Carlos Agredano: Smog Check
Gallery hours: Wednesday through Sunday, 12 - 6pmOpening: Saturday, October 7, 7 - 9pm Smog Check is an exhibition of new sculptures and research by Carlos Agredano about the air-quality […]
Zori Swanegan: In suspension, otherwise
Opening reception: Friday, October 27, 6 - 9pmOpen hours: Saturday, October 28th and Sunday, October 29th 12 - 6pm A collection of drawings, prints, and one animation serving as windows […]
Kanal Nula / Touriszt / Henrik Soederstroem / Hallasan
A night of extreme music with artists from New York, Berlin, Stockholm and Los Angeles. Kanal Nula (NY)Touriszt (Berlin)Henrik Soederstroem (Stockholm)Hallasan (LA) With special guest, DJ Shitfun. $10 admission to […]
The Alphabet of Andean Futurism
This project emerges as an adaptation of fragments from Gamaliel Churata's indigenist avant-garde masterpiece, "The Golden Fish," viewed through the lens of Andean Futurism. It combines music, video, poetry, and […]
So Much I Want to Say: A Glimpse into Palestinian Erasure
Los Angeles Filmforum and Human Resources Los Angeles presentSo Much I Want To Say: A Glimpse Into Palestinian ErasureScreening + Lecture PerformanceFor more info: https://www.lafilmforum.org/ With guests curator Zaina Bseiso […]
Use Me at Your Own Risk: Visions from the Darkest Timeline
A reading of Use Me at Your Own Risk: Visions from the Darkest Timeline by Gem Evans (Monica) and Evan Ibarra (Sam).The reading will be followed by a conversation about the […]
Alsea Diana Is Depicting Violence Against Women
ALSEA DIANA INVITES YOU TO AN IMMERSIVE INTERACTIVE INSTALLATION FEATURING BRAND NEW EXPERIMENTAL WORK AND A PREVIEW OF HER FEATURE-LENGTH DIRECTORIAL DEBUT PEREGRINE FALCON MUSIC – DRINKS – LOTTERY TICKETSGIRLS […]
Kabir Carter
Doors at 8pmPerformance at 9pmFree (pay what you want - proceeds go to Venice Family Clinic) Kabir Carter will explore the spatial acoustics and resonant behavior of a circuit that […]
Winter Soiree
doors at 7:30pm / music at 8pm Corey Fogel hosts another Winter Soiree, featuring an assortment of creative musicians, both local and traveling from Portland, San Francisco, and New York. […]
Tati au Miel: Carousel EP Release
Tickets are $10 at the door. In celebration of Tati au Miel’s latest EP release Carousel with Texan label Halcyon Veil. This EP, birthing from Tati's lived experiences and personal […]
So Much I Want To Say: A Glimpse Into Palestinian Erasure
Los Angeles Filmforum and Human Resources present So Much I Want To Say: A Glimpse Into Palestinian Erasure With guests curator Zaina Bseiso (in person) and Bahaleen Collective (via Zoom) […]
Arnold J. Kemp: 3 Plays
Tickets are free of charge. Reserve a spot by clicking on the appropriate link: Friday, January 12th / Saturday, January 13th / Sunday, January 14th A three night survey of […]
Minor Gaps Between
Gallery hours: 12 - 6pmOpening: Saturday, January 20, 6 - 9pm featuring work by:0ll668Derek HolguinJiayun ChenRodolfo Sousa Minor Gaps Between is the result of several conversations about the arcane and […]
Jules Garder and Nat Decker: Posturing Collapse
Friday, February 9th, 6pm - 10pmPerformances: 8pm - 10pmFeaturing: Jules Chimes Gårder and Nat Decker, Star Feliz and Cielo Saucedo, thai Lu, Life Em Stebbins and Jazmin Romero Gallery Hours: […]
Reading The Right to Maim
HRLA is hosting a two-part seminar dedicated to reading Jasbir Puar's The Right to Maim: Debility, Capacity, Disability (2017). The Right to Maim, which argues that debilitation is a defining […]
WHAT ARE WORDS FOR?
Join HRLA for a panel and conversation about statements and solidarity. (RESCHEDULED from 2/6) Endorsements of PACBI, calls for ceasefire, individual expressions of solidarity — what do different kinds of […]
Meejin Hong: Deluge
a screening and art show with Meejin Hong opening Friday, February 16th, 5 - 8pmGallery hours: Saturday, February 17th and Sunday, February 18th, 12 - 6pm Meejin Hong is an […]
untitled|unknown (featuring mattie barbier, Ensemble Adapter, Davíð Brynjar Franzson)
untitled|unknown Wednesday, February 21st, 8:30pm Free Admission https://ensemble-adapter.de/ https://mattiebarbier.com/ http://franzson.com/ Specifically tailored to the architecture of Human Resources, untitled|unknown is a collaborative project initiated by L.A.-based Icelandic composer Davíð Brynjar […]
para by para
para by para para by para is a (hyper)active listening party featuring performances by sound artists Slow Rose and jeremy +/ kennedy, under her new moniker D.J. Again. para by para tiptoes the edge of the event horizon, taking […]
Seven Channel Aura
Human Resources Los Angeles presents Seven Channel Aura, a night of music by Beli and Friends. Live sets by Clarion and Angel Meat. DJ sets by Stealth Angel, Jonny Mystery, […]
First Draft
First Draft is an evening of Experimental Works-in-Process for Los Angeles based dance and performance artists. The evening serves as a creative laboratory for wide-ranging artistic investigations in movement-based mediums […]
BEING WORK Book Launch
with Dorothy Dubrule, Jessica Emmanuel and Mireya Lucio, moderated by Ajani Brannum Being Work is a collection of essays by dance and theater artists, edited by Dorothy Dubrule and published by Insert […]
Black Revivalist & HRLA Presents: Chocolate Babies + Days of Pentecost
In commemoration of Black History Month, Black Revivalist and Human Resources Los Angeles are proud to present a night of ‘90s underground black queer cinema. This double-header features Stephen Winter’s […]
Words for Falastin: fundraiser for Rafah
With hearts broken and malleable grief we invite you to gather with us as we speak prayers, songs, offerings for the liberation of the land of Palestine. As we tend to this […]
Springing Studies
Springing Studies is the first installment of HRLA Studies, a series of free study sessions intended for skill sharing, thought provocation, collective learning and expansion of the commons. Two sessions are being […]
Devotional See-Saw
Gallery hours: Friday, March 15th, 2 - 6pm; Saturday, March 16th 12 - 5pm A collaborative show by Canción Paz and Amia YokoyamaTo read texts about the show (in English […]
Kyiv to LA presents: Nikolay Karabinovych, Teta Tsybulnyk & Elias Parvulesco
Human Resources LA 410 Cottage Home, Los Angeles, CAJoin us on Sunday March 17 for a dinner and screening with artists Nikolay Karabinovych, Teta Tsybulnyk, Elias Parvulesco and curator Asha Bukojemsky. This event marks the second iteration of […]
Alan S. Tofighi: Legal Fictions & Critical Bands (1993-2024)
Alan S. Tofighi: Legal Fictions & Critical Bands (1993-2024) Traces trajectories from two ongoing work cycles; Critical Bands (2010-present) and Legal Fictions (2014-present). Respectively rooted in histories & counter histories in […]
There in Green California / هناك في كاليفورنيا الخضراء
Human Resources LA 410 Cottage Home, Los Angeles, CAOpening reception: Saturday, March 30, 6 - 10pm Ali Eyal, Andre Keichian, Ignacio Perez Meruane, Izdihar Afyouni, Golrokh Nafisi, Hande Sever, Susu Attar Gallery hours: Wednesday through Sunday, by appointment. […]
Gaza Community Aid Fundraiser & Art Raffle
We are raising funds to help multiple families evacuate Gaza. Your raffle ticket costs will be entirely redirected to individuals working on the ground helping evacuate and resettle families. Join […]
WRITING ON RAVING: LOS ANGELES
Writing on Raving is a reading and performance series curated by Zoë Beery, Geoffrey Mak and McKenzie Wark. The series opens a space for critical thinking, creative language, and verbal performance that celebrates, […]
Dorian Wood: This is not goodbye, it’s just I won’t ever see you again (a final purge)
Dorian Wood bids farewell to Los Angeles, her birthplace and also her home for over 40 years. To mark her transition to the East Coast, Human Resources will host an event […]
VENUS 2.0
Friday and Saturday performances begin at 8pm; Sunday performance begins at 6pm. Click here to purchase tickets. VENUS 2.0 is a large-scale multi-media music performance by Tyler Matthew Oyer. Set within […]
HRLA Studies: Alan Poma “Art, Time And Rebellion In Ancient Americas”
Art, Time, and Rebellion in Ancient Americas is the second installment of HRLA Studies, a series of free study sessions intended for skill sharing, thought provocation, collective learning and expansion of the […]
BAE BAE: SOUL RECOVERY
BAE BAE (Kumi James) presents SOUL RECOVERY, a live electronic music and sound performance that investigates how sonic resonance helps to create and strengthen bonds between people and spaces, allowing […]
The Urgent Call of Palestine: a community fundraiser for Gaza
In commemoration of Nakba Day, join us on Saturday, May 11th, at Human Resources LA or virtually, for The Urgent Call of Palestine—a community fundraiser for Gaza! You can contribute […]
Sculptors Painting
Organized by Cara Chan Opening reception: Friday, May 17, 6 - 9pmGallery hours: Saturday, May 18 through Thursday, May 23, 12 - 6pmPainting event: Sunday, May 19, 2 - 5pm […]
labor & collective action as resistance
Join us for a teach-in on May 25th hosted at Human Resources! labor & collective action as resistance will explore how collective action can be applied to the spaces we […]
David Bad: all in, win or lose
Opening reception: Wednesday, May 29th 6 - 9pm Gallery hours: Thursday, May 30th through Monday, June 3rd, 12 - 6pm Ever since I can remember I’ve been painting, drawing, sketching, or […]
Two Tongues, Multiple Mothers
Two Tongues, Multiple Mothers is a one night event consisting of screenings, performances, and objects that explore the space between languages as liminal bodies. The process of translation and interpretation […]
WET NIGHTMARES: transvestiary of horrors
Spiritual sessions with popper-induced trances, lycanthropic nahual strippers, anal vampiresses. Binding spells sealed with a rain of blood, satanic dances. Sexual pacts with demonic entities and orgies with transsexual "tlahuelpuchis" […]
First Draft
Tickets are $5 - 20, sliding scale; click here to purchase. First Draft is an evening of Experimental Works-in-Process for Los Angeles based dance and performance artists. The evening serves as a […]
Slow, Queer, and Deep: A Regenerative Placemaking Workshop
“Be like the flower that gives its fragrance even to the hand that crushes it.” —Bill Mollison What does it mean to be a regeneratively-minded media artist in a world […]
Rehearsals for A Color Play
Anna Betbeze and HR present: Rehearsals for A Color Play Gallery Hours: Thursday-Sunday, 12 - 6pmOpening: Saturday, June 15, 4 - 6pmOpen rehearsals: Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, June 21 - […]
David Aguirre: Los días
Opening reception: Friday, June 28, 6 - 9pmOpen hours: Saturday, June 29 and Sunday, June 30, 12 - 6pm David Isaac Aguirre (b.1992, Fresno, CA) is an artist who lives […]
Transfiguration International Film Festival
Doors at 6:30pm Screenings at 7pm THE TRANSFIGURATION INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL is a traveling film festival showcasing an eclectic variety of experimental short films. Curated by Jonni Peppers (award-winning animator […]
Page Person: GREEN SCREEN VOCAL SAC
A meditation on our relationships with nature and technology, GREEN SCREEN VOCAL SAC invites attendees to use their phone/device to playback a video (accessible via QR code) to create an […]
Audrey Leshay: The Science of Last Things
Opening reception: Friday, July 12, 6 - 9pmGallery hours: Saturday, July 13 and Sunday, July 14, 12 - 6pm Audrey Leshay (b. 1997) is a painter from and based in […]
Ashira Darwish | a Sufi prayer for Gaza
Join us for a Sufi prayer and sacred dance of power for Gaza. Ashira Darwish will lead an active Sufi meditation to release stress, grief and anger. We will then […]
Ben Bennett | Jeonghyeon Joo | Stephanie Cheng Smith | Michael Bailey
Human Resources LA 410 Cottage Home, Los Angeles, CABen Bennett is a Philadelphia-based improvising percussionist and artist who plays a compact pile of self-made drums, stretched membranes, and other objects which are continually rearranged in the course of playing, […]
Ringdown
Tickets are $10; click here to purchase. On July 23rd, 2024 at Human Resources Los Angeles, Alex Hawthorn will present an evening of experimental electronic music performances by renowned artists, […]
Secret Magic Show
Anna Hrund Másdóttir, Rollin Hunt, and Aimee Goguen opening reception: Friday, August 2, 6 - 9pmopen hours: Saturday and Sunday, August 3 - 4, 12 - 6pm
There is almost not an interval
Open hours 12-6pm Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays and by appointment all other times Renee GladmanWill RawlsTheresa Hak Kyung ChaAllison ParrishJJJJJerome EllisSarah RaraLuke Fischbeck “People will never believe you are 'without […]
Holly Harrell: The argument at the family barbecue the day after the office St. Patrick’s Day party
Thursday, September 12 and Friday, September 13, 7pmA surgical exquisite corpse. An eternal reoccurrence. A replica made from memory with no skills to work with.A two day participatory performance. The […]
Dorian Wood: I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got
Doors at 7pm / show at 7:30pm on all nights. Dorian Wood returns to L.A. for three nights only, performing the entirety of Sinéad O'Connor's groundbreaking album on each night. […]
MSHR / Slipper / Jonathan Snipes
Human Resources LA 410 Cottage Home, Los Angeles, CAUPEND Presents MSHR Slipper Jonathan Snipes ] MSHR upends L.A. with back-to-back nights of performance at Human Resources, each night featuring a distinct mode of the Portland, Oregon-headquartered collective’s networked […]
MSHR: Network Entity
Human Resources LA 410 Cottage Home, Los Angeles, CAUPEND presents a live audio visual performance from MSHR Network Entity: A Live Rendered Sonic Sculpture System { { RSVP } } MSHR upends L.A. with back-to-back nights of performance at […]
MIRRORED FATALITY: LABUAD MEKLOOQ
Doors at 8pm; performance at 9:30pm It’s 3034 on ECOCIDE 3URTH, and the corpses of natural ecosystems of planet Earth murdered by apathetic humans and artificial intelligence are seeking vengeance. […]
Conscious Tether: Art and the Internet in Los Angeles
Opening reception: Saturday, October 5th, 5 - 8pm Gallery hours: Tuesday - Sunday, 12pm - 6pm Conscious Tether: Art and the Internet in Los Angeles is a group exhibition of […]
Shadow of My Shadow Book Release
A reading and reception to celebrate the publication of Jennifer Doyle's book, Shadow of My Shadow. “Shadow of My Shadow sets a new bar for autotheory. A patient, granular dismantling of […]
Basandja Coalition Free Congo Fundraiser
Doors at 6:30pm; event begins at 7:00pm$15 - $40 suggested donation (no one turned away for lack of funds); click here for tickets Join us for a teach in, fundraiser, […]
Person2Person: Hurricane Helene Relief Fundraiser
💛 PERSON 2 PERSON 💛 Last month Hurricane Helene devastated the South and especially western North Carolina. Many people in the area lost lives, homes, jobs. The recovery is far […]
Locked in the Brick Tower
Doors at 7pm; screening at 8pm Locked in the Brick Tower presents nine short films with thematic explorations spanning horror, prejudice, and the grotesque. In literary fiction, the mythical characters […]
MATTHEW LAX: A TIRED DOG IS A GOOD DOG, PART TWO
Opening Reception: Friday, November 1, 6:00–10:00 pmGallery hours: 12:00–5:00 pm; Friday - Sunday, and by appointment * Thursday, November 14, 7:00 pm: Historian, writer and USC professor Andy Campbell joins […]
HRLA Studies: Race, Ecology and the Human/Nonhuman
HRLA Studies - Fall 2024 November Session by Christal Pérez on Race, Ecology and the Human/Nonhuman For the November HRLA Studies session, Christal Pérez will share a series of presentations on […]
mattie barbier / Trevor Treglia & Violet Hannesena
mattie barbier performs the music from their new solo record on Dinzu Artifacts, paper blown between the spaces in my ribs. (lamentations) for éliane is a long form work for prepared […]
Disconsent: Faith
A participatory performance by Aliza Shvarts Human Resources Los Angeles presents Disconsent: Faith, a one-on-one performance by Aliza Shvarts on Thursday, November 15 from 6-8pm. This performance is presented off-site. […]
Recipes for the End of Empire
untune’s Fall Residency from throughout November includes creatives exploring issues concerning FOOD-history, insecurity, sovereignty, and our modern food system as a colonial one. The group navigates and learns from land, food […]
First Draft
First Draft is an evening of experimental works in process for Los Angeles based performing artists. This season’s lineup includes Jeremy Guyton, Katherine Helen Fisher, Eleanor Erdman (with Laura Bartczak and Kendra Adler), and William […]
BEINGS IN PROGRESS
BEINGS IN PROGRESS This event is a space to share unfinished works without judgment, for artists seeking a momentary instance of community among strangers. This gathering is intended especially for those […]
Structures of Feeling
Opening: Friday, December 6, 6 - 9pmGallery hours: Thursday - Sunday, 12 - 6pm or by appointmentStructures of Feeling is a group exhibition featuring Jamil Baldwin, Janna Ireland, Arlene Mejorado,Luis […]