Bustler's editor picks for architecture & design events: Los Angeles, March 28-April 4
By Bustler Editors|
Monday, Mar 28, 2016
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There is always something exciting going on in the bustling City of Angels. Planning for another full week ahead? Bustler has compiled a snappy list of thought-provoking lectures, upcoming exhibitions as well as ongoing ones you might have not heard about yet, and other noteworthy happenings around town that are not to be missed. Check back regularly at the start of the week to stay up to date.
Have a look at the Bustler editorial team's list of Los Angeles recommendations for the week of March 28-April 4.
Woodbury Architecture Library South Series - 3.2.1 Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon | March 29, recommended by Nicholas Korody
Despite the warnings of many a high school teacher, Wikipedia has become the de facto source for – well, just about everything. But that doesn't mean that it's perfect. While many pages have been written by scholars in that field, others are lacking – filled with incorrect or inadequate information. As a collective resource, it's something of a public service to change that. Learn how by joining the Woodbury School of Architecture for the "Wikipedia Edit-a-thon" oriented around San Diego architects and architecture.
RELATED EVENT Woodbury Architecture Library South Series - 3.2.1 Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon
Ben van Berkel + Hernan Diaz Alonso: Duel + Duet | March 30, recommended by Amelia Taylor-Hochberg
Co-founder of UNStudio in Amsterdam, Ben van Berkel will speak with SCI-Arc director Hernan Diaz Alonso on Wednesday, March 30, at SCI-Arc. The talk is part of SCI-Arc’s Duel + Duet series, putting the school’s leadership in direct, public conversation with visiting prominent figures in architecture.
RELATED EVENT Ben van Berkel + Hernan Diaz Alonso: Duel + Duet
Benjamin J. Smith: Architecture as Conviction—Vapid Potential or Rigorous Consequence | April 1, recommended by Justine Testado
Start your Friday night with a SCI-Arc lecture from Benjamin J. Smith, a designer, theorist, historian and critic whose intellectual interests focus on the disciplinary evolution of architecture through the pedagogical developments in education. His lecture on Friday will revolve around the rather open-ended question: In a contemporary context, “what should be done when expertise with technology no longer hinders the possibilities of what could be done?”
RELATED EVENT Benjamin J. Smith: Architecture as Conviction—Vapid Potential or Rigorous Consequence
The Appearance of the Letters of the Hollywood Sign in the Smog and at a Distance | Opens on April 2, recommended by Justine Testado
Just about everyone knows about L.A.'s infamous Hollywood sign. But when that just-as-infamous city smog rolls in, it can distort the visibility of the sign's capitalized letters, thus appearing to create strange spellings. Conceived and coded by architecture historian and critic David Gissen, this upcoming WUHO exhibition about "environmental translations" offers a unique narrative about one of L.A.'s most iconic monuments and it presents a visual analysis of the major impact of a polluted environment.
RELATED EVENT The Appearance of the Letters of the Hollywood Sign in the Smog and at a Distance
“Drawings Lie”: Recent Works by Bryan Cantley | Open now until May 20, recommended by Paul Petrunia
See a distinctive collection of recent works by Bryan Cantley of LA-based Form:uLA in his "Drawings Lie" exhibition. If you haven't seen it yet, the exhibition is currently at the Pacific Design Center until May.
RELATED EVENT “Drawings Lie”: Recent Works by Bryan Cantley
Robert Mapplethorpe: The Perfect Medium | Open now until July 31, recommended by Alexander Walter
This new exhibition just opened at LACMA, dedicated to the inherent dualities of artist Robert Mapplethorpe's practice and his ongoing search for “perfection in form”. The main exhibition is accompanied by the show Physical: Sex and the Body in the 1980s at LACMA and another companion exhibition at the J. Paul Getty Museum.
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