Johanna Went performing at the Hong Kong Café, Los Angeles, 1979. Courtesy of the artist. Photo: Scott Lindgren.

X-TRA Summer Event
Looking at Performance: Guts, Lust and Kinks

A screening and discussion of the work of Johanna Went and Michael Turinsky
with Doran George, Johanna Went, Christine Wertheim, and Mark Wheaton

Thursday, August 3, 2017

7:30pm – 9:30pm

at Human Resources LA
410 Cottage Home Rd., Los Angeles, CA 90012

In celebration of our Summer Issue, X-TRA invites you to a discussion and screening, about looking […]

“Where Troubles Melt Like Lemondrops II” (2013). Courtesy of the artist, Shikeith.

“I think white gay people feel cheated because they were born in principle, into a society in which they were supposed to be safe. The anomaly of their sexuality puts them in danger, unexpectedly. Their reaction seems to me in direct proportion to the sense of feeling cheated of the advantages which accrue to white people in a white society.”
—James Baldwin 1

There is something to be […]

A.L. STEINER
X-TRA ARTIST WRITES #1

FRIDAY JUNE 30, 2017

12  – 8pm**
reception, 8pm – 10pm

Hosted by: 

WCCW, 2425 Glover Pl, Los Angeles, CA 90031

X-TRA is thrilled to present this special program with A.L. Steiner. The artist will present an 8-hr discussion and lecture in conjunction with her text “It’s Nobody’s Fault: Extinction of Consciousness and Everything Else,” to be published in the September 2017 issue of X-TRA, Volume 20 number 1. The presentation, comprised of a full 8-hr work shift, will […]

Peter Tomka, “loves his mother,” 2017. Chromogenic color print on Crystal Archive paper, 20 x 24 inches. Courtesy the artist.

I grew up here. In this very neighborhood. 108th and Hoover, to be exact. This was the late 1980s, early 90s. Those who know this place intimately still refer to it as South Central, Los Angeles. Newcomers, developers, and those who mistakenly believe it to be, however illogically, a subset of both Compton and Inglewood, know it as South Los Angeles. Whatever […]

X-TRA Spring Launch Event: The Heart and the Halt
with Patricia Fernández and Suzy Halajian

Saturday April 22
4 – 6 pm

at LACE
6522 Hollywood Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90028

Celebrate the Spring issue of X-TRA with art, talks, drinks, and journals.

Presentations:

Artist Patricia Fernández on her project in the issue, Memory Is In Progress: The Heart
Curator Suzy Halajian presents a tour of the exhibition I can call this progress to a halt. 

A chance to get your copy […]

X-TRA presents ARTISTS’ BOOKS CHANGE LIVES:
Artist and writers present books life-altering books

An eclectic series of short readings and performances dedicated to books.

With
Kelly Akashi
Aria Dean
Patricia Fernández
Mariah Garnett
Vishal Jugdeo
Steve Kado
Stanya Kahn
Lakshmi Luthra
Nour Mobarak
Kavior Moon
Jane Parshall
Paul Pescador
Rachelle Rojany
Leslie Shows
Paul Soto
Patrick Staff
Brica Wilcox
Kate Wolf
and more!

Saturday, February 25, 2017
12:30 – 2 pm

in the LA Art Book Fair
at MOCA Geffen
152 N Central Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90012

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This event is part of the Contemporary Artists’ Book Conference at the Printed […]