November 2010
Public Interest: Projects and Prototypes
November 13, 2010 9:30 - 4 pm Expand your thinking of public art in this Los Angeles-centric look at the burgeoning field of arts-based public projects and practices. Fourtenn artists and collectives offer rapid-fire presentations to examine a range of arts approaches, followed by a series of peer-to-peer breakout sessions. Co-presented by LACE and Otis College of Art & Design's MFA Public Practice Program, this day-long convening takes a look at the burgeoning field of arts-based public projects and practices.…
Find out more »Community Dance Series: Christine Suarez (Part 1)
November 14, 2010 12 - 2 pm Presented by Portable City Projects Christine Suarez is a choreographer, dancer, educator, and art instigator. She loves to make dances in unusual and unexpected places. Her definition of dance is broad and welcoming. Using improvisation, sound, and body, participants in her workshop will collectively create mini-dance events all over the space. Suarez is currently collaborating with six dancers building a guerilla-style dance that will travel to different parks in Los Angeles. Her choreography…
Find out more »On Curatorial Practice
November 14, 2010 2 -4 pm ASAP @ LACE Join ASAP @ LACE in a hands-on workshop meditating on curatorial practice and its future in Los Angeles and beyond. The conversation will begin with a round-table discussion with curators Anat Ebgi, Charlotte Eyerman, and Lisa Melandri and artist Rob Renolds on their work in the field, projects that excite them and what their hopes are for future endeavors. Later, Renolds will lead a workshop and discussion on the Wunderkammer (wonder-room).…
Find out more »December 2010
Moment Trigger and Nancy Popp, curated by Dino Dinco
December 02, 2010 7 - 9 pm Part of Thursday Nights at LACE Artist and performer Nancy Popp will perform with experimental thrash band Moment Trigger in this sure-to-stun evening curated by Dino Dinco. Nancy Popp is a Los Angeles-based artist and educator who works in performance, video, drawing and photography. Her projects investigate the performativity of site through geography and identity. Recent and upcoming exhibitions include ‘Untitled (Street Performances) at the Atlanta Contemporary Arts Center, The Audacity of Desperation…
Find out more »Maura Brewer: The New Show at Hayden Planetarium
December 09, 2010 7:30 - 9 pm Presented by Elysian Park Museum of Art The Elysian Park Museum of Art Visitor's Center presents a one-night screening of Maura Brewer's animation The New Show at the Hayden Planetarium, a three-part animation that joins science, humor, and personal narrative to investigate the cultural status of the planetarium. Combining appropriated audio from the Hayden Planetarium’s 2001 show “Passport to the Universe” with stop motion animation, The New Show at the Hayden Planetarium refigures the planetarium as coping mechanism,…
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