| when: | 8:15pm |
| where: | 4th Floor Rooftop Westin Bonaventure 404 S. Figueroa St. Los Angeles, CA 90017 |
| price: | FREE |
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Rooftop Sci-Fi Films @ The Westin Bonaventure
To celebrate the launch of its 18th issue, the contemporary art journal Afterall presents Making Strange, a three-week rooftop series of Sci-Fi inspired films and artists’ videos screened atop the Westin Bonaventure Hotel and Suites in Downtown Los Angeles from August 14th through the 28th.
In this season of summer blockbusters, the series presents low-fi cult features and artists’ videos that use elements of science fiction to cast new light on earthly struggles and everyday phenomena. The title, Making Strange, refers to the artistic concept of ostranenie, or defamiliarization, through which unremarkably common occurrences are made to appear unknown or strange, heightening one’s perception of the familiar. Outer space appears as a metaphor for psychological inner space, post-apocalyptic futures and interplanetary utopias are imagined through the quotidian lens of social progress, and android life reflects human dysfunction on Earth.
All screenings are FREE and begin at dusk. Blankets or pillows are encouraged, as seating will be limited.
Thursday, August 21
– Joan Jonas’s Double Lunar Dogs (1984, 24 min.)
– George Kuchar’s Ascension of the Demonoids (1985, 46 min.)
– Mike Kuchar’s Sins of the Fleshapoids (1965, 43 min.)
Thursday, August 28
– John Coney’s Space is the Place (1974, 82 min.)
– Preceded by other short films TBD
Parking:
– $25 Hotel valet
– $10 Self-parking (with validation) at City National Garage
Across street at 400 S. Flower St.Sky bridge to Bonaventure on the 4th floorPick up validation at registration tableDowntown Center Business Improvement District
626 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 200, Los Angeles, CA 90017
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