{"id":17959,"date":"2023-05-25T17:23:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-25T17:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artjournal.collegeart.org\/?page_id=17959"},"modified":"2023-05-31T13:02:56","modified_gmt":"2023-05-31T13:02:56","slug":"forest","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/artjournal.collegeart.org\/?page_id=17959","title":{"rendered":"Forest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"alignnormal\"><div id=\"metaslider-id-17949\" style=\"max-width: 1000px; margin: 0 auto;\" class=\"ml-slider-3-19-1 ml-slider-pro-2-18-1 metaslider metaslider-flex metaslider-17949 ml-slider ml-slider-lightbox-1-11-3 lightbox-disabled has-thumb-nav\">\n    <div id=\"metaslider_container_17949\">\n        <div id=\"metaslider_17949\" class=\"flexslider\">\n            <ul aria-live=\"polite\" class=\"slides\">\n                <li data-thumb=\"http:\/\/artjournal.collegeart.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Forest-Install-wide-2022-150x100.jpg\" style=\"display: block; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-17955 ms-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"497\" src=\"http:\/\/artjournal.collegeart.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Forest-Install-wide-2022.jpg\" class=\"slider-17949 slide-17955\" alt=\"\" rel=\"\" title=\"Forest Install wide 2022\" style=\"margin-top: 6.4375%\" srcset=\"http:\/\/artjournal.collegeart.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Forest-Install-wide-2022.jpg 800w, http:\/\/artjournal.collegeart.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Forest-Install-wide-2022-500x311.jpg 500w, http:\/\/artjournal.collegeart.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Forest-Install-wide-2022-200x124.jpg 200w, http:\/\/artjournal.collegeart.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Forest-Install-wide-2022-720x447.jpg 720w, http:\/\/artjournal.collegeart.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Forest-Install-wide-2022-560x348.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">Mar\u00eda Elena Gonz\u00e1lez, installation view, <em>Sonic Terrains in Latinx Art<\/em>, Vincent Price Art Museum at East Los Angeles College (photograph by Monica Orozco; provided by the artist and VPAM)<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li data-thumb=\"http:\/\/artjournal.collegeart.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/tree-trunk-w-monitors-1-initial-rendering-2019-USE-this-one-scaled-150x100.jpg\" style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-17950 ms-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2433\" src=\"http:\/\/artjournal.collegeart.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/tree-trunk-w-monitors-1-initial-rendering-2019-USE-this-one-scaled.jpg\" class=\"slider-17949 slide-17950\" alt=\"\" rel=\"\" title=\"tree trunk w monitors 1-initial rendering 2019-USE this one\" style=\"margin: 0 auto; width: 78.914919852035%\" srcset=\"http:\/\/artjournal.collegeart.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/tree-trunk-w-monitors-1-initial-rendering-2019-USE-this-one-scaled.jpg 2560w, http:\/\/artjournal.collegeart.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/tree-trunk-w-monitors-1-initial-rendering-2019-USE-this-one-500x475.jpg 500w, http:\/\/artjournal.collegeart.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/tree-trunk-w-monitors-1-initial-rendering-2019-USE-this-one-1000x950.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/artjournal.collegeart.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/tree-trunk-w-monitors-1-initial-rendering-2019-USE-this-one-200x190.jpg 200w, http:\/\/artjournal.collegeart.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/tree-trunk-w-monitors-1-initial-rendering-2019-USE-this-one-1536x1460.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/artjournal.collegeart.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/tree-trunk-w-monitors-1-initial-rendering-2019-USE-this-one-2048x1946.jpg 2048w, http:\/\/artjournal.collegeart.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/tree-trunk-w-monitors-1-initial-rendering-2019-USE-this-one-720x684.jpg 720w, http:\/\/artjournal.collegeart.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/tree-trunk-w-monitors-1-initial-rendering-2019-USE-this-one-560x532.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">Mar\u00eda Elena Gonz\u00e1lez, tree trunk with monitors, 2019, digital rendering (photograph provided by the artist)<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li data-thumb=\"http:\/\/artjournal.collegeart.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Forest-Install-detail-2022-scaled-150x100.jpg\" style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-17951 ms-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1913\" height=\"2560\" src=\"http:\/\/artjournal.collegeart.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Forest-Install-detail-2022-scaled.jpg\" class=\"slider-17949 slide-17951\" alt=\"\" rel=\"\" title=\"Forest Install detail 2022\" style=\"margin: 0 auto; width: 56.044921875%\" srcset=\"http:\/\/artjournal.collegeart.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Forest-Install-detail-2022-scaled.jpg 1913w, http:\/\/artjournal.collegeart.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Forest-Install-detail-2022-374x500.jpg 374w, http:\/\/artjournal.collegeart.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Forest-Install-detail-2022-747x1000.jpg 747w, http:\/\/artjournal.collegeart.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Forest-Install-detail-2022-149x200.jpg 149w, http:\/\/artjournal.collegeart.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Forest-Install-detail-2022-1148x1536.jpg 1148w, http:\/\/artjournal.collegeart.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Forest-Install-detail-2022-1531x2048.jpg 1531w, http:\/\/artjournal.collegeart.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Forest-Install-detail-2022-720x963.jpg 720w, http:\/\/artjournal.collegeart.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Forest-Install-detail-2022-560x749.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1913px) 100vw, 1913px\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">Mar\u00eda Elena Gonz\u00e1lez, <em>Forest<\/em>, 2022, installation detail, Vincent Price Art Museum at East Los Angeles College (photograph by Monica Orozco; provided by the artist and VPAM)<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li data-thumb=\"http:\/\/artjournal.collegeart.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Red_Forest-150x100.png\" style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-17991 ms-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/shorts\/IjvXCTkvwKM\" target=\"_self\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"976\" height=\"1202\" src=\"http:\/\/artjournal.collegeart.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Red_Forest.png\" class=\"slider-17949 slide-17991\" alt=\"\" rel=\"\" title=\"Red_Forest\" style=\"margin: 0 auto; width: 60.89850249584%\" srcset=\"http:\/\/artjournal.collegeart.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Red_Forest.png 976w, http:\/\/artjournal.collegeart.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Red_Forest-406x500.png 406w, http:\/\/artjournal.collegeart.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Red_Forest-812x1000.png 812w, http:\/\/artjournal.collegeart.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Red_Forest-162x200.png 162w, http:\/\/artjournal.collegeart.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Red_Forest-720x887.png 720w, http:\/\/artjournal.collegeart.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Red_Forest-560x690.png 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 976px) 100vw, 976px\" \/><\/a><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">Click to watch a short video around the installation<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n            <\/ul>\n        <\/div>\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mar\u00eda Elena Gonz\u00e1lez\u2019s <em>Forest<\/em> (2022) is a three-channel audio and video installation commissioned by the Vincent Price Art Museum at East Los Angeles College. The installation coalesces both the materials and lines of thinking present throughout the artist\u2019s <em>Tree Talk<\/em> series. It incorporates three original audio and video recordings from the artist\u2019s Skowhegan Birch series, each presented on an individual vertical monitor representing a tree on its own, to assemble a new conceptual object: a sonic forest. As the installation\u2019s three audio files play over and over, they fall out of sync to produce a polyphonic and asynchronous melody, a truly unique and never-ending composition of nature anchored within the gallery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While <em>Tree Talk<\/em> inspired numerous artworks by Gonz\u00e1lez, it also provided an opportunity for a sustained reflection on nature, listening deeply to the earth to understand the importance of environmental sustainability and our collective role in the planet\u2019s stewardship.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Moreover, <em>Forest<\/em> serves as a model for combating excessive waste, particularly within the art world. The installation, consisting of three monitors and materials borrowed from the museum\u2019s existing inventory, was disassembled after the exhibition with all parts returned to the museum, ready for usage for future exhibitions and programs.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/artjournal.collegeart.org\/?p=17892\">here<\/a> to return home.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mar\u00eda Elena Gonz\u00e1lez\u2019s Forest (2022) is a three-channel audio and video installation commissioned by the Vincent Price Art Museum at &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/artjournal.collegeart.org\/?page_id=17959\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"kia_subtitle":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-17959","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry",""],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/artjournal.collegeart.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17959","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/artjournal.collegeart.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/artjournal.collegeart.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/artjournal.collegeart.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/artjournal.collegeart.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17959"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/artjournal.collegeart.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17959\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18057,"href":"http:\/\/artjournal.collegeart.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17959\/revisions\/18057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/artjournal.collegeart.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}