First Draft
First Draft is an evening of Experimental Works-in-Process for Los Angeles based dance and performance artists. The evening serves as a creative laboratory for wide-ranging artistic investigations in movement-based mediums for artists […]
exigent webs: a night of shorts
A night of experimental documentary shorts weaving through the body as an archive, as well as a site of criminalization and/or pleasure—sites that are navigating history as present, past and […]
fan fiction about heaven or hell
a screening of video works by Hazel Katz, Jack Coventry, Stanton Cornish-Ward, Theo Cuthand, Trent Crawford, Wren Gardiner, and more : - ) Stanton Cornish-Ward is an artist and filmmaker […]
Art Spaces Meet & Greet 2023
A gathering with some of LA’s most exciting independent art organizations, presented with X-TRA Magazine. Feral art spaces will briefly present on their organization’s work and mission in PechaKucha style presentations. […]
Dorian Wood: Musa Cerdota + The angel screening
Artist Dorian Wood brings Musa Cerdota to Human Resources for its Los Angeles debut. The multisensory performance incorporates music from Wood's 2020 album REACTOR. After the project's 2022 premiere in Barcelona, music magazine Muzikalia noted: […]
Michael Kennedy Costa: Mirror Area
Gallery hours: 12 – 6pmOpening: Friday, September 22, 6 – 8pm A selection from an ongoing series of line drawings. This exhibition includes two events: a concert with Los Angeles […]
Los Angeles Wood Wind Skill Share & Wells Leng
This concert is presented in conjunction with Mirror Area, an exhibition of drawings by Michael Kennedy Costa (September 22 - 29, 2023). The Los Angeles Wood Wind Skill Share (LAWWSS) […]
Mirror Area, a reading
This reading is presented in conjunction with Mirror Area, an exhibition of drawings by Michael Kennedy Costa (September 22 - 29, 2023). Book launch and reading of Michael Kennedy Costa's Mirror Area, […]
Carlos Agredano: Smog Check
Gallery hours: Wednesday through Sunday, 12 - 6pmOpening: Saturday, October 7, 7 - 9pm Smog Check is an exhibition of new sculptures and research by Carlos Agredano about the air-quality […]
JD’s Preventing Harassment & Discrimination Training
While gallery sitting for Carlos Agredano's Smog Check, Jennifer Doyle will complete her state-mandated sexual harassment prevention training program, and livestream this exercise (via HRLA's Instagram account) while offering running […]
Zori Swanegan: In suspension, otherwise
Opening reception: Friday, October 27, 6 - 9pmOpen hours: Saturday, October 28th and Sunday, October 29th 12 - 6pm A collection of drawings, prints, and one animation serving as windows […]
Kanal Nula / Touriszt / Henrik Soederstroem / Hallasan
A night of extreme music with artists from New York, Berlin, Stockholm and Los Angeles. Kanal Nula (NY)Touriszt (Berlin)Henrik Soederstroem (Stockholm)Hallasan (LA) With special guest, DJ Shitfun. $10 admission to […]
The Alphabet of Andean Futurism
This project emerges as an adaptation of fragments from Gamaliel Churata's indigenist avant-garde masterpiece, "The Golden Fish," viewed through the lens of Andean Futurism. It combines music, video, poetry, and […]
So Much I Want to Say: A Glimpse into Palestinian Erasure
Los Angeles Filmforum and Human Resources Los Angeles presentSo Much I Want To Say: A Glimpse Into Palestinian ErasureScreening + Lecture PerformanceFor more info: https://www.lafilmforum.org/ With guests curator Zaina Bseiso […]
Use Me at Your Own Risk: Visions from the Darkest Timeline
A reading of Use Me at Your Own Risk: Visions from the Darkest Timeline by Gem Evans (Monica) and Evan Ibarra (Sam).The reading will be followed by a conversation about the […]
Alsea Diana Is Depicting Violence Against Women
ALSEA DIANA INVITES YOU TO AN IMMERSIVE INTERACTIVE INSTALLATION FEATURING BRAND NEW EXPERIMENTAL WORK AND A PREVIEW OF HER FEATURE-LENGTH DIRECTORIAL DEBUT PEREGRINE FALCON MUSIC – DRINKS – LOTTERY TICKETSGIRLS […]
Kabir Carter
Doors at 8pmPerformance at 9pmFree (pay what you want - proceeds go to Venice Family Clinic) Kabir Carter will explore the spatial acoustics and resonant behavior of a circuit that […]
Winter Soiree
doors at 7:30pm / music at 8pm Corey Fogel hosts another Winter Soiree, featuring an assortment of creative musicians, both local and traveling from Portland, San Francisco, and New York. […]
Tati au Miel: Carousel EP Release
Tickets are $10 at the door. In celebration of Tati au Miel’s latest EP release Carousel with Texan label Halcyon Veil. This EP, birthing from Tati's lived experiences and personal […]
So Much I Want To Say: A Glimpse Into Palestinian Erasure
Los Angeles Filmforum and Human Resources present So Much I Want To Say: A Glimpse Into Palestinian Erasure With guests curator Zaina Bseiso (in person) and Bahaleen Collective (via Zoom) […]
Arnold J. Kemp: 3 Plays
Tickets are free of charge. Reserve a spot by clicking on the appropriate link: Friday, January 12th / Saturday, January 13th / Sunday, January 14th A three night survey of […]
Minor Gaps Between
Gallery hours: 12 - 6pmOpening: Saturday, January 20, 6 - 9pm featuring work by:0ll668Derek HolguinJiayun ChenRodolfo Sousa Minor Gaps Between is the result of several conversations about the arcane and […]
Jules Garder and Nat Decker: Posturing Collapse
Friday, February 9th, 6pm - 10pmPerformances: 8pm - 10pmFeaturing: Jules Chimes Gårder and Nat Decker, Star Feliz and Cielo Saucedo, thai Lu, Life Em Stebbins and Jazmin Romero Gallery Hours: […]
Reading The Right to Maim
HRLA is hosting a two-part seminar dedicated to reading Jasbir Puar's The Right to Maim: Debility, Capacity, Disability (2017). The Right to Maim, which argues that debilitation is a defining […]
WHAT ARE WORDS FOR?
Join HRLA for a panel and conversation about statements and solidarity. (RESCHEDULED from 2/6) Endorsements of PACBI, calls for ceasefire, individual expressions of solidarity — what do different kinds of […]
Meejin Hong: Deluge
a screening and art show with Meejin Hong opening Friday, February 16th, 5 - 8pmGallery hours: Saturday, February 17th and Sunday, February 18th, 12 - 6pm Meejin Hong is an […]
untitled|unknown (featuring mattie barbier, Ensemble Adapter, Davíð Brynjar Franzson)
untitled|unknown Wednesday, February 21st, 8:30pm Free Admission https://ensemble-adapter.de/ https://mattiebarbier.com/ http://franzson.com/ Specifically tailored to the architecture of Human Resources, untitled|unknown is a collaborative project initiated by L.A.-based Icelandic composer Davíð Brynjar […]
para by para
para by para para by para is a (hyper)active listening party featuring performances by sound artists Slow Rose and jeremy +/ kennedy, under her new moniker D.J. Again. para by para tiptoes the edge of the event horizon, taking […]
Seven Channel Aura
Human Resources Los Angeles presents Seven Channel Aura, a night of music by Beli and Friends. Live sets by Clarion and Angel Meat. DJ sets by Stealth Angel, Jonny Mystery, […]
First Draft
First Draft is an evening of Experimental Works-in-Process for Los Angeles based dance and performance artists. The evening serves as a creative laboratory for wide-ranging artistic investigations in movement-based mediums […]
BEING WORK Book Launch
with Dorothy Dubrule, Jessica Emmanuel and Mireya Lucio, moderated by Ajani Brannum Being Work is a collection of essays by dance and theater artists, edited by Dorothy Dubrule and published by Insert […]
Black Revivalist & HRLA Presents: Chocolate Babies + Days of Pentecost
In commemoration of Black History Month, Black Revivalist and Human Resources Los Angeles are proud to present a night of ‘90s underground black queer cinema. This double-header features Stephen Winter’s […]
Words for Falastin: fundraiser for Rafah
With hearts broken and malleable grief we invite you to gather with us as we speak prayers, songs, offerings for the liberation of the land of Palestine. As we tend to this […]
Springing Studies
Springing Studies is the first installment of HRLA Studies, a series of free study sessions intended for skill sharing, thought provocation, collective learning and expansion of the commons. Two sessions are being […]
Devotional See-Saw
Gallery hours: Friday, March 15th, 2 - 6pm; Saturday, March 16th 12 - 5pm A collaborative show by Canción Paz and Amia YokoyamaTo read texts about the show (in English […]
Kyiv to LA presents: Nikolay Karabinovych, Teta Tsybulnyk & Elias Parvulesco
Human Resources LA 410 Cottage Home, Los Angeles, CAJoin us on Sunday March 17 for a dinner and screening with artists Nikolay Karabinovych, Teta Tsybulnyk, Elias Parvulesco and curator Asha Bukojemsky. This event marks the second iteration of […]
Alan S. Tofighi: Legal Fictions & Critical Bands (1993-2024)
Alan S. Tofighi: Legal Fictions & Critical Bands (1993-2024) Traces trajectories from two ongoing work cycles; Critical Bands (2010-present) and Legal Fictions (2014-present). Respectively rooted in histories & counter histories in […]
There in Green California / هناك في كاليفورنيا الخضراء
Human Resources LA 410 Cottage Home, Los Angeles, CAOpening reception: Saturday, March 30, 6 - 10pm Ali Eyal, Andre Keichian, Ignacio Perez Meruane, Izdihar Afyouni, Golrokh Nafisi, Hande Sever, Susu Attar Gallery hours: Wednesday through Sunday, by appointment. […]
Gaza Community Aid Fundraiser & Art Raffle
We are raising funds to help multiple families evacuate Gaza. Your raffle ticket costs will be entirely redirected to individuals working on the ground helping evacuate and resettle families. Join […]
WRITING ON RAVING: LOS ANGELES
Writing on Raving is a reading and performance series curated by Zoë Beery, Geoffrey Mak and McKenzie Wark. The series opens a space for critical thinking, creative language, and verbal performance that celebrates, […]
Dorian Wood: This is not goodbye, it’s just I won’t ever see you again (a final purge)
Dorian Wood bids farewell to Los Angeles, her birthplace and also her home for over 40 years. To mark her transition to the East Coast, Human Resources will host an event […]
VENUS 2.0
Friday and Saturday performances begin at 8pm; Sunday performance begins at 6pm. Click here to purchase tickets. VENUS 2.0 is a large-scale multi-media music performance by Tyler Matthew Oyer. Set within […]
HRLA Studies: Alan Poma “Art, Time And Rebellion In Ancient Americas”
Art, Time, and Rebellion in Ancient Americas is the second installment of HRLA Studies, a series of free study sessions intended for skill sharing, thought provocation, collective learning and expansion of the […]
BAE BAE: SOUL RECOVERY
BAE BAE (Kumi James) presents SOUL RECOVERY, a live electronic music and sound performance that investigates how sonic resonance helps to create and strengthen bonds between people and spaces, allowing […]
The Urgent Call of Palestine: a community fundraiser for Gaza
In commemoration of Nakba Day, join us on Saturday, May 11th, at Human Resources LA or virtually, for The Urgent Call of Palestine—a community fundraiser for Gaza! You can contribute […]
Sculptors Painting
Organized by Cara Chan Opening reception: Friday, May 17, 6 - 9pmGallery hours: Saturday, May 18 through Thursday, May 23, 12 - 6pmPainting event: Sunday, May 19, 2 - 5pm […]
labor & collective action as resistance
Join us for a teach-in on May 25th hosted at Human Resources! labor & collective action as resistance will explore how collective action can be applied to the spaces we inhabit. […]
David Bad: all in, win or lose
Opening reception: Wednesday, May 29th 6 - 9pm Gallery hours: Thursday, May 30th through Monday, June 3rd, 12 - 6pm Ever since I can remember I’ve been painting, drawing, sketching, or […]
Two Tongues, Multiple Mothers
Two Tongues, Multiple Mothers is a one night event consisting of screenings, performances, and objects that explore the space between languages as liminal bodies. The process of translation and interpretation […]