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Flux and the Hammer present an exciting array of new film and video work including the L.A. premiere of David Shane’s hilarious new short film Playdate and Kirsten Lepore’s beautiful animated film Move Mountain, plus new music videos for David Bowie, Passion Pit, Gaslamp Killer among others. Special guest filmmakers in attendance include Brian Billow, DANIELS, Hyperballad, Ian and Cooper, Kirsten...   [more]

Listen as Gary Baseman discusses his recent travels to his parents’ hometowns in Eastern Europe and dissects the complex history of the area, a place vastly transformed from when his family called it home.  The artist reflects on the experience and on his own heritage, and shares tales he heard of “mythical creatures” while on this journey. A Q&A and book signing follow the program. *Arriv...   [more]

In 2010, Canadian brothers Jeff and Andrew Topham returned to the war-torn West African country of their childhood, Liberia. Discovering that much of Liberia's photographic record of its peaceful past had been destroyed by war, they created a documentary and online photo project culminating in an exhibition currently housed at the National Museum in Monrovia and will discuss the importance of photograp...   [more]

Join friend and frequent collaborator Cyril Kuhn for a personal perspective on Urs Fischer’s work.   [more]

Video shorts made by ELAC students honoring Labor History month  Under the direction of ELAC Professor Eileen Ie, students in introductory Sociology courses made video shorts specifically for ELAC’s Labor Month. The videos are the final products of a semester-long project designed to allow students an opportunity to apply their sociological imagination. The videos are meant to inform, educate, and...   [more]