If you've lived here in Los Angeles for a number of years you probably already know the oil wells of Los Angeles. Hidden ones such as the one behind the Beverly Center, or the one covered by a wrapping of painted flowers over on Olympic Blvd and not-so-hidden ones such as the ones you see on La Cienega Blvd on the way to LAX.
Currently on exhibition at Center for Land Use Interpretation in Venice is : "Urban Crude: The Oil Fields of the Los Angeles Basin."
Urban Crude describes, in photographs and texts, the past and present of the 41 active oil fields of metropolitan Los Angeles, from which about 28 million barrels are extracted annually (down from the peak of 133 million barrels, in 1969). The exhibition pays particular attention to the myriad efforts to camouflage the petro-infrastructure — to suppress awareness of the fact that about 5,000 oil wells remain active in the midst of the second most populous city in the United States.
BTW : A few weeks ago, I watched a VBS video called "Uneven Terrain : Oil of Los Angeles". Thought y'all might enjoy learning a bit about oil here in this city. I had no idea there were actually pumping oil at the Farmer's Market over on Fairfax.
Open 12 noon to 5pm every Friday, Saturday and Sunday, or by appointment. Admission is free.
Center for Land Use Interpretation
9331 Venice Boulevard
Culver City, CA 90232
(310) 839-5722
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