Thursday, Oct 2  

• Hyung Su Kim/Hyo Jin Kim: Madame Freedom, at REDCAT, DTLA. The Seoul-based multimedia collaboration presents the US premiere of their immersive performance, synthesizing interactive dance with opulent video installations.  Tickets. performances: 10/2-10/4 8:30pm & 10/5 7pm
• A Stone For Jack Parsons, at The Industrial Estate, Pasadena. Magickal artists pay a celestial tribute to the life and death of Pasadena occult legend Jack Parsons. 9pm

• Expanded Cities, at Curio Studio by AFN, Venice. A light, space & time installation by Ela Boyd and Aaron Farley, Expanded Cities is a ‘telematic performance triangulating three cities.’  Tonight features sound artists Devin Sarno and GE Stinson (improvised guitar/bass duet) performing simultaneously to the Expanded Cities opening in Richmond, VA at Sediment Arts.  Facebook Event. 5-9pm
• Yvonne Rainer: Two Works, at The Getty, Brentwood. The choreographer, dancer, & filmmaker presents two works in progress contingent to her exhibition Dances and Films on view through 10/12.  Tickets. performance 7:30pm

Saturday, Oct 4 

• Expanded Cities, at Curio Studio by AFN, Venice. Visual, performance artist & musician Suzy Poling (Pod Blotz) presents a performance in collaboration with Ian Miyawki.  Facebook Event.  6pm
• Step and Repeat (FINAL NIGHT!), at the MOCA Geffen Contemporary, Little Tokyo. Last iteration of the mash-up series showcasing new purveyors of performance art, music, sound art, comedy, & poetry.  Tonight Geneva Jacuzzi’s MOCA LOTION, a performance with & live-taped by Experimental Half-Hour, joined by Telefantasy Studios promises to make for one grand finale.  Facebook Event. 6pm

• Matsumi Kanemitsu: Metamorphic Effects, at The Mistake Room, DTLA. Atmospheric paintings from different periods of the influential Japanese expressionist’s life alongside distinct bodies of drawings.  Facebook Event. opening reception: 1-3pm 
• Two Fold, at South Of Sunset, Echo Park. Group show rooted in relationships to fragmentation.  Works by Keith Boadwee & Club Paint, Eduardo Consuegra, Alika Cooper, Jason Meadows, Nikhil Murthy, Adrian Paules, Owen Schmit.  Curated by Lia Trinka-Browner.  Facebook Event. opening hrs: Sundays 1-4pm through 10/22

• Ezra Buchla, tik///tik, Todd Lerew, Ted Byrnes + Bobby Halvorson ::: Ex Im Ot #16, at pehrspace, Echo Park. Ezra Buchla x tik///tik x Todd Lerew x Ted Byrnes + Bobby Halvorson. 9pm

• Stairs Into My Eyes, at The Finley, Los Feliz. Group show feat. Kelly Akashi, Neal Bashor, Christian Herman Cummings, Josh Mannis, Max Maslansky, & Dianna Molzan.  Curated by Dianna Molzan.  Open to the private community of tenants of the Los Feliz Villa apt bldg, exhibitions are open to the public for optimal street viewing 24/7 through the gallery’s storefront window. opening night | through Nov 9

• Grand Ole Glitch, at Glitch City LA, Culver City. A showcase the diverse arts around Los Angeles hosted by Glitch CIty, a collective of artists x game developers creating virtual reality IRL. 7pm

last-looks  

• John Knuth: Base Alchemy, at 5 Car Garage, Santa Monica. The artist’s fly & mylar paintings housed in the repurposed 5 Car Garage headed by Emma Gray.  RSVP for address. Through Oct 10 
• Doug Aitken: Still Life, at Regen Projects, Hollywood. New work by the LA artist, incl. an installation of sculptural objects within a labyrinthine space designed to illicit an experience of unexpected encounters. Through Oct 11
• Fay Ray: Part Object, at Samuel Freeman, Culver City. Solo exhibition of sculpture, painting, photographs, and photomontage that spills onto the gallery’s exterior. Through Oct 11