Embodying Empathy - The We In Me
Date: Thursday, November 4
Time: 6-9p
The Box parking lot
822 East 3rd Street
Los Angeles, CA 90013
Join us for The We in Me: Embodying Empathy, an evening of programming that centers empathy as a pathway towards civic engagement with performance, movement, embodiment, conversation, and music.
Embodying Empathy will take place in The Box’s large rectangular parking lot and showcase a two-story model home from artist Corazón del Sol’s low-income housing project, Jardin de Estrellas. Jardin des Estrellas is del Sol’s a community-focused project inspired in response to lack of low-income housing opportunities in Los Angeles, done in collaboration with Oasis Cannabis and ARCspace. Corazón will introduce the project and a model home prototype will be onsite for viewing by program guests.
As part of the evening’s programming, The Los Angeles Poverty Department will present an excerpt from “A New Compassionate Downtown,” directed by John Malpede and Henriëtte Brouwers and commissioned by the Museum of Contemporary Art for We Rise 2021. The theatrical work, performed by Skid Row artists, considers an alternative marketing approach that draws people who value compassion to Downtown L.A. Next, event guests will be led through an embodied practice by homeLA collaborator, Jay Carlon, who will choreograph our perception towards empathy. Jay will then join Corazón, Pastor Cue–the founder of the “Church Without Walls” which serves those experiencing homeless in DTLA’s Skid Row–and the audience in a conversation facilitated by Bernard Brown. The evening will come to a close after Cubanos Percussion entertain guests with their Afro-cuban sounds. Cubanos Percussion is a group of musicians who call Skid Row their home. See the evening’s program here.
This event is a part of The We in Me, homeLA’s pilot education program that considers homelessness through the lens of empathy and civic engagement. The We in Me furthers homeLA’s mission to promote intersectionality and cultivate inclusivity through the embodied exchange of ideas around varied contextual imaginings of “home.”
The We in Me: Embodying Empathy is produced in partnership with The Box and The Box artists, Corazón del Sol and Los Angeles Poverty Department.
This programming is made possible through the support of homeLA Advisory Board members. This activity is supported in part by the California Arts Council, a state agency. Learn more at www.arts.ca.gov. homeLA is fiscally sponsored by Fulcrum Arts.
