Live Night: Cruising Bodies, Spirits, and Machines
rafa esparza, MUXX, among others
- Price
- $40-60
- Genres
- Art, Music
- Season
- Fall 2024
- DATE
- DEC 7
- TIME
- SAT, 8 PM
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About
REDCAT and CAP UCLA co-present “Live Night: Cruising Bodies, Spirits, and Machines,” a celebratory evening at the 1920 iconic three-story and 1,600-seat United Theater on Broadway, downtown LA. The evening will feature experimental performances by LA-based artist rafa esparza, Mexico City/Oaxaca-based collective MUXX, and others that engage with machines, AI, and avatars coded in transmigrant and ancestral futures. Performances and DJ sets will take place throughout the theater–the three-story grand lobby and stage.
Live Night: Cruising Bodies, Spirits, and Machines is part of the performance program for All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace, and curated by Daniela Lieja Quintanar and Edgar Miramontes.
All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace is part of more than 60 exhibitions and programs presented as part of PST ART. Returning in September 2024 with its latest edition, PST ART: Art & Science Collide, this landmark regional event explores 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
Please note: Live Night: Cruising Bodies, Spirits, and Machines contains mature content, loud sounds, strobe lights and nudity.
about the artists
rafa esparza
rafa esparza (b. 1981, Los Angeles; lives and works in Los Angeles) received a BA from University of California, Los Angeles (2011). Solo exhibitions have been held at Artists Space, New York (2023); Commonwealth and Council, Los Angeles (2021); MASS MoCA, North Adams, Massachusetts (2019); ArtPace, San Antonio (2018); and Ballroom Marfa, San Antonio (2017). Selected group exhibitions have been held at Museum of Contemporary Art Denver (2023); San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (2023); Commonwealth and Council, Mexico City (2022); Museum of Contemporary Art Tucson (2022); Moody Center for the Arts, Rice University, Houston (2020); San Diego Art Institute (2019); Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (2017); and Hammer Museum, Los Angeles (2016). esparza is a recipient of Pérez Prize (2022); Latinx Artist Fellowship, Mellon Foundation (2021); Lucas Artists Fellowship (2020); the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Award (2017); Art Matters Foundation Grant (2014); and California Community Foundation Fellowship for Visual Artists (2014). esparza has participated in residencies at Artpace San Antonio (2018) and Wanlass Artist in Residence, OXY ARTS, Los Angeles (2016).
MUXX
MUXX is a collective of four independent cells that intersect into a whole, conformed by Lukas Avendaño (performance artist, choreographer, and “Muxe”); EYIBRA (formerly known as Abraham Brody; composer, performer, and multimedia artist); Óldo Erréve (digital artist); and NNUX (composer, producer, and sound artist). MUXX has presented its performances at LACMA and currently has a solo exhibition at Laboratorio Arte Alameda, Mexico City.
credits
Exhibition Curator: Daniela Lieja Quintanar
Performance Program Curators: Katy Dammers, Daniela Lieja Quintanar, and Edgar Miramontes
Assistant Curator: Talia Heiman
Technical Director: Adam Matthew
Exhibition Designer: Adalberto Charvel
Graphic Designer: Ella Gold
Publication: REDCAT/East of Borneo
Project Director: Joao Ribas
Additional support for the development of these performances was provided by Laboratorio Arte Alameda in Mexico City.
