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"A few miles northwest of Downtown Los Angeles and Skid Row, St. Vincent
Medical Center is considered one of the city’s most historical hospitals,
having supported Angelenos since the 19th century. Vacant since 2020, the
center is slated to become a full-service campus aimed at supporting people
with addiction, mental health concerns, housing insecurity, and more. This
transformation will begin in the next few months with a final target opening
date in 2028 and a wholesale takeover in the meantime.
Through July 31, visitors experience an alternative vision for communal
healing, all through the lens of 70 artists. Dubbed the
Hospital of Emotions,
the pop-up exhibition converts 80 rooms into temporary installations based on
eight themes: joy, love, fear, anger, hope, sadness, compassion, and
resilience. Among the participating artists are Lisa Waud, whose lush florals
spill across an operating room, and Greg Corbino, who built a barren forest
from cardboard.
Whatever you might feel in a medical setting is cast in immersive, mixed-media
artworks, creatively tapping into the strange, exhilarating, and terrifying
experience of being human. “
Hospital of Emotions begins with the space
itself. A hospital is where we confront fear, but also recognize what matters.
Here, the building becomes a journey through human emotion—shifting the focus
from treating the body to experiencing and processing emotion,” say exhibition
curators from the studio House of Art and Dreams.
More than 10,000 visitors explored the hospital opening weekend, and several
weekends are already sold out. Get your tickets and learn more about the
project on its website."
https://www.hospitalofemotions.com/
Via Susan ****
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