Photographic Arts Council Los Angeles (PAC LA) is pleased to present “Constructing Rupture (The Distance),” a live Zoom lecture with artist Jackie Castillo, taking place on Thursday, July 23, 2026 at 11:00am PST.
This online lecture—produced and hosted by Hannah Sloan—offers an inside look at the development of “Rupture (The Distance),” Castillo’s evolving body of work created for a forthcoming public presentation in early 2027. For more information, and to register, please visit: www.eventbrite.com/e/pac-la-online-lecture-with-jackie-castillo-tickets-1993503585889.
Tracing the project from its earliest conceptual questions while situating it within the continuity of the artist’s broader practice, Castillo asks what material or photographic process can embody a condition rather than merely depict it. Beginning with the intertwined conditions of distance, anticipation, latency, class, and rupture as they emerge within the Southern California built environment, the work explores how photography might move beyond the image to become sculptural, architectural, and spatial. It also considers how the photograph may expand beyond a means of representation to become a way of constructing experience itself.
This live on Zoom event will be recorded and posted to PAC LA’s YouTube channel following the live program. Past events can be viewed on PAC LA’s YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/@PhotographicArtsCouncilLA/videos
Photographic Arts Council Los Angeles (PAC LA)
The mission of Photographic Arts Council Los Angeles (PAC LA) is to educate and empower communities through an evolving public conversation about photography and photo-based arts, the primary visual language of our time. At its core, the nonprofit is committed to creating learning opportunities through unique, collaborative programming that engages and unifies in a space without exclusion. For more information visit: https://paclosangeles.com
PAC LA is supported, in part, by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture as part of the Organizational Grant Program, and Creative Recovery LA, an initiative funded by the American Rescue Plan, as well as the California Arts Council, a state agency. Learn more at www.arts.ca.gov.
Image courtesy of the artist.
