I’m
David L. Coddon,
and here’s your guide to all things essential in San Diego’s arts and culture this week.
To say that there’s more than meets the eye when observing the artwork of
Baseera Khan would be an understatement. Deep within the materials Khan uses in multidisciplinary projects are both inner explorations and experiences with and within a complex world.
“I think about material and its production and infrastructure and how it influences economies,” said Khan, who is the current artist-in-residence at
Lux Art Institute in Encinitas and whose works are on exhibit there through June 5. Khan said of the creative process: “I think about some geopolitical things, some historical timelines, and then I hone in on the material based on how it actually creates identity.”
I’m
David L. Coddon,
and here’s your guide to all things essential in San Diego’s arts and culture this week.
There’s nothing “ironic” about
Alanis Morissette’s new video covering John Lennon’s “Happy Xmas (War is Over”). Paying homage to Lennon’s 1971 recording with the Plastic Ono Band and to Yoko Ono as well, the three-minute video depicts Morissette in a “bed-in” with her family while at the same time celebrating the holidays in this most difficult of years. True to Lennon’s original message, Morissette’s “Happy Xmas” also envisions a brighter future. Lennon at the time sang out for an end to the Vietnam War; the implied message in Morissette’s cover today is hope for an end to the viral enemy we’re fighting together.