The death of alt weeklies — The responsibility of the writer — Creating inclusive news platforms for local communities — How do we make art writing accessible to a wide audience? 

Hosted By Lindsay Preston Zappas 

Writer’s Room: 
Lindsay is joined by Carla writer, Catherine Wagley, to discuss her recent Carla article "Accessible as Humanly Possible." We discuss recent shifts in publishing platforms like the LA Weekly, as well as the importance of accessibility and vulnerability in art writing. What is the changing role of the art critic, and how can writing be more inclusive to a wider audience? The podcast will take a short break for the summer, but will be back in the fall with a fresh season of episodes.

Episode 5: The Death of Alt Weeklies, Catherine Wagley

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Audio book of Carla issue #30, published November 2022. Individual articles can be accessed by navigating to the timestamps below.

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Read by Julie Weitz.

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Contents:

 Letter from the Editor (2:22)
 –Lindsay Preston Zappas


Opacity and the Spill: The Photographs of Clifford Prince King, Shikeith, and Paul Mpagi Sepuya (4:58)
 –Allison Noelle Conner 
Andrea Bowers: An Ethos of Resistance (15:58)
 –Jessica Simmons-Reid

 Lumbung in Los Angeles (29:47)
 –Julie Weitz 
Interview with Amia Yokoyama (1:03:35)
 –Yves B. Golden 
L.A. Harvest
Featuring: Diane Williams, Heather Rasmussen, and Mimi Lauter (1:03:35)
Photos: Paloma Dooley

Reviews

Kaari Upson at Sprüth Magers (1:12:17)
–Isabella Miller 
Nadia Lee Cohen at Jeffrey Deitch (1:19:09)
 –Erin F. O'Leary 
Wendy Park at Various Small Fires (1:29:08)
–Neyat Yohannes 
Paul McCarthy at Hauser & Wirth (1:35:45)
 –Janelle Zara 
L.A. Memo: Chicana/o Art from 1972–1989 at LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes (1:43:51)
 –Rosa Tyhurst 
(L.A. in Venice, Italy) Kelly Akashi at Barbati Gallery (1:53:03)
 –Vanessa Holyoak

Carla Audio Book, Issue #30

Audio book of Carla issue #29, published August 2022. Individual articles can be accessed by navigating to the timestamps below.

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Read by Alitzah Oros.

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Contents:

 Letter from the Editor (1:40)
 –Lindsay Preston Zappas


Going Back: Kevin Beasley and the Power of Homecoming (4:58)
 –Allison Noelle Conner 
From Both Sides of the Lens: Ulysses Jenkins' Self-Reflexive Video Practice (15:58)
 –Neyat Yohannes

 Sara Cwynar and the Texture of Digital Pictures (29:47)
 –Erin F. O'Leary 
Existing is Resisting: AAPI Artists at Work (46:43)
–Vanessa Holyoak 
Interview with Genevieve Gaignard (1:03:35)
 –Colony Little 
Reviews

Derek Fordjour at David Kordansky Gallery (1:17:04)
 –Amy Mutza 
Jimena Sarno at the Los Angeles State Historic Park (1:24:07)
 –Hande Sever 
Pool at JOAN (1:31:49)
–Nahui Garcia 
Ei Arakawa at Overduin & Co. (1:38:04)
 –Niall Murphy 
EXTRACTION: Earth, Ashes, Dust at the Torrance Art Museum (1:45:27)
 –Alitzah Oros 
Jacci Den Hartog at STARS (1:52:57)
 –Irina Gusin

Carla Audio Book, Issue #29

Audio book of Carla issue #28, published May 2022. Individual articles can be accessed by navigating to the timestamps below.
 
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 Read by Lindsay Preston Zappas.
 
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 Contents:
 Letter from the Editor (2:30)
 –Lindsay Preston Zappas

 The Performance Artist and the Politician (6:41)
 –Julie Weitz Turn and Return:
 The Artist’s Practice During Trauma (20:35)
 –Beth Pickens In Formation:
 How Early SoCal Feminist Artists Forged their Identities through Collaborative Practice (34:40)
 –Ashton Cooper Interview with Tidawhitney Lek (49:33)
 –Tina Barouti Tertiary:
 On Workers, Pictures, and Power (1:06:30)
 –Rodrigo Valenzuela Reviews
 Who is it that I am writing for? at Certain Fallacies
 –Vanessa Holyoak Clarissa Tossin at Commonwealth and Council
 –Reuben Merringer Dale Brockman Davis at Matter Studio 
–Georgia Lassner Alicia Piller at Track 16
 –Renée Reizman (L.A. in Manchester)
 Suzanne Lacy at the Whitworth and Manchester Art Gallery
 –Rosa Tyhurst (L.A. in Long Island)
 Mis/Communication: Language and Power in Contemporary Art at Paul W. Zuccaire Gallery
 –Diana Seo Hyung Lee

Carla Audio Book, Issue #28

Audio book of Carla issue #27, published Spring 2022. Individual articles can be accessed by navigating to the timestamps below. 

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Read by Lindsay Preston Zappas.

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Contents:
Letter from the Editor (2:51)
–Lindsay Preston Zappas

I Don't Think I Belong: On Niki de Saint Phalle's (Auto)biography (6:34)
–Catherine Wagley Time After Time (21:00)
–Melissa Lo Abundant Frequencies: Black Abstraction in Motion (36:58)
–Nneka Jackson Dreaming the Neighborhood: The Communal Visions of Pipilotti Rist (48:38)
–Vanessa Holyoak Interview with Haena Yoo (1:01:41)
–stephanie mei huang

So Close Right Now (1:16:32)
–Ian Byers-Gamber Reviews
Devin Troy Strother at The Pit (1:19:53)
–Neyat Yohannes

Katherina Olschbaur at Nicodim Gallery (1:27:45)
–Lindsay Preston Zappas

Sam Richardson at Human Resources (1:36:14)
–Erin F. O'Leary

Umar Rashid at Blum & Poe (1:46:05)
–Reuben Merringer

(L.A. in Paris)
Ser Serpas at Balice Hertling (1:53:14)
–Rosa Tyhurst

Carla Audio Book, Issue #27

Audio Book of Carla issue #26, published Winter 2021. Each individual article can be accessed on our new Carla Audio Books feed. Read the full issue and access photos and more at contemporaryartreview.la/print.

Read by Lindsay Preston Zappas

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Contents:
Letter from the Editor
–Lindsay Preston Zappas

Raul Guerrero’s Deflated Mythologies
–Catherine Wagley How virtual care lab Builds Community in Online Spaces
–Ceci Moss 
Artists Examining Themselves On Nao Bustamante’s Speculum
–Neyat Yohannes Interview with L. Frank
–Julie Weitz Exquisite L.A.
Featuring: Yves B. Golden, Amanda Harris Williams, and Lauren Halsey
–Claressinka Anderson
Photos: Joe Pugliese Reviews
Kenneth Tam at ICA LA
–Joseph Daniel Valencia

The Going Away Present at Kristina Kite Gallery
–Reuben Merringer

Aria Dean at REDCAT
–Aaron Horst

Eliza Douglas at Overduin & Co.
– Renée Reizman

Lee Bontecou and Michelle Stuart at Marc Selwyn Fine Art
–Peter Frank

(L.A. in S.F.)
Julie Weitz at The Contemporary Jewish Museum
–Amy Mutza and Ariel Zaccheo

Episode 5: The Death of Alt Weeklies, Catherine Wagley

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