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| On Thursday, Jan. 18 at 6 p.m., the Japanese American Cultural and Community Center hosts the program "The Elegance and Magnificence of Japan's Wooden World Heritage Structures," detailing the country's historical wooden architecture. Photo courtesy Japanese American Cultural and Community Center. |
Five Ways to Warm Up Your Week
by Lea Lion
The literary speaker series Aloud at the Central Library hosts two noteworthy - albeit very different - events this week. On Tuesday, Jan. 16 at 7 p.m., Barbara Ehrenreich, author of Dancing in the Streets: A History of Collective Joy, discusses her tome with anthropologist, primatologist and Darwinian feminist Amy Parish, who teaches at USC On Wednesday, Jan. 17 at 7 p.m., screenwriter and New Yorker staffer Lawrence Wright presents the West Coast premiere of My Trip to Al-Qaeda: A Performance. The multimedia event will dramatize the writing process of his recent book The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11. Mark Taper Auditorium, Central Library, 630 W. Fifth St., (213) 228-7025 or aloudla.org.
Have you always dreamed of visiting Japan? Head over to the Japanese American Cultural and Community Center on Thursday, Jan. 18 at 6 p.m. for "The Elegance and Magnificence of Japan's Wooden World Heritage Structures," a program detailing the country's long history of wooden architecture. Okay, it's not quite a walking tour, but the event will highlight some of Japan's more than 1,000-year-old wooden structures. Urban planner Yukio Nishimura will discuss the background and technology of the historic wooden structures, while Reverend Kyozen Nakai, a Buddhist priest, will address the spiritual aspects of the buildings. Aratani Japan America Theatre, 244 S. San Pedro St., (213) 628-2725 or jaccc.org.
The Museum of Contemporary Art's genre-bending exhibit Skin + Bones: Parallel Practices in Fashion and Architectureexplores the visual principles that underlie both fashion and architecture. The show examines themes such as shelter, identity and creative process through the work of international fashion designers and architects. Learn more about the design parallels at this week's double dose of MOCA's Art Talk series. On Thursday, Jan. 18 at 6:30 p.m., Brooke Hodge, the museum's curator of architecture and the mastermind behind Skin + Bones, will share her thoughts about the exhibit. Designer Elena Manferdini of Atelier Manferdini will speak on Sunday, Jan. 21 at 3 p.m. MOCA, 250 S. Grand Ave., (213) 626-6222 or moca.org.
The Japanese American National Museum continues its scholarly Books and Conversations series with a Sunday, Jan. 21 discussion with Linda Gordon and Gary Y. Okihiro, authors of Impounded: Dorothea Lange and the Censored Images of Japanese American Internment. The book features more than 100 of Lange's photographs, which were originally censored by the United States Army. Offered in conjunction with the exhibit Ansel Adams at Manzanar, on view through Feb. 18, the discussion will be moderated by photography curator and Los Angeles Times contributor Colin Westerbeck. The event begins at 2 p.m., Japanese American National Museum, 369 E. First St., (213) 625-0414 or janm.org.
(This Isn't Happening) Popular Hallucinations for Your Home is the provocative title of an installation by Bari Ziperstein on view through Feb. 17 at Bank gallery. With an eye toward the architectural history of Los Angeles, the show investigates how urban landscapes are defined by consumerism. For the exhibit, Ziperstein created three-dimensional collages based on idealized design images from home decor magazines including Architectural Digest and Better Homes and Gardens. She then tweaked those picture-perfect scenes by adding stark white architectural beams in unlikely places. The beams protrude out of chairs, bend around sinks and descend from chandeliers. Bank, 125 W. Fourth St., (213) 621-4055 or bank-art.com.
page 17, 1/15/2007
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