Events from February 5 to February 11
In the early 1980s, many artists were excited by the possibility of showing video art on television—a promise that was broken by commercialism. By turns humorous, pensive, or even abstract, this selection of short videos highlights some of the era’s most compelling video art accompanied by music.
CalArts President Steven D. Lavine hosts an evening dedicated to one of the great early forces in the emergence of Los Angeles as an international art center: the Chouinard Art Institute—CalArts’ predecessor institution. Joining the discussion are Chouinard alumna Alice Estes Davis, filmmaker Gianina Ferreyra, and other invited guests.
Vintage electronics share a stage with the newest sonic technology when acclaimed Dutch composer Thomas Ankersmit highlights a two-night festival. Friday’s "Noise Night" features L. Damion Romero and noise pioneers Zbigniew Karkowski and Xopher Davidson. Saturday’s “Ambient Night” features Ankersmit along with zerfall_gebiete, Thomas Köner and Ulrich Krieger.
