February 2012
Staalplaat Soundsystem Performance
27 February 2012 7 - 9 pm Join us for a rare live performance by internationally acclaimed sound art collective Staalplaat Soundsystem! Using “everyday electronic junk” scavenged from thrift stores and donations, Hobijn and Crovato will fashion new “sound machines” that will be controllable by the audience via smartphones. As the residency proceeds the artists will create and add more machines to an ever-growing installation in LACE’s main gallery space. This rare US performance promises to be exciting and…
Find out more »March 2012
Transactivation: Revealing the Queer Histories in the Archives
01 March 2012, 6 - 9 pm Please note this event will take place at the ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives 909 W. Adams Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90007 Admission is free. In conjunction with the exhibition Cruising the Archive: Queer Art and Culture in Los Angeles, 1945-1980 at ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, artists Heather Cassils, Zackary Drucker, Wu Tsang and Chris Vargas will present a series of live performances and video projects inspired by the collections…
Find out more »ReVISIONS of LA with Michelle Carla Handel, Christopher Kuhn, and Christy Roberts
04 March 2012 1 - 4 pm ASAP @ LACE All levels and ages are welcome as we talk about Hollywood while drawing our surroundings. All workshops are free, and all materials will be supplied. ABOUT THE ARTISTS Michelle Carla Handel was born in Las Vegas, Nevada. She received her MFA in Fine Art from Claremont Graduate University in 2011. She is a sculptor whose current work investigates the body’s myriad functions and purposes by finding overlaps between flesh…
Find out more »Dispute Resolution for Artists: Choosing Litigation, Mediation or Arbitration
21 March 2012, 7:30 - 9 pm with Zachary Rothenberg, Esq. & Arezou Kohan, Esq. What would you do if a legal dispute arose--should you try to resolve the matter in court, or outside of court through a method of alternative dispute resolution (such as mediation or arbitration)? What are the differences among litigation, mediation, and arbitration? What is small claims court? Who offers alternative dispute resolution? How will you know which procedure or venue is right for you?…
Find out more »Spirit Resurrection Performance Night
29 March 2012, 7 - 9pm Final event of Los Angeles Goes Live Join us for a culminating moment of Spirit Resurrection with performances by Elizabeth Leister, Stephanie Allespach, Elizabeth Folk and Margaret Haines with a screening of a performance by Stephen Van Dyck. Each artist has created new works inspired by the original scores available on Spirit Resurrection, an archive for historical documents from and about the Public Spirit festival in 1980. Open access to the history has inspired a diversity…
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