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You are here: Home / Archives for LACE / 1985-1989

[A] Mass[ed] Media

December 5, 1989 - January 16, 1990 [A] Mass[ed] Media groups used commercials, newsreel footage, soundtracks and foreign television to expose the prejudice, hypocrisy and exclusiveness of American ... [Read More]

Filed Under: 1985-1989, Exhibition, LACE, Video Tagged With: [A] Mass[ed] Media, 1989, 1990, Ed Jones, Exhibition, film, Gene Gort, John Goss, Rea Tajiri, Tony Cokes, Valerie Soe, Video

Winter Sonic Series

December 15-16, 1989 Performances by Derek Bailey, Melinda Ring and Roxanne Steinberg. Co-presented by LACE, ICA and Meet the Composer/California. ... [Read More]

Filed Under: 1985-1989, LACE, Performance Tagged With: 1989, Derek Bailey, Melinda Ring, performance, Roxanne Steinberg, Winter Sonic Series

L.A. Freewaves: Currated Compilation of Independent Video

November 2, 1989 L.A. Freewaves, a citywide celebration of independent video, coordinated four traveling shows, numerous screenings and installations, biweekly cablecasts and a panel discussion. ... [Read More]

Filed Under: 1985-1989, Exhibition, Installation, LACE, Performance, Screening, Video Tagged With: Exhibition, film, installation, L.A. Freewaves, L.A. Freewaves: Currated Compilation of Independent Video, lecture, panel, panel discussion, performance, Screening, show, Video

3 Solo Shows: Caroompas, Lehmann, Wilson

Carole Caroompas' painting

November 10 - December 24, 1989 Paintings by Carole Caroompas and installations by Minette Lehmann and Millie Wilson. Carole Caroompas pamphlet available here ... [Read More]

Filed Under: 1985-1989, Exhibition, Installation, LACE Tagged With: 1989, 3 Solo Shows: Caroompas Lehmann Wilson, Carole Caroompas, Exhibition, installation, Millie Wilson, Minette Lehmann, painting

Derevo

Derevo wearing a crown and cape

November 10-24, 1989 From Leningrad, Derevo's works exemplified the awareness of an existence the importance of the crawling of an infant, beginning of a movement, sound and the equilibrium of a ... [Read More]

Filed Under: 1985-1989, Exhibition, LACE Tagged With: 1989, Derevo, Exhibition

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