Terminal 1, Level 3, post-security

LA Rhapsody – Super Moon / Opus No.1 is Karchi Perlmann’s personal dialogue with Los Angeles in the form of a large-scale photographic installation. The installation is inspired by the first known panorama, painted by Robert Baker who immortalized the life and times of Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1787. Upon first encounter, LA Rhapsody portrays a majestic view of the city, but closer inspection reveals that the artwork serves as a platform to examine the daily life of the city. It exposes a multichotomous world where the iconic, the privileged, the mundane and the underrepresented coexist within a stone’s throw.

LA Rhapsody brings a new paradigm to the photographic language; the photograph's epic size influences a viewer’s experience as one changes vantage points, affecting one’s relationship to time, content and genre. The work pushes the boundaries of printing limitations and formal conventions of the medium by posing contradictions to the inherent nature of photography. LA Rhapsody is a cinematic journey of discovery, filled with vast and endless narratives of the city and its people. By revealing the everyday and the extraordinary, LA Rhapsody portrays a metropolis that is an enigmatic wonder to its citizens, if not the world.

Photographer and filmmaker Karchi Perlmann hails from Budapest, Hungary, the birthplace of his photographic heritage. Influenced by fellow Hungarian artists László Moholy-Nagy, André Kertész, Brassaï and Robert Capa, Perlmann has worked in advertising, architecture, travel and entertainment. Since settling in Los Angeles in 1999, Perlmann has focused on the intriguing world of Southern California, creating works portraying Venice Beach, Joshua Tree and Los Angeles’ urban-scape as lyrical, surreal or abstract environments.

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