LOS ANGELES, CA.- The Los Angeles County Museum of Art presents a new outreach initiative that brings an array of interactive art and film programming to nine communities in Southern California, including Redlands, San Bernardino, Altadena, Monterey Park, Hacienda Heights, Montebello, Compton, Inglewood, and Torrance. The LACMA9 Art + Film Lab is a participatory and interactive space that provides an opportunity for the public to learn and experiment with art and filmmaking processes. The LACMA9 programming, all of which is free to the public, include an opening night celebration, hands-on art and filmmaking workshops, weekly outdoor film screenings, and the gathering of oral histories from community members. At the conclusion of each five-week residency, residents will be invited to a special community day where visitors will receive free admission to the museum. The LACMA9 Art + Film Lab is supported by a grant from The James Irvine Foundation. This sixteen-month program will commence this summer at the University of Redlands from June 7-July 7, 2013.
“The mobile Art + Film Lab is an innovative way for LACMA to reach out to some of the many diverse communities in Southern California, in such a way as to highlight the intersection between art and film and emphasize the importance of community," said Michael Govan, LACMA CEO and Wallis Annenberg Director. "We are thrilled to have the involvement of artists Jorge Pardo and Nicole Miller, and we are grateful to The James Irvine Foundation for their support of this ambitious initiative.”
The LACMA9 initiative offers unique perspectives about community, design, and space through collaborations with artists Jorge Pardo and Nicole Miller. Acclaimed artist Jorge Pardo has created a nomadic structure that houses the art, film, and oral history-making areas. Adjacent to the structure, a diverse range of outdoor films, from Hollywood classics to foreign films and independents, will be shown through the duration of this series. This structure will travel to each partnering community where it will remain for five weeks at a time.
Using the gathered oral histories from the Art + Film Lab as a departure point, installation artist Nicole Miller will work with residents in each partner site to create new video works that explore subjectivity and selfrepresentation as tools for the possible reconstitution of lost histories. Miller’s first series of works will be exhibited at LACMA on the Redlands Community Day on Sunday, October 13, 2013. LACMA9 programming also includes free workshops where participants can learn how to utilize technology for personal expression, including creating soundtracks, cinematography, in-camera editing, and more. The lab will provide equipment, tools and materials for these projects. A full schedule is below.
"The LACMA9 Art + Film Lab brings the museum directly to communities. By spending time in neighborhoods, we hope to build relationships with new audiences and deliver compelling, free programs that explore how technology can be used for personal expression,” said Jane Burrell, LACMA Senior Vice President of Education and Public Programs. “We look forward to spending time within our nine partner communities and are excited for the opportunity to build on our efforts to reach audiences unfamiliar with LACMA, with the goal of introducing the museum as an accessible cultural resource."
In the past three years, LACMA has explored the intersection of art and film through its exhibitions which include Stanley Kubrick, Tim Burton, Dalí: Painting & Film, Hans Richter: Encounters, and a forthcoming survey of Mexican cinematographer, Gabriel Figueroa. Film programs that highlight this connection continue to thrive at the museum with its Tuesday matinees, panels, and special screenings through the Film Independent at
LACMA partnership, which began in October 2011.
