Music, Film, and Education ^ LACMA Public Programs March 2014 Art & Music: Calder Quartet with The Least Important Things College Night 2014 Nowruz Celebration red fish bl ue fish TALKS & COURSES Wrapped Up—Korean Bojagi Workshop Saturday, March 1, 2014 | 2 pm LACMA, Boone Children's Gallery | 2–5 pm Free and open to the public; reservations required Tickets: 323 857-6010 or reserve online. Note: Space is limited Be a part of something big! Work with San Francisco–artist Youngmin Lee to add stitches and marks to a giant and growing collaborative bojagi –a traditional Korean patchwork textile used for wrapping gifts and other items. Recommended for ages 10 and up. The final bojagi will be displayed in the Boone Children’s Gallery for all to see after the series of workshops. How the Brain Sees the Light Sunday, March 2, 2014 | 2 pm Brown Auditorium | Free and open to the public Our view of the world is a subjective construction of the mind, and photographs provide a glimpse of an artist's perception of a subject. In this talk, Marvin M. Chun, professor of psychology, cognitive science, and neurobiology at Yale University, compares how photography and brain imaging allows us to understand how people see the surrounding world. Chun discusses the past two decades of scientific research: how findings have not only given us an unprecedented understanding of human vision, but also how advanced brain imaging studies can even decode (coarsely) what people are viewing or dreaming. Complements the exhibition See the Light—Photography, Perception, Cognition: The Marjorie and Leonard Vernon Collection . The Art of the Future: It ō Jakuch ū's Colorful Realm Saturday, March 8, 2014 | 2 pm Brown Auditorium | Free and open to the public The past 20 years have witnessed a meteoric rise in the acclaim of the painter It ō Jakuch ū (Japan, 1716– 1800), owed in no small part to the Price Collection which includes many important works by the artist. Yukio Lippit, Harris K. Weston Associate Professor of the Humanities and professor of history of art and architecture at Harvard University, explores the remarkable artistry of Jakuch ū through his celebrated set of Page 1 33 nature scrolls, Colorful Realm of Living Beings , widely believed to be the greatest work of bird-and-flower painting in Japan. Conversation: Judy Fiskin and John Divola Monday, March 10, 2014 | 7 pm Brown Auditorium | Free and open to the public Through their art, writing, and teaching, artists Judy Fiskin and John Divola have been influential throughout Southern California and beyond. Join Fiskin and Divola for a conversation about their interests and influences—from their early work to current projects. This conversation is moderated by Britt Salvesen (LACMA department head and curator of the Wallis Annenberg Department of Photography, and the department head and curator of Prints and Drawings) and is held in conjunction with the exhibitions See the Light: Photography, Perception, Cognition: The Marjorie and Leonard Vernon Collection and John Divola: As Far as I Could Get. Superman: Costuming an Icon Tuesday, March 4, 2014 | 7 pm Bing Theater, Free for Costume Council members, $35 LACMA members and Costume Council Guests, $40 general public, $25 students Explore the design and cutting-edge technology used to create the Superman of the 21st century. Wilkinson’s collaboration with film director Zack Snyder and costume designer James Acheson reignited a 75-year-old iconic superhero. A native Australian, Wilkinson enjoyed a successful career in costume design for opera and theater before venturing into film. His work includes creating an identity for working-class Cleveland in American Splendor , dressing the biblical figure in Darren Aronofsky’s upcoming film Noah , and costuming American Hustle’s unforgettable Amy Adams in “ the dress ”. The conversation will be followed by a unique opportunity to view examples of Michael Wilkinson’s costume designs, loaned by Warner Bros Studios exclusively for the evening. Please Play with Me: Conversation with Galadrielle Allman and Mikal Gilmore Monday, March 17, 2014 | 7:30 pm Brown Auditorium, General guest: $25 | LACMA member: $20 | Tickets: 323.857.6010 or purchase online Galadrielle Allman, daughter of the late rock/guitar legend Duane Allman (The Allman Bros.) discusses her efforts to learn about who her father really was with journalist Mikal Gilmore. Gilmore is the author of several acclaimed books, including Shot in the Heart , an exploration of his devastating family life and executed brother Gary Gilmore. Presented by Writers Bloc. Conversation: Aesthetics and the Brain Tuesday, March 18, 2014 | 7 pm Brown Auditorium | Free and open to the public How does the brain process visual information? In what ways do artists drive the mechanics of vision? How can neuroscience help us to understand ways the brain forms aesthetic judgments? Join Professors Irving Beiderman and Pietro Perona for a conversation about vision, aesthetics, and the brain. Biederman is the Harold W. Dornsife Professor of Neuroscience at the University of Southern California, and Perona is the Allen E. Puckett Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computation and Neural Systems at Caltech. This Page 2 conversation complements the exhibition See the Light—Photography, Perception, Cognition: The Marjorie and Leonard Vernon Collection . The Least Important Things March 27, 28, 29 | 8 pm Los Angeles Times Central Court | Free, tickets required | Tickets: available for pick-up at Ticket Office one hour before performance Los Angeles–based artist Emily Mast often works in projects that celebrate intersections between art, dance, and theater. For The Least Important Things , Mast selected a diverse range of works by Joan Brossa (1919–1998) that were written with the intention of being staged. Brossa was a Catalan poet, playwright, graphic designer, and visual artist who made work about the limitations of language and its material nature. His “stage poetry” embraced incoherence, the everyday, and popular forms of entertainment such as magic, cabaret, and comedy routines. The Least Important Things assumes the form of a procession of free-standing theatrical vignettes which unfold in different venues throughout LACMA's campus. Audience members will be offered hints and clues to direct their experience of the work. The performance starts on the Los Angeles Times Central Court, but takes visitors through different locations of the museum campus. The performances are staged in intermediate spaces that reflect Brossa and Mast’s interest in the undefined. Please wear comfortable shoes and dress warmly, as most of the performance takes place outdoors and requires walking and stair climbing. MUSIC Art & Music Eclectic and cutting-edge, LACMA’s Art & Music concert series, first-place winner of the ASCAP & Chamber Music America Award for Adventurous Programming of Contemporary Music, presents world-renowned performers and composers celebrating the museum’s visiting exhibitions and permanent collection. Calder Quartet with red fish blue fish Saturday, March 15, 2014 | 7:30 pm Bing Theater, General guest: $25 | Student with ID: $5 | LACMA member and Senior 62+: $18 | Tickets: 323 857-6010 or purchase online LACMA opens its Art & Music series with a special concert celebrating the exhibition Calder and Abstraction: From Avant-Garde to Iconic , on view through July 27. Join the Calder Quartet, who The New York Times describes as "superb," and the percussion ensemble red fish blue fish as they join forces to play contemporary composer Jason Treuting's Oblique Music . The San Diego–based red fish blue fish, a percussion ensemble founded by Steve Schick, opens the concert, followed by the Calder Quartet, after which they share the stage. In-kind media support is provided by Classical KUSC FM 91.5. Sundays Live Bing Theater | Free, no reservations Sundays Live is an ongoing series and includes free classical music concerts presented by LACMA in cooperation with Friends of Sundays Live. These concerts take place in the Bing Theater and feature mid- career professionals and student virtuosos taking center stage. Please note: Sundays Live concerts can be heard live via streaming audio at lacma.org , or by delayed broadcast the following Wednesday at noon on KCSN, 88.5 FM. Page 3 Colburn Chamber Orchestra (Maxim Eshkenazy Conducting) Sunday, March 2, 2014 | 6 pm Conductor Maxim Eshkenazy, who the Los Angeles Times has hailed as "charismatic and exciting," leads the Colburn Chamber Orchestra in a performance of Evard Grieg's Holberg Suite . Additional works performed to be announced. Stream this performance live beginning at 6 pm on Sunday, March 2. UCLA Philharmonia Sunday, March 9, 2014 | 6 pm UCLA Philharmonia, the flagship orchestra of the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, performs Sergei Prokofiev’s Symphony no. 5 in B-flat, op. 100. Stream this performance live beginning at 6 pm on Sunday, March 9. Capitol Ensemble with Pianist Rina Dokshitsky Sunday, March 16, 2014 | 6 pm Sundays Live’s resident group, the L.A.–based Capitol Ensemble, features violinist Phillip Levy, who the London Telegraph has described as “powerful,” “consistently clear,” and “appealing tasteful and confident sense of style.” Levy’s musical collaborators have included artists such as Sir Yehudi Menuhin, Iona Brown, Sir Neville Marriner, Dawn Upshaw, John O'Connor, Ralf Gothoni, and Lynn Harrell. In this concert, Levy pairs up with guest pianist Rina Dokshitsky, who has performance extensively as a soloist. Together they perform Franz Schubert's Piano Quintet in A Major. Stream this performance live, beginning at 6 pm on Sunday, March 16. The Lyris Quartet Sunday, March 23, 2014 | 6 pm Members of the L.A.-based Lyris Quartet join guest artists William Sutre (violin), Kyung-Hee Kim-Sutre (harp), and Walter Ponce (piano) perform Jacques Ilbert’s Trio for Violin, Cello, and Harp: Jean-Marie Leclair’s Duos for Two Violins; and Cesar Franck’s Piano Quartet in F Minor.