REDCAT's 15th annual NOW Festival premieres nine new contemporary performance projects by Los Angeles artists who are re-defining the boundaries of dance, theater, music and multi-media.
Live music is featured in each of the new projects premiering in the first week of the New Original Works Festival. The NOW Festival kicks off with a program of works by Jasmine Orpilla with Peter Deguzman, Miwa Matreyek with Morgan Sorne,Jmy James Kidd and Tara Jane O’Neil.
The group exhibition Only the morning bird treasures the flower garden, which takes its title from a poem by 14th century Persian poet Hafiz, includes photographs, videos, and other works by more than twenty Iranian artists on the theme of flowers.
The Pacific Standard Time Festival: Live Art LA/LA (January 11 to January 21, 2018) is an international celebration of art and performance throughout greater Los Angeles, with more than 200 Latin American and Latino artists and performers creating adventurous events at more than 25 indoor and outdoor locations. Organized by REDCAT with a consortium of organizations and independent artists, the festival connects artists from more than a dozen countries with neighborhoods city-wide, through vital performances in parks, plazas, galleries, theaters and busy urban settings. The festival is part of the Getty-led Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA initiative and is supported by a major grant from the Getty Foundation.
