APOLAKI: Film Screening and Artist Talk Presented by LACE (Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions) Sunday December 10, 2023 | 2-5 pm Philosophical Research Society 3910 Los Feliz Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90027 Limited free parking available on site Free admission – RSVP to rsvp@welcometolace.org Join LACE and Micaela Tobin (White Boy Scream) for a special screening of "APOLAKI: OPERA OF THE SCORCHED EARTH." Following the screening, Micaela will will host an artist talk with artists and collaborators Jay Carlon, Carlo Maghirang, and the Liyang Network. Light refreshments will be provided. "APOLAKI: OPERA OF THE SCORCHED EARTH" is a new experimental opera by Filipino-American composer Micaela Tobin in collaboration with installation designer Carlo Maghirang and dancer/choreographer Jay Carlon. Continuing her celebration of the pre-colonial mythologies of the Philippines, Tobin’s new work tells the story of Apolaki, the precolonial God of Sun and War, who finds themself lost in a foreign and unfamiliar land (present day Tongva Land/Los Angeles) after being displaced from the Philippines by Spanish colonizers. This opera is a radical meditation on the complex relationships between settler colonialism, migration, and diaspora, and invites the audience to join Apolaki in this immersive pilgrimage, premiering at the historic and storied Zorthian Ranch overlooking the Los Angeles Basin.