Human Resources

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 […]

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 […]

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 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 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 […]

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

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, […]

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"

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 […]

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

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, […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

SATURDAY, MAY 27, 2017 1pm – 2pm What does intergenerational collaboration look like? Forging Pathways for Future Apsáalooke Feminists Wendy Red Star a skype/virtual lecture presented by Decolonize LA As a mother / daughter artist collaborative duo working in the realm of Native history, identity politics, cultural subversion, and reclamation, Wendy Red Star and her […]

SATURDAY, MAY 27, 2017 11am – 12pm Adoption, Electronic Music, and Enrollment. Elisa Harkins a skype/virtual lecture presented by Decolonize LA Artist and Composer Elisa Harkins will be showing her work, which examines the politics of the 1990 Indian Arts and Crafts Act, enrollment and adoption, as well as sharing some of her music with […]

FRIDAY, MAY 26TH, 2017 7pm – 10 pm on the other / side Reception hosted by at land’s edge 2017 Fellows Light refreshments will be served. at land’s edge, an autonomous ontological platform for creatives to co-learn, presents its culminating reception. This exhibit, “on the other / side,” showcases works by the twelve 2017 at […]

WEDNESDAY MAY 24, 2017 7:30pm – 8:30pm Everything I Say Is True Suzanne Kite a live sound/video performance presented by Decolonize LA Everything I Say Is True is a lecture performance by Southern California-based, Oglala Lakota artist Kite. In the lecture Kite constructs a complex narrative through the use of her own family’s ephemera and […]

Readings and screenings by: Megan Auster-Rosen Muriel Leung Adrienne Walser Vanessa Angélica Villarreal YES FEMMES is a reading series and online experiment that publishes writing and digital projects working toward a femme aesthetic. We’re interested in writing that explores the limits of the body,that’s campy or fannish, that engages with witchcraft or the occult, that […]

ProjectQ is using hair as a form of social justice. This is the second 'We Don't Have Mothers Day' where we introduce the 'Didn't your mother teach you' program. Starting with poetry and creating choreography, and transforming the movement into comic books. 'Didn't your mother Teach you' is focusing on the expression of self care […]

The Experimental Music Yearbook’s 2016 issue is celebrated with a performance of Carolyn Chen’s Signs of Struggle as well as a special Los Angeles appearance by David Kant’s Happy Valley Band. Carolyn Chen "SIgns of Struggle" (2016) photo credit: Daniel Pufe Carolyn Chen’s Signs of Struggle is a piece for people listening and reacting to […]

Antiphony, Otherwise: Friday Joy Night Service 7:00pm, April 28, 2017 (FREE) TICKETS “Antiphony, Otherwise: Friday Joy Night Service” is a sound art event that brings together musicians, singers, foodies and audiences to intentionally consider the role of the senses in Black religious practice and sacred traditions. To do so, “Antiphony, Otherwise” utilizes the Hammond organ […]

live in concert: KEITH FULLERTON WHITMAN SEAN McCANN JESSIKA KENNEY doors at 8 / sound at 9 $12 at the door advance tickets also available as a convenience for $10 plus fees: http://tiny.cc/KFWatHRtix KEITH FULLERTON WHITMAN Through more than two decades, Keith Fullerton Whitman has continuously explored and celebrated the technologies and many facets of […]

Having Left: Intersectional Perspectives on Migration Human Resources, Los Angeles Wednesday, April 26, 2017 7:00–9:00pm Transnational and intersectional perspectives on feminism encompass questions that challenge postcolonial frameworks and scrutinize the destruction carried out by Western imperialism. Several artists from the Asian diaspora will present work exploring global migration, labor, and gender identity. Christine Dianne Guiyangco […]

Blending techniques of a sing-along, sit-in, and sewing circle, artist and activist Emily Lacy invites the public to give voice to sonic resistance in challenging times. At this gathering, the rich legacy of politically active music in America is both enacted and added to, by mixing traditional protest songs from the past with new songs […]

$3.33 Tape Release of "DRAFT" on Leaving Records
Featuring an album-length screening of an original film by Miko Revereza
+ Drinks and Snacks by Chef Jazzy

UNTAMED On March 31st Human Resources LA presents the work of five female artists working in the mediums of dance, performance, visual projections and film. The evening will feature three dance films by Olivia Mia Orozco, Andrea Ordaz and Rebeca Hernandez and performances presented by choreographers Andrea Ordaz, Livya Howard-Yashar, Zoe Rappaport, and Olivia Mia […]

Since 2007, US Congress mandated that Immigration & Customs Enforcement maintain a quota of 34,000 detained immigrants per day in its 250 facilities around the country. As part of the exhibition MAKING PLANS taking place at Human Resources LA (March 18 - March 26), artist duo Díaz Lewis will be holding 34,000 Pillows Workshop. Participants […]

Chess is widely regarded as an intellectual game, and often used as inspiration in cerebral artworks. This is checkers. Monster Romp originated as a short film featuring a game of checkers. Monster Romp Live!, a performance in three acts, is an extension of that film. The first is a satire of fascist militaristic displays of […]

Los Angeles Council District 1 Candidates Forum and Election Info-Session Confirmed Candidates: Joe Bray-Ali, Giovany Hernandez, Jesse Rosas and Luca Barton (write-in candidate) Also featuring social justice, environmental and political action organizations including: the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA), Los Angeles Community Action Network, LA Poverty Department, Decolonize LA, Artist Political […]

The first episode in a new performance series by Rachel Mason called "The Moving Mountain" weaves together fiction and true life stories. Sirrah, the largest and most powerful star in the Andromeda constellation recently detected that half of the world has been obliterated. Sirrah attempts to comprehend the destruction of an impossibly distant but beloved […]

Kembra Pfahler and the girls of Karen Black present a performative screening featuring cinematic arcana, voluptuous horrors and a Q&A confessional. Through her ongoing project, The Voluptuous Horror of Karen Black, Kembra Pfahler has been performing since the early 1990s in museums, galleries and clubs the world over. Assembling an unprecedented program of film, video […]

#SNATCHPOWER (the afrofuturistic women's liberation artist collective) that brought you: FETISH WONDERLAND, ELECTRIC LADYLAND, AFROGOTH, SNATCHKAOS, & RUMBLE IN THE JUNGLE proudly presents their premiere film in association with Really Not Radio: FIGHT IN HEELS. "Snatch" The only ones who heard the call were the ones it was meant for...this sci-fi tale focuses on the newest […]

A screening and conversation with Aria Dean, Erin Christovale, and Ulysses Jenkins.

Human Resources hosts a new performance by artists Corey Fogel, Dicky Bahto, and Tashi Wada. The hour-long structured improvisation will feature generative imagery on multiple slide projectors, pitched metal percussion, keyboard, bagpipe, electronics, and sirens.

Join us for a night of intimate performances in the reverberant sonic environment at Human Resources, in celebration of the release of Jonathan Silberman’s new solo saxophone album Red in the Missile Room. Performances by: Jonathan Silberman Laura Steenberge Jake Rosenzweig Eric Kiersnowski About the performers: Jonathan Silberman will be performing solo on tenor saxophone. […]

Three nights, three performances, third day of the month. Beginning January Third at Human Resources.

Tuesday, December 27th 7—11pm Vacuum an electrical appliance for cleaning carpets, floors, etc., by suction. a space not filled or occupied; emptiness; void: On the occasion of his forthcoming international tour, Elliot Reed is hosting a non-traditional tour kickoff. Working within the void of Human Resources, performers were invited to stage a piece that uses […]

Susupended Susto:A La Flor is a durational performance work focusing on the tumultuous feelings and thoughts of my queer brown body and its relationships to others.

6pm-8pm Panel and Discussion 8:30pm-10:30pm Performance Program Join Human Resources for a gathering of leading social justice scholars as they discuss post-election policy consequences on marginalized communities. Law and policy experts will address immigrant and refugee rights, racial justice, criminal justice reform, reproductive rights, marriage equality, LGBTQ rights and climate change. They will suggest ways […]

In celebration of the release of two new books by Hesse Press: Matt Lifson "Sleep With Me And A Ghost" and Mata "No Drums No DJs No Saturdays" Performances by: WHITE GOLD (LA; Phil Blankenship & John Wiese) UNICA (LA; Maria Garcia & Nial Morgan) CARMINA ESCOBAR TAMAKI UEDA + ELDEN M Paintings by Matt […]

Practical Records is pleased to present a showcase featuring performances by Rachel Mason, Wizard Apprentice, Julius Smack, and Restlust. The performers will be performing alongside works by artists Bailey Hikawa, Emily Lucid, and Brian Getnick to expand and question the dynamics between visual art and music in an ephemeral context. The event celebrates Rachel Mason’s new cassette Das […]

(de) Color-Es is an event that seeks to cultivate community amongst artists of color of first (and second) generational experience in the United States through the coalition of art. Beyond the artist, (de) Color-Es is designed to revel within el desmadre (messiness) that is being an artist of color new to this country, to spaces, […]

IN THE AGE OF DISEMBODIED COMMUNICATION, THE MEANING AND SIGNIFICANCE AND EXPERIENCE OF THE BODY IS UTTERLY TRANSFORMED AND DISTORTED. - Eric McLuhan BODY TECHNIQUE is a program of performance that elaborates on the theme of communication and it’s relationship to the body. Works include: Body Technique (Reasons For Sex A - Z) by Waverly […]

Doors at 8PM FUPU at 8:30 SHARP $5 OBO   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fMz6kF6D7M

Jack Smith scholar Josh Lubin-Levy will introduce never-before-seen 8mm film rushes and improvised compositions, featuring Mario Montez, Tally Brown and Smith, alongside his short film ‘I Was A Male Yvonne DeCarlo’ (1967 - 1970s). Ranging from the late 1960s to the late 1970s, the featured films present a glimpse into significant period of Smith’s career […]

Spirit Quest: L.A. Premiere November 5 7pm-9pm Los Angeles premiere of Spirit Quest, a movie by Colin Read. Free admission. A journey through nature, time, and space. Featuring Jimmy Lannon, Quim Cardona, Marty Murawski, Bobby Worrest, Zach Lyons, Jesse Narvaez, Vincent Touzery, Ryan Barlow, Matt Town, Leo Gutman, Taylor Nawrocki, Carlos Young, Alex Fogt, Chris Jones, Connor Kammerer, […]

Of us, repeatedly staring down into the precipice of fleeting consciousness; of milk and lust; of the breadth of celebrity death...an evening of music by Dorian Wood and conductor/arranger Danny Graziani, with art direction by Eduardo Alvarez (director of Wood's video "O").   "A fearless artist and performer whose voice inhabits a room like a choir of ghosts" […]

A program that explores three compositions by John Cage from the mid to late 1970’s - Child of Tree, Cheap Imitation and Renga. These three works range from iconic (Child of Tree) to rarely performed (Renga), and feature three of Cage’s primary notational styles - text, graphic, and traditionally notated - yet are all equally pioneering […]

In Keywords (1976), Raymond Williams devised a "vocabulary" of culture and society that reflected the vast social transformations marking the post-war period. Following Williams, Keywords for Radicals asks: what vocabulary might illuminate the social transformations marking our own contested present? How do these words shape the political imaginary of today’s radical left? Bringing together the […]

live in concert ROBERT BEATTY JOHN WIESE / MITCHELL BROWN SMOKEY EMERY donate eight _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Robert Beatty (Lexington, Kentucky) Concurrent to crushing noise-rock norms and jockeying shattered electronics in Hair Police, Robert Beatty has – over a decade and a half – also cut a solo path of pulses […]

In 2014, Marisa J. Futernick drove nearly ten thousand miles across America, visiting all thirteen of the country's Presidential libraries along the way. 13 Presidents is the result: an artist's book that combines photographs from the journey with a suite of short stories. Mixing fact and fiction, each President from Herbert Hoover to George W. […]

An evening of art, community and celebration to benefit Californians United for a Responsible Budget (CURB).

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Choreography: Kevin Williamson
In collaboration with performers: Barry Brannum, Jasmine Jawato, Kevin Le
Score: Jeepneys (Anna Luisa Petrisko)
Video Art: Cari Ann Shim Sham*
Lighting Design: Katelan Braymer

bring your friends so we can dance -------------------------------------------------- Signor Benedick the Moor Dream Panther Amir Says Nothing DJ Margot Pauline DJ Micah James Thank you, D Wing for getting it all together! $5-$10, all ages.

August 10th and 11th, 8pm sharp
Performer: JOSH JOHNSON (Forsythe Company, Sad for No Reason)
Score : VIOLENCE Olin Caprison (http://soundcloud.com/vilentsiolence)
Lighting: NATHAN AZHDERIAN (Juliette Jongma gallery NL)
Dramaturgy: KANDIS WILLIAMS (http://www.kandiswilliams.com/)

Screening of short video pieces by Irwan Ahmett and Tita Salina, Jakarta-based artists who have been working together since 2010. Their tactical, interventionist approach to social issues frequently plays itself out in public space, and translate into spontaneously unfolding events through a spontaneous and self-organized approach that they describe as Urban Play. In the last […]

Carla Bozulich, Human Behavior, Night Auditor, Rococo Jet, Charlyne Yi

No Vacancy Inn A$AP Bari Some Ware DJ DJ Cuntry Noise

Screening, with a short introduction, Q&A with Tashi Condelee, Afia Fields, Margaret Hains & others.

Southland Ensemble presents a concert of music from the early issues of Soundings Press, an important and influential journal of experimental music published by composer Peter Garland from 1971- 1990.

DAD DAD DAD is a three-channel collaborative video installation by Maura Brewer and Paul Pescador that takes Stanley Kubrick’s 1980 film The Shining as a site of analysis. This film will screen for one day only on Father’s Day.