In creating the third installment of the Porcíuncula trilogy Aaron wanted to explore Los Angeles through the river that gave it life at the pace that it flows through the city.

The video piece has three distinct channels synchronized together with text. Within the center channel the performance of traversing the city by water is revealed. The imagery allows the viewer to look back at a city that often refuses to acknowledge the existence of the river that flows through it.

At times urban and riparian the slow pace is frequently at odds with the pace of the world around it. The cacophony of sound, reverberating across the water and concrete, blends into a soothing noise, evoking the sounds of a natural river.

The other two channels serve three primary purposes. One is to reveal a narrative that slips in and out of being represented in the footage. Another utilizes footage from various locations to expose the cultural imagination of what a river is, and more importantly should be.

The final element utilizes footage from the aqueducts and the rivers and lakes that have been dried up to allow the performance of kayaking a desert river. This element expands the boundaries of the river and amplifies the seductive calm that exists intermittently while kayaking the Los Angeles River.

Kayakers
Aaron Bocanegra
Marcos V. Perez
Reza Monahan

In creating the third installment of the Porcíuncula trilogy Aaron wanted to explore Los Angeles through the river that gave it life at the pace that it flows through the city.

The video piece has three distinct channels synchronized together with text. Within the center channel the performance of traversing the city by water is revealed. The imagery allows the viewer to look back at a city that often refuses to acknowledge the existence of the river that flows through it.

At times urban and riparian the slow pace is frequently at odds with the pace of the world around it. The cacophony of sound, reverberating across the water and concrete, blends into a soothing noise, evoking the sounds of a natural river.

The other two channels serve three primary purposes. One is to reveal a narrative that slips in and out of being represented in the footage. Another utilizes footage from various locations to expose the cultural imagination of what a river is, and more importantly should be.

The final element utilizes footage from the aqueducts and the rivers and lakes that have been dried up to allow the performance of kayaking a desert river. This element expands the boundaries of the river and amplifies the seductive calm that exists intermittently while kayaking the Los Angeles River.

Kayakers
Aaron Bocanegra
Marcos V. Perez
Reza Monahan

In creating the third installment of the Porcíuncula trilogy Aaron wanted to explore Los Angeles through the river that gave it life at the pace that it flows through the city.

The video piece has three distinct channels synchronized together with text. Within the center channel the performance of traversing the city by water is revealed. The imagery allows the viewer to look back at a city that often refuses to acknowledge the existence of the river that flows through it.

At times urban and riparian the slow pace is frequently at odds with the pace of the world around it. The cacophony of sound, reverberating across the water and concrete, blends into a soothing noise, evoking the sounds of a natural river.

The other two channels serve three primary purposes. One is to reveal a narrative that slips in and out of being represented in the footage. Another utilizes footage from various locations to expose the cultural imagination of what a river is, and more importantly should be.

The final element utilizes footage from the aqueducts and the rivers and lakes that have been dried up to allow the performance of kayaking a desert river. This element expands the boundaries of the river and amplifies the seductive calm that exists intermittently while kayaking the Los Angeles River.

Kayakers
Aaron Bocanegra
Marcos V. Perez
Reza Monahan

In creating the third installment of the Porcíuncula trilogy Aaron wanted to explore Los Angeles through the river that gave it life at the pace that it flows through the city.

The video piece has three distinct channels synchronized together with text. Within the center channel the performance of traversing the city by water is revealed. The imagery allows the viewer to look back at a city that often refuses to acknowledge the existence of the river that flows through it.

At times urban and riparian the slow pace is frequently at odds with the pace of the world around it. The cacophony of sound, reverberating across the water and concrete, blends into a soothing noise, evoking the sounds of a natural river.

The other two channels serve three primary purposes. One is to reveal a narrative that slips in and out of being represented in the footage. Another utilizes footage from various locations to expose the cultural imagination of what a river is, and more importantly should be.

The final element utilizes footage from the aqueducts and the rivers and lakes that have been dried up to allow the performance of kayaking a desert river. This element expands the boundaries of the river and amplifies the seductive calm that exists intermittently while kayaking the Los Angeles River.

Kayakers
Aaron Bocanegra
Marcos V. Perez
Reza Monahan