Welcome to Issue 03

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Video still from Peter Bo Rappmund and Adam R. Levine's Communion Los Angeles

\\COMMUNION, LOS ANGELES//INTERVIEW BETWEEN COLLABORATORS PETER BO RAPPMUND & ADAM R. LEVINE//

A joint interview and debate between between collaborators Peter Bo Rappmund and Adam R. Levine on the Los Angeles freeway system and their forthcoming documentary, Communion, Los Angeles. 

Introduction by Julie Niemi 

\\NOTES FOR AN OPERA TAKING AS ITS SUBJECT THE ACCIDENTAL ACQUISITION OF INFORMATION//

An essay on network culture, public television, and growing up weird in Los Angeles

By Sam Davis 

\\POST PRIVATE, NEVERHITSEND//

Collaborative publication between Nicholas Arehart, Bridget Batch, Danielle Bustillo, Joey Cannizzaro, Meghan Gordon, Jamie Hilder, Becca Lieb, David Sikander Muenzer, Bryne Rasmussen-Smith, and Tatiana Vahan

\\SEARING RED DUST, SLOW SMOKE, SLOW SOAP: A CREATIVE INVESTIGATION INTO HUY FUNG FOODS// 

A collection of seven recipes and flatbed scanner images contributed by local chefs in response to the Huy Fong Foods signature condiment, Sriracha 

By Erik Benjamins 

\\DINING AND DIRECT AID//

A contemporary and historical investigation on community-based funding structures for funding in the arts

By Emily Anne Kuriyama 

\\DEVOTION//

Photography by Lauren Everett 

\\DIGITAL COLLAGE BY CHRISTINE WANG & ICON PAINTINGS BY KIM ZSEBE//

\\ARTIST SPACES AND OTHER PLACES//

Conversations between VIA editors Julie Niemi, Ally Hasche, Maura Lucking and The Smell, East of Borneo, 356 Mission, Machine Project, and Public Fiction  

Introduction by Maura Lucking

\\CITY OF ANGLES//

A graphic designer presents two typefaces inspired by the physical and emotional landscape of his Los Angeles. 

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Moses Sumney photograph by Shayan Asgharnia

\\FOLLOWING SOUND//

Music reviews by Lowell Heflin, Andrew Veeder, Sandra Burciaga, and Ally Hasche

\\INTERVIEW WITH ALLY HASCHE AND DUBLAB//

\\KEEP IT VITAL//

A look into how Los Angeles' DIY music venues are struggling to survive

By Lowell Heflin 

\\INTERVIEW WITH ALLY HASCHE AND KERA and the LESBIANS//

 \\LA COMES HOME: A NIGHT AT LOW END THEORY//

By Jordan Pedersen

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Photograph by Heather Cleary
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