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ENDURANCE

ENDURANCE Friday and Saturday, May 16–17, 2025, 7–10 PM L.A. Dance Project 2245 E Washington Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90021 Free parking available on site, wheelchair accessible TICKETS ARE SOLD ... [Read More]

Filed Under: 2020-Current Year, Performance Tagged With: Alice Bag, Awilda Sterling-Duprey, Barbara T. Smith, Endurance, Gloria Enedina Álvarez, Hirokazu Kosaka, Juanita and Juan, Kamau Daáood, Kid Congo Powers, LA Dance Project, Oguri, Sharon Kagan, Sheree Rose, Ulysses Jenkins

Los Angeles Goes Live: Performance Art in Southern California 1970-1983

Los Angeles Goes Live: Performance Art in Southern California 1970-1983 September 27, 2011 - January 29, 2012 Opening Reception - 27 September 2011, 8-10PM “Performance’s potency comes from its ... [Read More]

Filed Under: 2010-2014, Exhibition, LACE, Performance Tagged With: 2011, Allan Kaprow, Asco, Athco or The Renaissance of Faggot Tree, Barbara T. Smith, Black Gold Fever, Bob & Bob, Cave-Out (In Three Parts All At Once), Cheri Gaulke, Chris Burden, Cuts: A Traditional Sculpture, Debating Through the Arts, Denise Uyehara, Dorian Wood, Dorit Cypis, Dreva, Ellina Kevorkian, Exhibition, Gronk, Heather Cassils, James Luna, Jerri Allyn, Johanna Went, Kim Jones, Liz Glynn, Los Angeles Goes Live, Mike Kelley, OJO, Pacific Standard Time, Paul McCarthy, Peep Totter Fly, performance, Richard Newton, Spirit Resurrected, Suzanne Lacy, the Klipper Kids, Three Weeks in January, Three Weeks in May, Transitions: Survival Skills in a Suburban Landscape, Ulysses Jenkins

High Performance: The First Five Years, 1978-1982

February 1 - March 30, 2003 High Performance: The First Five Years, 1978-1982 was organized by Jenni Sorkin and reconsiders the first international magazine devoted exclusively to live performance ... [Read More]

Filed Under: 2000-2004, Exhibition, LACE, Performance Tagged With: 1978-1982, 2003, Barbara T. Smith, Carolee Schneemann, Chris Burden, Exhibition, Gina Pane, High Performance: The First Five Years, historical archive, Jenni Sorkin, Kim Jones, Linda M. Montano, magazine, Nancy Buchanan, Paul McCarthy, performance, publication, Rachel Rosenthal, Suzanne Lacy, The Lesbian Art Project, the Waitresses, Theresa Hak Kyung Cha

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You can now watch all the performances from "ENDUR You can now watch all the performances from "ENDURANCE" on the LACE website as part of our digital archive! 

"ENDURANCE" presented performance art and interdisciplinary work by elder artists. These artists use their practices to share wisdom, knowledge, and experiences that they have gained throughout their lives. This series is a companion program to LACE’s 2024 performance series, "ABUNDANCE," both featuring often invisibilized bodies.

This program was held at L.A. Dance Project from May 16–17, 2025.

The online presentation of "ENDURANCE" is supported by the Department of Cultural Affairs, City of Los Angeles (@culture_la).

Photos by Angel Origgi (@angeloriggi)

Image Captions in order:
Sheree Rose, "The Most Dangerous Woman in America!" (2025)
Sharon Kagan, "...and then this happened..." (2025)
Anna Homler, Jeff Schwartz, and David Javelosa, "VOE Variations" (2025)
Awilda Sterling-Duprey, "Makandal es la consigna / Makandal Is the Call to Action" (2025)
Juanita and Juan (Alice Bag and Kid Congo Powers) (2025)
Oguri, "Dance Emerges, Out of Time, with unforgettable ancestors and friends" (2025)
Gloria Enedina Álvarez accompanied by Greg Hernandez (2025)
Construction for LACE’s new home is in full swin Construction for LACE’s new home is in full swing — we’re one step closer to unveiling an exciting new chapter. Stay tuned…🚜

Slide 2 (left to right), LACE Team: Johnny Young, Ida Tongkumvong, Fiona Crary, Selene Preciado, Sarah Russin
Slide 3 (left to right), LACE Fellow & Getty Interns: Becca Choe, Camilla Caldwell, Jada Wong
On Saturday, August 2 from 2–7pm, join LACE for On Saturday, August 2 from 2–7pm, join LACE for this year's Artists’ Film International (AFI'25) at the Philosophical Research Society (@philosophical_research_society).

This touring film program is collectively curated and presented by 16 international arts organizations and convened by Forma (@formaartsmedia). AFI’25 introduces the work of talented moving image artists to worldwide audiences, and will be live over 300 days, with exhibitions, screenings and public programs hosted across 4 continents.

LACE’s selection for AFI’25 is "Leymusoom Garden: New Sun" (2024) by Heesoo Kwon (@leymusoom). Kwon’s oneiric visual language and unique animation style allow her to create memoryscapes of personal and community liberation. The film rewrites mythical matrilineal histories through utopian and whimsical abstractions of time, space, and memory to ultimately bring forth healing and transformation. 

Admission is free! RSVP at the link in our bio.

Image caption:
Still from Heesoo Kwon, Leymusoom Garden: New Sun, 2024. Courtesy the artist
Join LACE for “Obsidian Reflections” happening Join LACE for “Obsidian Reflections” happening Saturday, July 19, 2–5 PM at the Philosophical Research Society (@philosophical_research_society).

Curated by Selene Preciado and Andrea Acuña, this film program presents a selection of video works that integrate ancestral knowledge and indigenous storytelling, imagining futures where the past and present connect through the power of ruins and resilience. Followed by a musical performance with multimedia NeoCumbia artist El Keamo (@el_keamo).

Learn more and RSVP at the link in our bio!
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