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Re–Fest | LA Day 1

  • Hot Shot Muffler 5507 York Boulevard Los Angeles, CA, 90042 United States (map)

RE–FEST 2023

Re–Fest | LA Day 1

Hot Shot Muffler
5507 York Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90042

April 28, 2023
6–9pm PT
Free / Donations Welcome

CultureHub presents Re–Fest, an annual festival that brings artists, activists, and technologists together to explore our role in re-shaping the future.

The theme for Re–Fest 2023 is Re-New, which critically examines our culture’s obsession with newness, reframing our relationship to creation and progress. How can we prioritize ancestral knowledge and forgotten technologies in order to renew our relationship with creation and innovation?

The opening of Re–Fest at Hot Shot Muffler will feature a group exhibition, live performances, and conversations.

SCHEDULE:
6:00pm PT: Screening | Archetype of Desire by Andrea Kim
7:00pm PT: Performance | High Desert Soundings
7:30pm PT: Performance | Heidi Duckler Dance and Jeonghyeon Joo
7:40pm PT: Performance | Wókiksuye by Bobby Joe Smith III (Lakota) performed by Laundi Keepseagle (Océti Sakówin)

Re–Fest will be open at Hot Shot Muffler:
April 28–29, 2023

Explore the full line-up of Re–Fest 2023 here.

Featured
Archetype of Desire
Archetype of Desire

Andrea Kim

Archetype of Desire is a biomythography that explores the disavowal of girlhood, symbolic power of motherhood, and the ongoing process of posthuman becoming. A filmmaker journeys into a small village on a peninsula in Northeast Asia and finds herself in front of a 600 year old Zelkova tree where the ancient spirit of Samshin, the goddess of birth and fertility, resides. This film blends documentary footage, 3D renderings, and narration to conjure disparate memories, from within the womb to that of a surrogate avatar, into one story, told through the lens of fate, fortune, and the burning desire for a better future.

Screening in LA on April 28th at 6pm PT. RSVP →

High Desert Soundings LA
High Desert Soundings LA

Vinny Golia, Mattie Barbier, Marta Tiesenga, Ethan Marks

In celebration of their annual festival of experimental and improvised music and sound art – scheduled for October 13–14, 2023 – High Desert Soundings presents improvisations featuring instrumentalists from the festival’s history: multi-woodwind specialist Vinny Golia, trombonist Mattie Barbier, saxophonist and hurdy gurdy player Marta Tiesenga, and trumpeter and festival co-director Ethan Marks.

Performance in LA on April 28th at 7:30pm PT. RSVP →

Every Day is Different
Every Day is Different

Heidi Duckler Dance & Jeonghyeon Joo

With a voluminous skirt covering a convertible car a dancer (Nadia Maryam) circumnavigates her body around different states of being. The haegeum connects the ancient and the modern, the translucent and the opaque, the body and its desire to both root and rise.

Performance in LA on April 28th at 7:30pm PT. RSVP →

Photo courtesy of Hot Shot Muffler

Image description: An outside view of the venue Hot Shot Muffler, the entrance is a large rectangle that has ivy covering the walls on the outside, which is lit by string lights. A human sized robotic sculpture stands outside. The inside is shown, featuring a small exhibition with a video screen in one corner and a collection of small framed artwork in the other.

 
Earlier Event: April 27
Dyad: Two bodies in close proximity
Later Event: April 28
High Desert Soundings | NYC