Human Resources

Experimental doom-drone, post-rock, noise-rock. 9pm/$7

Please join us for this special 'matinee' show with the trio of Ingebrigt Håker Flaten, Jeff Parker and Ted Byrnes. 2PM/7$ About Ingebrigt: Ingebrigt Håker Flaten (b. 1971, Oppdal) - […]

BASTARD NOISE (FARGHER/WOOD) AMPS FOR CHRIST WITCHES OF MALIBU CONSCIOUS SUMMARY DSE JASON WADE (screening original 16mm/ super 8 films featuring live accompaniment by RELAY FOR DEATH/ SENAToR BUTTHOLe JOHNSoN) […]

SAVE MUSIC IN CHINATOWN 5 benefit with MIKE WATT and the SECONDMEN + THE GEARS + STEVE SOTOTickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/save-music-in-chinatown-5-steve-soto-solo-acoustic-the-gears-mike-watt-the-secondmen-tickets-14636916411 Advance ticket sales end at noon on Sunday, January 11. If […]

VOLUME presents a very rare performance by acclaimed artist and electronic musician Terre Thaemlitz. Terre will present selections from Soulnessless, her 32 hour opus described as the “world’s longest album […]

FREE though donations for non birthday having musicians would be appreciated. There will be free beverages and snacks come on down and enjoy the Tiger Munson exhibit whilst checking out […]

Featuring: Ali Tobia The Puissance of the Human Energy Field: A Yogic Look at Energy Possibilities for When the Polar Ice Caps Melt and Fossil Fuel Supplies Deplete; Joseph Hankins, author […]

HRLA presents CORSANO + KOLOVOS + GIFFONI solo and trio plus UN CIEGO 9PM/$7

OVERSTIMULATED is an afternoon and evening of presentations by artists, concerning the theme of limits in performance — limits of the body, performance, aesthetics, material conditions, institutional practices, pleasure, or […]

HRLA welcomes Rocío Boliver—an iconic figure in underground performance in Mexico and an internationally renowned performance artist. This will be Rocío Boliver's first performance in Los Angeles. Rocío Boliver's work […]

9pm - 2am $5-20 suggested donation to support HRLA Maricón Collective brings it's Eastside backyard party vibes to Human Resources. DJ sets by Maricón Collective, go go boys, photo backdrops, […]

HRLA and Volume present Surveillance Punishment and the Black Psyche, M. Lamar’s music theater piece for countertenor and piano emerges from the constant violent and sexualized surveillance of the black male body—plantation overseer, the […]

Decompassion is an event presented by Filmmakers Ian Randolph and Solomon Gross in collaboration with  HRLA. One half film screening, one half live concert. There will be a exclusive Los […]

COOLWORLD presents: P H E D R E (http://www.soundcloud.com/phedre) J A L (http://xxxjalxxx.tumblr.com/) P A P E R  S L A N G (https://soundcloud.com/paper-slang) S I S T E R  […]

This fall two large public forums gathered under the premise of “Decolonizing The White Box,” in response to artworld racism and, in specific, to the critique leveled at the Made […]

An Open Forum — closing event for The Border Again. Artists attending: Simon Pecco, Alfredo Gonzalez Reynoso, Luisa Fernanda Martinez and Reuben Torres.* CLOSING EVENT FOR THE BORDER AGAIN 3/8 […]

HR and LAFMS present Being for the Benefit of Mr. Ford: A benefit and celebration for Ace Farren Ford 8PM Ace Farren Ford has been on the outskirts of the […]

MUSICAL EXPOSITION featuring Thee Oh Sees and Caldwell/Tester This will be a test run of sorts for the newly formed double drums lineup of Thee Oh Sees... John Dwyer has […]

a stone in the middle | contemporary techno-temporal innovation I understand techno- from the Greek τέχνη. It could mean arts or craft or both.  I also understand -temporality as relative […]

7:30PM “Ex-Romance”, 1987 (48 min) “Hail the New Puritan”, 1985 (84 min) As part of the ATLAS IN LA festival, a nine-day festival of film screenings, which will occur March 10th-19th at eight venues […]

HRLA presents Max Eilbacher's The VanderBleakin Tour Comes To The West Coast with: Max Eilbacher We have Eilbacher ripping sets of electro-acoustic shard flappery with drone-rockers Teeth Mountain, rocking a guitar […]

7:30PM "Turning”, 2012 (76 min) "You Are My Sister”, 2006 (3 min) Atlas' practice is firmly rooted in the moving image, and he is most famous for works that blur […]

A night of improvised sonic meditations led by the Kevin Robinson Ensemble (KREation) working in collaboration with live visual art by Kenyatta A C Hinkle and live writing by Niela […]

Doors at 8PM, $7. Join us at HR for experimental, noise sets with Lee Noble, Park Detail's Band, Ezra Buchla, Arrington de Dionysio, and Telecaves.

Doors at 8PM, $7 everyone welcome out of this world psych and noise blowout on Easter Sunday.. .come blessed in yr sunday dress FATHER MURPHY (IT) visiting darkness XIU XIU […]

Doors at 8PM, $10 all ages. An evening of 3 solo performances from Jessica Pavone (viola), Owen Stewart-Robertson (guitar), Ted Byrnes (percussion). Possibly, a trio at the very end. ABOUT […]

Doors at 8:30PM, music starts at 9:30, $5. ooooffff... heavy doses in triplicate three drummers and four guitars players thats it... 3 + 3 + 4 = 10 = 1 […]

Directed by Scott Kiernan and Victoria Keddie, this expansive project utilizes a mobile television studio to explore the artist dialogue with broadcast transmission, analog and digital media, and televisual liveness. […]

Doors at 9PM; $5. Mike Tamburo (Pittsburgh, PA) - https://miketamburo.bandcamp.com/ East coast hammered dulcimer, gong and meditation master comes to float your boat Brown bread (Beacon, NY) - https://brownbread.bandcamp.com/ Drifting nebula of […]

Doors at 9PM; $7, all ages welcome. I SPEAK MACHINE - music/ film duo from Los Angeles that create sci-fi/ horror short films that are screened with the score performed […]

Join HRLA as we welcome Chicago-based artist Keijaun Thomas. This is Thomas's first performance in Los Angeles. Sunday evening, April 19. 6PM-8PM. 10-15$ suggested donation. Partitions of Separation and Trespassing […]

Doors at 9PM; $5 FLESHTONE AURA with live projections by WINSTON HACKING “Fleshtone Aura serves his spicy dinner with a tangle of source cassettes and electronics that deploy the deeply […]

Doors at 9PM; $5, all ages. An expansive experimental tour of psychedelic trance to jump cut tape music. A RARE chance to see two of Finland’s most acclaimed sonic adventurers […]

The publication includes feature essays and reviews by: Jonathan Griffin Travis Diehl Anthony Pearson Anna Breininger Eric Morse/ Alexandra Grant Barnett Cohen Mateo Tannatt Kate Wolf Tracy Jeanne Rosenthal Keith […]

Saturday April 25th 2015 Sarah Harron / Jenny Sayaka NONO / Divided Daughters a night of performance, sound and video curated by Oscar Miguel Santos. DOORS at 10pm STARTS at […]

8:30pm-midnight

8PM One week across five different cities we will introduce you to Max 7 and its creative possibilities. Whether you’re a seasoned user or have only thought about downloading our […]

COMMUNITY FORUM & Book Launch for Manuel Vason's Double Exposures. Tuesday April 28, 7:30PM Join us a community forum exploring the relationship of performance art to photography, and photography's relationship […]

Doors at 8PM, $10 all ages. Jeph Jerman and Tim Barnes duo, touring in support of 'Matterings', their new record on Erstwhile Records Ted Byrnes and Scott Cazan duo James […]

May 1st, 2015 - Doors at 8pm - $10 An evening of contemporary and experimental music and performance. A Solo Voice by Odeya Nini is an investigation of extended vocal […]

Doors open at 6PM, Screening at 6:30PM; $8 suggested donation Vanessa Roveto, Excitability, 32 min., 2013 Michael Robinson, Light Is Waiting, 11 min., 2007 Michael Robinson, All Through The Night, 4.20 min., 2008 […]

Doors at 9PM; $7 all ages life is good This article is about a secretion of mammalian genitals. For the substance that covers the skin of a baby at birth, […]

2PM-2AM help us help you come listen to new and exciting music, eat some hot dogs, drink some drinks in the evening part of the show... life is good two […]

Doors 9PM / $7 Organic tension noise composition; emphasis on being in the moment — minds, bodies, rooms. Our terms. Discomfort, anxiety, struggle, obsession, dynamic, and intention through sound — […]

L'INFERNO: A GROUP ART SHOW / LIVE FILM EVENT FRIDAY, JUNE 12th $5 DONATION / DOORS AT 8:30PM; PERFORMANCES AT 9:00PM ALL AGES +ALL PROFITS BENEFIT WEST LA ANIMAL SHELTER+ […]

$7 gives you entry to a lovely night of sights and sounds, sips and slips.... 8:30 - BERARDI/LIEBIG duo Improvised textures, rhythms and atmospheres for bass, drums and a steaming […]

$7 solo trumpet from far out, funneled thru NYC 8:30 PATRICK SHIROISHI'S BLACK SUN SUTRA - soaring saxes and clashing drafts of drums and bass... swirling images adrift in the […]

Doors at 8PM, $5 more jazzy weirdness than you can shake a stick at

Doors at 8PM SONOPTIK & HRLA presents an evening of smeared electronics and ambient force fields. CEDIE JENSON - An electronic producer from Brisbane, Australia, that has spent the last […]

Heaviness from the midwest, expansiveness from the west. 9pm/$5

Join Michelada Think Tank on Monday, June 29 at 7pm for the launch of Race, Art, & Survival. This project is part of our summer residency at Los Angeles Contemporary […]

YOUR MOTION SAYS sets up its final night at human resources with dances to arthur russell's music by christopher argodale, shade theret, peter hernandez, eydie mcconnell & nika kolodziej, tatiana […]

Set within the highly collaborative exhibition Epitaph for Family currently on view at Human Resources, tir journal hosts a conversation between Johanna Breiding, Cary Cronenwett, Jennifer Moon and Tyler Matthew […]

Night of music and video installation. Zeek Sheck (SF Bay Area) Multimedia artists that recently performed with Black Spirituals (a recent group that played HR). ZS is led by Canner […]

An evening of solos, experimentations, works-in-progress organized by Ron Athey. Featuring Rosé Hernandez, boychild, Divinity Fudge and La Porscha, plus a special group finale, Walking Meditation with Sage Charles on […]

claire cronin leaves for georgia soon. last chance for her songs in los angeles. they are good joined by ezra buchla http://catfact.net/ kathleen kim! of LA Fog and Shekhan. sounds […]

Free Show

Adam Laiben screens his 2011 film HOME AGAIN, an adaptation of Yann Arthus-Bertrand's 2009 French documentary, HOME. A six-minute short film by Laiben will accompany the feature film. Also, come early and stay late for live music by Izapa.

He loves me. He loves me not. He's from the wrong side of town. Parents don't understand. Boys are good. Boys are bad. These issues defined the sweet and sassy songs of girl groups from the 1950s & 60s.

Karen Anzoategui brings their solo show Catholic School Daze to Human Resources LA in Chinatown, Oct 2nd-4th, 2015. Catholic School Daze is an autobiographical solo performance that tells the story […]

ohanna Hedva’s Sick Woman Theory proposes that sick bodies are the 21st century’s sites of resistance: chronic, pathologized, and historically feminized illnesses ought to be read as modes of protest against the unlivable conditions of neoliberal, imperialist, white-supremacist, capitalist cis-hetero-patriarchy.

The Adonis Project: Masquerade Saturday, October 10th, 2015 For the second year in a row the notorious Adonis Theater, legendary gay adult movie house will be creatively resurrected for one […]

On Sunday October 25 we want to pay tribute to Chantal Akerman, a filmmaker that has changed our lives and our eyes to see cinema, to be cinema. We can’t believe and don’t want to accept her disappearance.

Sound performances at HR, in the exhibition "HR" by Sabrina Chou

Join us for a celebration of the publication of Bellamy's When the Sick Rule the World, and Doyle's Campus Sex/Campus Security

performances and readings on desire, yearning, love, and sex. Manuel Solano http://manuel-solano.com/ Guan Rong www.onehousearts.org/ Johnnie Jungleguts http://johnjungleguts.tumblr.com/ performances start at 8:00 sharp https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DMF3ackBvE

From 1pm to 4pm, join us for a Live Ball Orchestra! Artist Carlin Wing, assisted by Luke Fischbeck, will lead a workshop about the sonic and musical properties of bounce. […]

Machine Project and Cabinet magazine team up to present two new episodes in the life of bounce from artist (and former professional squash player) Carlin Wing – hosted by Sabrina […]

The End of the Party, 2015 subtitled by my sister, Rita: (I hope she doesn’t) Fall Asleep In The Ocean Julie Tolentino with the eternal players: Mark So, Pigpen, Maria Garcia, John […]

Video program. Part 2, conceived in conjunction and in dialogue with the exhibition "The Closer I Get to the End the More I Rewrite the Beginning." Curated by Suzy Halajian and Clara López Menéndez, the program features works by Malin Arnell, Phil Collins, Harry Dodge and Stanya Kahn, and Basim Magdy, followed by a Q&A with the curators and Malin Arnell, Harry Dodge, and Stanya Kahn.

Entry is $5. All the money raised goes towards getting this film on the road. Hosted by Casey Jane Ellison Artist Auction includes: Jibz Cameron, Aimee Goguen, Molly Larkey, Edie […]

music performance with ‘daiKYo,furo shIKI and book launch of Felix Bernstein's work Album can be heard here: https://daikyofuroshiki.bandcamp.com/album/yuu YUU by DaiKyoFuroShiki 大凶風呂敷 (‘daiKYo,furo shIKI) is a brainbending collaboration between Tamio […]

Invitation to Yin Yang Join us Thursday, January 28th at 8pm for a performance by Ron Athey with Darryl Carlton (aka Divinity Fudge) and David Harrow, as part of the Live […]

Human Resources, in cooperation with VOLUME, is pleased to presents acclaimed intermedia artist Phill Niblock and one of the pioneers of live computer music Carl Stone.

Contemporary artists from Los Angeles and Tijuana exchange ideas in an informal salon with works that muddle, illuminate, and transmute the Baja/Alta California border. Open discussion will follow with live interpretation by Antena Los Ángeles.

A benefit / kick-off celebration for HRLA's Decolonize LA series.

MEET & GREET 2016:
A project fair & party for
new & independent contemporary
arts groups in Los Angeles

A very rare chance to see some very deep and free musicians together under one roof. Jason Ajemian's Folk-Lords is the sound of an outstanding group of New York improvisors […]

Sophia Cleary + Bradford Nordeen assemble a coterie of luminary queers for this one-off night of dance, drama and dissonance.

A video game get together and video installation by Johnnie JungleGuts Bring your 3DS and max out that StreetPass! Play casual games of Smash Brothers, Pokemon and Mario Kart, or […]

A night of experimental music with Postcommodity where they promote a constructive discourse that challenges the social, political and economic processes that are destabilizing communities and geographies; and connect Indigenous narratives of cultural self-determination with the broader public sphere.

Oakland based experimental music composer, new media artist and active writer, David Kanaga exploring interactive possibilities of music in games and other dynamic environments joined with Ben Babbitt.

In the trans-genre film "This Unwieldy Object" the animated dinosaurs of Hollywood cinema meet the petrified ghosts of colonial science. You follow the protagonist on a road trip into the dusty heart of the USA, where fossil traders, sculptors and scientists are trying to reconstruct the plot of natural history, the plot of progress. Organized by Clara López Menéndez.

CoH (Sweden) (Ge-stell) http://www.post-pop.org/ CoH (Cyrillic) is a Russian sound artist, based in Sweden, who has been active since 1998. He has released numerous works on esteemed experimental labels like […]

Performances at 7:30 and 9pm Shades of Gray is an excerpt from Andrew Berardini's work-in-progress the Standard Book of Color to be read in Alice Wang's exhibition, with music by […]

This series of readings and performances includes work that explores the limits of the body, aims toward transformation, seeks plants and animals as models or collaborators, expresses saturated or hysterical emotion, embraces femme aesthetics, and moves toward the horizon of queerness (after José Muñoz).

Performances by:

Anya Liftig
Gracie Devito
Samuel White

SOME WARE at Human Resources (SW004) Samo Sound Boy SISSA DJ Cuntry Noise Some Ware DJ

KCHUNG presents BRUJAJA, A Gathering of Witches "First, there has been the desire to rethink the development of capitalism from a feminist viewpoim, while, at the same time, avoiding the […]

Evening of live audiovisual performances and experimental abstract films by the Dutch media arts collective Macular and a selection of Dutch filmmakers.

Join Chinatown community members, community stakeholders, and Chinatown Community for Equitable Development (CCED) members for a movie screening of a film called "Everything Will Be", a film that presents stories […]

Come join us for a night of ---- Embarrassment Envy Euphoria Excitement Pretend you are someone else for a night Dress up as your favorite whatever (preferably from the 1920s, […]

An evening of rare filmic treats, a bar, an accordionist, a Yididish interlude, and a reception to follow. Presented as part of Chantal Akerman: Contre L'Oubli/Against Oblivion
- with a lecturette by film maker and programmer Courtney Stephens