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.”
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The
La Jolla Light presents this continuing series of online activities to undertake on your computer or tablet during your quarantine quandary.
Lectures & learning
• UC San Diego presents
“A Deep Look Into Earth Day 2021: The Changing Climate of Our Natural World” at noon Thursday, April 22, online. UCSD researchers will offer a range of perspectives on how the climate, human activities and other forces interconnect with the natural world. Free.
• Citizens’ Climate Lobby presents the
“Wild & Scenic” film festival beginning at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 22, online. The event, which runs through April 27, features 20 award-winning films about nature, activism, conservation, climate change, wildlife, environmental justice and agriculture. $25 ($20 with discount code CCLSDN); $15 for students.
Print Jonah Gercke grew up in a theatrical family, where both of his parents run local theater companies: Francis Gercke of Backyard Renaissance in San Diego and Kristianne Kurner of New Village Arts in Carlsbad.
But for the 22-year-old Gercke, who uses the pronouns they/them/theirs, film was always their first and only passion. At age 9, they could recite from memory the weekly film national box office tallies. And after graduating from high school in Carlsbad, they filmed a documentary on teen relations in Israel and the West Bank that earned the budding filmmaker a 2018 Genius grant from OZY Magazine.
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