Heal Hear Here
Organized by LA Freewaves and Take Action for Mental Health LA
Saturday May 20, 2023 3–7PM
LA State Historic Park
1245 N. Spring St., Los Angeles CA 90012
A reparative afternoon of collective care in nature to help provide our communities with healing practices to begin to recover from years of isolation, fatigue, injustice, and hardship.
30 artist groups selected by 30 organizations featuring music, processions, movement, sound, and workshops.
Park located near metro, buses, bike routes, and parking, ADA compliant.
Featuring performances by:
Micaela Tobin with Adam Starkopf
Music Preview from APOLAKI: Opera of the Scorched Earth
APOLAKI: Opera of the Scorched Earth will premiere with LACE in Summer 2023. APOLAKI is a new experimental opera by Micaela Tobin in collaboration with Jay Carlon. Continuing her exploration and celebration of pre-colonial mythologies from the Philippines, her motherland, Tobin’s new work will put a spotlight on APOLAKI, the God of Sun and War, who finds himself lost in a foreign and unfamiliar land (present-day Tongva Land/Los Angeles) after being displaced by Spanish colonizers from the Philippines. This opera will explore larger issues around settler colonialism, migration, diaspora, decolonization, and climate change.
Thinh Nguyen
Join Nguyen, previous artist in un-residence at LACE, for a festival-wide healing chant. During this sonic performance, they will share their personal mantra in tandem with breathing and meditation exercises. This chant combines different ritualistic and meditative practices that have helped Nguyen cope with live and artistic experiences.
Click here for additional information on participating artists.
In collaboration with:
Armory Center for the Arts
Center for the Study of Political Graphics
Clockshop
Coaxial
Craft Contemporary
Crenshaw Dairy Mart
DubLab
Escritorio Público
Feminist Center for Creative Work
Fulcrum Arts
GYOPO
LA Artcore
LA Commons
Los Angeles Contemporary Archive (LACA)
Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE)
Los Angeles Nomadic Division (LAND)
Los Angeles Poverty Department (LAPD)
Los Angeles River State Park Partners
Los Angeles State Historic Park
Metabolic Studio
Museum of Jurassic Technology
PedaLudiCity
Project 1521
Self Help Graphics
UCLArts & Healing
