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This article is part of a series on the history of graphic design and social activism in California from Artbound. Produced in partnership with Hyperallergic.
California s culture and art movements have long enjoyed a unique freedom from East Coast and European dogmas. This manifests itself in social, creative and aesthetic realms characterized by experimentation, openness and independence. Graphic design is a key element of defining this California way of life, from the clean, unencumbered lines of mid-century modernism to the flamboyant psychedelia of counterculture posters and publications, and the post-modern graphics of the 1980s and 90s. A mecca of consumerism, it is also a place of great creativity, freedom and social consciousness, where the status quo undergoes constant renovation, writes Louise Sandhaus in Earthquakes, Mudslides, Fires & Riots: California and Graphic Design, 1936-1986. Without solid ground, tradition lacks secure footing; old r
Study highlights risks of residential developments on hills of Chapala The report aims to support lawsuits against construction
Published on Friday, May 14, 2021
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A study has warned of the dangers posed by the construction of new residential developments on the lakeside hills of Chapala, Jalisco.
The environmental group Chimalli Axixic produced the study to support lawsuits against invasive construction in the surrounding hills brought by lawyer Raquel Gutiérrez Nájera.
It details the risk of landslides and documents the history of damage caused by development in the hills over the past 50 years in the the neighboring towns of San Juan Cosalá, Jocotepec and Ajijic.
Last year around this time I was cheerfully writing about the great upcoming art exhibitions, dance concerts and plays scheduled for the spring: paintings at the UA’s Joseph Gross gallery by a talented young Liberian refugee; a modern dance in Reid Park by the up-and-coming Hawkinsdance troupe; and an Irish play by acclaimed playwright Martin McDonagh at the Rogue Theatre.
I didn’t see any of them. They were all shut down by the coronavirus pandemic.
Things are getting better now, we hope. The vaccine has arrived and this miracle drug just may bring us back to life eventually.