Figure in cowboy hat and flowered shirt, with microphone, looking into camera as a group of club-goers dance in the dark background.

A Concatenation of Sprawls

Raquel Gutiérrez

How, in 21st-century Los Angeles, can we continue to nurture the hardy roots of rasquachismo, to yield new and more inclusive Latinx-urbanist aesthetics? How can we continue to resist erasures and recover lost beauties, and to recognize the historical memories expressed not only in public spaces but also in the prismatic LGBTQ club scene?

How, in 21st-century Los Angeles, can we continue to nurture the hardy roots of rasquachismo, to yield new and more inclusive Latinx-urbanist aesthetics?

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Poems as Maps Series

Poems as Maps

Curated by Taiyon J. Coleman

Lines that trace and transgress boundaries of identity and experience.

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Future Archive

Future Archive features the online republication of significant works of 20th-century design criticism and history.

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Summer Workshop