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Metropolis II

Post author:journojames
Post published:March 7, 2012
Post category:Drivel - Blog Entertainment & Culture Feature

I finally have a little time to share.

A few weeks ago I visited the L.A. County Museum of Art (LACMA) and caught the Metropolis II sculpture. What is Metropolis II? Imagine an entire bustling city inside a large room. No joke. The structure, designed by L.A. artist Chris Burden, is made up of the world’s iconic urban structures and wrapped in speedways and tracks that cars, trains and trolleys race through, over, under and around. It’s noisy, chaotic, fun and impressive.

Burden began working on it in 2006, according to LACMA. It includes 1,200 custom designed toy cars, 18 roadways and buildings made out wood blocks, tiles, and Lego pieces. Burden estimates that 100,000 cars circulate through the complex structure every hour. (more…)

Occupy L.A. Art

Post author:journojames
Post published:March 5, 2012
Post category:Entertainment & Culture Feature Interview News

Originally published Nov. 28, 2011 More on Occupy L.A. art here. Shot and edited by JournoJames.

Boxing, More Circus Than Sport

Post author:journojames
Post published:March 4, 2012
Post category:Op/Ed/Commentary Sports

Originally published Oct. 16, 2011

dawsonvshopkinsgrantland — Down goes Hopkins, Photo courtesy of Grantland

It was Saturday night. The boxing ring in the middle of Staples Center was ready, waiting for the aging fighters to take center stage for the main event. It wasn’t a glamorous bout that was highly publicized, but the crowd of 8,400 hardcore boxing fans in the arena still passionately cheered. They weren’t expecting much, but they still believed enough in the dying sport to buy the expensive tickets to see the contest. They were just hoping for a legitimate fight between champion Bernard Hopkins and challenger Chad Dawson.

You’ll never guess what happened. Okay, maybe you will. These poor fight fans were fooled. Again. The sport of boxing took another swing Saturday night and missed badly, slipping in the process and doing another embarrassing pratfall. (more…)