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Gallery Hours: 2pm - 9pm An exhibition by John Dieterich and Carlin Wing With work by Cuauhtli A talk by Leopoldo Peña on pelota mixteca and his photography series Oaxacalifornia @ 7pm on Saturday August 18, 2018 And a performance with Corey Fogel @ 7pm on Sunday August 19, 2018. One-two, give-and-go, pass the ball […]

Poison Remedy Scapegoat

Human Resources LA 410 Cottage Home, Los Angeles, CA

Beginning 5pm August 16th Performance and Exhibition Open August 16th and 17th 5pm - 11pm Like a cave made out of purple and dark green walls. I roasted things in the oven and you picked at the vegetables like a bird. You’d squeeze the sponge hard so it wouldn’t sit wet and moldy on the […]

Every Unlikely Story

Image credit: Cameron Coffman, slow crawl, 66" x 22" x 34", wood, clay, resin, glass, ladybug, aphids, waterbug, plants, dirt, plastic, 2018 Opening Reception: Saturday, July 28, 7-10pm Exhibition Dates: July 28 - August 11, 2018 Gallery Hours: Wed-Sun, 12-6pm Imagine the chapters in a long book as individual, freestanding fragments. Take this collection of […]

Arc, Wobble, Fade, Fold

Image: Sasha Bergstrom-Katz, Cup and Ball, cast aluminum, 2018 Opening Reception: July 19, 7-10pm Gallery Hours: Thursday - Monday, 12pm-6pm   Sasha Bergstrom-Katz  Rachel Borenstein  Niloufar Emamifar  Miranda Javid Kyle Welker Kim Garcia  Joshua Ross  Eva Słapa Amy Mackay    Consider the idea of the fold. It is both a gesture and a mark, a mode of concealment and of […]

Sarah Rara: Alias

Human Resources LA 410 Cottage Home, Los Angeles, CA

    solar rays reached the surface without meaning depending on the day the observer melts exactly where the sun rises the heavy sun tethers to hangers-on throws them counter-clockwise the northern axis points in the direction no one yields colors de-saturate in the dark a cylindrical projection graphs the sun rolled for an eye […]

Moonstone #2

Moontone #2   Performance: Mariel Carranza: 2pm-8pm http://www.marielcarranza.com/ Jennifer Locke: 7pm http://www.jenniferlocke.net/   Movement: Austyn Rich:  8pm https://www.instagram.com/blaqdemarco/?hl=en   Drag: Direct from NYC - Millicent: 7:30pm   Photography: Hiroshi Clark http://hiroshi-clark.com/     Curated by Marcus Kuiland-Nazario $10 Suggested donation Precise details coming soon. Shaking out to be an afternoon into evening event as we […]

Frau Fiber Vs. the Machines

Frau Fiber Vs. the Machines Gallery will be open noon-6pm, Thursday-Sunday. Opening reception Thursday June 7th 7-10pm   The works in this exhibition document Frau Fiber's on-going battle with contemporary apparel manufacturing. In video, photography and artifacts, the exhibition makes space to witness Frau Fiber's attempt to spin yarn, knit a tube sock and knit a sweater as fast as a machine. This series of textile […]

Dog Star 14: A House is Made With Walls & Beams

Premieres by Stephanie Smith, Cassia Streb, Sepand Shahab, Eric Heep and John Eagle for the 8 channel modular sound system 'Sound House', a collaborative project with Janie Geiser, John Eagle & Cassia Streb. $5-10 donation

Sex Tape Records presents Something Wild

SEX. An homage to the 70s Vivienne Westwood store of the same name and the Gun Club's inimitable song, Sex Beat. TAPE. Every project is recorded to analog tape. RECORDS. All releases are pressed on vinyl. Sex Tape Records is the concept of Costume and Fashion Designer, Stacy Ellen Rich. As one of the few […]

James Hoff ❖ Free The Land ❖ Lukas Marxt ❖ Phan & Karnsomport

Audio-Visual Program // Live Performances + Cinema   James Hoff  Free The Land  Lukas Marxt Ellen Phan & Nisa Karnsomport   curated by Tim Leanse   doors at eight – donate eight program begins promptly at 8:30     JAMES HOFF (PAN - NYC) James Hoff is a Brooklyn-based artist who tweaks systems across disciplines – […]

A Dangerous Obsession: Week 3

♥♥♥ Sunday the 27th ♥♥♥ Activities occur simultaneously in both spaces BWEPS and HRLA; and will be broadcast by livestream (we will share the link on social media).   We would present more interventions by artists at BWEPS shrunken house after our successful Kickstarter campaign to build a shrink ray. So far, we already are […]

Fiesta NAFTAlgia

Reggaeton, Performance Art, Magic, Dr. Simi, Cheap Drinks, and more... gratis :) Music selections by: DJ Guapis (CDMX) Baile, Liberacion, Resistencia (Mexicali) DJ Telcel (Michocan) Performances by: Gabriela Ruiz (LA) Andrew Roberts (TJ) Food by: Nehemias de Leon (LA) &  Biquini Wax (CDMX)   part of "A Dangerous Obsession" organized by Biquini Wax

A Dangerous Obsession: Week 2 Programming

Activities occur simultaneously in both spaces BWEPS and HRLA; and will be broadcast by livestream (we will share the link on social media).   Human Resources, BWEPS Originals and The Transnational Temple of Subcritical Studies are glad to present their 3rd season: ▬ A Dangerous Obsession ▬ A THRILLER OF PLASTIC MOMENTS A transnational collective […]

Terry Riley’s In C performed by David Harrow

1964: The year that Terry Riley first performed In C, the piece that laid the foundations for the entire minimalist movement, is also the year of my birth. Turning full cycle to the present, a time when contemporary synthesis has brought the principle of variation through repetition to our fingertips, reaching for the sublime through […]

Angels in America • Odwalla1221 • Pinko Scum Joke • Negashi Armada

Human Resources LA 410 Cottage Home, Los Angeles, CA

ANGELS IN AMERICA (NYC) ODWALLA 1221 PINKO SCUM JOKE NEGASHI ARMADA doors at nine / sound at ten / donate ten from New York City… ANGELS IN AMERICA (aka Miami Angels, Angels USA, etc.) "Underground" is a know-it-when-you-hear-it place. And to take us there, the instrumental and vocal duo Angels in America adhere to no […]

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A Dangerous Obsessions: Week 1 programing

Activities occur simultaneously in both spaces BWEPS and HRLA; and will be broadcast by livestream. Human Resources, BWEPS Originals and The Transnational Temple of Subcritical Studies present their 3rd season: ▬ A Dangerous Obsession ▬ A THRILLER OF PLASTIC MOMENTS A transnational collective impulse of arts and literatures that takes place in Mexico City (Biquini […]

Biquini Wax: A Dangerous Obsession

A Dangerous Obsession (A thriller of plastic moments) May 11th-28th Organized by Biquini Wax EPS A Dangerous Obsession (A thriller of plastic moments)   Exhibition Dates: May 11th-28th Opening Reception: Friday, May 11th, 7-10pm Exhibition is open on Saturdays and Sundays, 12-8pm, and by appointment. Organized by Biquini Wax EPS   During three weekends in May, writers and artists […]

Keijaun Thomas: I Knew That Was You

Human Resources LA 410 Cottage Home, Los Angeles, CA

In a special iteration, Keijaun Thomas will present two sections from her current project, My Last American Dollar: Round 1. Tricking and Flipping Coins: Making Dollars Hit and Round 2. Black Angels in the Infield: Dripping Faggot Sweat. I am thinking about resistance. How do we resist temptation, how do we slow down, how do […]

CARRIAGE: Matty Davis & Ben Gould

CARRIAGE by Matty Davis and Ben Gould   Sunday, May 6, 2018 7:00PM–9:00PM (performance begins promptly at 7:15PM) Human Resources, 410 Cottage Home St, Los Angeles, CA 90012 FREE   Carriage is a site-responsive performance created by Matty Davis and Ben Gould that radically explores control and empathy, motored in part by the raw energy […]

Nuestra América Poetry Reading

“Nuestra América” celebrates the unique voices and styles of writers and poets who live in Southern California. The title of the poetry reading refers to José Martí’s seminal essay, which was first published in 1891 in La Revista Ilustrada de Nueva York (New York) and then in El Partido Liberal (Mexico City). In his essay, […]

Sherry Valence

HRLA and The Institute of Ceramics and Alliance will host music by Sherry Valence.  Sherry Valence is an Indie Pop band formed in 2016. The band consists of vocalist Danielle Zamora, guitarist Ryan Massie, guitarist Jess Kelly, bassist Sean Kelly, and drummer Joseph Gallegos. Sherry Valence is a Los Angeles band and they released their […]

The Institute of Ceramics and Alliance

Human Resources LA 410 Cottage Home, Los Angeles, CA

Anna Delgado and Brenda Starks are Southern California ceramic artists whose art examines identity and place. Though their works differ formally, they have overlapping themes that explore heritage, transitional spaces, and the trajectory of clay as an art medium. Together, the artists have dug clay from Los Angeles county to use for their new show, […]

Christine Tavolacci and Ted Byrnes perform John Cage’s Ryoanji

TWO PERFORMANCES - 8pm and 9:30pm Doors at 7pm $15 Suggested Donation On the surface, a comparison might be hazarded between John Cage’s mid-eighties composition Ryoanji and the untitled work at the center of “Cosm, Organization-Construction, Second Instance,” the debut Los Angeles exhibition of Bay Area artist Anja Weiser Flower. Indeed, both works share an […]

Sol Variations – A New Sound Installation by Richard Chartier

VOLUME and Human Resources are pleased to present Sol Variations, a new sound installation by Richard Chartier as part of “Cosm, Organization-Construction, Second Instance,” an exhibition of new work by Anja Weiser Flower. Chartier’s work under his own name has been widely celebrated for his groundbreaking explorations of the spatial nature of sound, silence, focus, […]

Stephanie Cheng Smith

Doors at 7pm, performance at 8pm Installation viewable during gallery hours, April 18 - 22, 12pm - 6pm VOLUME and Human Resources are pleased to announce an interactive multi-channel sound installation by Stephanie Cheng Smith. This will be a part of “Cosm, Organization-Construction, Second Instance,” our exhibition of new work by Anja Weiser Flower. Smith […]

Nicholas Deyoe and Matt Barbier

TWO SETS - 8pm and 9:30pm Doors at 7pm $5-15 Sliding Scale VOLUME and Human Resources are pleased to present a performance by guitarist Nicholas Deyoe and trombonist Matt Barbier, as part of “Cosm, Organization-Construction, Second Instance,” an exhibition of new work by Anja Weiser Flower. Combining both improvisation and multi-channel electronics, both Deyoe and […]

Pauline Gloss: Lullabies for the Psychotic and Other Recent Work

Literary sound-artist Pauline Gloss will present an evening of new and recent work in the text-sound / sound-poetry tradition. She will perform a new piece for electronics and spoken voice, conduct a participatory language game, and present her new cycle for solo voice, “Lullabies for the Psychotic.”  Pauline’s current body of work is concerned with […]

Elsa Trash, Igor Amokian, Zzyzxzyzz, and O.C.D.

VOLUME and Human Resources are pleased to present performances by Elsa Trash, Igor Amokian, Zzyzxzyzz, and O.C.D. as part of “Cosm, Organization-Construction, Second Instance,” an exhibition of new work by Anja Weiser Flower. Building on themes of spatial orientation and spatial concentration, this evening will feature harsh and immersive four-channel soundscapes by three notable emerging […]

Beer/Sound Bath with Odeya Nini + Solarc Brewing

This event will combine the cosmic energies of Odeya Nini's Vocal Sound Bath vibrations with Solarc Brewing's experimental beer libations.  You will have the opportunity to experience a unique dynamic system creating a whole greater than the sum of it's parts as the yin and yang of inebriating potions and sound healing meditation mixes under […]

Vicki Ray

VOLUME and Human Resources are pleased to present a performance by pianist, improviser, and composer Vicki Ray as part of “Cosm, Organism-Construction, Second Instance,” an exhibition of new work by Anja Weiser Flower. This occasion will present a rare opportunity to experience an extended, improvised sound world by one of the foremost artists working with […]

Queens of the Night

Queens Of The Night: Xina Xurner Album Release Friday, April 6, 2018, 8-11 PM Join us for a night of experimental music and performance celebrating the release of Queens of the Night, the new album by Xina Xurner. Featuring performances by Xina Xurner (with guests San Cha, Sarah Gail, and White Boy Scream), Trap Girl,  and […]

DO DISTURB

Palais de Tokyo 13 Avenue du Président Wilson, Paris

DO DISTURB takes the pulse of performance in cities around the world including Cape Town, in partnership with the A4 Arts Foundation, Los Angeles with HRLA, London with the Hayward Gallery and The Store X The Vinyl Factory, São Paulo with the festival Verbo Performance Art Festival and Pantin with the Centre national de la […]

COSM, ORGANIZATION-CONSTRUCTION, SECOND INSTANCE: ANJA WEISER FLOWER

  VOLUME and Human Resources are pleased to announce “Cosm, Organization-Construction, Second Instance,” an exhibition of new work by Bay Area artist Anja Weiser Flower, curated by VOLUME member Jared Baxter. The main exhibition space of Human Resources, formerly a movie theater, will be completely darkened, with Flower’s work, a new iteration of an ongoing […]

Alan Nakagawa: Peace Resonance & Conical Sound

WORLD PREMIER of PEACE RESONANCE; HIROSHIMA/ WENDOVER and CONICAL SOUND; ANTONI GAUDI/ SIMON RODIA 3 showings on April 4th, at 12:00 PM, 6:00 PM and 8:00 PM free event Description; Two vibratory sound works and screening of two video documentary shorts Tactile sound experience; the soundscapes are composed for amplification into an interior space utilizing a […]

Deslave Presents: VIDEOHOUSE 3

VIDEOHOUSE is a program of video projections organized by Deslave, a space for the art exhibition located in Tijuana. We're please to invite you to VIDEOHOUSE 3: "Because a great franchise always starts with a trilogy", a sample of works that will be carried out in three spaces; Biquini Wax EPS (Mexico City), Deslave (Tijuana) […]

Chris Duncan: 12 SYMBOLS

12 SYMBOLS, composed by Chris Duncan, is an immersive sound performance and exhibition that metaphorically implicates the energy and patterns of the sun, moon, and the phenomenon of the eclipse to ponder our relationship to the passing of time. Cymbals become Symbols as 12 percussionists engage light, movement, and sound. The physical stage set by […]

While I was also listening to …

image: David Horvitz, Ocean Sounds (2017) While I was also listening to Krysten, LeRoy, Julien, Jennie, Félicia, David, Yann, Luke, Sarah... La Criée, in partnership with Human Resources LA, invites seven artists to expand the notion of narrative and improvisation. Performing narrative, deconstructing storytelling; this session of While I was also listening to ... challenges the traditional […]

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Alice cunt presents, ¿¡Not another shit show?!

Alice cunt presents, ¿¡Not another shit show?! A two day event featuring performative/ visual arts and an open market place for artist who want to show or sell shit. Day one will start whenever we wake up, probably later after noon or something and end whenever were tired, sometime later in the evening or whatever. […]

Sweet

An evening of music videos premieres from Eddington Again and Tolliver with live performances by Eddington Again Tolliver Hunger City DJ Bae Bae Special guest TBA   Eddington Again Eddington Again describes themselves as "African American Indigo excellence here to transcend the mundane". Their lyrics speaks on adventures in the East Hollywood/Downtown LA community, navigating […]

$3.33 / Dan Joseph / Hakim Muhammad

$3.33 Dan Joseph Hakim Muhammad Saturday March 10, 7 PM Free / All Ages Organized in conjunction with the Charlemagne Palestine exhibition at 356 Mission Made possible with the help of a grant from Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts Dan Joseph is a composer, curator and writer based in New York City. He began his […]

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ROOTED LOVE: AN EVENING OF MUSIC, MEDITATION, VISUAL MEDIA AND PERFORMANCE ART

Shoes off, please. Limited Seating. PARTICIPATING ARTISTS: Kyoko - Jinjabrew (https://www.kyokotakenaka.com/) Joyce S. Ha (http://joyceha.com/) Diana Daeun Choung (http://dianachoung.com/) Robben Muñoz(http://www.robbenmunoz.com/) Rosalee Bernabe (http://rosaleebernabe.com/) Charlotte Nguyen (https://www.charlotte-nguyen.com/) Jenevieve Ting(https://www.tingroll.space/) Olufemi O. Taiwo Travis Walker (https://soundcloud.com/iamtraviswalker/) XANA (http://www.xa-na.com/) ​$8 Earlybird $10 DOOR DOORS / EXHIBITION 7PM PERFORMANCE BEGINS AT 7:30 PM Tickets: ​https://www.eventbrite.com/e/rooted-love-an-evening-of-music-visual-performance-art-tickets-42516050652 Info: https://www.kyokotakenaka.com/shows ​

SISTER SPIT TOUR 2018: QTPOC Cruising the West

SISTER SPIT TOUR 2018: QTPOC Cruising the West ????An evening of provocation, feelings, analysis, astrology & shade???? Sunday, March 4th 7pm SLIDING SCALE $15-$20 NOTAFLOF @ Human Resources Gallery 410 Cottage Home St, Los Angeles, CA 90012 ************************************************* Featuring... very special guest Michelle Tea ************************************************* In 2018 Sister Spit celebrates its 21st year on the road […]

PRICE — Where Do You Wanna Go Today (Variations)

Human Resources LA 410 Cottage Home, Los Angeles, CA

Performance: 8 pm sharp $10 suggested donation PRICE is a hybrid fictional character born from the sea of information, who explores the emotional disorientation of a generation having grown up with mass culture, neoliberalism and the omnipresence of the internet. By probing the mechanisms of pop, PRICE’s musical stories evoke instability, fear, and romantic disillusion. […]

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Touch Presents…

The release of Yann Novak’s new album The Future is a Forward Escape into the Past, Touch presents an evening of performances curated by Mike Harding and Novak. The night will consist of short pieces by a wide range of artists with connections to either Touch or Novak. February 23, 2018 Doors 7:30pm / Show 8:00pm Artists: Jasmin Blasco Robert Crouch Garek […]

Meet the Candidate: Kristina Wong for Something or Other

Kristina Wong is a performance artist, comedian, and hopefully with your vote, a future disgraced Politician. After touring the world with original stage and guerrilla performance, Kristina realized her artful spectacles could no longer compete with the shock of real life. Therefore, Kristina has decided to move her performances onto the public stage and run […]

Isaura Presents:

Isaura String Quartet presents an evening of new music (plus a couple premieres!) at Human Resources. Joined by guest violist Rachel Iba, ISQ will perform works by: Amy Golden Ulrich Krieger (new work) Nicole Lizée Caroline Shaw Scott Worthington (new work) Isaura String Quartet The Isaura String Quartet is a LA-based ensemble dedicated to the […]

Music by Tashi Wada

Human Resources LA 410 Cottage Home, Los Angeles, CA

Music by Tashi Wada, performed by Charles Curtis, Dafne Vicente-Sandoval, Tashi Wada and Julia Holter This program collects three long-form works by composer Tashi Wada that explore diverging aspects of tuning and tonality. Valence (2016), written for cellist Charles Curtis, isolates and reharmonizes the natural overtones of a single string, destabilizing and fusing tone and […]

New Performances

an evening of short performances by von curtis Nikki Darling Bryatt Bryant Guan Rong 8pm free event with donations for the artists welcome

we tbd

To begin, a structure made of scaffolding and wood that reorganizes and reshapes the internal space of Human Resources. In the course of this reshaping, we hold an exhibition that serves to model dynamic notions of connection, difference, and community, and to reflect the conscious self-creating of a group process. Inspired by notions of empathy and […]

Moontone

An evening of performance, video, and a send off to Mickey Negrón who has been with us from Puerto Rico, participating in several PSTLALA events. Video and performance by Sarah Johnson, Liz Miller-Kovacs, Mickey Negrón, Yunuen Rhi and Austyn Rich. Doors at 7:00 performances at 8:00. BIOS: Austyn Rich Austyn began his dance training at Pebblebrook […]

Not All There

Human Resources LA 410 Cottage Home, Los Angeles, CA

An unconventional group show that revolves around works of art by local and international artists who use humor to explore serious social and political issues. That said, none of the artworks will be present. Participating artists include: Anna Ayeroff, Amitis Motevalli, Arden Surdam, Claire Titelman, Emmy Bright, Eva Medin, Hazel Haendel, Kristina Wong, Marisa Williamson, […]

Encounter #43 | Pacific Standard Time Festival: Live Art LA/LA

photo by Tyler Matthew Oyer photos by Erika Katrina Barbosa https://vimeo.com/253929621 Human Resources and Pacific Standard Time Festival: Live Art LA/LA present ENCOUNTER #43 410 Cottage Home St, Los Angeles, CA 90012 Sunday, January 14 4-7pm (followed by a communal meal) Interdisciplinary artists from Los Angeles are joined by international guests to engage in a […]

Future Ladies of Wrestling “Match of the Multiverse”

Human Resources LA 410 Cottage Home, Los Angeles, CA

Back by popular demand, Los Angeles' Human Resources welcomes the most talked about wrestling show in the multiverse: Telefantasy Enterprise's FUTURE LADIES OF WRESTLING! Future Ladies of Wrestling AKA F.L.O.W. is a no holds barred multimedia wrestling extravaganza in which the wildest interspecies wrestlers battle for the title of Ultimate Multiversal Warrior! Get your juices […]

New Performances

Human Resources LA 410 Cottage Home, Los Angeles, CA

An evening of short performance by: Erica Magrey Amanda-Faye Jimenez Abigail Levine & Corey Fogel Pasadena House Wives Erica Magrey is a Brooklyn-based interdisciplinary artist working with video, performance, music, costume, sculpture, photography, and set design. Her work playfully examines the embodiment of personas in order to inhabit familiar and foreign, human and non-human characters, […]

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Heal Her

#HealHer is a global action by women who are coming together to break the silence on violence. Meeting in circles around the world, we create rituals dedicated to storytelling, consciousness-raising, empathetic listening, and collective healing. 2017 shifted the narrative on sexual violence. As we enter 2018, join artists, healers, performers, and activists in holding a space […]

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NO Earthlings Allowed

THIS IS AN ART EXTRAVAGANZA!! SNATCHPOWER is celebrating the release of two projects: "The Brightest Oddest Strangest Star U Ever Did Saw Up Close And Afar From Planet Earth To Mars And Beyond!" is the debut album by The Uhuruverse, produced by NVSBL GVNG, which features "TWILIGHT ZONE" featuring Jupiter Black, "BAFWB", "OBEY", AND MANY […]

Alex Black, TMO, Samuel White

An evening of music and performance celebrating the release of Alex Black’s Baby EP and TMO’s RELEASE DELUXE LP. The night will feature sets by both artists and a special appearance by Samuel White as Manuela. Alex Black makes pop music in his bedroom and performs once a year. Tyler Matthew Oyer, called an “interdisciplinary […]

Flawless Sabrina Tribute

Facebook RSVP Free Frank Simon, The Queen, 35mm, 68min., 1968 Courtesy of www.thequeen1968firstlegaldvd.com On November 18th, we lost one of the greats - Jack Doroshow / Flawless Sabrina was a fierce role model and pioneer of performance and queer cultures with a legacy that spans 7 decades of advocacy, activism and drag. In 1967 she staged […]

A.K. Burns: A Smeary Spot

Opening Reception November 28, 6-10pm On view November 28 - December 17 Gallery Hours Wednesday - Sunday, 12-6pm   Video installation curated by Clara López Menéndez ...it was ambiguous, two-faced. What was inside it and what was outside it depended upon which side of it you were on. —Ursula K. Le Guin, The Dispossessed From […]

It was quite a fiction

Friday, November 10th 7-10pm and Friday, November 17th 7-10pm (2-day event)  Participants: Carmen Argote, Harry Dodge, Mariah Garnett, Jennifer Moon, Elliot Reed, and Kandis Williams with a screening of works by Ismail Bahri and Mounira Al Solh Organized by Suzy Halajian and Clara López Menéndez It was quite a fiction brings together artists and practitioners […]

A Benefit Party for Human Resources Los Angeles

Ghebaly Gallery 2245 E Washington Blvd., Los Angeles, CA

Hosted by Zackary Drucker, Kibum Kim, Eve Fowler, Mara McCarthy, Jackie Tarquino, and Francois Ghebaly, with Committee Co-Chairs Holly Stanton and Andrew Greene Cocktails and Hor D'Ouvres - Full Moon Pickles, Fort Point Beer, Kikori Whiskey Performances by Anenon and LA Fog Human Resources is raising money for it's 2018-2020 schedule of programming, and would […]

It was quite a fiction

Friday, November 10th 7-10pm and Friday, November 17th 7-10pm (2-day event)  Participants: Carmen Argote, Harry Dodge, Mariah Garnett, Jennifer Moon, Elliot Reed, and Kandis Williams with a screening of works by Ismail Bahri and Mounira Al Solh Organized by Suzy Halajian and Clara López Menéndez It was quite a fiction brings together artists and practitioners […]

Por que somos e não somos tropicalistas: Moving image from Recife, Brazil

Human Resources LA 410 Cottage Home, Los Angeles, CA

Opening Wednesday November 8th, 7-9pm On View November 9th-19th, Weds-Sun 12-6pm Because we are and we aren't tropicalists presents recent moving image works by artists and filmmakers from Recife, Pernambuco, a city in the north-east of Brazil that is renowned for its film and art scenes. The works depict Recife and the surrounding Pernambucan interior […]

410 Cottage Home St

Installation by Jeff (Zilla) performances by FUPU + Sin Quince 8pm

drivers, impulsers

"the boundaries of a living body are open and indeterminate; more like membranes than boundaries..." ... show me a person with both feet firmly on the ground, and i'll show you someone who can't take off their pants. opening reception: saturday oct 21 7-10pm on view through oct 29 gallery hours: Tuesday - Sunday 12-6pm […]

Book Launch — PLAYING MONSTER :: SEICHE by Diana Arterian

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=46&v=-IenSDOcfoM Come celebrate Diana Arterian's first full-length poetry collection PLAYING MONSTER :: SEICHE (1913 Press) on Friday, October 20 @ 8PM. Stellar lineup of readers/performers/participants includes: DIANA ARTERIAN DANA JOHNSON JACK SJOGREN EMILY LACY DJ EDIE SOO_N FOOD There will be reading and singing and music and dancing and booze and delicious food. Above all, […]

MERCE (Maria Chavez/Shelley Burgon), Lucas Gorham

MERCE is a duo comprised of harpist/electronic musician Shelley Burgon and turntablist Maria Chavez. Tracing it’s roots to the artists’ time in residence with the Merce Cunningham Dance company, this project finds Maria and Shelley performing improvised pieces that employ loops and live processing. MERCE has performed at Issue Project Room, MoMA PS1 and the […]

Andrew Norman Wilson – Pretense

Human Resources LA 410 Cottage Home, Los Angeles, CA

Opening: Friday October 6 from 6-9 pm On view: October 6-20 Wednesday-Sunday from 12-6 pm Inquiries and Appointments: awilso7@saic.edu Through the use of puppets both computer-generated and hand-made, the recent work of Andrew Norman Wilson stages inescapable narrative scenarios in which rational thought becomes contradictory and human exceptionalism unravels. Drawn from the popular imagination, the videos’ anthropomorphized […]

MATA PRESENTS – Still Keep Moving

Human Resources LA 410 Cottage Home, Los Angeles, CA

Gallery open Fri-Sun 10am - 10pm Closing reception Sunday 10/1 11am—6pm Still Keep Moving is a 3-day performance considering and examining the structures of grief that one builds for protection immediately after a loss or trauma and how those structures are torn down and rebuilt as they are processed and lived with. How in reworking […]

Moon Flowers don’t need invitations: They require a particular part of night

SCREENING OF WORKS BY Morehshin Allahyari micha cárdenas & Frances Lee Michelle Dizon Guiyoung Hwang Bhanu Kapil Rashayla Marie Brown READINGS & PERFORMANCES BY Dan Bustillo Nasrin Himada Iris Yirei Hu Candice Lin “Moon Flowers don’t need invitations: They require a particular part of night” is contemptorary’s first IRL event and fundraiser. The intent of the fundraiser […]

Marco Kane Braunschweiler – MONKEY

On view: September 20-24
 Hours: 12-6pm or by appointment, contact MonkeyatHR@gmail.com Closing event: Sunday, September 24, 12-4pm MONKEY is a docufantasy, told through shadows, about two people growing close, and two people falling apart. You could say it’s an epic, a buddy movie, a family drama, or, indubitably, a downright freakfest. It takes place in […]

FUTURE LADIES OF WRESTLING

Human Resources LA 410 Cottage Home, Los Angeles, CA

F.L.O.W. is the no holds barred television extravaganza in which the wildest interspecies wrestlers battle for the title of Ultimate Multiversal Warrior!

5 x 5 by Pauline Lay

a composition for 25 synthesizers by Pauline Lay Saturday, 9/2 at 9:30pm 5 x 5 is an arrangement for 25 unique players, comfortable with their synthesizer of choice (and personal settings) to explore distinct stages of reception/transmission. 1 Unreadable 2 Readable now and then 3 Readable but with difficulty 4 Readable 5 Perfectly readable opening […]

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3 Sonic Performances: Lev Abramov / Jeremy Young / Kern Haug

Human Resources LA 410 Cottage Home, Los Angeles, CA

Join us at Human Resources for a night of music-related performances beginning promptly at 8pm: Lev Abramov's ENERGY TRANSFER is an action performance in two parts. Jeremy Young (Montréal) is an American sonic artist, improviser and creative strategist living and working in Montréal, Canada. His creative work includes instrumental and electroacoustic composition for recording and […]

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Supercaliforniagilisticexpialibodcious

opening on 8/26 from 7:00 - 10:00pm wednesday-sunday, 12-6pm an exhibition of mostly large paintings, displayed salon style Asher Hartman Ben White Christine Wang Devon Tsuno Guan Rong Iris Yirei Hu Jemima Wyman John Bertel Katie Herzog (with Andrew Choate) Kristin Calabrese Sarita Dougherty Trulee Hall

Dirty Vestiges – Simone Aughterlony & Michael Günzburger

Human Resources LA 410 Cottage Home, Los Angeles, CA

Thursday, August 17, 2017 @ 8.00 PM Friday, August 18, 2017 @ 8.00 PM Please note: Seating is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis. NO RSVP needed. Concept and Performance: Simone Aughterlony & Michael Günzburger This performance contains nudity, Viewer discretion advised In this dirty art-making practice Simone and Michael invite a collection […]

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60 Minutes towards being here – Frank Willens

Human Resources LA 410 Cottage Home, Los Angeles, CA

Tuesday, August 15, 2017 @ 8.00 PM Wednesday, August 16, 2017 @ 8.00 PM Please note: Seating is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis. NO RSVP needed. Created and performed by Frank Willens. Guest musician: Klaus Janek … or this is probably going to be a downer, or in lieu of addressing insurmountable […]

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On Truth and Lie in an Extra-Moral Sense – Frank Willens and Peter Stamer

Human Resources LA 410 Cottage Home, Los Angeles, CA

Friday, August 11, 2017 @ 8:00 PM Saturday, August 12, 2017 @ 5:30 PM Please note: Seating is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis. NO RSVP needed. Conceived, directed, set and staged by Peter Stamer Performed by Frank Willens Text by Friedrich Nietzsche Abridged and re-translated from German into English by Peter Stamer […]

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Tino Sehgal (Untitled)(2000) – danced by Frank Willens

Human Resources LA 410 Cottage Home, Los Angeles, CA

Thursday, August 10th 2017, 8:00pm Please note: Seating is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis. NO RSVP needed. Concept: Tino Sehgal Danced by: Frank Willens This presentation contains nudity, Viewer discretion advised How can a society learn from choreographers? (Untitled) (2000) depicts an image of a world where dance and choreography can inspire […]

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Encounter #37

Human Resources LA 410 Cottage Home, Los Angeles, CA

Since July 2012, a group of Los Angeles performance artists (and international guests passing through town) have met regularly to engage in a practice called Encounter, organized by Peruvian American performance artist Mariel Carranza. Encounter is a space where we encounter each other, ourselves, and the space itself. We perform with and for one another […]

Sarah Gail – Straight Chillin

Dear World, I am Sarah Gail. I have arrived and I mean business. My heart overflows with love for humanity and the beauties of this world. This love is so precious, so deep, so strong that I invite you to get lost in my vision for the world. A world that can be transformed and […]

Looking at Performance: Guts, Lust and Kinks

Human Resources LA 410 Cottage Home, Los Angeles, CA

A screening and discussion of the work of Johanna Went and Michael Turinsky, with Doran George, Johanna Went, Christine Wertheim, and Mark Wheaton. In celebration of X-TRA’s summer issue, a discussion and screening about looking at performance through the work of Johanna Went and Michael Turinsky. Join us for this special program with the artist […]

Samuel R. Delany Book Club: Session I

Pho 87 1019 N Broadway, Los Angeles, CA

Would you like to read and discuss the work of polymathic and prolific genius Samuel R. Delany in an informal book club setting? This summer Human Resources Los Angeles is hosting up a free book club. Our first meeting will be at Pho 87 in Chinatown , next door to HRLA gallery. Anyone interested in […]

Tyler Matthew Oyer – Conquest of the Universe or When Queens Collide

Human Resources LA 410 Cottage Home, Los Angeles, CA

opening reception July 15, 6-10PM gallery hours Wednesday - Sunday, 12-6PM Conquest of the Universe or When Queens Collide is the premiere feature film by Los Angeles-based artist Tyler Matthew Oyer. Originally a stage production by Charles Ludlam’s Ridiculous Theatrical Company from 1967, Conquest marks the first adaptation of Ludlam’s plays into moving image. The […]

The Prison In Twelve Landscapes

Human Resources LA 410 Cottage Home, Los Angeles, CA

Please join us for a Screening + Pop Up Panel presented by critical resistance: More people are imprisoned in the United States at this moment than in any other time or place in history, yet the prison itself has never felt further away or more out of sight. The Prison in Twelve Landscapes is a […]

Dialectics of Isolation

Dialectics of Isolation Crystal Sepúlveda Angie Jennings Rebeca Hernandez Artemisa Clark In 1980, Ana Mendieta curated Dialectics of Isolation: An Exhibition of Third World Women Artists of the United States at New York’s A.I.R. Gallery. The catalogue’s introduction describes the show as pointing “not necessarily to the injustice or incapacity of a society that has […]

EMOtional

Human Resources LA 410 Cottage Home, Los Angeles, CA

EMOtional stand-up by, MICAHjames songs by SARAHgail TYLERholmes EDDINGTONagain hosted along with a recital by, BDH Heehee haha boohoo giggle giggle gaggle gaggle LOL OH LORD WHY US WHY US GD OMFG LMFAO OOOOO00000ooooh WEE Oh Me! Ha! HA! Bwahahaha... We laugh to keep from cryin and we cryin cause we can't keep from dyin […]

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Dog Star 13: Tail of the Dog

Human Resources LA 410 Cottage Home, Los Angeles, CA

George Brecht: water: coming from, staying, going to Ulrich Krieger: Connect Daniel Corral: DISLIKE performed by: The Dog Star Orchestra This event is part of the Dog Start 13 annual festival of experimental music, which runs from June 3-17th 2017. For details on other events in this year's festival, please visit: www.dogstarorchestra.com

White and Wrong

Human Resources LA 410 Cottage Home, Los Angeles, CA

Over the past few years, I've written short essays in response to artworks produced by white artists, works exhibited and distributed through major art-world projects (the LA Art Book Fair, the Whitney Biennial, and the Walker's sculpture garden). Each of these artworks were meant, by the artists, to be, in some way, "about racism." Here, […]

Nick Malkin, SheKhan, Julius Smack, Corey Fogel

Human Resources LA 410 Cottage Home, Los Angeles, CA

Corey Fogel ::: http://coreyfogel.com/ Julilus Smack :::::::::: http://www.juliussmack.com/ SheKhan :::::::::::::::::::::::::::: https://shekhan.bandcamp.com/ Nick Malkin :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: https://nickmalkin.bandcamp.com/ performances will take place in EJ Hill's exhibition "A Subsequent Offering"

Steve Roden, Yann Novak + Special Guest

VOLUME partners with LINE and Dragon’s Eye Recordings to celebrate the release of Steve Roden’s new double LP ‘small songs for kack jirby’. The evening will feature sound performances by Steve Roden, Yann Novak and a very special international guest. The artists will perform alongside EJ Hill’s installation ‘A Subsequent Offering’. Yann Novak is an […]

Subsequent Performances

An eclectic night of performances from AirChina Maria Maea Bitter Party Elliot Reed Laub     Performances will take place, on EJ Hill's A Subsequent Offering. Monetary donations for the artist will be excepted, but are not required

Performing “Deep Listening Chorus” by Pauline Oliveros

We are gathering at Human Resources to perform this piece for relaxing and energizing our community. This can also be performed remotely by anyone, anywhere, at the same time: Deep Listening Chorus: A form to activate community creative sound making By Pauline Oliveros 1. Lying on the floor, heads or feet toward center and touching, […]

FUPU Reparations Tour Fundraiser Birthday Celebration

FUCK U PAY US WOULD LIKE TO INVITE THE ENTIRE CITY TO CELEBRATE THE BIRTH OF OUR LEAD VOCALIST JASMINE NYENDE! WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO INVITE YOU TO OUR BENEFIT PARTY (A FUNDRAISER FOR OUR DIY TOUR IN EUROPE!!!) WE WILL FOR THE FIRST TIME PRESENT TO YOU ALL RECORDED MUSIC FOR SALE! A […]

A Subsequent Offering: EJ Hill

A Subsequent Offering , 2017. Human Resources, Los Angeles. Courtesy the artist and Commonwealth & Council photo: Michael Piña A Subsequent Offering: EJ Hill Human Resources, Los Angeles Exhibition: June 3 - June 18, 2017 Exhibition will be open Thursday - Sunday, 12-6pm EJ Hill in conversation with Amanda Hunt, Director of Education and Public […]

Ritual for Mutual Black Care: Melanie Griffin

SUNDAY, MAY 28, 2017 7pm – 9pm ** Ritual for Mutual Black Care Melanie Griffin presented by at land’s edge Black people expend precious physical, emotional and psychic energy responding to racial injustice and fighting that injustice in ways that serve all of humanity. So often these responses drain us and impact our mental, physical, […]

Accidents of Birth: seren sensei

SUNDAY, MAY 28, 2017 4pm – 5:30pm Accidents of Birth seren sensei presented by at land’s edge We are not all the same, due to what I call “accidents of birth” that more often than not involve race, gender, class, able-bodiedness, and sexual orientation. We would be exploring this theme through a writing workshop wherein […]

Divine Creators!!! : Intro to Divination Practices for Creatives

SATURDAY, MAY 27, 2017 7pm – 9pm * Divine Creators!!! : Intro to Divination Practices for Creatives Edgar Fabián Frías presented by at land’s edge Divine Creators!!! : Intro to Divination Practices for Creatives is an ad-hoc, site-specific, and adaptive workshop meant to help support the initiation, development, and flourishing of ancestral divination techniques within […]