea

Part of Roundhouse Platform’s City Similes series
WUHO gallery, Hollywood, 27 July 2019
 
Photography by Taylor Fitz-Gibbon

A kaleidoscopic meditation upon the city in motion, Los Angeles Is Endless (Like a Scroll) explores the infinite cities of L.A., from the incidental backdrop city found in music videos, classic skateboarding tapes, and early Hollywood productions to the virtual city of social media and video sharing sites. Between the two, we capture multiple extant cities by passing through at multiple speeds—by car, by bike, on foot. A remixing of the 1951 radio play adaptation of Ray Bradbury’s “The Pedestrian” forms the sonic backbone for our travels.