A mural wallpaper of an eye (psychology.about.com) is applied directly to a temporary wall as part of Tabitha Sorens Surface Tension installation at Mills College Art Museum. Credit: Michael Halberstadt

Berkeley photographer Tabitha Soren wants us to slow down and consider the images we absorb with our eyes and then pass along on our devices. In her new series Surface Tension, 45 images on view at the Mills College Art Museum in Oakland until Dec. 12, Soren questions how contemporary society consumes and disseminates information.

There is a connection between what troubles us and what distracts us, Soren said. We use what distracts us to evade what troubles us.

Using a large-format camera, Soren captures screenshots of images culled from text messages and web searches on sites like Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Tumblr. Some are private moments: a child blowing an emailed goodnight kiss to her mother, another asleep in bed. Others are more public: a man raising his fist in a Black Lives Matter protest, buildings ablaze in the Paradise fire. A process of applying colored gel to the surface of her iPad before she shoots reveals patterns of fingers and handprints that resemble abstract brushstrokes. These are the grimy traces left behind as the images are apprehended, then swiped through on a digital screen. The result is a tangible, forensic record of what compels attention, what is consumed, manipulated, and dismissed in a constant search to feed an endless craving for entertainment.

Soren is well versed in the intersection of technology and culture. Before moving on to fine art photography, she was a Peabody Award-winning journalist and former reporter for MTV, ABC, and NBC News. Her layered approach allows her to explore the interactions between the viewer and the image, between the authenticity of the source, and the whims and desires of the consumer.

Surface Tension is Sorens first solo museum show in the Bay Area, where she makes her home in Berkeley with her husband and children. Its wonderful to have my art world family view the work in such a gorgeous space, Soren said. Additionally, she was excited by the museums impressive exhibition history, which has included shows by renowned artists such as Jay Defeo, Faith Ringgold, and Hung Liu. Motivated by the venue and its participation in the Feminist Art Coalition, Soren created three new pieces specifically for the installation.

A mural-sized close-up of an eye greets the viewer as soon as they enter the museum. The image was sourced from psychology.about.com. Across the surface of the eye, traces of white fingerprints have left a residue of trail marks in their wake. Touch, Soren suggests, has become less physical and more virtual as we constantly meander through the digital realm.The centerpiece of the exhibition is an installation Soren refers to as Hall of Mirrors. Commissioned and acquired by the museum, Soren crafted an immersive environment of resistance: 15 images culled from the Black Lives Matter protests, the Womens March, the Unite the Right Rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, and the recent insurrection at the Capital. Hanging each image from the ceiling on thin cables enabled Soren to back them with mirrored plexiglass. Using a reflective material on the back allows the viewer to be reflected into the protests, Soren said. Yet surfing the web is also a way of not interacting. It steals the time we might actually enact change, she added.

Continuing the theme of reflection, the multi-channel video and sound installation Narcissus serves as a space contemplation in the back room. Three light-boxes positioned on the floor project images of colored thumb and fingerprints that look like rocks scattered at the bottom of a river bed. The title refers to the Greek myth of Narcissus, the beautiful youth who yearned after his reflection until he pined away and died. Scientists are studying how our interaction with these devices affects the way we treat each other, Soren explained. One result is a condition they call digital narcissism.' She is referring to the habit so prevalent now of posting and sharing selfies and other intimate moments on social media.

Finally, a dramatic cluster of large-scale photos of the natural world: the Great Barrier Reef, shrinking glaciers, and the Arctic Ocean reminds us that human interaction human touch can be dangerous. A dark blue photo of Greenland is overlaid with swirls of yellow and red fingerprints that burst across the surface like consuming flames over the ice. Like forensic evidence gathering at a crime scene, these shots, with their greasy coating of human marks, imply that our fingerprints are on everything. We have not left any part of our planet untouched and unharmed in our quest to consume and populate information around the globe.

Surface Tension is an ambitious series that maps our pervasive reliance on technology to engage in the most basic human interaction: touch. The forgotten traces that Sorens camera makes visible remind us that touch can be as delicate as a good night kiss, it can be dismissive, and it can be harmful. Touch is, in the end, a record of our existence.

Gabrielle Selz is an award-winning author. Her books include the first comprehensive biography of Sam Francis,Light on Fire,andUnstill Life: Art and Love in the Age of Abstraction. Her essays and art reviews have appeared inThe New Yorker,The New York Times,The Los Angeles Times,Hyperallgic, Art & Object, Art Papers, The Rumpus,andThe Huffington Postamong others. She makes her home in Oakland, California.

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I still hear the turbines over everything. Whenever theres been a few really bad nights in a row, I drive my car down to the beach and sleep in it. Your body feels tight, your head feels in a compressive state. You just have to get out of the place.

For Mr Uren, who moved to a different property three years ago, it was the unpredictability of the turbine noise that most triggered him.

It was worse in cold weather and when the wind came from a certain direction. Some days Id look at the forecast, see cold days and dread the roaring I knew was on the way.

The duos grievances have culminated in a challenge in the states highest court that will hear both sides final arguments on Tuesday.

The case typifies an increasingly common dispute in Victoria: residents protesting against the installation of noisy wind farms in what is a rapidly expanding sector.

As the Andrews government pursues its emissions reductions targets of 28 to 33 per cent by 2025 and 45 to 50 per cent by 2030, at least 14 of the states 34 wind farms have been built since 2015. A further 22 are under construction or awaiting approval.

Similarly to Mr Zakula and Mr Uren, the construction of a 215-turbine, $2 billion wind farm in Golden Plains Shire, west of Melbourne, has been unsuccessfully challenged by local farmer Hamish Cumming on three occasions.

Wind farms have surged as Premier Daniel Andrews government pursues ambitious emissions reduction targets.Credit:Getty Images

A Supreme Court challenge against a 26-turbine wind farm by 25 residents from Hawkesdale, south-west Victoria, was also unsuccessful in August.

Win or lose, Mr Zakula, represented by Dominica Tannock from DST Legal, hopes his case emboldens others in his situation to question how the industry operates.

Its costing us a fortune against these big multinational mobs. Id like the entire compliance regime to be investigated and reconsidered after this, he says.

On the second day of the trial, Justice Melinda Richards started by noting her associate received a phone call that morning from Andrew Dyer, the Australian Energy Infrastructure Commissioner and former national wind farm commissioner.

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Mr Dyer apparently wanted to let me know that there is a range of resources on his offices website and he also offered to speak with me about issues in the case, she said.

Needless to say, I will not be consulting the website and I will not be speaking with Mr Dyer.

Mr Dyer apologised to the court later that week.

After starting the case as a group of 12 last year, Mr Zakula and Mr Uren are the only remaining plaintiffs following mediation and the death of two group members.

Living off-grid, Mr Zakula is keen to dispel any suggestions he or his neighbours are anti-renewables.

I live down here to enjoy the environment. I havent been able to do that for years.

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Yes, Paris is for art lovers, and its not hard to see whyin the City of Light, anything and everything can be elevated to an art form, from the Arc de Triomphe to a loaf of bread.

Of course, the capital is hardly the only place in France with an art scene. From the gritty port city of Marseille to the countryside idyll of Aix to the ever-splashy Cte dAzur, Provence has long been a magnet for creatives of all stripes.

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Pariss Grand Palais phmre. Patrick Tourneboeuf.

See and Do: After going online-only last year, Pariss Foire Internationale dArt Contemporain (FIAC) is back IRL with 160 Modern art, contemporary art, and design galleries from 25 countries participating in its 47th edition (from October 2124, 2021).

The fair will occupy the Grand Palais phmre and the Galerie Eiffel, sustainably designed by architect Jean-Michel Wilmotte to mimic their namesake monuments on the Champ-de-Mars. (The temporary structures are hosting all of the exhibitions, fashion shows, and sporting events that would normally be held in the glass-roofed Grand Palais Nave, which is closed for renovations until the 2024 Olympic Games.)

Fifty additional galleries will present exclusive digital exhibitions via FIACs online viewing rooms. And October 10 will see the return of Gallery Night, with 100 art spaces across Paris open late (until 10 p.m.). Meanwhile, FIAC Hors les Murs will bring art outdoors and across the city, from site-specific installations at the Jardin des Tuileries to Alexander Calders monumental sculpture Flying Dragon (1975) on the Place Vendme.

Urs Fischer, Untitled, 2011 (detail) in the Rotonde of Pariss Bourse de Commerce, the new museum of the Pinault collection. Urs Fischer. Courtesy Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich.Photo: Stefan Altenburger.

Beyond the fair, following a three-year restoration led by Japanese architect Tadao Ando, the ca.-1889 Bourse de Commerce (Pariss former stock exchange) reopened this spring as a museum with 10 galleries to house Franois Pinaults 10,000-work-strong collection of contemporary art. The inaugural show, Ouverture, contains nearly 200 pieces, from a group of never-before-shown works by the elusive David Hammons to a quasi-replica of Giambolognas Renaissance statue The Abduction of the Sabine Women, which the Swiss artist Urs Fischer sculpted in wax. Doubling as a candle, it melts in dialogue with the 19th-century iconography painted on the walls of the glass-domed Rotonde (until December 21, 2021).

Inside Galleria Continua Pariss Truc a faire, curated by JR. Photo: Sara De Santis. Courtesy of the artists and gallery.

The Marais recently welcomed a couple of fun Italian imports, including the Kengo Kuma-designedMassimo De Carlo Pice Unique, which shows just one artwork at a timecurrently from the American multimedia artist Doug Aitken (until October 17, 2021). Situated in a former leather wholesaler,Galleria Continua is running its inaugural, JR-curated showTruc Faireuntil October 31, 2021, featuring works by the likes of Anish Kapoor and Ai Weiwei displayed alongside books and groceries on hundreds of shelves in a presentation that is, as the French photographer and street artist put it, halfway between a cathedral and a supermarket.

Lvy Gorvy also recently set up in the Marais, tapping Luis Laplace to restore a space originally designed by Jean Nouvel. From October 7 until November 13, 2021, the gallery is showing the third chapter in its four-city exhibition, Mickalene Thomas: Beyond the Pleasure Principle. It is premiering a series of the artists large-scale Resist paintings, which feature silk-screened images and archival photos focused on Black American Civil Rights activism from the 1960s to the present.

Mickalene Thomas, Jet Blue #25, 2021(detail). Mickalene Thomas / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.

Nearby, Lafayette Anticipations Fondation des Galeries Lafayette gave Martin Margiela carte blanche for Martin Margielanot as a designer, but as an artist (October 20, 2021January 2, 2022). The legendary and legendarily enigmatic fashion figure designed the exhibition as a total artwork that visitors enter through the emergency exit, with disappearance and transformation as themes. More than 40 of his multimedia works are on public display for the first time.

Avenue Matignon is becoming something of an art hub in the 8th arrondissement. Home to the expanding headquarters ofChristies, it recently welcomed new locations from Marais galleriesAlmine Rech andEmmanuel Perrotin. And it is here that LondonsWhite Cube has its Paris office, which is hosting a show featuring Georg Baselitz, Tracey Emin, and Takis during FIAC (October 18November 12, 2021).

Two influential galleries focused on African contemporary art are also moving in. The Abidjan- and Dakar-basedLa Galerie Cecile Fakhoury will open its first space outside the African continent at 29 Avenue Matignon later this month, showing new works by Senegalese painter Kassou Seydou and Ivorian American mixed-media artist Ouattara Watts (who worked closely with Jean-Michel Basquiat), among others.

Mariane Ibrahim has a new gallery on Pariss Avenue Matignon. Courtesy of Mariane Ibrahim Gallery.

Star Chicago art dealerMariane Ibrahimwho lived in France before moving to the U.S. in 2010 and has championed Black artists from across the African diaspora, from the Ghanaian market star Amoako Boafo to the American photographer Ayana V. Jacksonis unveilingher first international outpost in a three-level Haussmann building at number 18. The first exhibition, Jai Deux Amours, pays homage to the namesake Josephine Baker song, with new works by the gallerys roster of multicultural artists (until October 13, 2021).

Eat and Drink: Food lovers have been flocking toForest, the new restaurant at the Muse dArt Moderne, where the young Parisian chef Julien Sebbag serves up a menu that is an artful and eco-conscious ode to plant life along with cocktails inspired by the elements. After spending the summer on the terrace overlooking the Eiffel Tower, the restaurant has moved into a minimalist indoor-outdoor space.

Rose Chalalai Singh, chef-owner of the fashion worlds favorite Thai restaurant in Paris, Ya Lama, recently opened her tiny Rose Kitchen at Le Marche des Enfants Rouges, the citys oldest covered market, in the Marais. With a menu of Thai comfort foods featuring recipes passed down from her grandmother, it is already a go-to spot for the art and style sets, hosting dinners for everyone from Chanel to Gagosian.

Stay: Leave it to LVMH to open the most stylish new hotel in town. Designed by the architects Peter Marino and Edouard Franois with 72 rooms and suites, not to mention its Dior Spa,Cheval Blanc Paris has the vibe of a private residenceone that just happens to be ideally situated between the Marais, le de la Cit, and the Louvre. Between the Vik Muniz canvases and the staircase featuring woven metal crafted by Sophie Mallebranche, art is a central part of its appeal.

The pool inside the new Cheval Blanc Paris has mosaics handcrafted by Michael Mayer and a virtual Oyoram fresco. Alexandre Tabaste.

Worth a quick detour: Airelles Chteau de Versailles, Le Grand Contrle recently opened as the first and only hotel within the Palace of Versailles grounds. Built ca. 1681 by Jules Hardouin-Mansartthe preferred architect of Louis XIVto host European ambassadors and artists, the site was restored to its original splendor over the course of four years. Expect 14 old-meets-new rooms and suites with Baroque art and objets, plus exclusive access to the palace, the Trianon Domain, and the Orangery gardens. Airelles also has a new hotel in Saint-Tropez, Chateau de la Messardire.

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Frank Gehrys stainless-steel Luma Arles tower was inspired by the regions rock clusters and Van Goghs Starry Night. Iwan Baan for LUMA Arles, 2021.

See and Do: After more than a dozen years in development, June saw the launch ofLuma Arles, a 27-acre campus devoted to creativity and contemporary art in the ancient Roman city of Arles, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Its centerpiece is a twisting, 12-level tower that Frank Gehry designed from 11,000 gleaming, stainless steel panels inspired by the regions rock clusters as well as Van Goghs Starry Night. Selldorf Architects turned four former train factories into performance spaces to accompany the galleries inside, which host commissions by artists Etel Adnan, lafur Elasson, and Rirkrit Tiravanija, while Koo Jeong A created a glow-in-the-dark skatepark outside. All of this is the brainchild of Swiss mega-collector and philanthropist Maja Hoffmann, with Tom Eccles, Philippe Parreno, and Hans Ulrich Obrist as advisors.

Since it opened ca. 2013 along the seaport in Marseilles, with an exhibition space designed by Roland Carta and Rudy Ricciotti and another in the historic Fort Saint-Jean, the Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilizations, orMucem, helped bring a new wave of interest to the gritty capital of Provence. Its collections span all things Mediterranean, from Neolithic artifacts to contemporary art. The latest exhibition, The grand Meze, focuses on the food (until December 31, 2023).

The new Richard Rogers Drawing Gallery appears to float above the vineyards at Chteau la Coste, in Provence. Photo: Stphane Aboudaram | We Are Content(s).

Halfway between Aix en Provence and the Luberon Regional Nature Park, youll find Chteau La Coste, a biodynamic vineyard that has grown into a destination for site-specific art and architecture. Over the past decade, Louise Bourgeois, Renzo Piano, Hiroshi Sugimoto, and others have been invited to choose a part of the landscape that speaks to them and create a work to live there. This year, the Chteau unveiled the Richard Rogers Drawing Gallery, cantilevering off a hillside above the ancient Roman ruin of La Quille. On view there now are abstract works by the Korean artist Park Seo-Bo (until November 15, 2021). Next year will see the opening of an Oscar Niemeyer pavilion.

In the Cte DAzur, the late, great Eileen Grays seasideVilla E-1027 just reopened to the public after a 5.5 million ($6.4 million) restoration spearheaded by the Association Cap Moderne, a local nonprofit that also saved Le Corbusiers nearby Cabanon. The multidisciplinary Gray designed the airy villa, inside and out, to foster a sense of well-being; built between 1926 and 1929 with her companion and fellow architect Jean Badovici, it had since fallen into disrepair, in part due to wear and tear from the Mediterranean climate. Artisans from six countries repaired and recreated every aspect of the Modernist masterpiecefrom the concrete structure to the nickel-plated steel writing table to the abstract natural-fiber rugsusing the Irish designers original methods and materials; a few of its Le Corbusier murals were also restored.

Eileen Grays Villa E-1027, newly restored on the Cote dAzur. Photo: Manuel Bougot.

The Paris-based Fondation Carmignac has turned the tiny, protected Ile de Porquerollesthe setting for Jean-Luc Godards French New Wave classic, Pierrot le Fouinto a contemplative destination for contemporary art. After a 15-minute ferry ride from the mainland, visitors are greeted with an herbal tea made from local flora and asked to remove their shoes before exploring the Villa Carmignac and its sculpture gardens, which are hosting The Imaginary Sea until October 17, 2021. Partly inspired by the villas architecture, with its water-filled ceiling, the exhibition features aquatic works such as Bruce Naumans One Hundred Fish Fountain and a new, Neptune-like installation by Miquel Barcel; afterwards, youre invited to wade barefoot into the actual sea.

Eat and Drink: The renowned French chef Hlne Darroze just took over the kitchens at Chteau La Coste and its on-site hotel, with its 28 villa suites. Set in a terraced, glass-walled pavilion that seems to levitate above a mirror basin with a Louise Bourgeois sculpture of an embracing couple suspended from the ceiling, her new restaurantHlne Darroze at Villa La Costefocuses on fruits and vegetables from the region, with a wine list featuring the estates own organic varietals.

Make time to visit Menton, the pearl of the French Riviera, even if only to dine at Italian-Argentine chef Mauro ColagrecosMirazur. The biodynamic restaurant holds three Michelin stars, a Michelin Green star, and the number one spot on the Worlds 50 Best Restaurants list. Its new CosmoCuisine menu follows the lunar phases: Depending on the day, youll be immersed in one of the four Mirazur UniversesRoot, Leaf, Flower, or Fruitfeaturing plant-focused dishes that largely pluck from the kitchen gardens.

Chef Mauro Colagrecos Carrot dish, part of his Root menu at Mirazur, in Menton. Matteo Carrasale 2021.

Colagreco has a new restaurant, Ceto, that takes inspiration from the sea, which it overlooks from the top floor of the soon-to-openMaybourne Riviera. Built on a rocky peninsula above Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, the Jean-Michel Wilmotte-designed hotelfrom the London-based group behind Claridges and The Connaughtwill have specially commissioned art, objects, and furnishings from local artists and makers alongside work by everyone from JR to Le Corbusier and Gray.

Stay: The Luma Foundations Maja Hoffmann brought the Cuban American artist and sculptor Jorge Pardo to Arles, where he turned a historic htel particulier intoLArlatanwhich is basically a bookable work of art. Pardo designed each of its 34 rooms with handcrafted mosaic-tile floors and walls (at least in the bathrooms) as well as doors that double as canvases for his figurative paintings. Almost all of the furnishings and fixtures were made by hand in his studio.

The family-run, art-filled Hotel Lou Pinet recently opened with sunny 1960s vibes in Saint-Tropez courtesy of the Paris-based architect and interior designer Charles Zana. Expect 34 bright, spacious rooms and suites with abstract tapestry headboards and bespoke ceramic lamps, each with its own private garden and outdoor lounge.

A suite at Hotel Lou Pinet, recently opened in St. Tropez. Courtesy of the hotel.

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YouTube Theater at Hollywood Park in Inglewood is now officially open for business.

Located at the southern tip of the sprawling roof canopy that also covers SoFi Stadium and the open-air American Airlines Plaza, the 6,000-capacity YouTube Theater will host a myriad of events including concerts, awards shows, comedy sets, eSports competitions, community events and conferences.

Related: Metro adds free SoFi Stadium bus shuttle from Hawthorne/Lennox Station for game days

The venue fits in seamlessly with SoFi Stadium the 3-million-square-foot centerpiece of Hollywood Park with the ability to host up to a 100,000-capacity crowd with fixed seats and added floor seating as well as the adjacent multi-level, two-and-a-half acre American Airlines Plaza that serves as the breezeway between the two venues.

Inside the YouTube Theater adjacent to SoFi Stadium in Inglewood on Friday, August 6, 2021. This two-story chandelier made of Kaynemaile architectural mesh from New Zealand hangs from the balcony level to the plaza. (Photo by Brittany Murray, Press-Telegram/SCNG)

The YouTube Theater adjacent to SoFi Stadium in Inglewood on Friday, August 6, 2021. The theater seats 6,000 but the already intimate setting can be reduced to 4,400 or 3,400 capacity, using house reduction curtains. (Photo by Brittany Murray, Press-Telegram/SCNG)

There are many modern and artistic touches to the YouTube Theater adjacent to SoFi Stadium in Inglewood on Friday, August 6, 2021. The theater seats 6,000 and the farthest seat in the venue is only 164 feet from the stage. (Photo by Brittany Murray, Press-Telegram/SCNG)

The YouTube Theater stage and signage in Inglewood on Friday, August 6, 2021. The theater seats 6,000 but the already intimate setting can be reduced to 4,400 or 3,400 capacity, using house reduction curtains. (Photo by Brittany Murray, Press-Telegram/SCNG)

VP of YouTube Brand Marketing Angela Courtin speaks to the media during a sneak peek of YouTube Theater, in Inglewood on Friday, August 6, 2021. The official ribbon cutting ceremony is Monday, Aug. 9 for the venue that will accommodate concerts, community events, award shows, comedy shows and more. (Photo by Brittany Murray, Press-Telegram/SCNG)

SoFi Stadium and Hollywood Park Managing Director Jason Gannon speaks to the media during a sneak peek of YouTube Theater, in Inglewood on Friday, August 6, 2021. The official ribbon cutting ceremony is Monday, Aug. 9 for the venue that will accommodate concerts, community events, award shows, comedy shows and more. (Photo by Brittany Murray, Press-Telegram/SCNG)

Inside the YouTube Theaters artist guest area or Green Room, in Inglewood on Friday, August 6, 2021. The official ribbon cutting ceremony is Monday, Aug. 9 for the venue that will accommodate concerts, community events, award shows, comedy shows and more. (Photo by Brittany Murray, Press-Telegram/SCNG)

VP of YouTube Brand Marketing Angela Courtin speaks to the media during a sneak peek of YouTube Theater, in Inglewood on Friday, August 6, 2021. The screen Courtin is standing in front of will is an interactive digital wall that will showcase YouTube creators and artists. (Photo by Brittany Murray, Press-Telegram/SCNG)

Inside the YouTube Theaters artist guest area or Green Room, in Inglewood on Friday, August 6, 2021. The official ribbon cutting ceremony is Monday, Aug. 9 for the venue that will accommodate concerts, community events, award shows, comedy shows and more. (Photo by Brittany Murray, Press-Telegram/SCNG)

Inglewood Mayor James T. Butts Jr. speaks to the media during a sneak peek of YouTube Theater, in Inglewood on Friday, August 6, 2021. The official ribbon cutting ceremony is Monday, Aug. 9 for the venue that will accommodate concerts, community events, award shows, comedy shows and more. (Photo by Brittany Murray, Press-Telegram/SCNG)

VP of YouTube Brand Marketing Angela Courtin speaks to the media during a sneak peek of YouTube Theater, in Inglewood on Friday, August 6, 2021. The screen Courtin is standing in front of will is an interactive digital wall that will showcase YouTube creators and artists. (Photo by Brittany Murray, Press-Telegram/SCNG)

The entrance of the YouTube Theater adjacent to SoFi Stadium in Inglewood on Friday, August 6, 2021. The 13X10 ft. Digital signage display o the YouTube icon allows guest to interact witty mirroring themselves on the screen. (Photo by Brittany Murray, Press-Telegram/SCNG)

The view from the patio of YouTube Theater adjacent to SoFi Stadium in Inglewood on Friday, August 6, 2021. The official ribbon cutting ceremony is Monday, Aug. 9 for the venue that will accommodate concerts, community events, award shows, comedy shows and more. (Photo by Brittany Murray, Press-Telegram/SCNG)

The view inside the YouTube Theater adjacent to SoFi Stadium in Inglewood on Friday, August 6, 2021. The official ribbon cutting ceremony is Monday, Aug. 9 for the venue that will accommodate concerts, community events, award shows, comedy shows and more. (Photo by Brittany Murray, Press-Telegram/SCNG)

The YouTube Theater adjacent to SoFi Stadium in Inglewood on Friday, August 6, 2021. The theater seats 6,000 but the already intimate setting can be reduced to 4,400 or 3,400 capacity, using house reduction curtains. (Photo by Brittany Murray, Press-Telegram/SCNG)

The YouTube Theater adjacent to SoFi Stadium in Inglewood on Friday, August 6, 2021. The theater seats 6,000 but the already intimate setting can be reduced to 4,400 or 3,400 capacity, using house reduction curtains. (Photo by Brittany Murray, Press-Telegram/SCNG)

The view inside the YouTube Theater adjacent to SoFi Stadium in Inglewood on Friday, August 6, 2021. The official ribbon cutting ceremony is Monday, Aug. 9 for the venue that will accommodate concerts, community events, award shows, comedy shows and more. (Photo by Brittany Murray, Press-Telegram/SCNG)

The YouTube Theater adjacent to SoFi Stadium in Inglewood on Friday, August 6, 2021. The theater seats 6,000 but the already intimate setting can be reduced to 4,400 or 3,400 capacity, using house reduction curtains. (Photo by Brittany Murray, Press-Telegram/SCNG)

The view inside the YouTube Theater looking toward SoFi Stadium in Inglewood on Friday, August 6, 2021. The official ribbon cutting ceremony is Monday, Aug. 9 for the venue that will accommodate concerts, community events, award shows, comedy shows and more. (Photo by Brittany Murray, Press-Telegram/SCNG)

The view inside the YouTube Theater adjacent to SoFi Stadium in Inglewood on Friday, August 6, 2021. The official ribbon cutting ceremony is Monday, Aug. 9 for the venue that will accommodate concerts, community events, award shows, comedy shows and more. (Photo by Brittany Murray, Press-Telegram/SCNG)

The view inside the YouTube Theater looking toward SoFi Stadium in Inglewood on Friday, August 6, 2021. The official ribbon cutting ceremony is Monday, Aug. 9 for the venue that will accommodate concerts, community events, award shows, comedy shows and more. (Photo by Brittany Murray, Press-Telegram/SCNG)

The view inside the YouTube Theater adjacent to SoFi Stadium in Inglewood on Friday, August 6, 2021. The official ribbon cutting ceremony is Monday, Aug. 9 for the venue that will accommodate concerts, community events, award shows, comedy shows and more. (Photo by Brittany Murray, Press-Telegram/SCNG)

The view inside the YouTube Theater looking toward SoFi Stadium in Inglewood on Friday, August 6, 2021. The official ribbon cutting ceremony is Monday, Aug. 9 for the venue that will accommodate concerts, community events, award shows, comedy shows and more. (Photo by Brittany Murray, Press-Telegram/SCNG)

The outer sections of the theater are beautifully designed with bright white paint abutting hammered silver or black metal back splashes at the bars and painted black, silver or mirrored accents. There are also several large art installations that standout in the structure including a two-story Kaynemaile mesh chandelier that hangs over the west balcony bar and a colorful and textured art wall designed by artist Sandeep Mukherjee.

The indoor/outdoor balcony gives a ton of space for concert goers to grab a drink and chill at numerous standing cocktail tables in a space that overlooks the American Airlines Plaza and into SoFi Stadium. The extended balcony also offers a cool breeze near the west balcony bar and a view of the man-made Lake Park and the future location of eateries, shops, apartment homes and a hotel that will complete the over 300 acre Hollywood Park.

Jason Gannon, managing director of SoFi Stadium and Hollywood Park, said during a media walk-thru of the venue that the flexibility of all of the indoor and outdoor mixed-use spaces was vital to the overall plan. However, the area, which is right next door to the 18,000-capacity Forum, truly needed a more medium-sized, indoor concert and events space.

Inglewood Mayor James T. Butts Jr., who was also on hand during the media tour, agreed. Butts noted that when he became mayor in 2011 the city that was once known as The City of Champions before the Los Angeles Lakers and Kings had moved to downtown Los Angeles, had become known as the place with the Sizzler and the big doughnut, he added.

What this has done is rounded out the rich tapestry that we have here that says you can come to Inglewood and do anything, he said referencing all of Los Angeles Rams owner Stan Kroenkes vision coming to life with Hollywood Park, including bringing the Los Angeles Rams and Chargers to SoFi Stadium, as well as The Forum returning to a full-time concert venue and the all-new Los Angeles Clippers arena thats set to open in the area in 2024.

Its perfect, too, that YouTube will be a sponsor [of the theater] because they have the capacity to provide coding training and other services that will benefit the development of youth in the community, he said. The most important thing for us is that one, residents are trained and employed and two, that the youth benefit from all of these different entities that come here to enrich life and culture in the city.

YouTube Theater is a 227,000 square-foot, three-story venue. The exterior, facing the plaza, is covered in a conical, sloping glass facade that creates a more open feel.

The place is packed with amenities including a 3,500-square foot private club with dark wood accents and a heavy, floor-to-ceiling art installation/accordion-style door that separates the hallway from the club space. It includes 140 premium seats and six 12-person luxury boxes. Theres also a 68-capacity art deco-style Industry Room with a speakeasy vibe for extra VIP guests and a full-service catering kitchen capable of serving up to 2,000 people.

Need a drink or a snack? There are bars everywhere. There are a total of 47 points-of-sale scattered throughout seven different full-service bars.

Inside the venue, house reduction curtains have been hung to allow the space to be divided into three crowd capacities with the full house accommodating 6,000 seats as well as 3,400 and 4,400-capacity settings. The stage itself is 6,100 square-feet, which is massive in person, and includes a rigging capacity of 200,000 pounds which will allow for a variety of larger-scale touring productions. There are also large screens hung on either side of the stage for optimal viewing. The sight lines are great, but a little steep, with the farthest seat in the house being only 164 feet from the stage.

The space is also equipped with its own three-bay loading dock and production room to allow it to run independently with its own programming or function as an extension of SoFi Stadium and the American Airlines Plaza as part of a larger event.

YouTube Theater is the first physical venue the online streaming platform with over 2 billion users has invested in.

It offers a unique business opportunity for us to combine a digital world with a physical one, Angela Courtin, vice present of brand marketing for YouTube, said on the tour. I think if we can dream it, it can exist here.

The idea, she continued, was to bridge the gap between what users experience on YouTube with what can be experienced in real life. Theres also plenty of opportunity for YouTube content creators, artists, comedians and gamers to create unique content at the theater to share with their virtual audiences.

Thats what we conceived when imagining what this event space could be, Courtin said. The technology is state-of-the-art, the cameras and sound, everything. That way when we work with artists and creators we can partner with them and say How can we take this experience and put it out to our 2 billion users worldwide?

The venue is fully stocked with premium audio and visual equipment that will make livestreaming an option for all event types. Theres a large interactive digital wall inside as well that can be used to showcase the work of YouTube creators and artists in a gallery-like setting. It can also be uploaded with exclusive curated content to match whatever is happening inside the theater on any given evening. Outside the venue, in the American Airlines Plaza, fans can interact with the 13-foot-by-10-foot digital signage display of the YouTube icon by mirroring themselves on the screen and watching highlights from YouTube.

COMING TO YOUTUBE THEATER

For now, YouTube Theater is set to kick-off on Friday, Sept. 3 with the Hollywood Black Comedy Festival led by comedian Deon Cole along with Corey Holcomb, Luenell, Earthquake and Tony Roberts.

Other performances include: Caifanes on Sept. 4; Pitbull on Sept. 22; Black Pumas on Sept. 23; Devo on Sept. 25; Juanes on Oct. 2; TLC with Bone Thugs-N-Harmony on Oct. 9; Alejandro Sanz on Oct. 29; Keith Sweat on Nov. 5; and Elvis Costello & the Imposters on Nov. 13

The venue is also booking its 2022 season with Erasure on Feb. 26; Marina on March 9; and a pair of already sold-out evenings with One Directions Louis Tomlinson March 12-13. For tickets and event updates, go to YouTubeTheater.com or Ticketmaster.com.

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Trying to sleep through a sizzling summer night isnt easy merely thinking cool thoughts doesnt cut it. Many of us have undersized air conditioners that arent used to running day in and day out as they have been lately. Trying to stay comfortable in heat waves takes a concerted effort, one that may need to be multifaceted.

Window air conditioning units and portable air conditioners are options worth considering. Window units can often be plugged into a standard outlet as long as the circuit is not shared by another major appliance. If the required amperage is over 7 amps, it is best the unit is on its own dedicated circuit.

Portable units are perfect for a garage or rental where a more permanent solution isnt available. If there is another way to cool, however, use it portable units are the loudest and least efficient way to cool.

Ideally, a portable or window a/c unit should be placed close enough to an outlet to allow the cord to reach, but if you need immediate relief, you can use a short, extra heavy-duty 12-gauge extension cord specifically designed for major appliances (not an extension cord you pick up from the local drug store). Even the right extension cord is only to be used for a few hours at a time and is designed for temporary use only.

Portable air conditioner units are perfect for a garage or rental where a more permanent solution isnt available.

Remember the old ceiling fans wobbly and noisy, lying under them at night praying they dont fall on you? Todays ceiling fans are different theyre sturdy and quiet and come in trendy styles, such as propeller blades and painted drum shades, and an array of materials, from traditional wood to brushed aluminum. Not only that, but ceiling fans are one of the few appliances whose installation will save you money upwards of 15 percent off your energy costs.

When it comes to ceiling fans, the more blades the better, right? Wrong. In fact, ceiling fans with fewer blades create less drag on the motor, allowing it to spin faster and move air more efficiently. The downside of fewer blades is it might create more ambient noise.

Whats most important in a ceiling fan is the strength of its motor. Ceiling fan motors range from 1/60 to 1/3 horsepower. A higher-power motor will meet the demands of the resisting blades and be less prone to overheating.

Want to climb out of the box completely? Opt for a bladeless ceiling fan. Because of its innovative design, a bladeless ceiling fan can produce stronger and more even airflow while consuming less electricity than a typical ceiling fan. These fans are especially good for rooms with low ceilings.

Whole house fans are another energy efficient cooling option that are perfect for areas where the nights cool down. These fans run at night, pulling cool air through a few open windows and venting hot air out through the attic.

Swapping a light for a ceiling fan wont have much of an electrical impact but installing a central air conditioning system or even a window unit might. Any time you add a major appliance, like a hot tub or an air conditioner, you need to make sure your electrical system can handle the increased load.

If you employ a fair amount of power strips and extension cords in your home, you are probably using more electricity than your panel was designed to offer. Lights dimming or flickering, breakers tripping, buzzing and crackling noises coming from your electrical panel, or your panel feeling warm to the touch are all signs your electrical system is maxed out.

Your electrical service and panel are key to your cooling options. Your electrical service is the strength of the electrical current fed into your panel from the citys grid. Your electrical panel then disperses this electricity through your home via circuits protected by breakers. Todays homes use a lot more electricity than they did even 20 years ago, so the service and panel of an older home may need to be replaced if youre considering adding new air conditioning appliances.

Jeff Stock is the owner of Elk Ridge Electric in Billings.

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A key to numerous architectural projects, whether residential, commercial, public or industrial, high-tech ceramic is widely appreciated for a number of reasons, both technical and aesthetic.Technical qualities include resistance, easy cleaning, safety and inalterability over the years, a set of qualities that make these materials perfect for large and small outdoor areas as well as major renovation projects.Their aesthetic performance includes the many effects, colours and perfect reproductions of the principal natural materials, as will be apparent in the gallery of brandsin the Iris Ceramica Group, world leaders in the field of Italian designed and made ceramics.

The Iris Ceramica Groups innovation and technical development include not only design but production and distribution of top quality ceramic products and customised accessories.In addition to aesthetic and technical aspects, beginning with careful selection of raw materials and continuing throughout the entire production process, special attention has been paid in recent years to development of different slab sizes.In the past the choice was limited to the traditional tile sizes which are still in use and available on the market. But the evolution of architecture and of demand for public and private construction projects demanded a range of different sizes in addition to the traditional ones, relaunching the sector and offering new potential for architects.

FMG Maxfine slabs measure up to 320x160 cm, with a reduced thickness of only 6 mm, permitting original continuity among spaces, a drastic reduction of visual obstacles and interruptions, easier cleaning and brighter spaces.

These factors add to a number of known and certified qualities of FMG porcelain, compactness, homogeneity, impermeability, as well as resistance to wear, temperature excursions, build-up and stains.

The Maxfine catalogue offers 87 different colours and types of surface to meet all the requirements of everyday living.

H270: the new Maxfine FMG sizes

FMG and Iris Ceramica Group technology continues to travel the path of technical innovation, exploring the new sizes presented in the gallery here.

The H270 programme includes the two new 270x120 and 120x120 cm sizes: "created to simplify installation, they areeasy to handle,can be transported to upper floors on stairwaysand areeasily and effortlessly installed", and thats not all!The 270x120 cm size is a new shape responding to the requirements of liveability, perfect for covering walls and all kinds of other applications, and recommended for renovation projects.All this in order to "simplify the refurbishment of floors and walls with no need to remove existing materials" and make the material "perfect forinstalling up to the ceilingas it eliminates cutting and waste by corresponding to standard room height which is 270cm", while the 120x120 cm size complies with the standard measurements of shower trays.

In line with the Iris Ceramica Groups vision, the H270 system is particularly sustainable as the new measurements do away with cut-off scrap and waste on the work site.

Aesthetically, as we have seen, H270 ceramic slabs reproduce the look of marbles, stones and Venetian terrazzo flooring.

Elegant, highly expressive surfaces, the White Calacatta, Bianco Venato Extra, Calacatta Grey and dark Black Marquina, Sahara Noir varieties of marble, along with the deep green of Aosta Green Marble, show off the refined elegance of the worlds most popular marbles. This timeless material is perfect for the areas in the home associated with hospitality, the kitchen and living room, as well as the private spaces of bedrooms and bathrooms, adding a prestigious touch of luxury and optimising light levels.

The classic handcrafting tradition is kept alive in Venice Zinc and Venice Ivory, featuring all the colours and dynamism of Venetian terrazzo flooring with its delicate inclusions.

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Dublin, Aug. 06, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Global Kitchen Hood Market Outlook, 2026" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

A kitchen hood, exhaust hood, or range hood is a device containing a mechanical fan that hangs above the stove or cooktop in the kitchen. It removes airborne grease, combustion products, fumes, smoke, heat, and steam from the air by evacuation of the air and filtration. Although largely overlooked, a range hood is one of the most important appliances in the kitchen. They are designed to remove odors, heat, and smoke that can occur while cooking. The Global Kitchen Hood Market Outlook, 2026 report beings from an overview of industry structure, and analyses market size and forecast of the market by product, region, sales channel, and company. In addition, this report introduces the market competition situation among the vendors and company profile, besides, market price analysis and value chain features are covered in this report. The trend growth to keep the kitchen well-managed, clean, and elegant looking space is to allow the market to grow over an anticipated CGAR of 4.9%.

Based on product type the range hood market is classified into wall mount hood, under cabinet type hood, ceiling mount, and others like island mount hood, downdraft ventilation hoods, ventilator power pack hoods, and others. The wall mount product segment is anticipated to expand at over 5.6% CAGR through 2026. The range hoods with their ability to be placed in the walls with needing extra space in the kitchen cabinets is the major factor for the market growth. These systems assist in getting rid of smoke and lingering smell completely as they are installed directly above the cooking range in commercial and residential kitchens. While the under cabinet segment is likely to show a decline in the forecasted period, others are expected to have an incline in the market share. Kitchen hoods are steadily replacing exhaust fans as they are more effective in the ventilation process. Hence, the need to effectively reduce the excess heat in the kitchen and demand for advanced home appliances that support efficient and convenient cooking habits is increasing the installation as they are capable of smoke and odor through baffle and mesh filters.

First, the concentration degree of the Kitchen Hood industry is not high, with North America leading with a market share of 33.93% in the year 2020. There are more than a hundred manufacturers in the world, and high-end products mainly from Germany, America, Italy, and China. Italy has a long history and unshakable statuses in this industry, like Elica and Faber (though it is a part of FRANKE now), both have the perfect design. As to Germany, the Bosch Group has become a global leader, which has two main brands (Bosch and Siemens), and several special brands, such as Thermador. The import and export percent of this industry is high. Chinese products mainly export to Oceania, Europe, Middle East, and Africa, and take a big market share of underdevelopment regions market, like Vietnam, Brazil, and Pakistan. Hong Kong is the biggest export market of China, more than 80% of kitchen hoods are from China mainland. On the developed market, like America, Canada, Germany, and France, Italy is the empire. Mexico also has a large number of exports due to its geographic advantage. By the end of the forecasted period, Latin America along with Middle East & Africa regions together is likely to cross over a market share of 12%.

Market leaders are introducing new models of wall mount range hoods in various sizes and shapes to cater to the growing demand. For instance, in January 2019, Elica launched its new Varna Black Vent Hood with enhanced aesthetic appeal and a black stainless steel finish. The system includes multifunctional and intuitive electronic touch controls that enhance user convenience. The hood is integrated with an advanced HUSH Sound Suppression System that ensures low noise and provides a quiet working environment in the kitchen. Stringent regulations by various regional governments regarding the cleanliness and hygiene in restaurants and food chains have mandated the installation of range hoods, which is also boosting the market growth. Moreover, these devices offer added advantages, such as heat reduction, maintenance of air quality, and increased safety. On the other hand, high maintenance costs and availability of substitutes, such as exhaust, are anticipated to hamper the growth of the market.

This report forecasts revenue growth at regional and country levels and provides an analysis of the latest industry trends in each of the sub-segments from 2015 to 2026. For this study, the publisher has segmented the Global Kitchen Hood Market report based on product, distribution channel, and region:

Key Topics Covered:

1. Executive Summary

2. Report Methodology

3. Global Kitchen Hood Market Outlook3.1. Market Size by Value3.2. Market Share3.2.1. By Product Type3.2.2. By Sales Channel3.2.3. By Region3.2.4. By Country3.2.5. By Company

4. North America Kitchen Hood Market Outlook4.1. Market Size by Value4.2. Market Share4.2.1. By Product Type4.2.2. By Sales Channel4.2.3. By Country4.3. US Kitchen Hood Market Outlook4.3.1. Market Size by Value4.3.2. Market Share by Product Type4.4. Canada Kitchen Hood Market Outlook4.4.1. Market Size by Value4.4.2. Market Share by Product Type4.5. Mexico Kitchen Hood Market Outlook4.5.1. Market Size by Value4.5.2. Market Share by Product Type

5. Europe Kitchen Hood Market Outlook5.1. Market Size by Value5.2. Market Share5.2.1. By Product Type5.2.2. By Sales Channel5.2.3. By Country5.3. Germany Kitchen Hood Market Outlook5.3.1. Market Size by Value5.3.2. Market Share by Product Type5.4. UK Kitchen Hood Market Outlook5.4.1. Market Size by Value5.4.2. Market Share by Product Type5.5. France Kitchen Hood Market Outlook5.5.1. Market Size by Value5.5.2. Market Share by Product Type5.6. Spain Kitchen Hood Market Outlook5.6.1. Market Size by Value5.6.2. Market Share by Product Type5.7. Italy Kitchen Hood Market Outlook5.7.1. Market Size by Value5.7.2. Market Share by Product Type5.8. Russia Kitchen Hood Market Outlook5.8.1. Market Size by Value5.8.2. Market Share by Product Type

6. Asia-Pacific Kitchen Hood Market Outlook6.1. Market Size by Value6.2. Market Share6.2.1. By Product Type6.2.2. By Sales Channel6.2.3. By Country6.3. China Kitchen Hood Market Outlook6.3.1. Market Size by Value6.3.2. Market Share by Product Type6.4. Japan Kitchen Hood Market Outlook6.4.1. Market Size by Value6.4.2. Market Share by Product Type6.5. India Kitchen Hood Market Outlook6.5.1. Market Size by Value6.5.2. Market Share by Product Type6.6. Australia Kitchen Hood Market Outlook6.6.1. Market Size by Value6.6.2. Market Share by Product Type

7. Latin America Kitchen Hood Market Outlook7.1. Market Size by Value7.2. Market Share7.2.1. By Product Type7.2.2. By Sales Channel7.2.3. By Country7.3. Brazil Kitchen Hood Market Outlook7.3.1. Market Size by Value7.3.2. Market Share by Product Type7.4. Argentina Kitchen Hood Market Outlook7.4.1. Market Size by Value7.4.2. Market Share by Product Type7.5. Columbia Kitchen Hood Market Outlook7.5.1. Market Size by Value7.5.2. Market Share by Product Type

8. Middle East & Africa Kitchen Hood Market Outlook8.1. Market Size by Value8.2. Market Share8.2.1. By Product Type8.2.2. By Sales Channel8.2.3. By Country8.3. UAE Kitchen Hood Market Outlook8.3.1. Market Size by Value8.3.2. Market Share by Product Type8.4. Saudi Arabia Kitchen Hood Market Outlook8.4.1. Market Size by Value8.4.2. Market Share by Product Type8.5. Qatar Kitchen Hood Market Outlook8.5.1. Market Size by Value8.5.2. Market Share By Product Type8.6. South Africa Kitchen Hood Market Outlook8.6.1. Market Size by Value8.6.2. Market Share by Product Type

9. Market Dynamics9.1. Key Drivers9.2. Key Challenges

10. Market Trends and Developments10.1. Artificial Intelligence10.2. Alarm Feature10.3. Dishwasher-Safe Baffle Filters10.4. Environmental Variability11. Company Profiles11.1. Asko Appliances11.2. Broan Inc11.3. BSH Home Appliances11.4. Elica S.P.A11.5. Faber S.P.A11.6. Falmec S.P.A

12. Strategic Recommendations

13. Disclaimer

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An ambient soundscape drones through hidden speakers, the composition akin to the pleasant hums of a sound bath. Whooshing. Rhythmless. Meditative.

The tour guide, in this case Allison Wall, proceeds by clicking a pocket flashlight, which beams an unobtrusive red light.

Watch your step walking up, she says, raising her voice to speak slightly louder. The resonant soundtrack projects at a volume that would be overbearing were it any other genre.

Youre led down a dark hallway. The clad-wood floor creaks with every step, as if one were walking on an old ship deck punished for decades by sun and sea. Combined with the music, one might imagine theyre walking through a portal to an ancient, faraway temple.

The auditory illusion is charming, considering the floor and the conjoining installation yet to be seen were only recently constructed by artist Glenn Kaino.

You turn left into an open room, brighter than the hallway but still dimly lit. The walls are covered from the floor to the structural ceiling beams in the same wood cladding you were treading moments before. But that observation comes later, as your head immediately swivels left, eyes trained on two transparent boxes that appear to be glowing.

Scrunching down to eye level with the bright, rectangular beacons, you seesalt? Or what looks like the granules, but holographic, without substance. They seem to be falling, some more steadily like misty rain but disrupted by darting grainy streams whizzing aimlessly in the confines, disappearing split seconds after appearing over and over.

The cloud chambers are scientific devices that are designed to let you see air particles that we normally cant see with the naked eye, explains Wall, Compounds exhibition coordinator.

Scientists from NASAs Jet Propulsion Laboratory assisted Kaino in crafting the cloud chambers, sculptures that are emblematic of the LA-based multimedia artists fascination for science and obsession with illusion, the latter a skill he studied for over a decade that awarded him a membership at the exclusive Magic Castle.

The base of the cloud chamber is charged with a layer of frozen isopropyl alcohol. When immersed in the evaporating mist, onlookers can see the grain-like manifestations of the neurons, protons, muons and alpha particles swirling inside.

Its mesmerizing, said Hiroko Kusano, Compounds Chief Operation Officer.

Wall directs your attention left, toward a wall-hung 3D art composition encased behind glass.

Shiny bits of golden-colored metal deconstructed from model car kits explode around a spiky sea urchin placed in the center; Kaino calls it Tidepools.

Tidepools is also the name of the entire immersive art installation currently on display inside Compounds Laboratory room. Every four to five months the art venue and wellness center will commission an artist to take over the 1,900 square-foot warehouse and transform the space into something wholly unique.

Glenn Kaino was commissioned for the venues inaugural show, which formally opened its doors July 15 after not one, but two COVID-19 related setbacks.

The Laboratory is meant to be experimental, Kusano said and awards the artist absolute creative freedom. A second, more traditional-style gallery is inside the venues main building, titled Radical Empathy.

Reservations are required to see Tidepools, and only groups from the same household may enter together, masked while indoors. Guests are encouraged to roam Compounds main complex and sculpture garden freely as a text notification will alert guests for their turn.

The Tidepools tour is about 10 minutes long and consists of two phases. The cloud chamber is the first, the second is the bioluminescent wishing well. The ambient soundtrack by musicians Nosaj Thing and Jacques Green is considered the third component of the installation, but only the first two are participatory.

A wood cladding partition separates the cloud chamber from the wishing well. Rounding a corner, you spy six slim strips of red light emanating from the wood floor. The lines stop at each point of a transparent hexagonal container about three feet tall that slants upward at the top, creating a smaller six-sided opening.

This is the wishing well, Wallsays. Step forward and you can make a wish and drop it in the well. The water illuminates the path of your wish and itll rest on the foundation of all the other wishes.

Youll have to sanitize your hands momentarily. Wall will hand you a ceramic coin, a white palm-sized oval disk thats smooth to the touch. You take a few steps to approach the well and suddenly the red lights go out. After a moment you notice the wishing wells beckoning subtle blue hue.

The water erupts upon contact with the disk into a bright, glittery aquamarine ripple. As it descends in the water the blue path is traced in a shimmery neon stream that lingers momentarily.

The water, its got bioluminescent flagellatesits a type of plankton, Wall says. Any disturbance in the water and they will light up.

This micro replication of the red tides, a natural phenomenon that sporadically occurs in Southern California beaches, including Long Beach shores, is another scientific collaboration, this time with the Scripps Institute.

In the artists press release Kaino explains that his desire to create these magical, ethereal moments of visibility is a vehicle for empathy.

Theyre intended to create moments of visibility for things that are invisible around us. Most people dont feel seen, understood. Making things visible is a form of empathy, he said. And the glowing trail you can actually visualize your wish!

The experience ends when youre back at the dark reception room. This time though, Wall points out a projection of a 3D printed seashell dangling in front of the red spotlight. No one notices it when they first enter because their eyes are still adjusting, Wall explains.

The Tidepools exhibition will be up until end of the year, organizers said. Entrance and exhibitions are free, however RSVP is strongly encouraged, click here. Compound is open from noon to 7 p.m. Thursday through Sunday.

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Titled Masses and Movements, Mark Bradfords exhibition inaugurates Hauser & Wirths latest addition to its globe-spanning gallery empire, in the outbuildings of a former 18th-century hospital on Illa del Rei, an islet in the port of Ma, the diminutive capital of the island of Menorca. Yet, the new outposts somewhat unlikely remote location belies the dynamics of power, conquest and influence that have flowed for centuries around Menorcas strategically advantageous pin on the Mediterraneans naval map. Consisting of 16 intricately textured works on canvas, an installation of globes and a two-part mural, Bradford fittingly deals both literally and metaphorically with expansion into uncharted waters.

Mark Bradford, Masses and Movements, 2021, installation view, Hauser & Wirth, Menorca. Courtesy: the artist and Hauser & Wirth, Menorca; photography: Stefan Altenburger

The exhibitions central motif is the 1507 Waldseemller world map, the first to depict a landmass in the far reaches of the Atlantic and to name it America. Lines of latitude and longitude drawn with caulk arc across the scarified canvases made using Bradfords characteristic technique of gouging out and sanding away encrusted layers of glued paper at times recalling the boundaries of African nations, riverbeds, roads or windrose lines, the web-like networks of early navigational charts. Bones and Their Makers (all works 2021) is a brooding nocturne of leaden greys, caustic blacks and fragments of crooked continents formed by two panels originally intended as individual horizontal works. Jammed together to make a diptych, its central joint reads like a tectonic plate boundary, or a fold in a strange, stratified atlas of ashes and scrimshaw whale teeth decoratively etched by sailors in the 1800s.

Mark Bradford, Spatial Equity, 2021 mixed media installation, dimensions variable.Courtesy: the artist and Hauser & Wirth; photo: Stefan Altenburger

With an understated trail of clues laid by their titles, Bradfords paintings span from the European discovery of the New World, settler colonialism and the trade of enslaved peoples to the American Civil War and racialized urban zoning. Four works are named after chapters of a biography of Thomas-Alexandre Dumas, a man born into slavery in 1762 in present-day Haiti who rose to become a swashbuckling general in the French army. With fragments of comics appearing among their masses of dcollage, The Bottom of the Revolution and Sugar Factory seem to work over the same detail of the Waldseemller map or else one emulates the other, as if a bootleg copy. In contrast, The Price of Disaster appears to zoom far out, giving the impression of a planet moored in inky space. Its cacophony of colours recalls infrared satellite images used to monitor habitat loss and climate change, while its title points to W.E.B. Du Boiss analysis, in Black Reconstruction in America (1935), of Americas failure to take account of the legacies of slavery.

Hanging in a row from the ceiling, Spatial Equity comprises seven black-and-gold paper globes of increasing size, as if Bradford were compelled to repeatedly create an ever bigger picture of world affairs. Yet, an untitled mural in an adjacent gallery is a cosmic retort to purely terrestrial paradigms. Painted on and scratched out of the walls, it juxtaposes the attenuated form of America on the 1507 map with a phrase that summarizes the then-impending revolution in astronomy: IN THE CENTER RESTS THE SUN, a reference to Nicolaus Copernicuss realization that the sun, not the Earth, was the centre of the universe.

Mark Bradford, Masses and Movements, 2021, installation view, Hauser & Wirth, Menorca. Courtesy: the artist and Hauser & Wirth, Menorca; photography: Stefan Altenburger

Paintings are only details, the artist remarked at the exhibitions preview, while connecting the curfews following the 1992 Los Angeles uprising to the uncanny sense of being outside during COVID-19 lockdowns, and how it might have felt to navigate into unknown seas in the 16th century. In his 2010 essay Amsterdam Is Standing on Norway, the environmental historian Jason W. Moore draws on a nautical metaphor to evoke the manoeuvres needed to unravel the epochal transformations of the early-modern world and how it shaped our own without becoming mired in particularisms: dialectical tacking. Likewise, Bradfords Masses and Movements manages to sail into the wind of expansive and enduring questions while literally only scratching the surface.

Mark Bradford's Masses and Movements is on view at Hauser & Wirth Menorca until 31 October 2021.

Main Image: Untitled(detail), 2021 mixed media installation, dimensions variable.Courtesy: the artist and Hauser & Wirth; photo: Stefan Altenburger

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Approaching the Beaux-Arts building of the Asian Museum from Civic Center Plaza across the street, you might think that nothing has changed for almost six years, despite over $ 100 million in expansion and upgrade projects. Hmm. Completed in 2020, we are currently opening a new exhibition space. However, when I go to the entrance from a nearby shop behind the museum, the three murals declare that it is not. From the floor-to-ceiling window, you can see the line drawing of Chanel Millers Know My Name: AMemoir. Jennifer K. Woffords colorful pattern recognition fills the wall at the street level. Then, around the corner, the blue and pink Do nt Mess With Me woman from Jas Charanjiba looks down from the terrace and raises one hand with the thumb of a brass knuckle. For a museum with a collection of about 6000 years, welcoming us with contemporary Asian works, the Asian diaspora is equivalent to shouting, Asian art is a phenomenon of the past, not the past.

The museum has pointed out this point for a long time. The curator incorporated modern and contemporary paintings, pottery and other small and medium-sized works into some galleries of the collection, and exhibited a large installation in the lobby area on the ground floor. However, these often felt like isolated additions. Today, contemporary art has a larger and more integrated presence. The new 8,500-square-foot state-of-the-art gallery for special exhibitions allows one of the existing ground floor galleries to be dedicated to modern consignment and acquisition. In designing this extension, Los Angeles-based architect Kulapat Yantrasast added a rooftop art terrace that will open later this month or early September.

Two pieces of glittering glass beads have already been prepared: Dont Mess With Me, Ai Weiweis 2007 Fountain of Light, and Vladimir Tatlins spiral 1919-20 Monument to the Third International. It has been. These include Ala Ebtekahs Luminous Ground. This is a 55-foot-long handmade tile in which the artist printed an image from the Hubble Telescope using a blueprint, an early photographic process in Prussian blue tones. From the terrace, visitors can enter the collection galleries on the 2nd and 3rd floors, where they can enter the world as diverse, dynamic and global as the world in which the artist currently works.

Here, the layout has changed little, with a selection from the museums nearly 18,000 collections organized within a geographical section with both chronological and thematic groups. For example, a dark-walled room filled with Indonesian gold jewels or Chinese jade sculptures. Each section also selects one or two masterpieces with more eye-catching and informative presentations.

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