All Things Lost/Todo Lo Perdido November 2, 2006

Santa Monica, CA - 18th Street Arts Center is pleased
to present, “All Things Lost/Todo Lo Perdido,” an
interactive altar installation by Marcus
Kuiland-Nazario. The work, which involves various
parts of the local community, will be presented free
to the public twice in Santa Monica over two days in
early November. For more information, please contact
Michael Sakamoto at 18th Street Arts Center,
310-453-3711, x103 or [email protected].

“All Things Lost/Todo Lo Perdido” is inspired by
losses in life, traditional Day of the Dead altars,
the classic Mexican film, “Macario,” and
obsessive-compulsiv e disorders. Participants are
encouraged to come and create objects representing
their loss and discuss that loss with four artist
“experts.” Enjoy some hot chocolate and dead bread
and share your losses. The installation reflects and
celebrates how one mourns what is lost. In the spirit
of Day of the Dead observances, All Things Lost/Todo
Lo Perdido includes food, drink, merriment and
irreverence around the themes of death, loss and
mortality. The audience is invited to bring photos or
objects representing things that have been lost for
the altar.

Artist Marcus Kuiland-Nazario: “Mexican Day of the
Dead altars typically have four sides representing the
cardinal points - East, North, West and South. The
altar in All Things Lost/Todo Lo Perdido will
represent four kinds of losses that we all suffer
traveling through life:
1) The loss of a loved one because they have died.
2) The loss of a loved one because of a host of
reasons, yet they are still alive. Reasons such as
disagreements, geography, break ups, arguments,
artistic differences or a coma.
3) The loss of tangible things because of
absent-mindedness, natural disaster, irresponsibility,
debt, geography, transmission failure, clerical error
or surgical removal.
4) The loss of an intangible thing such as innocence,
vice, weight, hope, fun, dignity, health, love,
inspiration, virtue, fear, bitterness or faith.