Wik-Ed Women is a monthly series of informal Wikipedia editing workshops/sessions for Los Angeles women-in-the arts to contribute their expertise to Wikipedia, specifically expanding its content about women artists. Considering that 90% of Wikipedia’s editors (information-distributing-enthusiasts, really) are men, these evenings advocate against the systemic
Please join us for the launch of Alexandra Noel’s first book, By Rote, published by Holoholo Books. There will be a screening of Dimitri Kirsanoff’s silent film, Menilmontant from 1926 along with a selection of contemporary and tragically comical short videos.
Join us to celebrate The Benefit of Friends Collected, Vol. 2 and its contributors on Thursday, May 28th. We’re collecting friends together, and everyone will benefit! Hosted by Los Angeles Contemporary Archive (LACA) and Ghebaly Gallery
Organized by Scott Benzel, with an essay by Scott Benzel edited by Carlye Packer
Off he sets / He makes his way merrily to the / office /.../ He is in love with a fair and most elegant lady / and also with / his penholder /... / He reflects upon his promotion / Maybe he will have an increase / without needing promotion /... / More dreams of promotion / ... / The piano resumes its work / Alas! He must leave his office -his dear / office / Courage: let's be
An iteration of Fassonaki’s project Khal will be exhibited at Los Angeles Contemporary Archives (LACA) from March 20 to April 9th where the original 16 scores and recorded interpretations by the participating artists will be exhibited.
Special guest artist Fariba Safai will open the event on March 20th with a vocal interpretation of one of the scores entitled ‘Celestial'
Patricia Fernández will be in residency at LACA for the months of March and April. During her residency, Fernández will create a visual index of the objects collected and re-constructed that make up her project titled Points of Departure. For the past three years, Fernández carried out five different walks over the Pyrenees retracing the footsteps of the Spanish republicans who fled from Spain to France at the end of the civil war. Informed by the individual memories of these
Wik-Ed Women is a monthly series of informal Wikipedia editing workshops/sessions for Los Angeles women-in-the arts to contribute their expertise to Wikipedia, specifically expanding its content about women artists. Considering that 90% of Wikipedia’s editors (information-distributing-enthusiasts, really) are men, these evenings advocate against the systemic bias
