Night Conversations 2

Night Conversations 2

The Conversation Continues With Open Discussion and Live Music

WHAT:
First Fridays, the ongoing evening performance series at the Natural
History Museum of Los Angeles County, continue with Night
Conversations 2. Artists, poets, musicians and members of the audience
are invited to continue the "conversation" that resulted in the unique
artist installations and soundscape for the Museum's Conversations
exhibition. The discussion of these individual responses to our
collection will be followed by musical performances. This evening event
brings the exhibition to life.

WHO:
* Live musical performances include Build An Ark, Busdriver, Daedelus,
Dengue Fever, Dublab Soundsystem, and DJ Jimmy Tamborello (from The
Postal Service/Dntel). More performers to be announced.
* An open discussion will include Conversations visual artists Tony
Berlant, Paul McCarthy and Ed Moses, as well as Museum curators
Margaret Hardin, Jonathan Spaulding and W. Warner Wood. The other
three Conversations artists-Kim Abeles, Lita Albuquerque and John
Valadez-are also confirmed to attend.
* The discussion will be hosted by a seminal figure in the Los Angeles
art community, Merry Norris, a founder of MOCA who previously served
as President of the Cultural Affairs Commission for the City of Los
Angeles.
* Video DJs, including Mekanix, will mix live footage of the event with
images of the Conversations exhibit.

WHEN: Friday, April 1st - Doors open at 7:00 PM and close at 1:00 AM
The discussion will take place from 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM in the
2nd floor North American Mammal Hall. Live music begins at
8:00 PM in the 1st floor Mammal Halls.

WHERE: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, 90007
Convenient parking is available in the lot on Menlo Avenue,
just west of the Museum

COST: Admission is $15; $12 for Museum Members and students with ID;
MOCA Members may present their membership cards at the door
for a special $12 admission. MOCA Offer valid on April 1 only,
and not combined with any other offer.
Tickets available online at www.nhm.org/FirstFridays or by
phone at (866) 468-3399

CONVERSATIONS (THE EXHIBIT):

Conversations features six contemporary art installations revealing the different ways in which curators and artists approach similar objects, examining the array of stories these objects can tell and bringing new meaning to them. The renowned artists participating are Kim Abeles, Lita Albuquerque, Tony Berlant, Paul McCarthy, Ed Moses and John Valadez. The resulting dialogue uses the languages of art and science to make connections to the past, present and future. Sound and light, along with text, add texture to the experience.

OWN A CONVERSATION PIECE:

Limited-edition silkscreen prints produced by five Conversations artists in conjunction with Self Help Graphics & Art are available for purchase as a portfolio exclusively through the Natural History Museum. A select number of individual prints are available as well. For more information, call 213-763-3399 or log on to www.nhm.org/exhibitions/conversations/prints.html.

FIRST FRIDAYS:

Night Conversations 2 is part of the Natural History Museum's ongoing First Fridays performance series, dynamic evening events connected to the Museum's latest exhibitions. Past events have included Francisco Aguabella, Sandra Tsing Loh, Buddy Collette, Dublab Soundsystem, Breakestra, Omar Torres, Tierra, Avi Silles, Lula Washington and Jason Bentley. First Fridays is a dynamic evening event series connected to Museum exhibitions and programs, dedicated to engaging Museum audiences in new and provocative ways. More information is available at (213) 763-DINO or www.nhm.org.

PRNewswire -- March 24

Source: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

CONTACT: Jennifer Westfall, +1-213-763-3538, jwestfal@nhm.org, or Lauren
Clark, +1-213-763-3532, lclark@nhm.org, both of Natural History Museum of Los
Angeles County

Web site: http://www.nhm.org/

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