American Artist

AMERICAN ARTIST is a multimedia artist working primarily with sculpture, software and video, who explores themes of technology, race, and knowledge production through their work. The artist sees a connection between art and the idea of abolition, as both strive to inspire change and imagine new ways of being. They examine the impact of new technologies on the use of predictive policing which utilizes data from past crimes to predict future criminal activity. Their film, 2015 (2019), explores the concept through fictionalized dashcam footage of a police officer. They aim to highlight the increasing prevalence of predictive policing in society, despite the fact that the technology has been around for a while. The film portrays a sense of unease around the idea of police using software to target certain areas as potential crime zones and labelling anyone in those areas as suspects. They believe that art has an important role to play in the conversation around justice and the potential for alternative approaches to public safety. ARTIST aims to engage audiences in discussions and challenge dominant narratives around the role of law enforcement in current society. ...

Commonwealth and Council is a gallery in Koreatown, Los Angeles founded in 2010. Our program is rooted in our commitment to explore how a community of artists can sustain our co-existence through generosity and hospitality. Commonwealth and Council celebrates our manifold identities and experiences through the shared dialogue of art—championing practices by women, queer, POC, and our ally artists to build counter-histories that reflect our individual and collective realities.