Claire has started experimenting with VIA's design. Pictured below is an image from Henri-Georges Clouzot's 1964 film, L'Enfer, the anchor theme in LACE's upcoming show, The End of the Night. This is only one page of over 60-pages of VIA's print content, coming your way mid-July. 

Casey Winkleman sat down with Leah Shirley in her neighborhood of Highland Park to discuss past and current work, her experiences growing up in Austin, and transitioning to Los Angeles after finishing her undergrad in Chicago. In addition to making her colorgrams, Shirley is also an assistant for The Dennis Hopper Art Trust, established to preserve the artistic legacy of the late actor and artist Dennis Hopper. Currently, Leah makes work at Contact Photo, one of the only wet darkroom labs left in Los Angeles. Look out for Leah Shirley's full feature in the first print issue of VIA Publication. 

Photo by EJ Hill

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Thank you to collaborators Justin Teichen and Gangplans for providing the film direction and music

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