Penny Arcade
" Combining the anarchy of Lenny Bruce with the pathos of Judy Garland, Penny Arcade is provocative, intellectually stimulating, perceptive and hilariously funny." The List UK
David Getsy Presentation and Discussion w/ Jennifer Doyle
David Getsy: "Second Skins: Nancy Grossman and the Binding of Genders"
presented within the space of My Barbarian's "Broke People Baroque People's Theater."
David Getsy's presentation will be followed up with a seminar-style discussion led by Getsy and Jennifer Doyle.
Female Trouble – Curated by Dirty Looks NYC
TOURING NEW YORK FILM SERIES SCREENS GENDERFUCK PROGRAM IN CHINATOWN GALLERY WITH MANY, SPECIAL GUESTS FEMALE TROUBLE: Artists Rick Castro, Zackary Drucker and Narcissister in person.
My Barbarian’s Broke People’s Baroque People’s Theater
Human Resources presents My Barbarian’s Broke People’s Baroque Peoples’ Theater, a residency in the form of a gallery installation that includes new videos, sculptures, and a performance environment. The project highlights the paradoxes of an art practice founded in critique, which nonetheless relies on economic forces that are worthy of serious criticism. In this time of spectacle and disparity, excess and poverty, the baroque figures as an ornate frame that contains all of these extremes. My Barbarian performs a variety of styles within this frame; camp drag, baroque opera, communist drama, countercultural performance and world theater all accumulate into a set of narratives that assimilate too much information. Enacting this accumulation, the group developed characters such as “Shakuntala DuBois” and “Cassandra Wasserstein Shakespeare,” masked figures who are trapped within cyclical forces they can foresee but cannot change.
Symposium PST
Dino Dinco Dorit Cypis Dawn Kasper Eve Fowler AL Steiner Jennifer Doyle Matias Viegener? PM?
Pacific Standard Time
A Pacific Standard Time Performance and Public Art Festival Event Commissioned by the Getty and LA><ART FRIDAY, January 27th 8-10pm OPENING NIGHT / LIVE PERFORMANCES Sheree Rose begins at 8pm (durational all night main space) Raquel Gutierrez and Jeanne Cordova 8:15pm (main space) Oscar Santos (w/ Alex Black, Samuel Vasquez, Karen Centerfold, Alice Cunt, Paloma […]
live performances PST
TJO Chiara Giovando Oscar Santos Larissa Brantner James Tyler Oyer Raquel and Jean Susan Silton? Zachary Drucker? Asher Hartman?
Church- A collaborative performance and installation
Human Resources LA 410 Cottage Home, Los Angeles, CAThe following performance and installation were held on January 26, 2012 at Human Resources Los Angeles - HRLA Participants: Rafa Esparza, Oscar Miguel Santos, Alex Black, Tamala Poljak, Allen Bleyle, Larissa James, Paloma Parfrey, Alice Cunt Installation: Rafa Esparza, Alice Cunt, Oscar Miguel Santos, Jeffzilla Organized by Oscar Miguel Santos Psychic Director: Asher Documentation: Donovan […]
Laida Lertxundi Film Program
A Lax Riddle Unit, (Los Angeles Premiere) Cry When It Happens, My Tears Are Dry and Footnotes to a House of Love Filmmaker in person
PST Performance Art and Public Art festival
exhibition and performances
William Jones book release w/screening LA plays Itself
Screening of L.A. Plays Itself begins at 7pm Fred Halsted's L.A. Plays Itself (1972) was gay porn's first masterpiece: a sexually explicit, autobiographical, experimental film whose New York screening left even Salvador Dalí repeatedly muttering "new information for me." Halsted, a self-taught filmmaker, shot the film over a period of three years in a now-vanished Los Angeles, […]
Jedediah Caesar & Shana Lutker – The Trap Door
The Trap Door Jedediah Caesar and Shana Lutker Exhibition Dates: November 23 – December 8, 2011 Reception with the artists: Friday, December 2, 2011 8 – 11 pm Featuring DJs Joey Kotting and Aram Moshayedi and special guests D3 Human Resources is pleased to present a display of large art-related items that were previously exhibited […]
Cindy Bernard – Year Long Loop
Year Long Loop runs continuously from November 19, 4pm until November 20, 4pm Artist Reception, Saturday November 19, 7-10pm Doughnuts and coffee will be served for the final 2 hours on Sunday, November 20 About the Video Recorded between October 2004 and September 2005, Year Long Loop documents the sound and view as experienced from […]
Dynasty Handbag and Tender Forever
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvweg80k_fY DYNASTY HANDBAG and TENDER FOREVER LIVE PERFORMANCE Friday, November 18th 2011 8pm $8 Please joins us for a performance by New York based performance and video artist Jibz Cameron (Dynasty Handbag) and musical perfomer Tender Forever Jibz Cameron (Dynasty Handbag) is a performance and video artist who lives and works in New York. Her […]
Essential Document
Human Resources LA 410 Cottage Home, Los Angeles, CAIan Stanton Chris Hanke Kaitlyn Fong Ashley Blakeney Brandon Jardine Yrneh Gabon Brown Devon McDonald-Hyman This document is essential. We propose that the artworks in this exhibition function as individual documents; they are essential in and of themselves. If, how or why they utilize the photographic medium, they all respond, in one way or another, […]
Sarah Rara – A RAY ARRAY
Human Resources LA 410 Cottage Home, Los Angeles, CAA RAY ARRAY is a new video directed by Sarah Rara that examines forms of visual and aural interference: from the failure of a message to be discernible, sudden interruptions, visual disturbance, the interaction of 2 sound signals, instability, and optical effects. Structured like a collection of short stories, the work is composed of 16 […]
Gregory Rogove – PIANA
Human Resources LA 410 Cottage Home, Los Angeles, CAa live rendition of Gregory Rogove's multi-media album PIANA. Special Guests: Devendra Banhart, Lucky Dragons, Carly Margolis (w/ Mark Noseworthy & Nicole Simone) This event acts as a preview or a live rendition of Gregory Rogove's multi-media album PIANA, set to be released on January 31st, 2012 on Knitting Factory Records. Rogove is a drummer […]
00:00 RESET website launch party
performances and music / dance party
Molly Larkey – The Lost Alphabet, Pants That Fit, and Other Implausible Disguises
Opening Reception: Saturday, October 22nd, 2011, 7pm-10pm Human Resources is pleased to present Molly Larkey: The Lost Alphabet, Pants That Fit, and Other Implausible Disguises In her new body of work, Larkey continues to investigate the boundaries between the self and the world, by looking at the ways the individual is both hidden and revealed […]
Plain Brown Wrapper
Sophie Lee Anne McCaddon Allison Miller Yunhee Min Opening Reception: Saturday, October 22nd, 7-10 pm A plain brown wrapper is used when something is too valuable - or too subversive - to reveal to the world. It’s a strategy of concealment, so that the treasured object isn’t immediately recognized for what it is. It’s also […]
Dawn Kasper, Karen Adelman, Tara Jane ONeil, Alejandra Herrera, and Marilyn Arsem, Free Clinic #2, curated by The Action Bureau
Human Resources LA 410 Cottage Home, Los Angeles, CAAlejandra Herrera "Sagrado y Profano" (2011) Photo credit: The Action Bureau THE ACTION BUREAU is pleased to present FREE CLINIC #2, the second installment in an ongoing series of of action-based, body-centric performance events. FREE CLINIC #2 will take place on Thursday, October 13, 2011 from 6pm-9pm and is hosted by Human Resources, the performance-focused […]
Eros and Civilization
Eros And Civilization September 16 – October 7, 2011 Opening reception: Friday, September 16, 7-10 PM Heather Cantrell Dawn Kasper Tricia Lawless Murray Davida Nemeroff Amy Sampson Curated by Benjamin Lord Eros And Civilization gathers together the work of five female artists based in Los Angeles who use photography to explore the relationship between desire, power, […]
MGM Grand: NUT
NUT is structured like a nut: a fruit with a skin, meat, and a seed. NUT speaks to our relationship with dance, as practice and as a discipline. NUT is MGM’s first dance created during the winter months. It questions the aesthetics of produced dance, and how it is expected to affect an audience and a venue. NUT takes cues from diverse performance cultures and historical influences such as Motown, elements of the mid-90’s NYC dance improvisation scene and Tommy DeFrantz's dance class for undergraduates at MIT.
Dorian Wood and Dave Dominique of Killsonic
pick one day for an opera and Dave Dominique to perform for a night
The Action Bureau: Free Clinic #1
Free Clinic #1 Organized by The Action Bureau Joe Deutch Jeff Huckleberry Jamie McMurry THE ACTION BUREAU is pleased to present FREE CLINIC #1, the first installment in a forthcoming series which features new works in performance by contemporary artists. FREE CLINIC #1 will take place on Tuesday, August 9, 2011 from 7pm-10pm and is […]
mal-dis-tri-bu-tion – Scott Benzel
Human Resources LA 410 Cottage Home, Los Angeles, CAmal-dis-tri-bu-tion
n. Faulty distribution or apportionment, as of resources, over an area or among a group. Maldistribution is a term generally applied to economic disparity: It most often refers to
the inequal distribution of resources or capital.
It is a term that also suggests ‘bad’ distribution- a common complaint of producers of cultural artifacts: records, films, mass-produced objects. In this context, it refers to a lack of wide commercial availability of a specific product, usually through the fault of the distributor. Maldistribution has poor consequences for mass-produced objects and good consequences for their opposite in the realm of distribution: objects of art.
Queering Sex
Human Resources LA 410 Cottage Home, Los Angeles, CAQueering Sex is a performance and video exhibition that features the work of artists who are dealing with gender and sexuality. This cross-generational, trans-historical video program explores sex and sexuality via ideas and actions related to performance, and thereby highlighting a relationship between performativity and identity. The exhibition includes the participation of over 40 artists from Los […]
NewVillager’s Temporary Culture – Residency and Performance
Human Resources LA 410 Cottage Home, Los Angeles, CAAN INSTALLATION AT HUMAN RESOURCES GALLERY DESIGNED FOR LIVING, SLEEPING, PERFORMING, AND AN INSTALLATION AT HUMAN RESOURCES GALLERY DESIGNED FOR LIVING, SLEEPING, PERFORMING, AND GOING THROUGH STAGES OF CULTURE.
Rats / Tes Elations / Town Hall (NY) / The Relatives (NY)
Human Resources LA 410 Cottage Home, Los Angeles, CASome really great bands! 5pm (Early Show) $5 cover Rats - http://www.ratstheband.com/ Tes Elations - http://www.facebook.com/teselations Town Hall - http://townhall.bandcamp.com/ The Relatives - http://relatives.bandcamp.com/
Say You’re An Artist – Mark Roeder and Johnnie Cochran Middle School Artists
Human Resources is pleased to present Say You’re an Artist, an exhibition of new and recent work by art students from Johnnie L. Cochran, Jr. Middle School. Organized by artist and teacher Mark Roeder, the exhibition will feature a collaborative installation process.
Paul Pescador
Human Resources LA 410 Cottage Home, Los Angeles, CAPaul Pescador May 14-June 1, 2011 Opening May 14, 7-10pm. Film will screen promptly at 9pm. In 1, 1 1/2, 2, the space will be used as a theater, art gallery, and screening room simultaneously. The show explores the relationship between live events, performances, everyday objects, and their photographic documents. These photographic documents are then used as the source material for the […]
Nuts in May
Human Resources on Bernard St. 510 Bernard St., Los Angeles, CAAnh Do and Kate Shoults present NUTS IN MAY Sound + performances by JON BRUMIT and DAVID SCOTT STONE Dance performance by WIFE Readings by WOLFBOY JOHN TOTTENHAM and ALEXANDER ZEVIN Dancing with DJ DINER plus FARMER DAVE'S HOT NUTS FREE
May Day Eve: Re-Opening Event
Human Resources LA 410 Cottage Home, Los Angeles, CAHuman Resources officially re-opens at its new Chinatown location, the former Cottage Home Gallery. On the eve of May Day, the re-opening event celebrates the inclusion of performance diversity with a full program of innovative theater, dance, performance art and music. The performance program begins with the dance collective, WIFE, founded and choreographed by Jasmine Albuquerque, Kristin Leahy, and Nina McNeely. Multi-faceted artist and performer, Asher Hartman, whose work engages a wide range of mediums including theater, painting and video, follows with a presentation of his thirty minute play, “The All Stars of Non-Violet Communication.” Experimental prog rock duo, Totally Serious, comprised of Jesse Appelhans (Modern Drummer Magazine’s Top Ten Prog Drummer) and bassist, Eric Kiersnowski, plays a set. Artist Paul Waddell, who has shared his boundary-pushing interactive performance nationally, also performs. Waddell is followed by the uplifting musical sounds of artist and musician Daniela Sea, Will Schwartz (of Imperial Teen), Patty Schemel and Bo Boddie Band. The program ends with a dance performance choreographed by widely acclaimed Ryan Heffington featuring the Ladyboys of Sweaty Sundays. A homemade soda by Eden Batki will be available for purchase throughout the evening. Doors open at 7pm. Admission is free.
Vessel: Suzanne Wright and Tony Payne
Human Resources LA 410 Cottage Home, Los Angeles, CAArtist Curated Projects is pleased to present the work of Tony Payne and Suzanne Wright. Each artists' work is inherently concerned with the body though their approach to the subject is vastly different.
Using text, Tony Payne’s work explores both the actual letterforms and their various levels of context - the text / image is rendered in a painterly fashion - using hand made materials (pigment) with elements directly related to the body (it's host, the interior), saliva, blood, semen. Words (often parts of lyrics, found text or elements of the artist's dreams) subconsciously emerge to become subjects. The letters somehow both stand for, and come from the body, mirroring the struggles (the elation, the power) within.
MUSIC MUSIC MUSIC!
Human Resources LA 410 Cottage Home, Los Angeles, CAChiara Giovando Mortbaladam L.A. TEX Oscar Santos Dawn Kasper Corey Fogel Thursday March 24th, 2011 Human Resources at Cottage Home 410 Cottage Home Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012-1415 doors open at 8pm show starts at 9pm BYOB $3 donation see you soon lovers love, HR
The Activity of Collectivity: Panel Discussion
This discussion includes artists, writers and curators who initiate collaborative projects through forms as varied as open-source schools, experimental curatorial and exhibition programs, and new publishing platforms. A central question will be to investigate how the activity of collectivity might generate new aesthetic forms or models today. Panelists: Miles Coolidge, moderator Stacey Allan, East of […]
Tree Farm (Video From Oregon)
Human Resources LA 410 Cottage Home, Los Angeles, CADitch Projects of Springfield, Oregon is pleased to present you with
Tree Farm, a collection of video art from Oregon. Combining the
efforts of both established and emerging artists, Tree Farm explores
Oregonian approaches to narrative and document, providing a telling
(if not thorough) portrayal of the Wonderland experience.
Divine Violence
Human Resources LA 410 Cottage Home, Los Angeles, CAWhy are we attracted to violence? Why are we repulsed by it?
Can we find representations of the sort of invisible, systemic, “objective” violence that Zizek articulates in his book Violence? Does that help anything? Is the “dialectic of concealment and revelation,” as Maggie Nelson writes, crucial to our understanding (and mitigation) of violence?
Is some form of violence helpful or even necessary to achieve social or political change? In other words, can violence ever be justified (something Walter Benjamin does under the aegis of Divine Violence)?
Divining Power
music by: KINGDOM NGUZUNGUZU TOTAL FREEDOM with: a performance of not knowing by Vincente Colomar - from Madrid and Dawn Kasper It's our last hurrah at 510 Bernard so come dressed for the occasion and have a drink and a dance...
Crying Over Spilled Milk
Human Resources on Bernard St. 510 Bernard St., Los Angeles, CAALEXIS DISSELKOEN BRIAN GETNICK PAUL PESCADOR Organized by Paul Pescador Crying Over Spilled Milk, is a one night performance event featuring the work of Alexis Disselkoen, Brian Getnick, and Paul Pescador, Crying Over Spilled Milk, will focus on site-specific situational and interactive performances. The event will examine the creation of performative objects as a means […]
SASSAS Presents: Kim Myhr and Jim Denley
Human Resources on Bernard St. 510 Bernard St., Los Angeles, CA(LOS ANGELES) SASSAS is pleased to announce Ad Hoc, a new concert series presented in collaboration with the Chinatown based collective, Human Resources. Ad Hoc #1 takes place Friday, October 22, 2010 at Human Resources’ space in Chinatown and features the renowned experimental musicians Kim Myhr (Norway), Jim Denley (Australia) performing as Mural, and local […]
Two Performances w/Nicholas Grider, Ryan Majestic, Aaron Drake, David Earle, Elana Mann, and Juliana Snapper
Human Resources on Bernard St. 510 Bernard St., Los Angeles, CAMasculinity Cycle (Houdini) Nicholas Grider with Ryan Majestic Wed. Oct. 20th, 8pm Human Resources, 510 Bernard in Chinatown For this performance I'll restage a famous Houdini rope challenge which goes like this: three audience volunteers tie me to a chair with 100 feet of rope. Then I escape (probably). Where Houdini would have moved on, […]
Encounters I May Or May Not Have Had With Peter Berlin: A 16mm Installation by Mariah Garnett
Human Resources on Bernard St. 510 Bernard St., Los Angeles, CAMariah Garnett at Human Resources 510 Bernard St, Los Angeles, CA, 90012. October 8-19, 2010. Opening Reception: October 8, Closing Reception: October 19 info@humanresourcesla.com 213-290-4752 Gallery hours are 12-6 pm, Thursday through Saturday and by appointment Human Resources are pleased to host: Encounters I May Or May Not Have Had With Peter Berlin a 16mm […]
Rocky Point Press with Aimee Bender and Eileen Myles
Human Resources on Bernard St. 510 Bernard St., Los Angeles, CAReadings by Aimee Bender and Eileen Myles hosted by Rocky Point Press https://vimeo.com/19489038
Collective Show (NYC)
Participant, Inc. 253 East Houston St, New York, NYCOLLECTIVE SHOW is an artist-organized exhibition of contemporary art collectives. This collaboratively curated "group show of group shows" features local artist-run spaces, independent curatorial initiatives, not-for-profit endeavors and web-based groups established in the last decade. Collective Show is an open-source project sponsored by Silvershed, an artist-run project space in New York and Los Angeles. The […]
Puppetry and Music w/Embarrassing Powers and Friends
Human Resources on Bernard St. 510 Bernard St., Los Angeles, CAJoin EMBARRASSING POWERS for a night of hypnotic puppetry and electronics, with members of howardAmb, blackblack, LA Fog and Chicken Skin Ranch. With a KILLER Lineup including: MISSINCINATTI docking in Chinatown, fresh from the desert http://www.myspace.com/missincinatti STLS drumcore from Portland http://www.myspace.com/stls ANNA OXYGEN getting the psychedelic dance party started! http://www.myspace.com/annaoxygen