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‘Creativity and Other Fundamentalisms’ at WHAP!

Community Room, West Hollywood Library 625 N. San Vicente Boulevar, West Hollywood

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 […]

‘Emergency Aesthetics’ at WHAP!

West Hollywood Public Library 625 N. San Vicente Blvd., West Hollywood

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 Screens Film on Russian Immigrant Experience

West Hollywood Public Library 625 N. San Vicente Blvd., West Hollywood

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.