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
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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