Thursday, Sep 11 

• Los Angeles Plays Itself, at Cinefamily, West Hollywood. Thom Andersen’s 2003 film comprised entirely of clips shot in LA chronicles the city through the screen from silent films to now. 7:15 & 10:45pm
• Gob Squad: Super Night Shot, at Redcat, DTLA. 8:30pm Sep 11-14

• Richard Parker, at Michael Thibault, West Adams. Peppi Bottrop, Aribert von Ostrowski, Benoit Platéus, Clunie Reid, & Matthias Schaufler.  So… who’s Richard Parker? It’s a ‘metonymic title for the annihilation inherent in the expression & mediation of individuals’ -Marc LeBlanc (Curator). Opening reception 6-9pm
• Hive Dwellers / Bouquet / Dream Boys in concert, at 356 Mission Rd., DTLA. Closing weekend party for Another Cats Show 8:30pm

Saturday, Sep 13  

• John Knuth: Base Alchemy, at 5 Car Garage, Santa Monica. Intermittent appearances of albino morph California Kingsnakes (!)—a species native to SoCal & valued for their morph variations— alongside the artist’s fly and mylar paintings. Special event 3-5pm | RSVP for address 
• Phil Chang: Pictures, Chromogenic and Pigment, at M+B, West Hollywood. Photographic monochromes & works on paper expanding on the artist’s exploration of process, duration and materiality. Opening Reception: 6-8pm
• Strongroom—Sarah Chow: Terra Overlay, at IKO IKO + Building Block, DTLA. Strongroom is a month long proposal in the historic bank vault of Iko Iko’s space. Opening Reception: 6-9pm 
• Zackary Drucker & Rhys Ernst: Post / Relationship / X, at Luis De Jesus, Culver CIty. Photographic ‘diary’ chronicling Drucker & Ernst’s private moments as an opposite-oriented transgender couple.  Alongside their latest video montage X. Opening reception 6-9pm
• Step and Repeat, at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, DTLA. Mash-up series of performance art, sound, comedy, & poetry: Vanessa Place x Samantha Gorman | Rae Armantrout | SFV Acid x The Valley Sound | Ann Hirsch | Dynasty Handbag | Jacolby Satterwhite x Ashland Mines | P. Morris, Rare Times, Ille. 6-11pm Performances: Sep 20, 27, & Oct 4 
• Min Song: Tromp L’oeil Depression, at Young Projects, Hollywood. Inaugural exhibition at the gallery’s new digs with five works, each comprised of a box structure that sits atop a large photographic decal adhered to the floor. Opening reception 7-10pm

Sunday, Sep 14

• Cory Arcangel: tl;dr, at Team (gallery, inc.), Venice. Selection of works by the NY artist, one of the leading [and, in WOAH’s humble opinion, most interesting] purveyors of technology-based art.  Gallery inaugural exhibition and Arcangel’s LA debut! Opening reception 4-7pm
• GORDON ASHWORTH / MATT SULLIVAN / INFINITE BODY / UNMANNED, at MATA, West Adams. 10pm

Monday, Sep 15  

• ∆ PRISM PIPE ∆ Live Visual Music: RETROFUTURE, at pehrspace, Echo Park. Ninth installment of the monthly visual music series curated by The Current Sea + Screaming Claws. Sounds: D/A/D, Pride & Joy, Visager.  Visuals: Sarah Zucker, The Current Sea, Kate Parsons (pictured). 8-11:30pm

Tuesday, Sep 16  

• LA2050 – Last Day! WOAH’s Picks: Create: LA MEDIA LAB (Experimental Half-Hour) Connect: Arts LANDed All it takes is YOU to shape a better, more creatively diverse, and sustainable future for the sprawling, vibrant city of LA.  Please take a moment to participate in creating this vision – all it takes is your vote!  Do it. Vote NOW through 12pm PST today!

• Moments—Cities on Screens: Film Works by Gordon Matta-Clark, at The Mistake Room, DTLA. 2-evening screening of Gordon Matta-Clark’s films marks the launch of Moments—a curatorial initiative focused on historical presentations & new commissions of film, sound, digital, literary & body-based projects. 7-9:30pm (cont. Thurs Sep 18)…

last-looks 

• Augment This (Meditations on the Image), at Cherry and Martin, Culver City. Through Sep 13
• Jeff Baij: I Love You, at Smart Objects, Echo Park. Through Sep 13
• Korakrit Arunanondchai: Letters to Chantri #1: The lady at the door/The gift that keeps on giving, at The Mistake Room, DTLA. Through Sep 13