Matthew Scullin, CEO of Alphabet Energy, recalls a connection to the Ampex Corporation

(c) 2011 Kamau Amu Patton. All rights reserved.
Metal Machine Trio
Myths of Rape , by Leslie Labowitz-Starus, Performed for Three Weeks in May, Suzanne Lacy, 1977

Performed for Lacy's series Three Weeks in May. Photo: Suzanne Lacy
William Leavitt, Set design for The Particles, 2011
Dawn Kasper, Parker’s Table, 2009, archival pigment print

(c) Dawn Kasper

Friday, January 27, 2012

Today's Events

10:00 a.m.–10:00 p.m.

Portable Parks IV: Past, Present, Future = A.L.L., by Bonnie Ora Sherk in collaboration with Consuming Nature by the Otis College Graduate Public Practice Program

A re-imagination of Bonnie Sherk's 1970s Portable Parks installations, realized in collaboration with Graduate Public Practice MFA Students from Otis College of Art and Design. At Santa Monica Place. Learn more.

7:00 p.m.

Three Weeks in January, by Suzanne Lacy

Everyday, Suzanne Lacy and young women will mark a map of Los Angeles with the previous day’s police reports. Downtown. Learn more.

8:00 p.m.

The Particles (Of White Naugahyde), by William Leavitt

A previously unproduced three-act play by William Leavitt. Performed on January 26 and 27, and February 2 and 3, at the Annex in West Hollywood. Learn more.
Memory and Data Storage, by Kamau Patton

Patton investigates Ampex corporate culture. At Machine Project, in Echo Park. Learn more.
Kaleidoscope of Pacific Standard Time

Kaleidoscope of Pacific Standard Time (K-PST) is an Internet arts channel (k-pst.org) broadcast in connection with the performance series, RE:COMPOSITION, held on January 27 & 28 at SCI-Arc, which presents studies on the constitution, disposition, duration, and transmission of art ideas articulated in and beyond California. Learn more.
HR IN JAN, by Dawn Kasper

Performances and discussions inspired by the 1971 project Womanhouse. Learn more.
In Conversation: Lou Reed and Bob Ezrin

World premiere audio installation of Metal Machine Trio as an ambisonic 3-D recreation. At Cal State Long Beach. Learn more.

8:00 p.m.–2:00 a.m.

Black Box, by Liz Glynn

Join us each night of the festival to meet, drink, and talk. Each night features different surprise performances. Located in Hollywood. Learn more.

Los Angeles Police Rape Map, by Suzanne Lacy

In this installation at the L.A. Police Department, Suzanne Lacy and young women will mark a map of Los Angeles with the previous day’s police reports. Learn more.
East of No-West, by Willie Herrón

Herrón’s new mural is his homage to his years of participation in the Chicano performance and conceptual art group Asco. Located near Cal State Los Angeles. Learn more.
Artists’ Tower of Protest, by Mark di Suvero

The Artists' Tower of Protest is a re-staging of Mark di Suvero's 1966 monumental work in protest of the Vietnam War. Located in West Hollywood. Learn more.
O Speak, Speak 2

A new version of the 1970 landmark public work O Speak, Speak rises in Watts. At the Watts Towers Arts Center. Learn more.

Kaleidoscope of Pacific Standard Time

Kaleidoscope of Pacific Standard Time (K-PST) is an Internet arts channel (k-pst.org) broadcast in connection with the performance series, RE:COMPOSITION, held on January 27 & 28 at SCI-Arc, which presents studies on the constitution, disposition, duration, and transmission of art ideas articulated in and beyond California. Learn more.