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American Metal – LA Triptych: Manifest Destiny

Cars Culture

Part One of our Los Angeles Triptych

You arrive at night. The Atlantic Ocean and the massive continent of America has slipped under your keel these last ten hours.

The LA megalopolis appears as a vast patchwork blanket of light set against the blackness of the mountains. Fluid rivers of red and white luminescence wind and twist between pools of colour. As your descent begins it becomes clear that these shifting tributaries are the endless highways of Los Angeles.

LA's freeways defined the American aesthetic

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