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Vibrant Patterns Envelop Dozens of Mythical Animal Sculptures That Explore the Folk Art Traditions of Mexico

In Guardians, artists María del Carmen Mendoza Méndez and Jacobo Ángeles Ojeda, of Jacobo and Maria Ángeles Workshop, pay homage to the mythical creatures of their Oaxacan childhoods. The husband-wife duo carves the soft wood of the copal tree into fantastical creatures that reference Mesoamerican spirituality and Mexican folk art, including the sculptures known as alebrijes. They refer to the unearthly characters as Tonas and Nahuales and cloak the birds, butterflies, and beasts in vibrant patterns and Zapotec symbols.

All images courtesy of Murmur Ring/Jackie Trezzo

Holocene and the Hollywood Theatre present... FIN DE CINEMA A screening of: The Fruit of Paradise (Vera Chytilova, 1970) With live score composed and performed by: Fanno Creek Ben Darwish & Coco Columbia Murmur Ring (Jem from the Ghost Ease) Doors at 8:30, film begins promptly at 9. $7 day of show 21+ FIN DE CINEMA is our quarterly live film score series, re-imagining classic art films by pairing them with boundary-pushing local musicians. This edition focuses on our favorite era of film - the Czech New Wave, in all of its colorful psychedelic splendor. We're screening radical feminist director Vera Chytilova's far-out Adam & Eve tale from 1970, The Fruit of Paradise. We'll see the score lovingly reinvented by folk-rockers Fanno Creek, jazz / pop composer Ben Darwish (of Morning Ritual, Commotion and more) in collaboration with future-pop vocalist Coco Columbia, and sound artist Murmur Ring (aka Jem Marie of The Ghost Ease in her ambient / drone - leaning side project).