The West Hollywood Aesthetics and Politics lecture series features sociologist Pascal Gielen disussing “the ethics of art” from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. in the library's Common Room, followed by a lecture by Gielen about “Creativity and Other Fundamentalisms”, with Matias Viegener as respondent. Gielen is professor of sociology of the arts at the University […]
The first 2014 event of the West Hollywood Aesthetics and Politics lecture series features a workshop by philosopher Santiago Zabala on critical theory and Eurocentrism from 3 to 6 p.m. followed by an 8 p.m. lecture by Zabala about “Emergency Aesthetics,” with Ashley Hunt as respondent. Both take place in the library's Common Room. Admission […]
WHAP!(West Hollywood Aesthetics and Politics) screens CalArts alumna Yelena Zhelezov's essay film, "Signs of Arrival," followed by a roundtable discussion with scholars and artists about parallel worlds and the immigrant experience. Zhelezov's film revolves around the Russian immigrant community in West Hollywood. Admission free.
