The extraordinary Chicano art group of the 70's-80's, ASCO, who merged activism/art and challenged representation in the art world, politics, and Hollywood through their incendiary performance art, photography, video, and muralism.
Venturing from Venice Beach to Watts, Varda looks at the murals of LA as backdrop to and mirror of the city’s many cultures. She casts a curious eye on graffiti and photorealism, roller disco & gang violence, evangelical Christians, Hare Krishnas, artists, angels and ordinary Angelenos.
