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: Friday - Sunday, 12 - 6pm or by appointmentStructures of Feeling is a group exhibition featuring Jamil Baldwin, Janna Ireland, Arlene Mejorado,Luis […]
HRLA Studies: Indigenous Sound Matter – Resonating Futures
Free of cost –– No RSVP –– Come share and take some ideas home HRLA Studies Fall 2024 - December SessionIndigenous Sound Matter: Resonating Futuresby Alan Poma December 9, 11 […]
Rocío Boliver in conversation
This conversation will take place over zoom. Please register this link to join. Rocío Boliver (La Congelada de Uva) will be joined by John Bartel and Amelia Jones to discuss […]
internal monologues
Free entry; doors at 6:30pm, screenings at 7pm 'internal monologues' is a screening event that draws themes from Samuel Beckett’s seminal work, Not I. Beckett uses unconventional storytelling and internal dialogue to […]
Underwear Shopping Spree
Community screening: Friday, January 3, 7pmClosing reception: Thursday, January 9, 7pm Open gallery hours: Thursday, January 2 - Sunday, January 5: 1 - 6pmMonday, January 6: closed Tuesday, January 7: 3 […]