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This group is for people who appreciate music and other forms of art beyond the mainstream, with a particular focus on the avant-garde or otherwise odd. Free Jazz, Musique Concrete, Atonality, Noise Music, Outsider Art, Surrealism, Dada, Junk Art, ...you name it! Not all events will necessarily be "weird", but simply off the beaten mainstream path.
This is intended to be an oasis from crass commercial banalities.
I'll post events that interest me, but I am also interested in hearing from artists, musicians, and other creative types about their events that I can share with members. Post your events and ideas in the "Discussions" section. I want this group to also be a vehicle that helps support artists and organizations that are doing interesting creative work.
The only requests are that we keep things friendly and civilized and free from partisan politics.
Upcoming events (4+)
See all- MOVIE NIGHT: THE COLOR OF POMEGRANATESLos Feliz 3 Cinemas, Los Angeles, CA
Part of American Cinematheque's series ‘Three Homelands: The Transcaucasian Cinema of Sergei Parajanov’
Date: Wednesday, Dec. 4 7:00 pm
Venue: Los Feliz Theatre
1822 N Vermont Ave Los Angeles, CA 90027Tickets: $13,00 GA $8.00 members
https://www.americancinematheque.com/now-showing/the-color-of-pomegranates-12-4-24Rotten Tomatoes: 94%: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_color_of_pomegranates
Trailer: https://youtu.be/ci1ddK_1h6E?si=wHTCYrd9iBbFpEMJ
### ABOUT THE FILMS:
“Hakob Hovnatanyan,” 1967, Dir. Sergei Parajanov, 9 Min, Soviet Union
Made prior to the shooting of THE COLOR OF POMEGRANATES, this short documentary for the Yerevan Newsreel-Documentary Film Studio depicts the work of 19th century Tblisi-based Armenian portrait painter Hakob Hovnatanyan. Parajanov is less concerned with a biographical precis and largely focuses on the artist’s luminous canvases which combine elements of illuminated manuscripts with European figurative art.
FORMAT: DCPTHE COLOR OF POMEGRANATES, 1969, Dir. Sergei Parajanov, 78 Min, Janus Films, Soviet Union
In a series of tableaux that blend the tactile with the abstract, THE COLOR OF POMEGRANATES revives the splendors of Armenian culture through the story of the eighteenth-century troubadour Sayat-Nova, charting his intellectual, artistic, and spiritual growth through iconographic compositions rather than traditional narrative. The film’s tapestry of folklore and metaphor departed from the realism that dominated the Soviet cinema of its era, leading authorities to block its distribution, with rare underground screenings presenting it in a restructured form. This edition features the cut closest to Parajanov’s original vision, in a restoration that brings new life to one of cinema’s most enigmatic meditations on art and beauty.
FORMAT: DCPNYT article: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/24/movies/the-color-of-pomegranates-sergei-parajanov.html
Sergei Parajanov Wikipedia entry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergei_Parajanov
Italian filmmaker Michelangelo Antonioni stated that “The Color of Pomegranates by Parajanov, in my opinion one of the best contemporary film directors, strikes with its perfection of beauty.” Parajanov was also admired by American filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola. French film director Jean-Luc Godard also stated that "In the temple of cinema, there are images, light, and reality. Sergei Parajanov was the master of that temple".Despite having many admirers of his art, his vision did not attract many followers. "Whoever tries to imitate me is lost", he reportedly said
ABOUT THE SERIES:
'Three Homelands: The Transcaucasian Cinema of Sergei Parajanov'
Sat. Nov 23 - Wed. Dec 18, 2024
Egyptian Theatre and Los Feliz 3The American Cinematheque and the UCLA Film & Television Archive are thrilled to partner in presenting a comprehensive film series honoring filmmaker Sergei Parajanov on the centennial of his birth. Born in 1924 to an Armenian family in Tbilisi, Georgia, Parajanov defied boundaries in life and art. Deeply knowledgeable of the rich traditions and cultures throughout Caucasia, Parajanov reimagined cinema as a vibrant fusing of movement, myth, music, ritual and folk arts. His approach was inclusive and open to diverse influences. At once both archaic and modernist, Parajanov’s cinema proudly stood out of time and beyond borders. Featuring a new restoration and scans from original camera negatives, 'Three Homelands' offers a complete look at one of cinema’s true visionaries.
Special thanks to our collaborators and partners: guest programmer Bernardo Rondeau, Daniel Bird, Cecilia Cenciarelli (Cineteca di Bologna), Olena Honcharuk (Dovzhenko Centre), Zaza Abashidze, Georgian Film, Cinema Foundation of Armenia.
Series Includes: SHADOWS OF FORGOTTEN ANCESTORS, “Hakob Hovnatanyan,” THE COLOR OF POMEGRANATES, THE LEGEND OF SURAM FORTRESS, “Arabesques on the Theme of Pirosmani,” “Confession” and ASHIK KERIB
- MOVIE: "GAUCHO GAUCHO"Laemmle Glendale, Glendale, CA
A celebration of a community of Argentine cowboys and cowgirls, known as Gauchos, living beyond the boundaries of the modern world.
Date: Opens December 5 at 7:30
Venue: Laemmle Glendale
207 N. Maryland Ave.
Glendale, CA 91206
310-478-3836Ticket information will be posted here
https://www.laemmle.com/film/gaucho-gauchodinner at ?? at Khinkali House Georgian restaurant, 113 Artsakh Ave, Glendale, CA
We've eaten here before and it's delicious.Rotten Tomatoes gives it an 92% favorite rating:
Trailer: https://youtu.be/08BVd9UwwyY?si=eX2zRoP8TWQwgXY5
Gaucho Gaucho is a 2024 is a black-and-white documentary film directed by Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw. The film, set in the drought-threatened northwestern cattle country of Argentina, captures the lives of gauchos. It premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival, where it won a Special Jury Prize for Sound. The documentary received an outdoor screening in August 2024 on the Piazza Grande of the 77th Locarno Film Festival and won the first Letterboxd Piazza Grande Award.
The documentary follows several characters, including Guada, a teenage girl aspiring to join the male-dominated gaucho culture. Her journey serves as a narrative thread, showcasing her challenges and growth in the rodeo circuit.
Gaucho Gaucho received critical acclaim at its Sundance premiere, where it won a Jury Prize for sound. Variety’s Guy Lodge described it as a “perfectly framed,” “loving, visually resplendent documentary” that "gives the Argentine cowboy community ample space to bond and merge". Senior US Critic, Tim Grierson from Screen Daily said Gaucho Gaucho is "An affecting tone poem that ruminates on the passage of time and the passing of traditions".
- Getty Center: Lumen The Art and Science of LightThe Getty, Los Angeles, CA
Cross-posted with So Cal Explorers
Date: Sunday, December 8, 2023
Enter at 12:00 pm
Exhibition tour: 1:30 to 2:15 pm
Give yourself at least 30 minutes to park and take the tram up to the museum/Venue: GETTY CENTER
1200 Getty Center Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90049Tickets: Free but you must reserve: https://tickets.getty.edu/Online/seatSelect.asp
Select December 8 at 12:00 PMParking is $25.00 per car. Carpooling is recommended.
Itinerary:
11:45 am meet and greet at the entrance
12:00 pm enter the museum
12:00 - 1:00 pm Join us for lunch at the cafeteria or explore exhibits on your own
1:15 pm line up for guided tour
1:30 - 2:15 pm Guided tour of Lumens: The Art and Science of Light
2:15 pm - ? explore exhibits
5:30 pm Museum closesLumens: The Art and Science of Light
September 10–December 8, 2024, GETTY CENTER
Web page: https://www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions/lumen/index.htmlTo be human is to crave light. We rise and sleep according to the rhythms of the sun, and have long associated light with divinity. Focusing on the arts of western Europe, Lumen explores the ways in which the science of light was studied by Christian, Jewish, and Muslim philosophers, theologians, and artists during the “long Middle Ages” (800-1600 CE). During this period science (or the study of the physical universe) served as the connective thread for diverse cultures across Europe and the Mediterranean, uniting scholars who inherited, translated, and improved upon a common foundation of ancient Greek scholarship. Several contemporary artworks, including special installations by Helen Pashgian and Charles Ross will extend the exhibition’s reach throughout the Museum.
Related event: Prismatic Effect: A Conversation with Charles Ross
Hybrid event on October 27 at 1:00 pm PST
https://4142298.xyz/la-oc-weirdo-music-and-art-group/events/304064563This exhibition is presented in English and Spanish. Esta exhibición se presenta en inglés y en español.
Supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities
Southern California’s landmark arts event, PST ART, returns in September 2024, presenting over 70 exhibitions from organizations across the region exploring the intersections of art and science, both past and present. PST ART is presented by Getty. For more information about PST ART: Art & Science Collide, please visit pst.art
