A public, open conversation on the intersection of performance, Hollywood, and the contemporary art world - featuring Angeleno scholars, critics, working actors and performance artists. Inspired by Carol Cheh's reporting in the LA Weekly and a particularly great thread on Glenn Phillips's FB page.Jennifer Doyle returns to HRLA after 6 months in London to moderate and provoke.
3.8.14 7PM. THE--FAMILY (WITH SJOERD DIJK AND WOJCIECH KOSMA)
March 8 - 7PM
Liberty is everything when it necessitates a love for a human
a performance by The--family (with Sjoerd Dijk and Wojciech Kosma)
in conjunction with the exhibition Drowning and swallowing this text, opening March 13 at LACE
at best the contradictions are contemplated,
but it promises a child badassness intersecting you
and real time coinciding with the summoned time.
liberty is everything
when it necessitates a love for a human
of the kind that grants nothing outside of presence,
since shit gets as real
as your living way a faithful copy of it
--
The--family consists of collaborators who relate to one another transparently and intimately in an ongoing performative practice that creates a collective reality – at times theatrical, yet hardly staged.
The--family performs regularly in Berlin and occasionally where some of the performers are based, including Los Angeles.
www.the--family.com
Please note: Doors close promptly at 7PM with no late entries. The performance runs approximately two hours.
Information on the exhibition:
Drowning and swallowing this text
Curated by Shoghig Halajian and Suzy M. Halajian
LACE (Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions)
6522 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles 90028
Opening March 13, 2014, 7-10PM
Exhibition run March 14-April 20, 2014
with Math Bass, A.K. Burns, Ana Hoffner, Joan Jonas, Tala Madani, MPA, Virginia Poundstone, Laure Prouvost, Mounira Al Solh, Jill Spector, Lawrence Weiner and The--family (organized by Wojciech Kosma).
For more information, visit www.welcometolace.org.
3.1-3.15.2014 PEARL C. HSIUNG'S YELLOWSTONER
YELLOWSTONER
A new video and works on paper by Pearl C. Hsiung
1 March - 15 March 2014
Human Resources, 410 Cottage Home Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012
Opening Saturday, 1 March 2014, 7 - 9 pm
Closing and performance event Saturday 15 March 2014, doors 8 pm, performance 9 pm
Organized by Anna Sew Hoy
Yellowstoner is both the title for Pearl C. Hsiung's solo exhibition and for the video work that will be premiered at Human Resources. In the fall of 2010, with the help of a USA Projects grant, Hsiung traveled to Yellowstone National Park. The resulting video follows the journey of a lone character moving through the geothermal features, waterfalls, and vast landscapes of the park. Hsiung composed a free-form musical score in collaboration with musicians Kelly Coats, Kathleen Kim, Scott Martin, and Coady Willis.
The upstairs gallery features a suite of works on paper painting esoteric words generated from Hsiung's iconography and mythopoeia. Words and phrases such as ABAATANAABA and HISSING CORALS appear and dissolve into the ink-and-enamel soaked paper.
While Hsiung is known for her large-scale canvases depicting colorful landscapes that verge on the anthropomorphic and psychedelic, here in the video Yellowstoner, a real landscape becomes the expressions of the lone figure whose face we never see. The new word paintings conjure these mystic landscapes and further suggest the merging of subject and object, figure and ground, the idea of self and non-dualism.
The exhibition will close with GEYZERZ, a performance event that centers around footage of Yellowstone's most well-known and reliable geyser captured on September 2, 2010 at 6:51 p.m. In this 29-minute video, Old Faithful spurts minor puffs of steam and water as the setting sun tints the sky from light blue to mauve to violet. Finally, Old Faithful launches into a powerful eruption 7 minutes long. Musicians will perform a live soundtrack while vocalists standing in the audience will 'sing' at the peak of the eruption. If at this point, the audience is seduced into joining the sonic outbreak , the room could become a kinetic eruption of its own. All are welcome to let off some steam in the dance party to follow.
2.25 (8pm) PAUL PESCADOR'S RED, GREEN, AND BLACK
Its three in the morning and he can't sleep. He looks over at them and everyone is passed out. He's cold, someone else is hogging the blanket. There's the sound of loud music playing down the street. A quinceañera or a wedding. His mind is racing. He debates whether to go downstairs and read. Maybe masturbate, but he knows he'll need to get out of bed and pee afterwards. Instead he reaches for his camera and begins to photograph.
Through installation, performance and stop-motion animation, a web of forms materializes. A complex network of images and interactions, exploring the boundaries between artifice and personal narrative.
Paul Pescador (b. 1983) received his MFA from the University of California at Irvine in 2012. Recent solo projects and exhibitions include: Anthony Greaney Gallery, The Boston, MA (2013); the Vista Theater, Los Angeles, CA (2012); ForYourArt, Los Angeles, CA (2012), and Human Resources, Los Angeles, CA (2011). His work has been included in exhibitions at Chapman University, Orange, CA (2012); LAXART, Los Angeles, CA (2012), and Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (2011). His work has been written about in Art in America, Boston Globe, KCET and LA Weekly.
2.23.14 (7PM) PURPLE AND GOLD LOS ANGELES DEBUT
David Fierman of Louis B. James and PRINT ALL OVER ME are proud to present PURPLE & GOLD, a capsule collection of athletic wear designed by queer artists in response to the 2014 Sochi Olympics and Russia’s recent anti-gay legislation, with all proceeds benefitting the Russian LGBT Network.
Participating artists include: Aay Kay Burns, Liz Collins, Dynasty Handbag and Allison Michael Orenstein, Deric Carner, T.M. Davy , Christian Dietkus, Scott Hug, Nikki Katsikas, Casey Legler, Kalup Linzy, Michael Mahalchick, Ryan McNamara, Robert Melee, Lucas Michael, Wardell Milan, Slava Mogutin, David Mramor, Jack Pierson, Colin Self, David Benjamin Sherry, and Ginger Brooks Takahashi.
The tracksuits are for sale here !
http://printallover.me/collections/purple-gold
The event will be at Human Resources on 2/23, 7-9 PM, the day of the closing ceremony of the games. Performance by Dynasty Handbag !
If you want to model a track suit in LOS ANGELES message me !
About the Russian LGBT Network:
The Russian LGBT Network is an interregional, non-governmental human rights organization that promotes equal rights and respect for human dignity, regardless of sexual orientation and gender identity. We unite and develop regional initiatives, advocacy groups (at both national and international levels), and provide social and legal services.
For more information please visit http://www.lgbtnet.ru/en.
2.22.14 (9PM) STOM SOGO: SWEET FIRST, SEIZURE SECOND
A memorial screening of STOM SOGO, with special guests Erika Vogt andAimee Goguen
Join us for an evening inspired by the all night hang-outs Stom hosted in his apartment, where he overloaded the senses of every guest. Bring a blanket or sleeping bag. Herbal cocktails and sodas by Eden's Savory SAP
JANUARY 15 - 25: I + We Collective Movement Workshop
I + We Collective Movement Workshop
Join and move together in power!
Human Resources
January 15th - 25th
Opening January 22th 7-9pm
I + We is an experimental and participatory (political) movement workshop. Borrowing techniques from dance, social sculpture, and new games, the structured hour and-a-half experience explores collective identity, play, and movement.
Workshop Schedule (additional dates, details TBA)
Please RSVP to slowtractor@hotmail.com
1/15 at 6:00 pm (wed.)
1/18 at 1:00 pm with partner-yoga instructor and artist Nancy Popp (Sat.)
1/19 at 10:00 am with organizer from SEIU’s Adjunct Action Campaign (Sun.)
1/22 Opening 7-9:00 8:30 Screening of Right On/Ceremony Of Us, document of 1969 movement inter-racial encounter between Anna Halprin and Studio Watts.
1/23 at 6:00 pm (Thurs.)
1/25 at 1:00 pm with conflict resolution mediator and artist Dorit Cypis (Sat.)
Workshops will include “floor work” and the use of “play apparatuses;” slides, ladders, masks, and restrictive toys. Sociologist Alberto Melucci suggests that in today’s alienated culture people find deep meaning and power through group identities that emerge through political social movements. I & We was first hosted by the Elizabeth Foundation in NYC, June-July 2013, with support by A Blade Of Grass
JAN 10: GABIE STRONG, TED BYRNES & JACOB WICK, YEK KOO, and OBSCURER
Start 2014 with another celebration,
explosion,
sound immersion with
GABIE STRONG, TED BYRNES & JACOB WICK, YEK KOO, and OBSCURER
9p doors, music shortly thereafter 5 bucks
http://tedbyrnesdrums.com/
http://www.jacobwick.info/
http://www.gabiestrong.com/
http://helgafassonaki.net/
http://www.olmhatch.com/yek_koo.html
explosion,
sound immersion with
GABIE STRONG, TED BYRNES & JACOB WICK, YEK KOO, and OBSCURER
9p doors, music shortly thereafter 5 bucks
http://tedbyrnesdrums.com/
http://www.jacobwick.info/
http://www.gabiestrong.com/
http://helgafassonaki.net/
http://www.olmhatch.com/yek_koo.html
January 7: Cruising the Horizon
January 5: the BAND BACK TOGETHER show
PSYCHIC REALITY: SF->NY transplant Leyna Noel (formerly of Pocahaunted) transmutes plastic keyboards, titchy drum machine sounds and epic vocals into pure SONG, SOFT AND STRONG. a truly gifted performer who owns you from the moment she takes the stage, in LA recording her new LP (FIRST PSYCHIC REALITY SHOW IN LOS ANGELES IN OVER 3 YEARS!)
PLUS SETS BY LOCAL FRIENDS
CAMERON STALLONES (of SUN ARAW, rare SOLO SET)
M. GEDDES GENGRAS (your local modular synth guru)
and a guided meditation by DIVA DOMPE
plus DJS LEECH, LEY and CHARDI, only $5, a true bargain by any standard
DOORS/DJS 8pm, FIRST ACT 9 SHARP
PLUS SETS BY LOCAL FRIENDS
CAMERON STALLONES (of SUN ARAW, rare SOLO SET)
M. GEDDES GENGRAS (your local modular synth guru)
and a guided meditation by DIVA DOMPE
plus DJS LEECH, LEY and CHARDI, only $5, a true bargain by any standard
DOORS/DJS 8pm, FIRST ACT 9 SHARP
NYE: Coolworld
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L E C H U N T
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+ LAQR ZINE TABLE
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*RITUAL MAGIC PERFORMANCE HEART DANCE THUMP POST KEYBOARD SASSY TRANZ DISCO OLD PUNK HOUSE ROCK AND ROLL BANGIN SURF SYNTH GUITARS RIOT NEW WAVE POP TECHNO METRO DRAG SLAP GARAGE MUTANT STYLE FAMILY FUN GIRLS GOTH SOUL QUEER ART HEAR SEE NOW VOGUE! http://coolworldpartyla.tumblr.com/
Happy Holidays
Thank you to the people who make HRLA possible with generous contributions of creative energy and attention, dollars and sense.
2013 featured a huge range of exhibitions, performance art, experimental sound, music, lectures and debates, workshops and readings.
2013 also marked our first year in fundraising from our community: over 150 people became HRLA members by making a financial contribution to HRLA's operating expenses.
(Look out for membership drives in 2014, but do consider making a donation this holiday season - every amount helps.)
2014 promises to yield a calendar full of experimental energy: below are just a few of the programs that we are excited to share with you, as well as an overview of the past year of programming.
We are looking forward, in 2014 to:
Robby Herbst
Cayatano Ferrer
Pearl Hsiung
Tribute to Stom Sogo
Dorian Wood
Anthony Bodlovic
Kitchen Poetics: LA Women's Collage Show & Book Release
La Porscha & Ossian
Krysten Cunningham
Statues & Attitudes (Group Exhibition)
And much, much more
Looking backwards, we celebrate 12 months of HRLA:
12/13
SAT DEC 7 - PERFORMANCE / Dominique Gilliot + Nikki Darking + John Birdle + Lucky Dragons + Sarah Williams & Laure Vigna + Sister Mantos 8PM - 2AM
SUN DEC 8 - BENEFIT / SAVE MUSIC IN CHINATOWN / Bob Forrest + Lucky Dragons + Deredoorian + LA Fog 2PM-6PM TICKETS
THU DEC 12 - FORUM / STUPID PILLS
FRI DEC 13 - PERFORMANCE / Paul Salveson/Crown Shape perform Pulsar Through SE-70
TUE DEC 17 - MUSIC / RORO + TI FEMME + MIKE WEXLER + FILTHY HUNS + BOXED 8PM
THU DEC 19 - GAZELLE RECORDINGS PRESENTS/ The Dandelion Council Cassette Release 9PM
11/13
SAT NOV 2 - SMASHISM: VIDEO ART, SOUND, INSTALLATION/ Suzy Poling + BRock Fansler + Eva Aguila + Jealousy + Pod Blotz + Spahire Slows + Robedoor 8 PM
SUN NOV 3 - BOOK LAUNCH / The Suiciders by Travis Jeppesen 2 PM
WED NOV 6 - SOUND / IMMERSOUND_LAX / Christopher Bissonnette + Tim Hecker + Akira Rabelais 7 pm [SOLD OUT] / shibui_oto and VOLUME present Tim Hecker & M. Geddes Gengras 10 PM TICKETS
THU NOV 14 - EXHIBITION OPENING / RASMUS RØHLING
SAT NOV 16 - FILM / HRLA + LA Filmforum present A Warhol SLEEPover / Doors open 11:59 PM TICKETS $10
10/13
OCT 3 - 13 - EXHIBITION & PERFORMANCE / BASE I
OCT 17 - 27 - EXHIBITION / JOHN KNUTH / FADING HORIZON
SUN OCT 27 - PERFORMANCE / HECUBA + BRET NICELY 7 PM
9/13
WED SEPT 11 - PERFORMANCE / RACHEL MASON 8 PM
FRI SEPT 13 - MUSIC / GATE + THE RENDERIZORS + PETER KOLOVOS
SUN SEPT 15 - PAINTING PARTY / JOEL KYACK 1 PM - 6 PM
SAT SEPT 21 - PERFORMANCE / JEFF HUCKLEBERRY, ALEJANDRA HERRERA and LA POCHA NOSTRA (Guillermo Gómez-Peña, Erca Mott and Roberto Sifuentes) 8 PM
SEPT 25 - SEPT 27 - INSTALLATION and PERFORMANCE (on the 27th) / GEO WYETH
SEPT 29 - INSTALLATION and PERFORMANCE / FAULT LINES
8/13
THU - FRI AUG 1 - 2 - PERFORMANCE, INSTALLATION / NOW OPEN 24 HRS presents KATE HALL AND JOHN WEISE 9PM AUG 1 - 9PM AUG 2
SUN AUG 4 - FILM / Paul Pescador's 1-9 screening at Cinefamily
SUN AUG 11 - MUSIC / SECRET FUN CLUB, UNICORN, INNERDS, HOT NERDS 3 PM - 7 PM
THU AUG 15 - AUG 28 - INSTALLATION / BYRON WESTBROOK
FRI AUG 30 - MUSIC / SCOUT NIBLETT & PG SIX 8 PM ($12)
7/13:
WED JULY 3 - MUSIC / LOGREYBEAM tour kickoff with CESSATION + MOOMAW + TELECAVES + PATHWAYS
SAT JULY 6 - CONVERSATION / CONSIDERING SHEREE ROSE & MARTIN O'BRIAN'S PERFORMANCE (email info@humanresourcesla.com for location!) / 2PM-4PM
TUE JULY 9 - ART/LIFE COUNSELING SESSIONS w/ LINDA MONTANO / 1PM-3PM (email info@humanresourcesla.com for location and information)
WED JULY 10 - PERFORMANCE / RON ATHEY / 9PM (doors open at 8:30)
SAT JULY 20 - PERFORMANCE / RAFA ESPARZA / 7:30PM
SUN JULY 21 - MUSIC / JOSEPH HAMMER / ECSTATIC MUSIC BAND (OAK/LA) / DAMION ROMERO / RALE ($5)
WED JULY 24 - SOUND, MUSIC, NOISE / ROBERT CROUCH, PINKCOURTESYPHONE, YANN NOVAK, STEVE RODEN / 8PM-11PM ($5-$15 sliding scale)
SAT JULY 27 - SISTER ACTS: HRLA BENEFIT (coincides with PERFORM CHINATOWN) ($25 suggested donation
6/13:
SAT JUNE 8 - FILM / ROBBINSCHILD / 8PM
SAT JUNE 14 - CONVERSATION w/ MATH BASS / 3PM
FRI JUNE 28 - MUSIC / GHOST TREES + GUL BARA + SKYLINE ELECTRIC
5/13:
SAT MAY 11 - MUSIC / JAAP BLONK, TED BYRNES, JAKE ROSENZWEIG, RICK POTTS, JOE POTTS, CASEY ANDERSON, JOSHUA GEROWITZ
TUE MAY 20 - COMEDY/ 8PM
THU MAY 30 - EXHIBITION OPENING / MATH BASS & LEIDY CHURCHMAN
4/13:
MARCH 26 to APRIL 4 - INSTALLATION / SUNDOWN SCHOOLHOUSE: At Home in L.A.
~ DAY #08: TUE, APR 2 ~
CLOSED during the day
...6-8pm: Visual Music with DAWN KASPER
~ DAY #09: WED, APR 3 ~
...11am-1pm: open yoga - all levels with FRITZ HAEG
...3-6pm: knitting & crafting (bring projects)
...6-8pm: KCHUNG broadcasts from the rug
~ DAY #10: THU, APR 4 ~
...11am-1pm: open yoga - all levels with FRITZ HAEG
...3-6pm: knitting & crafting (bring projects)
...6:30-7:15: music with SK KAKRABA
...7:15-8pm: Gabie Strong on KCHUNG
APRIL 5, 6, 7 - Cleaning Human Resources / Lucy Campana, Hailey Loman, Gaea Woods
APRIL 7 - VIDEO & DISCUSSION / South Sexual Fictions (new date)
APRIL 11 - MUSIC & PERFORMANCE / EMA, Bouquet, DK, & Roses
APRIL 20 - OPENING / Scott Benzell solo exhibit
3/13:
MARCH 1st - 3rd INSTALLATION / River Monument Proposal (Sketch #3) By Justin Miller, Andrew Sexton, and Adam Janes
MARCH 3rd STREET ACTION / Asshole Festival, Self-Initiated Performance & Celebration of Antagonists / 1 PM - 3 PM
MARCH 3rd BOOK LAUNCH / Penny-Ante & Tiny Creatures / An evening with Stewart Home / 7:30 PM
MARCH 10th MUSIC / Emily Lacy, Nora Keyes and Ora Cogan, 8 PM - 12 AM
MARCH 14th MUSIC / Benoit Pioulard & Sean McCann & Mirror to Mirror & ITASCO / 9 PM - 1 AM
MARCH 17th PERFORMANCE / L.A.N.D. with Math Bass and Anna Sew Hoy
MARCH 18th POETRY & PERFORMANCE / Unmanned Minerals
A poetry reading and performance featuring text, sculpture and electronics. Unmanned Minerals (Matthew Hebert, Jared Stanley, Gabie Strong) is an interdisciplinary California and Nevada-based public art group interested in the ways history and language mediate landscape in the Western U.S.
MARCH 23rd MUSIC / Danny Paul Grody + Chuck Johnson + Claire Cronin + Daniel Bachman 9p $5
MARCH 26th - April 4th EXHIBITION / Fritz Haeg, At Home in L.A.
2/13:
FEB 1st & 2nd JOURNAL LAUNCH & PERFORMANCE / Native Strategies #3 Ritual and Congregations
Feb 1 7 - 9 PM / Invocations: Samuel White with Johana Kozma and Clay Gibson; Amanda Yates; Jane Brucker with Mary Beth Bolin; Guru Rugu
Feb 2 7 - 9 PM / Pilgrimages: Amanda Yates; Alexa Weir; Rafa Esparza
FEB 8th SERENE PROJECTION / Yann Novak's Snowfall / 6 PM - 12 AM
FEB 15th - 17th INSTALLATION / Travis Diehl "Walk Thru Walls"
Video installation up from 12 - 6 P.M.
ARTIST TALK with guest moderator MICHELLE DIZON followed by A RECEPTION, 6 P.M. held at HR on the 17th
FEB 19th MUSIC / BLUES CONTROL + LAMPS + JAWS + THE URXED + BYRON WESTBROOK / $5, 8 PM
FEB 22nd MUSIC / BLACK LEATHER JESUS + GREY CELL + STRUGGLE SESSION + PEDESTRIAN DEPOSIT + BLACK SCORPIO UNDERGROUND + MORE / $5, 8 PM
FEB 23rd READING / Agathering of antagonists or Asshole Festival / 1 - 3 PM gathering on the sidewalk in front of HR.
1/13:
JAN. 5th MUSIC / NOW + INSECT ARK + MOOMAW + LESSNESSES / $5, 9 PM
JAN. 9th MUSIC / Chris Forsythe with DJ JEFFZILLA / $5, 8 PM
JAN. 10th PERFORMANCE / Danielle Adair / Doors 8 PM, Performance 8:30 PM
JAN. 13th SYMPOSIUM / Critical Resources / 10 AM – 5 PM
10:00: a panel featuring Kristen Galvin, Jennifer DeClue and Tracey Zuniga
11:45: artist's talk featuring Christina Sanchez
1:30: artist's talk featuring Cake and Eat It
2:45: a panel featuring Ruti Talmor, Ronak Kapadia and Karrmen Crey
JAN. 22nd – 24th INSTALLATION / VIVA VOCE, Katharina Rosenberger and Heiko Kalmbach open 12 - 6 PM
JAN. 23rd BIG CITY FORUM at 7.30pm as part of VIVA VOCE
JAN. 27th INSTALLATION / Geo Wyeth's I AM SERIOUS MAN performance featuring Narcissister, and Geo Wyeth 7pm
JAN. 29th BOOK RELEASE / Alyse Emdur's Prison Landscapes / 7 - 10 PM
*image credit: John Knuth Fading Horizon
DECEMBER 19 The Dandelion Council Cassette Release Show
Gazelle Recordings Presents:
The Dandelion Council's Cassette Release Show
Featuring performances by:
Lee Noble
Vinyl Williams
PLUS Live Improv Sound Design By Augustus Green of The Galaxy Electric between sets
Visual Projections created & curated by the bands themselves
The Dandelion Council's Cheyenne Mountain Text Adventure EP will be available on Cassette at this show
Doors at 9pm
All Ages
FREE
December 13th - Paul Salveson/Crown Shape perform Pulsar Through SE-70
December 12: Senses on Leaves: the Fall of Perception
Comprehension-scrambling shorts for your untapped awarenesses.
Stupid Pills takes a field trip to Human Resources in downtown LA for an evening of cinematic misunderstanding. Discover uncharted territories of experience, fertile areas of creativity, and, with luck, the sublime.
The shorts:
Lydia's Interiors, dir. Diaz
(2013) 22 min.
The Georgetown Loop, dir. Ken Jacobs.
(1996) 11 min.
RGB XYZ, dir. David OReilly
(2007) 12 min.
The Girl Chewing Gum, dir. John Smith.
(1976) 12 min.
The talk:
Maja Manojlovic
from Cinema and Media Studies, UCLA,
and Media Arts and Practice Program, USC
David OReilly, filmmaker
Diaz, filmmaker
The central heating for the soul:
MC Hymnal, disc jockey
doors at 7 pm
screening at 8pm
discussion at 9pm
Free.
Last weekend to view Rage and Patience
Artist walk Through December 7th, 2 PM.
Hours: Thursday, Friday, Saturday, 2 - 6 PM
DECember 7: LAUGHABLY SIMPLE RIDICULOUSLY IMPORTANT EVENT
Four short performances, an opportunity of proving what a perfect dancer you are, and conceptual pies to elevate the soul
7th of december, 8 pm-2 am
Nikki Darling will do a reading. John Birtle will send a postcard with a microphone. Dominique Gilliot will be set on the interrogative mode. The Lucky Dragons are gonna keep it laughably simple. Sarah WIlliams and Laure Vigna will turn art into pies or the opposite. And finally, Sister Mantos will bring the beat, fire to the flames, left cheeks to right cheeks. Everybody is looking forward.
7th of december, 8 pm-2 am
Nikki Darling will do a reading. John Birtle will send a postcard with a microphone. Dominique Gilliot will be set on the interrogative mode. The Lucky Dragons are gonna keep it laughably simple. Sarah WIlliams and Laure Vigna will turn art into pies or the opposite. And finally, Sister Mantos will bring the beat, fire to the flames, left cheeks to right cheeks. Everybody is looking forward.
Rasmus Røhling: Rage and Patience
Opening Reception Thursday November 14, 7 - 10 PM
Runs through Dec. 7th
Special screening of Andy Warhol's Sleep, Saturday November 16, 12 AM - 7 AM
Walkthrough with the artist Saturday December 7, 2 PM
Human Resources L.A. is pleased to present the first U.S. solo exhibition by Rasmus Røhling. Røhling (b. 1982, Denmark) recently exhibited at Culturgest in Lisbon, Years Gallery in Copenhagen, Museum Für Gegenwartskunst in Basel and Inter Arts Center in Malmø.
Organized by Chiara Giovando
Gallery hours Th, F, Sa, 2 - 6 PM or by appointment, email chiaragiovando@gmail.com
This exhibition is supported by the Danish Arts Council
Update on 2013-11-17 18:14 by Human Resources
Please note the change in gallery hours.
Sunday Nov 3rd - The Suidiciders by Travis Jeppesen - A Book Release and Reading
6pm - 8pm Sunday November 3rd
The Suiciders
By Travis Jeppesen
Overview
My friends are merely effigies I keep to remind me of the animal inside my mind.
—from The Suiciders
"Like the best experimental writing, Jeppeson's prose impacts in ways that conventional narrative can't and, by virtue of its insights and audacity, consistently delights."
- Publishers Weekly
During the first decade of the second millennium, a group of seven friends—Zach, Lukas, Adam, Matthew, Peter, Arnold, and Taylor—occupy an indeterminate house in an unidentified American suburb and replay a continuous loop of eternal exile and youth. Permanently in their late teens, the seven young men are as fluid and mutable ciphers, although endowed with highly reflexive, and wholly generic, internal lives. “Once you learn how to love, you will also learn how to mutilate it . . . I want to feel so free you can’t even imagine . . . Let’s get out there and eat some popsicles. There is work to be done.” Eventually, the group decides to remove themselves from the safe confines of the house and to embark upon a road trip to the end of the world with their friend, the Whore, and their pet parrot, Jesus H. Christ. The Suiciders is their legacy.
Chronicling the last days of a religious cult in rural America, Jeppesen’s debut novel Victims was praised by the Village Voice for its “artfully fractured vision of memory and escape,” and by Punk Planet for its masterful balance of “the laconic speech of teenagers with philosophical density.” In The Suiciders, Jeppesen ventures beyond any notion of fixed identity. The result is a dazzling, perversely accurate portrait of American life in the new century, conveyed as a post-punk nouveau roman.
About the Author
Travis Jeppesen is the author of two previous novels, Victims and Wolf at the Door. His writings on art and film regularly appear in Artforum, Art in America, and Whitehouse Magazine of Contemporary Art. He lives in Berlin and London, where he teaches at the Royal College of Art.
SMASHISM / a night of video, performance and ephemeral installation
November 2nd, 2013, doors 7, screening 8, performances at 9:30
Organized by Suzy Poling with Chiara Giovando
SMASHISIM is a collection of new images, video and sound that commonly draw from a dark psycadelia - dream-like, mind-bending, mind-altering, mind-expanding. SMASHISIM combines organic and synthetic concerns through experimental film works, live video synthesis and performance. Themes covered are: experiential rituals, complexities of the natural world and digital interferences, humans bodies as abstractions, a room as an exterior space and a mountain range as interior space. Mutations of static sound all blend together into one night and are confused in the murk of pixels.
Video Screening: Cary Loren (Detroit), Rolan Vega (LA), Sporay (LA), Kamau Amu Patton (NYC), Sabrina Ratte' (Montreal), Sara Ludy (Vancouver), Collin McKelvey (SF), Alivia Zivich (Detroit), John Davis (SF), JJ Stratford (LA), Shana Palmer (Baltimore), Amanda Siegel (LA), Carlos Gonzales (Providence), Robert Beatty (Lexington), Andrew Benson (SF), Chris Duncan (Oakland), Black Hole Cinema (Oakland)
Installation: Brock Fansler & Eva Aguila (LA), Suzy Poling (LA), ESP TV (NYC), Andy Ortmann (Chicago), live video synthesis by Andy Puls (SF)
Music Performance: Jealousy (SF), Pod Blotz w/ Chiara Giovando (LA), Sapphire Slow (Tokyo), Robedoor (LA)