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“Thrown, Stamped, Stacked and Poured: Ceramic Installation and Performance” June 26-Aug 23 @paloaltoartcenter

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Just out, my article: “My artwork about censorship was just censored: now what?” in the June issue of @theardentlb — Now what? We band together and fight like hell. Thank you to The Ardent publisher Matt and @virginiabroersma for giving me a platform to discuss the recent silencing of my artwork and the artwork of @ambosproject @pepperdine. Thanks, also to friends/mentors @chasemcarter @dangreaneyusa @radicalhospitality Marc Covitz @altereddaily and @audreychan.studio for your advice and encouragement in writing this piece. Photo credit: @winiemkoooooo ❤️ by @elanamannstudio

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Alongside my studio practice, I have been a tireless advocate for artists since my early twenties. This has been (mostly) invisible work and taken many forms, from organizing international art exchanges with some of my favorite artists like @lauralima________ to recovering over 650 stolen artworks for groundbreaking LA artists who were part of the Artist Pension Trust like @carolyn_castano_studio.

I view my advocacy on behalf of artists as a natural extension of my purpose as an artist/human/citizen/mother, to encourage and amplify flourishing of all kinds. Artists are visionaries, change-makers and healers, but they are at the bottom of the totem pole of power in the (art) world. I labor every day to shift this dynamic.

As a part of this practice, I have been working for the past three years with the sages @altereddaily and @virginiabroersma to offer the "Guggenheim Application Cohort." This project doesn't just help artists apply to one of the most prestigious and cumbersome awards in the US, but forges skills, community and empowerment for the participants. (And between the three of us, we have helped 15 artists secure the Gugg!) Registration is open through June 15. DM me if you want more information -- and link to register in in my bio. by @elanamannstudio

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Call for collective/collaborative research on freedom of speech: gathering names of censored artists and artworks for a new performance -- recent is good, but older is OK, too. Please help and chime in! (Picture of my beautiful and always inspiring sissy @_kimberly_kim_ ) taken in LACMA Los Angeles County Museum of Art by @elanamannstudio

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@artfaxd thanks for posting a clip of my video “Ass on the street” from 2009. I couldn’t see out of the taxiderm donkey head at all— so the fear, the discomfort and the awkwardness was real. A group of neighborhood kids harassed me, I tripped on some broken glass and I transformed into a clown. This was during the Recession, when I had moved into a gentrifying neighborhood of LA called Echo Park. I was forced to confront my own identity, gentrification, colonialism and whiteness. I was (and still am) thinking about my role as an artist, human and citizen. Shortly after making this, I started to study Pauline Oliveros’ deep listening technology/artwork, which helped me became a community organizer and activist. This marked a critical turning point in my life. #elanamann #performance #performanceart #performanceartist #videoart by @elanamannstudio

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🙏🏽 Grateful 🙏🏽 to have received an Emergency Grant from @foundationforcontemporaryarts to support Whirlwinds, Tornadoes, Basement 🌪️ and excited to share it today at @wendemuseum !! by @elanamannstudio

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Update: SOLD OUT! A week away @wendemuseum - silenced/censored sounds will be set free in "Whilrwinds, Tornadoes, Basement."

We are so excited to premiere this piece, marking a new chapter in the Elana Mann-Sharon Chohi Kim collaboration. BIG news to announce soon! In the meantime, reserve a free ticket, because they are going fast and seats are extremely limited. Link in bio.

The performance incorporates cold war communication technology from Southern California, including antique horns from the Rose Bowl Parade, the Jamesburg Earth Station Satellite Dish and the bunkers of Fort MacArthur. "History doesn't repeat itself, but it often rhymes" - Mark Twain

Performances by @carmen.edano @hiitsmikaelae @iantheoneliamarini @elliotmenard and video with @julianasnapper costumes with Carole Francis Lung. by @elanamannstudio

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Rehearsing for “Whirlwinds, Tornadoes, Basement” @wendemuseum April 25 at 3pm — with megaphones from the Cold War era that were originally employed for the Pasadena Rose Bowl parade. With performers @iantheoneliamarini @elliotmenard @carmen.edano and @hiitsmikaelae Tickets are free and going fast. Free RSVP link in bio. So excited that this piece will finally be seen and heard after it was censored by Pepperdine University last fall. 💫 by @elanamannstudio

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A performance about surveillance & censorship w/ Voice+Sculpture+Video using Cold War Era sound locators and satellites at @wendemuseum April 25th at 3pm 📢 🔈Our censored&cancelled performance is finally happening 🔈 FREE w RSVP, Link➡️Bio taken in The Wende Museum by @elanamannstudio

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🙏Honored that one of my echo chamber bowls is gracing the cover of the new edition of @beloitpoetryjournal — thank you @bricasardine for this gorgeous photo! DM me if you are interested in purchasing this piece — or a lucious print of this image. Get @reshare_app • @beloitpoetryjournal The BPJ’s next issue is almost here, and it’s filled with stunning poetry! Here’s a peek at the cover, featuring the artwork of Elana Mann (@elanamannstudio), and a list of our brilliant contributors.

Stay tuned for the release date. If you aren’t already a subscriber, consider becoming one at bpj.org/shop. You won’t want to miss this brilliant issue! 🕯️ by @elanamannstudio

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"Hive Mind," a new public art proposal: a honeycomb-shaped sonic sculpture, designed to magnify the sounds of plants, humans, animals, and insects. "Hive Mind" will be interactive and encourage park goers to tune into natural beauty through a heightened sense of sound and bodily awareness. The sculpture will build a strong connection to nature and promote the development of meaningful environmental stewardship. The piece will also highlight the importance of bees at a time when their familiar buzzing is less and less frequently heard due to massive die-offs. Through play and participation "Hive Mind" will create a space of deep eco-listening: only when we truly let in the sounds of the natural world can we hear the urgent call to climate action.

This proposal was inspired by a rare antique hearing aid from the 1800s that I discovered in my research into the history of listening technologies.

To create this public art proposal I did a deep dive into how bees work collectively and was blown away by pictures of festooning!

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Images 1-4 digital renderings of "Hive Mind" (TY @funhaus) seven connected hexagonal horns that merge into a cone, with a child listening at the opposite end.
5. Antique hearing aid from Regency Era England circa 1820s that shows a series of seven hexagonal shaped horns fused together with an ear piece at the end to magnify sound for a HoH/d/Deaf individual.
6. Image of bees locking legs in a chain, to bridge a gap, which is called "festooning."
#hivemind #elanamann #ecolistening #listening #hearingaid by @elanamannstudio

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