Clockshop presents Listening by Moonrise in conjunction with Songs of Emerging Endangerment, a Clockshop public art commission and sound installation by TJ Shin. The program will feature performances by artist Ivana Dama and sound-based collective Ears to the Ground, reflecting on the possibilities and implications of scientific instrumentation and field recording.

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Listening by Moonrise; Ivana Dama and Ears to the Ground
Sunday, February 1, 2026
3:00–5:00 PM
Los Angeles State Historic Park

Songs of Emerging Endangerment, a sound installation by TJ Shin, uses mimicry to map systems of global migration from the Asia-Pacific. The project features a 30-foot-tall sculptural air raid siren that projects a composition of imitated bird calls scheduled throughout the day. In an open call process, over 50 participants connected to regions along the East Asian–Australasian Flyway were asked to imitate the calls of endangered bird species that travel the world’s largest bird migratory path. Set to sound hourly from dawn to dusk, the work examines how mimicry—and the differences it produces in process and perception—both extend and transform instruments of the Cold War and their fields of power. At once a sonic rehearsal and social strategy, the installation invites reflection on the ways our urban spaces are shaped, and how our relationships to them might be reimagined.

ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Founded by Krishna Jhaveri and Sanaya Ardeshir, Ears to the Ground is a transmedia project that explores the practice of patient listening through soundscapes, installations, performances and community gatherings. Their work invites an awareness of the sonic language of the Earth, with an intention to transform the listener.

Ivana Dama is a sound artist and researcher whose work explores the nonverbal expression of experiences shaped by social and political conflict, through sound studies and sonic memory. She earned her MFA in Sculpture from Yale University after graduating from UCLA’s School of Arts and Architecture. Her work—including audio-video installations, robotics, web projects, and music performances—explores the themes of sound and space at various scales, including the microscopic, architectural, and satellite. Ivana has participated in over 30 group exhibitions and has held solo shows in Portland and Los Angeles.

ACCESSIBILITY
Arrival
Los Angeles State Historic Park is located at 1501 N Spring Street, directly adjacent to Chinatown and the Metro A Line. Follow the dirt path around the perimeter of the main lawn of the park to the northeast. 

Parking
There is paid parking at 1501 N Spring Street, the main parking lot of the park, at $2/hour, up to $8 daily. The park will open the dirt overflow parking lot directly in front of the main parking lot which is free and first come, first served. There is also free street parking around the park. Please avoid parking near residential homes on the east side of Main Street and give yourself plenty of time to park and walk over!

Restrooms
There are several all-gender public restrooms and portapotties on site.

CREDITS AND SUPPORT
Songs of Emerging Endangerment by TJ Shin was commissioned by Clockshop and organized by Cat Yang, Director of Artist Projects, with Isabel Yi Jimenez, Artist Projects Manager. Clockshop’s projects at Los Angeles State Historic Park are supported through our long-standing partnership with California State Parks. 

The production of this work was generously supported by Accelerated Resilience Los Angeles (ARLA), the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, the Los Angeles Department of Arts and Culture, Deborah and Colin Dayton, and Clockshop’s generous community of supporters.

Listening by Moonrise is generously supported by Accelerate Resilience Los Angeles (ARLA).