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Cartopias: Southern California Car Culture, Hot Rods and the Space Age
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
University Park Campus
Admission is free.
Explore the utopian aspirations — and dreams of transcendence — in ’50s and ’60s automotive design and youth car-mod subcultures.
10 a.m.-5 p.m. Car Show
Trousdale Parkway
3 p.m. Panel Discussion
Alumni Park
Throughout the day, stop by Trousdale Parkway to check out a display of historic automobiles from the golden era of California car culture, including space age concept cars and vintage hot rods.
In the afternoon, join us for a panel discussion with Curtis Marez, professor of American Studies and Ethnicity and Cinematic Arts at USC; Leslie Kendall, curator at the Petersen Automotive Museum; and Beth Werling, collections manager of Material Culture at the Museum of Natural History.
In addition, the USC Libraries will present an exhibition of historic photographs showing the influences of futurist design and lowrider, hot-rod and street-racing subcultures on Southern California car culture, immortalized in such films as American Graffiti.
Organized by William Dotson, Tyson Gaskill and Dace Taube (USC Libraries)