An audiovisual work using footage from the Wilshire Federal Building in Los Angeles on June 23, 2025, when the National Guard arrived to assist in ICE-related operations. Statistics sourced from ABC News and TRAC Immigration. Text generated by DeepSeek, responding to questions sung in looped vocal layers from the perspectives of a police officer, ICE agent, mother, child, and day laborer. Exposes the dissonance between legal rights and what actually occurred in Los Angeles in summer 2025.
Anaís Azul (they/them) is a Peruvian-born, California-raised composer, charango player, vocalist, and educator. They hold a B.M. from Boston University, an MFA from CalArts, and are pursuing a Ph.D. in Digital Composition at UCR. Their debut album Simp’ashani: Canciones Trenzadas (2024) was created during a Fulbright U.S. Student Research Award in Perú. They are a co-star in the Apple TV show ‘Pluribus’ (2025).