When: Nov 7–11

Where: 2055 E 7th Street

Price: $25

Tags: #installation, #opera, #multidisciplinary, #MobilityAdvisory (see below)

Event Link

Here’s an exciting one to pop-up on our radar.

The Arts District’s Rendon Hotel will be converted into a multi-floor canvas for storytelling through a layering of film projection and live performance. The hotel will be activated inside and out, with a hidden speakeasy awaiting those who seek it out.

This is the kind of large scale installation piece we tend to go gaga over. All part of the ART AT THE RENDON series.

Press Release Follows

Downtown Los Angeles, CA — Art At The Rendon presents STORIES, an immersive, operatic work that will transform every surface of The Rendon Hotel (located at 2055 E 7th Street, Los Angeles, CA) through a layering of film projection and live performance. Following the success of the inaugural event HIDDEN ROOMS presented earlier this summer, Art At The Rendon seeks to continue its series of creative narratives with STORIES, which features original content inspired by the building and its colorful history as an Arts District icon.

STORIES will combine film projections and live performances to activate both the exterior and interior of the vacant hotel. The original corner dive bar, Licha’s Bar and Grill will be reimagined as a 1920s speakeasy with libations by local distilleries and breweries as well as a host of musicians featuring opera singer Rachel Staples Guettler, as well as local Gypsy Jazz musicians The Vignes Rooftop Revival, and more TBA.

International artist and director Ralph Ziman will lead the project, drawing on his film, art and music background to curate and produce unique content for the installation alongside experimental filmmaker and local broadcast expert Nolan Silverstein of DromeBox Laboratories and cinematographer Stevie George.

“Building on the immersive, exploratory momentum of the last event, we’re creating original material specific to the Rendon Hotel’s location and transforming the building itself into a three-story stage and screen to share its story.” — Ralph Ziman

STORIES is a limited run event with a VIP and press preview slated for November 7, 2018. event will be open to the public as a ticketed fundraiser from Friday, November 9 to Sunday, November 11, 2018; 100% of proceeds benefit local arts organizations Inner City Arts and Cornerstone Theater Company. Tickets are available through Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/o/art-at-the-rendon-17282982901

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ART AT THE RENDON is an ongoing series of creative programs featuring art, musical performances, lectures, artist residencies and film screenings designed to celebrate and support the arts. Keeping with the rich history of the area, ART AT THE RENDON seeks to continue fostering creativity in the Downtown Los Angeles Arts District by generating a dynamic space for art, performance and celebration. artattherendon.com

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Contact Level:

None

Content Advisories:

Mobility: “The upper levels of the hotel are accessible only by stairs. There will be food and drinks in the parking lot and the speakeasy is on the ground floor.”