It’s embarrassing to admit I hadn’t been to S1’s new location until recently. They moved a little over a year ago from their former subterranean basement in the Hollywood District to a new above-ground storefront 30 blocks east, still on Northeast Sandy. Recently there’ve been a number of cool projects at S1 that I meant to make it my beeswax to be at, like the Paraiso Sidéral exhibition of Manu Torres’ hyper delicate “hyperreal” floral arrangements or Cvllejerx:Ropa Vieja, a part fashion show part performance piece showcasing Korean American conceptual artist Park Hyun Gi.
Director Felisha Ledesma isn’t fazed. “When people say, ‘Oh, we haven’t been to the space yet,’ I’m like, ‘That’s fine. You’re here now’,” she says. “This year has been really inspiring. Seeing people showing up 30 blocks further, coming through and still supporting, it feels really good. You never know what’ll happen when you move. Maybe people will be over it.”
