April 8
Experiences in Transformative Time: New Work by
Leighton Pierce Film/Video–Jack H. Skirball Series
Leighton Pierce’s cinema transforms ordinary sounds and visual impressions into ecstatic experiences filled with new kinds of movements and sensory rediscoveries of the world. Often hovering between definition and abstraction, and between gestural implication and narrative meaning, his musical eye and ear find beauty and magic in everyday places and situations. Pierce’s work has been shown widely at festivals and museums, and this screening features two early 16mm films along with nine recent digital pieces, including Viscera, described by filmmaker Jon Jost as “an astonishing piece on the recreation of a presence through remnants of their being, memories of their gestures, as molded in the impressionistic contours of light. A film built upon cascading refractions. The film dissolves in the memory as one watches it…”
Sitting
In person: Leighton Pierce Funded in part with generous support from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Curated by Steve Anker and Bérénice Reynaud.
Mon 8:30pm $10 [members $8]
“Pierce is capturing the beauty, the ecstasy contained in matter before its inevitable disappearance.” New Zealand Film Festival Water Seeking its Level
April 9
on Cities and Creativity: a conversation with Steven D. Lavine, Kelley Lindquist and Thom Mayne Conversations
Launching an ongoing series of investigations into the role of creativity in contemporary life, CalArts President Steven D. Lavine hosts a panel discussion that centers on the question, “What is the overarching role of artists in civic life and creative placemaking?” Joining the conversation are Kelley Lindquist, president of Artspace in Minneapolis and a developer of affordable artist housing throughout the U.S., and Pritzker Prize-winning architect Thom Mayne. Together, they explore issues of gentrification, reclamation and artists’ influence and impact on today’s urban fabric. In addition, the panel examines the ideas and opportunities driving the Broadway Arts Center, a proposed mixed-use development containing a black-box theater, an art gallery, creative commercial space and affordable housing for artists in downtown Los Angeles. Tues 8:30pm Thom Mayne. Photo: Reiner Zettl.
redcat is calarts’ downtown center for contemporary arts
$10 [members $8]