LOS ANGELES CONTEMPORARY EXHIBITIONS INC

1. PST ART: ART & SCIENCE COLLIDE GETTY INITIATIVETHE EXHIBITION AND PUBLICATION BEATRIZ DA COSTA: (UN)DISCIPLINARY TACTICS REVISITED THE COLLABORATIVE ARTISTIC PRACTICE OF THE LATE BEATRIZ DA COSTA (1974-2012) AS AN INVESTIGATION INTO TECHNOSCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENTATION, POLITICS, ACTIVISM, AND ART-MAKING, CONTEXTUALIZED FOR OUR CONTEMPORARY MOMENT. DA COSTA'S UNIQUE MODELS OF INTER- AND UN-DISCIPLINARY PUBLIC INTERVENTIONS, WORKSHOPS, AND CRITICAL WRITING FOREGROUND AND AMPLIFY THE ONGOING SOCIAL STRUGGLES FOR SUSTAINING LIFE. BEATRIZ DA COSTA: (UN)DISCIPLINARY TACTICS EXPLORED HOW DA COSTA'S DEEP REFLECTIONS ON LIFE AND EXTINCTION, HEALTH AND WELLNESS, ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES, CANCER AND CHRONIC ILLNESS, SOCIO-POLITICAL AUTONOMY, AND INTERSPECIES COHABITATION REMAIN RELEVANT TO OUR SOCIETAL ISSUES AT HAND TODAY.THIS PROJECT WEAVES TOGETHER AN EXHIBITION, PUBLICATION, PUBLIC PROGRAMMING, PERFORMANCES, EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOPS, AND STUDY GROUPS AS AN EVOCATION OF DA COSTA'S APPROACH TO THE THEORY OF TACTICAL BIOPOLITICS. TACTICAL BIOPOLITICS ENGAGES TECHNOSCIENCE, EVERYDAY LIFE, HISTORY, CULTURE, THE ACADEMY, AND THE PUBLIC TO DISTRIBUTE COLLECTIVE KNOWLEDGE WHILE CHALLENGING SOCIETAL NORMS AND CAPITALIST STRUCTURES. TOTAL CLIENTS SERVED - 8,000 IN PERSON VISITORS AND PARTICIPANTS

2. ABUNDANCEABUNDANCE PRESENTED CUTTING EDGE PERFORMANCE ART AND INTERDISCIPLINARY WORK BY ARTISTS WHOSE LIVED EXPERIENCES AS NON-TRADITIONAL OR FAT BODIES CHALLENGE INTERSECTIONAL FORMS OF OPPRESSION. ABUNDANCE WAS A CALL TO TAKING UP SPACE WITH PRIDE, GENEROSITY, AND A SPIRIT OF COLLECTIVITY. THIS ASSEMBLY OF ARTISTS INVITED THE PUBLIC TO WITNESS AND PARTICIPATE IN THE RECLAMATION OF OUR OWN PLENTIFUL BODIES: DISRUPTING THE STATUS QUO AND FORGING LIBERATORY WAYS OF BEING THROUGH COMMUNITY.HELD OVER THREE DAYS AT L.A. DANCE PROJECT, ABUNDANCE INCLUDED RE-STAGINGS AND NEW WORK BY PERFORMANCE, SOUND, AND LITERARY ARTISTS PATRISSE CULLORS WITH ASHLEY BLAKENEY AND DARIUS WILLIAMS, EDGAR FABIN FRAS, GAYCAY, JESSICA CAROLINA GONZLEZ, VANESSA HERNNDEZ CRUZ, ALIMA LEE, CALEB LUNA, MELBA MARTNEZ, CODY PERKINS WITH SABRINA JOHNSON, GHIS RODRGUEZ, YESIKA SALGADO, AND DORIAN WOOD. RESPONDING TO THE WORD "ABUNDANCE," THESE ARTISTS EXAMINED THE POLITICS OF THEIR EXISTENCE THROUGH THE WAY THEY SEE AND EXPERIENCE THE WORLD, WITH ABUNDANT, GENEROUS, HUMOROUS, JOYFUL, OR RAGEFUL ENTRY POINTS THAT WILL PUT OUR COLLECTIVE AND INDIVIDUAL BIASES INTO QUESTION.TOTAL IN PERSON CLIENTS SERVED - 450 IN PERSON ATTENDANTS