Arts Preview, October 1, 2010
A recurring theme this week in LA media art seems to be its location: curators are talking about art in non-traditional spaces, amateur video is screening in museums, the quotidian details of life are transformed into film art, and museums are home to increasingly diverse events, like dance video collaborations....Saturday, October 2
The Big City Forum is a collection of discussions featuring writers, designers, architects and others. The next one, #20, will take place on Saturday, 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. at the Honor Fraser Gallery, and will feature four terrific and diverse curators: Andrew Beradini, Shamim Momim, Pilar Tompkins Rivas and Franklin Sirmans. Come hear a discussion about the state of curating, both in traditional and non-traditional spaces.
Sunday, October 3
Kevin Jerome Everson has been widely celebrated as a visionary new filmmaker with a body of work that hovers between narrative and documentary forms. He will screen a selection of short works at Filmforum at the Egyptian Theater starting at 7:30 p.m.
Monday, October 4
Everson continues to treat LA to his work with a second show, this time at REDCAT with his new feature film, Erie, at 8:30 p.m., followed by a discussion about the film. Erie looks at the communities near Lake Erie, focusing specifically on the lives and struggles of African American workers, and makes use of single-take sequences, shot on 16mm black-and-white film. Speaking of his work, Everson has said, "The films suggest the relentlessness of everyday life - along with its beauty - but also present oblique metaphors for art-making." See a trailer for the film here.
Also on Monday, media artists Erik Loyer and Sharon Daniel will talk about touch and interactivity in new media art in an event at USC titled "Feeling the Screen: Tactility and Emotion in the Digital Age." It's at 4:00 p.m. at Doheny Memorial Library, Room 240. It's free and open to the public, and participants will get a chance to interact with the pair's Wii-controlled interactive documentary Blood Sugar.Tuesday, October 5
Okay, this is a plug for an event I've helped organize: The 24/7 2010: The State of the Art in DIY Video features a 60-minute screening of incredibly creative amateur video from diverse genres, as well as a lecture by Henry Jenkins, who will help provide some context, and an after-party featuring a live performance by audio video mashup genius Mike Relm. It's at the Hammer and starts at 7:00 p.m. It's free and open to the public. I hope you can come! RSVP via Facebook here, and find more information here.
24/7 DIY 2010: Collective Action - Trailer from IML @ USC on Vimeo.
Thursday, October 7
MOCA continues to liven up the museum-going experience with a new series called Engagement Party.The first event in the series hopes to get audiences dancing with open classes, performances that include audience members and video collaborations. Video collaborations? Hmmmm.
