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RADIO BREAK : Vanessa Place, Lucy Raven, and 2 Headed Dog
21 April 2012 1 - 6 PM
Curated by USC Roski School's MA Art and Curatorial Practices in the Public Sphere 2012
LACE is delighted to host the curatorial project from USC Roski School's MA Art and Curatorial Practices in the Public Sphere 2012 class RADIO BREAK: Two Weekends of Artists' Low-Power Radio Transmissions and Live Performance.
The first of two days in Hollywood, the LACE installment will feature the work of Lucy Raven, 2 Headed Dog, and a live performance by Vanessa Place. All work will be accessible through listening in via portable radio. Radio headsets will be available for checkout on site, but we encourage you to bring your own, too!
ABOUT RADIO BREAK
Radio Break is an exhibition on the air, presenting twelve artworks in locations throughout Los Angeles conveyed through low-power radio transmissions during two weeks and live events held on two consecutive weekends. Radio Break connects participants with the ambient sounds of the city, inviting them to tune in to its history, noise, narratives, and music. Lots more on radio-break.com and follow them on Twitter or Facebook.
A way-finding map and interactive website accompany the exhibition and provide details about the projects and their locations. Click here to download map.
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
2 Headed Dog is a Los Angeles–based comedy troupe established by Dave “Gruber” Alleen, Craig Anton, Mark Fite, and Jim Turner. Building on the theatrical lineage of absurdist playwright Eugène Ionesco as well as the performance style of comedian Andy Kaufman, their work enacts familiar situations that unravel into nonsense and confusion. Clowntown City Limits is a bombastic, darkly humorous play about two out-of-work clowns, Big Bugs the Hobo Clown and the severely gored Corky the Rodeo Clown, their devoted butler Adolph, and a circus clown named Whistles. Set in a surreal world reminiscent of the work of Samuel Beckett, Clowntown City Limits details the desperate measures these characters take ...
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