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The first of his video series, produced in 2010, invites viewers to "watch and follow the lives of jaded young adults as they navigate the golden light and melancholic shadows of life in the magical dreamscape of Los
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On May 19, 2012, The MOCA LA presented the series as a special one-night screening and performance event. In between screenings of video portraits, Israel created three additional interviews with surprise guests
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worked together on a set of collaborative paintings, taking samples of Ellis's text and laying them across stock images of Los
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on creating a 20-foot-tall replica of a Rimowa roller suitcase. In 2020, he worked with
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