Kaleidescope of Pacific Standard Time

A California-centric source for artworks, interviews, and programs by artists and curators from 1945-present.

  • Evolution (2010-12) by JD Beltran with music by Marc Barrite and technical assistance by Scott Minneman

    Evolution (2010-12) by JD Beltran with music by Marc Barrite and technical assistance by Scott Minneman

  • I N T E R R U P T U S (2008 – 2012): By Joan Retallack

    I N T E R R U P T U S (2008 – 2012): By Joan Retallack

  • Bar Hopping (2012): Composed and performed by Joan Jeanrenaud and Paul de Jong

    Bar Hopping (2012): Composed and performed by Joan Jeanrenaud and Paul de Jong

  •  Still Movement: Homage to Nan Hoover (2012): By Sandro Dukic

    Still Movement: Homage to Nan Hoover (2012): By Sandro Dukic

KPST was conceived as an expanding, dynamic resource for artworks and ideas that shape California’s fertile contemporary art landscape: an archive of unique curated programs, artworks, commissions, interviews and related documents. To honor California-native John Cage’s centenary and liberating influence, KPST’s thematic performance program, RE:COMPOSITION, considered how current compositional practices and tools enable artists from all disciplines to re-conceive or reconstitute aspects of their art production. Featured artists included: JD Beltran with Marc Barrite, Sandro Đukić, Joan Jeanrenaud with Paul de Jong, and Joan Retallack with Michael Ives. KPST was featured in the Getty Center’s initiative Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A. 1945 – 1980, and Performance and Public Art Festival.

 

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