Been a bit of a busy week for the arts in LA, eh?
February 4-7
Actions, Conversations and Intersections @ Municipal Arts Gallery. A host of events are taking place daily as part of this project. Check out the February 4-7 schedule on their site for lots to do all weekend. Of particular interest is Nicola Atkinson Does Fly’s 101 Cup Thoughts event taking place Saturday, February 6 @ 7pm. Email her at buzz@nadfly.com to get on the list.
Thursday, February 4
Slobodan Dimitrov: The Longshore @ La Salle Lofts. Slobodan’s mural is unveiled. See my adjacent post for details. At 4:30 pm, 255 West 7th Street, San Pedro, CA. Join me at the unveiling, grab some early chow and then check out 1st Thursday in San Pedro. 4:30pm, 255 West 7th Street, San Pedro, CA 90731.
Amy Thornberry: Truce @ The Loft. Amy Thornberry will be exhibiting a new series of works at The Loft. This is the first show that’s being supported by the San Pedro ACE District and co-sponsored by Angels Gate Cultural Center. Look out for more exciting programming at The Loft coming soon. Reception is 6-9 pm.
Night Flight Presents: A Tribute to New Wave Theatre @ Cinefamily at the Silent Movie Theatre. I owe all my aesthetics to USA’s 1980′s and 90′s late night programming. New Wave Theatre was Southern California’s videopunk answer to the Reagan Era. Go for the Suburban Lawns, but stay for the FEAR. $12, starts at 8.
Saturday, February 6
Performing Public Space @ La Casa del Tunel (Tijuana). Group show featuring lots of LA folks, curated by Owen Driggs. “Bodily actions that interrupt the structuring of Public Space” by Anne Hers & Bill Wheelock, Ari Kletsky, Fallen Fruit, Finishing School, Jane Tsong, John Geary, Lauren Bon, Los Angeles Urban Rangers, Nancy Popp, Paul Pescador and Portable City Project. 3pm – 7pm.
Mexicali Biennial 09/10 Panel Discussion @ OTIS/Ben Maltz Gallery. Panelists Ed Gomez, Luis G. Hernandez, Dr. Amy Pederson, Nick Kersulis, Sergio Torres-Torres and Marco Vera will discuss the exhibition, followed by a no-host lunch at a local restaurant. 2-4pm.
BC Space: Mything in Action @ Cal State Fullerton Grand Central Art Center. Curated by Andrea Harris-McGee and Mike McGee, this group show highlights the 37 year history of BC Space. Featuring work by Marsha Adams, Roger Armstrong, Steve Axelrad, Barbara Berk, George Blakely, Angie Bray, Jerry Burchfield, Jack Butler, Mark Chamberlain, Jim Cokas, Eileen Cowin, Darryl Curran, Jorg Dubin, Greg Erf, Jacques Garnier, Suda House, Graham Howe, Mark Johnstone, Harold Jones, Robert Ketchum, Lynn Kubasek, Victor Landweber, James Lerager, Greg MacGregor, Mary Ellen Mark, Douglas McCulloh, Jerry McGrath, Patrick Nagatani, Thomas Neff, Jocey Neimanus, Kenda North, Sheila Pinkel, Susan Rankaitis, Andrew Savulich, Lonny Shavelson, Ilene Segalove, John Sexton, Clayton Spada, Partick Sparkuhl, Jim Stone, Arthur Taussig, Richard Turner, Jo Whaley, Andy Wing, Mihoko Yamagata and Eadweard r. York. Reception is 7-10 pm
Daises & Bad Biology @ Cinefamily at the Silent Movie Theatre. Daisies (excerpt at top) is Vera Chytilova’s “art girl” cult hit, an aesthetic bomb that’s been influencing aesthetics, both on and off film for four decades. An earlier and less nihilistic If, perhaps? Bad Biology is the newest thing from Frankenhooker director Frank Henenlotter. Tickets are $10, Daisies at 7:30 and Bad Biology at 10 pm.
Sunday, February 7
Sculpture in LA @ Jose Drudis-Bia Gallery at Mt. St. Mary’s College.
POSTWAR ART @ MOCA. Finishing School will be allowed near families and children to investigate MOCA’s postwar art collection in a hands-on workshop. Busy weekend for these boys. 1-3pm.
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Daisies, haven’t seen it. But I’m sure it’s worth the price of admission for the eyeliner and sugar-high energy alone. I imagine it embodies the girl power conundrum. Prague Spring foh liyf! Here is a vaguely related link that always throws IDM boys for a loop because it has girls in it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikM9U3St540
That Autechre video is 100% Daisies.
I was thinking this kind of scene is why If is the male Daisies.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEbdNvdhpUA
I see what you’re saying. Yes. If is concerned with guns and Daisies is concerned with eating.
It’s not so much that If is concerned with guns, it’s that If is concerned with some kind of “High School Darwinism” that’s both specifically male and physically violent.