What Water Wants; Audio Tour

Saturday, December 7, 2024
3:00 - 5:00 PM 
Lewis MacAdams Riverfront Park 

Join us for a 30-minute audio tour What Water Wants by artist Rosten Woo. 

The tours will begin promptly at 3:15 PM, 3:50 PM, and 4:30 PM for up to 40 participants per tour. All attendees will be provided binaural over-the-ear headsets to experience What Water Wants. The tour is available in both English and Spanish. Guests will be encouraged to enter the inclined river channel with assistance from Clockshop staff, but it is not required to enjoy the audio tour. Participants can listen to the tour from the level pedestrian path. 

If this event is at capacity or you are not able to join this event, you are welcome to visit Lewis MacAdams Park and listen to the tour at anytime. We recommend over-the-ear headphones, visiting at sunset, and bringing a cushion to sit in the river channel for the best experience. Project signage can be found on the light post in front of the park, with a QR code to access the tour. 

TICKETING INFORMATION

• RSVP is required as we have a limited number of headsets. You are welcome to bring your own over-the-ear headset to ensure you can enjoy the experience. 
• Please arrive at least 15 minutes before the start time of the timed tour you sign up for. Arriving late (at or after the tour start time) may result in a forfeited ticket.
• Please only sign up for one tour time. If you sign up for one tour time but arrive for the other tour time, you will need to join the waitlist dependent on capacity. 

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During twin crises of storm floods and droughts, how can Angelenos reimagine our relationship with water? Clockshop and Los Angeles-based artist Rosten Woo consider this in What Water Wants, a temporary art commission on the Los Angeles River. Woo activates a section of the Glendale Narrows channel in Elysian Valley to situate visitors within the hydrological networks of the greater Los Angeles Basin, one of the city’s most misunderstood and complex infrastructural systems. In a 30-minute experience, the audio tour moves between a guided meditation and speculative disaster horror, sonically transporting listeners across geographic time and space to experience water’s flows, speeds, and movements across the basin.

Sound design and Score by Celia Hollander.

ARRIVAL & PARKING

The entrance is at 2944 Gleneden Street. The park is also accessible via L.A. River Bikeway and is located near the 603 and 92 bus routes.

The park has a small parking lot that is first-come, first-served. Please consider reserving these spots for families with young children and those with limited mobility. If you are able-bodied and are not accompanying young children, consider an alternative method of transportation. The park is located in a dense residential area, and street parking needs to be reserved for residents.  We highly recommend using public transportation, rideshare, biking, or carpooling.

SUPPORT
Lead support is provided by the Getty Foundation with additional support from ARLA, The Nature Conservancy, National Endowment for the Arts (Our Town), Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), and Clockshop’s generous community of supporters. Clockshop also thanks MRCA (Mountain Recreation & Conservation Authority) for the generous use of Lewis MacAdams Park for the installation.

What Water Wants is among more than 70 exhibitions and programs presented as part of PST ART. Returning in September 2024 with its latest edition, PST ART: Art & Science Collide, this landmark regional event explores the intersections of art and science, both past and present. PST ART is presented by Getty. For more information about PST ART: Art & Science Collide, please visit pst.art.