THIS EVENT IS CURRENTLY AT CAPACITY. IT WILL ALSO BE STREAMED ONLINE ON THE UNION STATION YOU TUBE ACCOUNT, on METRO ART LOS ANGELES FACEBOOK and LEAVING RECORDS SOCIAL CHANNELS. WALK UPS ARE WELCOMED ON A FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED BASIS.
This is an all ages in-person event, free and open to the public.
Capacity is limited to allow for social distancing. Please RSVP via Eventbrite. Walk-ins will be welcomed on a first-come, first-served basis. The event will also be streamed on Metro Art social media channels.
In 2021, Metro Art Presents teamed up with Los Angeles-based Leaving Records to ask four artists who draw inspiration from the natural landscape to create original music soundscapes evoking experiences of nature and transportation in Los Angeles, with Union Station at its center.
We’ll close the series, and transition back to live events, with this performance individually featuring the four artists in Union Station’s beautiful North Patio:
NAILAH HUNTER is a multi-instrumentalist and composer from Los Angeles combining harp, synth, found sounds, and voice to create reflective sonic landscapes.
THE GROWTH ETERNAL stems from artist Byron Crenshaw’s direct experience and interest in bringing together disparate parts of the self–a Tulsa-born, Dallas-taught, Black-living, jazz-trained bassist and spiritual being who currently lives in Koreatown.
GREEN-HOUSE, the project of Los Angeles based artist Olive Ardizoni, crafts songs that find freedom through simplicity. As a non-binary artist, they hope to create a space with fewer barriers as both a performer and a listener.
CELIA HOLLANDER is Los Angeles based composer and artist working with audio, scores, performance, installation and text who critically engages how the act of listening can shape temporal perception, generate narratives, question cultural infrastructures and cultivate social connection.
Masks will be required as mandated by County of Los Angeles Public Health guidelines. Go Metro to the event! Take the B Line (Red), D Line (Purple), J Line (Silver) or L Line (Gold) directly to Union Station. Plan your trip on the Transit app.
Listen to An Environmental Music Series from Metro Art and Leaving Records Soundscapes:
Waiting in the Light by Nailah Hunter is inspired by the morning light in Union Station’s historic Ticketing Hall, the luminous anticipation one feels before embarking on a long journey and what that might sound like. (March-April)
Palmy, the sidewalk palm tree by The Growth Eternal is inspired by the sidewalk landscapes of Los Angeles and the way a child might experience the natural world on a daily walk, written from the point-of-view of a sproutling that has rooted itself on a small patch of earth. (June-July)
Flora Urbana by Green-House is an exploration of the anthropogenic environments in which we live with the intention to dissolve the illusory barriers between humans and nature. (July-August)
To All Trains by Celia Hollander considers the full scope of the interdependent networks that our species inhabits, creates and embodies as a foundation for sustainability, inspired by Union Station as the largest railroad terminal hub in the western part of the U.S. (August-September)
Metro Art Presents showcases an exciting array of year-round arts and cultural programs at historic Union Station. All events are free and open to the public. More information: metro.net/art and unionstationla.com.