Nick Cave: Meet Me at the Center of the Earth
January 10, 2010 to May 30, 2010 — Opening Night Party Sat, Jan 9, 2010 featuring music by KCRW’s Jason Bentley
Free–apart from paying to park at UCLA (What is it these days? $40?)
Experience the largest presentation of work by Chicago-based artist Nick Cave, featuring thirty-five of his Soundsuits—multi-layered, mixed-media sculptures named for the sounds made when the “suits” are worn. Reminiscent of African, Caribbean and other ceremonial ensembles as well as of haute couture, Cave’s work explores issues of transformation, ritual, myth and identity. His virtuosic constructions incorporate yarn, sequins, bottle caps, vintage toys, rusted iron sticks, hair, and more. Mad, humorous, visionary, glamorous and unexpected, the Soundsuits are created from scavenged ordinary materials that Cave re-contextualizes into extraordinary works of art. The Fowler is the first LA-area museum to feature Cave’s work and the only Southern California venue for this traveling exhibition.
Watch out for this around town:
In addition, the Fowler is partnering with dancers and choreographers in UCLA’s Department of World Arts and Cultures to create a series of performance-interventions (termed by Nick Cave’ “Soundsuit Invasions”) in and around Los Angeles that will animate a special set of wearable Soundsuits. Times and locations for these Soundsuit Invasions will be announced via the Fowler’sFowler’s Twitter feedand Facebook page
Wouldn’t it be HILARIOUS if the Soundsuiters hopped on the Metro at the same time as the No Pants Riders this weekend?
In 1956, photojournalist Alfred Wertheimer was hired by RCA Victor to shoot promotional images of a recently signed 21-year-old recording artist (Presley), and his instincts to “tag along” with the artist after the assignment resulted in 56 striking images that provide an intimate look at Elvis before he exploded onto the scene and became one of the most exciting performers of all time. The exhibit will run through March 28, 2010.
Tour and Discussion (5:30 pm – 8:00 pm)
Tour and Lecture
Tour (5:30 pm): Meet the Silk Makers with Brent Karner
Discussion (6:30 pm and 7:00 pm): Spiders: The Miracle Engineers with UC Riverside biology professor and MacArthur Fellow, Dr. Cheryl Y. Hayashi
UC Riverside biology professor Cheryl Hayashi was born and raised in Hawaii. She received a B.S. from Yale University and a Ph.D. in Biology through a joint program with Yale University and the American Museum of Natural History. She was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Wyoming, and in 2001 joined the UCR faculty. In 2007, Hayashi was named a MacArthur Fellow.
Performances (8:00 pm – 10:00 pm)
Tune-Yards and Atlas Sound
DJs (7:00 pm – 10:00 pm)
Resident DJ, Them Jeans (a.k.a. Jason Stewart) and headliner, DJ Spider
Art Installation
Art Installation: Gerard Minakawa
Los Angeles Metro is lucky enough to be included for the second year the Global No Pants Subway Ride going on this Sunday, January 10th at 2 pm.
As usual, it’s put on by Improv Everywhere, who famously conducted one of the cruelest pranks ever pulled on an unsuspecting target back in 2004, which they call “Best Gig Ever”. (Later documented by This American Life.)
We just want to help get the word out there on the No Pants Ride so no one thinks these mass sudden movements on crowded public transit are some kind of coordinated terrorist plot. With all this “Underwear Bomber” stuff going on these days, days you can never be too sure. Some meathead sitting next you on the train might try to be a hero and go all “Let’s Roll!” on your ass. Or even worse, a jumpy subway cop might just shoot you as you whip off your belt (looking at you, Mexico City).
Here are the Los Angeles participation instructions if you are so inclined. We’ll go ahead and paste them below as well.
Apparently Barney’s was on the agenda this morning over at the Office of Zoning Administration. (So much about ZONING going on these days! ZOMG!)
Did crotchety Westwood property-owning NIMBYs come out and voice concerns about BB’s becoming yet ANOTHER place for students to purchase alcoholic beverages since the repeal of prohibition? Did UCLA dudes and dudettes counter them by coming out in force to state their case for having a nice place where they can get loaded AND eat alcohol-absorbing pancakes? We eagerly await the outcome.
Amusingly, one of the zone rules on the books for this spot that Barney’s wants to nix is the rule that no alcohol be served without a food purchase. It seems they are anticipating that people will want to go there and just drink. Another interesting tidbit from the notice is that the upstairs mezzanine apparently will only accommodate 14 people. Seems kind of low. Wonder how that will wind up actually working out in practice.
Can’t help but find it just little condescending that an ESPN columnist and Clipper owner Donald Sterling call Baron Davis some “real” version of himself only after beating the Lakers 102-91 last night. Who is he when they lose?
The company behind a plan to lure the NFL back to Los Angeles released a statement saying the Jacksonville Jaguars and Buffalo Bills are the first teams it will try to relocate.
In his comeback, Ron played 33 minutes and scored 7 points, shooting 3-of-11 in the Lakers’ victory.
If you missed Ron’s press conference on 12/29 where he describes his Christmas Day fall down stairs that caused his concussion (or what he remembers of it) it’s here. Watch for the reporters subtlety trying to probe his story and catch him in any kind of discrepancy in the account of his accident.
“Join the band as they perform at a Lake Tahoe casino, shop for instruments in San Francisco with South African rockers, Blk Jks, and Beirut play an acoustic set for a group of skate punks in a Paris park, courtesy of La Blogotheque. ”
UPDATED: Embedded video above is now the full episode. Great little 22-minute watch, check it out.
“The thing about Ikea that I have had to keep reminding myself is this: it is not the place to get things like desks, media centers, portable closets, or anything you have to assemble. I recognize that this is the point of Ikea, but most of these things (not all, but many) end up ruining your life for 48 hours while you struggle to read the directions, which are all in the Ikean language, and you get so frustrated that you cry sometimes. Then, after all your labors are done, you’re left with a white posterboard desk that wiggles and wobbles even when it’s just got a laptop and a pencil on its laminate top.”
TumblrDiving™may or may not become a recurring feature, probably at the end random days, wherein we spotlight and link a find from Tumblr, leaning to those based in Los Angeles
This is about a week old (I’m juggling 61 books on my new Sony Reader) but I just came across the inaugural byline–a compact compare/contrast piece of Soderberg’s flicks that bookend the past decade–for Karina Longworth, our new Film editor for the LA Weekly.
Just curious: anybody checking in with Losanjealous from out in the West Valley desert? 
HEADS UP
Pulled from Yahoo! News 
This is about a week old (I’m juggling 61 books on my new Sony Reader) but I just came across 
