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THE MYSTICS CIRCLE - CURATED BY SPENCER DOUGLASS & DEVIN MCNULTY - HUMAN RESOURCES - LOS ANGELES, CA - JUNE 2010

     Human Resources
     510 Bernard St.
     Los Angeles, Ca 90012

     Chinatown, Los Angeles: On Saturday June 19th, from 7pm-11pm, Human Resources
     hosts The Mystics Circle, an exhibition of video works by Skip Arnold, Brian Bress,
     William E. Jones, Hilja Keading, Mike Kelley, Candice Lin, Davida Nemeroff 

     and Margie Schnibbe.

     Coinciding with the summer solstice the show’s titled alludes to the summer slaying of a
     UCLA student in 1991. The killing happened in the mouth of The Manson tunnel, a railroad
     outpost frequented by cults in Chatsworth, on the brightest night of the year. The work

     presented in the show investigates the dual themes of comedy and tragedy through the
     identity of Los Angeles as a saturated paradise that pumps crude oil into broad daylight.
     The first weekend, June 19th, will commence with an opening reception in honor of the
     artists. The afternoon of Sunday June 27th will be the first of two related public programs
     featuring critic and video curator Catherine Taft in conversation with exhibiting artists.
     This will be a cocktail hour discussion, moderated by Taft, in which viewers are invited to
     ask questions as artists share and discuss videos both included in the show as well as
     additional, rarely seen works.

     Human Resources is a collective of individuals that aims to support the expression of art
     performers by providing them with a gallery venue as well as video and sound archiving
     and documentation of performances. Human Resources is entirely volunteer run and
     seeks to foster widespread public appreciation of the performative arts and to serve as a
     point of convergence for diverse and disparate art communities to engage in
     conversation and ideas.

     Curated by Spencer Douglass and Devin McNulty
     The Mystics Circle will run from June 19th-July 29th
     w w w.humanresourcesla.com