ASCO: Without Permission

Growing up as the weird, gay, artistic kid from Lincoln Heights, gangs surrounded the neighborhood, and my family was a part of that. ASCO taught me how to channel that raw energy into creating images that could be funny, horrific, and political without being too…

Christopher Velasco

In part, this was a documentary that covered the historical setting (the East LA walk outs, Chicano moratorium, gang violence and marginalization) that the members grew up in, along with their personal backgrounds. But another part was a series of vignettes by artists…

wkwforever

Patssi Valdez is so iconic and beautiful…that it doesn’t even matter if we must hear younger artists stuck in art speak. ASCO remains one of the greatest art collectives of all time - even if the ASCO B years are glossed over. Can you imagine Diane Gamboa getting…

Dakota Noot

impossible to watch this and not feel inspired i think! watching with a particular group of friends (and taking up an entire row together) made the effect even stronger. made me reflect on how many groups like this there must be, just working outside of hollywood so not…

eeL sairU

there's so much i could say about how i went to chicago a few years ago just to see harry gamboa jr talk about his time in asco/his thoughts on la's art scene and how i feel like asco is one of the most influential art collectives i've learned about. instead i keep thinking…

oakley

Patssi Valdez. Who would asco be without her?  I love that she got to shine in this doc!

aarum

The idea to have contemporary short-films inspired by asco was cute. However, it ended up feeling like watching three overproduced school projects in the end. These short films did not come from the same place. Completely lost the experimental edge. Also, as a fellow…

ethanmousike

Jesus Christ, what a miserable depiction of the long march into the institutions that has bedeviled all the transgressive art of the last century or so. Everything about this movie felt like a betrayal. Asco, as a kind of *only in LA* Chicano art story, remains one of the…

davebobb

First movie night at Palabra in a long time. Showtime said 7 so I got there early and ending up waiting for two hours until it started so I unfortunately missed both Cinesylum screenings last night. But it was worth it to catch up with some friends and be introduced to new…

catboycount