Human Resources

Join us for the first US presentation of: UIQ: A SPACE ODDITY A lecture / performance by Paris-based artists SILVIA MAGLIONI & GRAEME THOMSON (originally produced by Bétonsalon, Paris as part of the Otolith Group exhibition "A Lure a Part Allure Apart") Following the publication in 1980 of Mille Plateaux, a work that for many […]

HIGH PLACES, PHAROAHS, LA VAMPIRES, SUZANNE KRAFT, WHITE CAR

Please join Eileen Myles and Chris Kraus as they read from their new books.

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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

DUNES Release Party // 11 - Video Screening

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.

The 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 […]

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

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, […]

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 […]

A 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 […]

Alejandra 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 […]

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.

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 […]

Anh 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

Human 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.

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 […]

Ditch 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.