2220 Arts + Archives

{'description': 'Los Angeles Filmforum presents *The Films of Gordon Matta-Clark*. In person: curators Jessamyn Fiore, Co-Director of the Estate of Gordon Matta-Clark, and Dylan Adamson.\n\nFull program notes and film lineup: https://www.lafilmforum.org/schedule/winter-2026/the-films-of-gordon-matta-clark/\n\n~\n\nGordon Matta-Clark, the artist, urban explorer, and “anarchitect” most famous for the “building cuts” he performed on various decomposing structures in the 1970s, made 18 short films b

{'description': "Pehrspace hosts a good ol' fashioned noise show for spring ear-cleaning, anchored by the visiting Mrs. Hands from Chicago, IL, and local acts Environmental Studies, Hexpressionist and Soiled Doilies.\n\n∆\n\nChicago based sound artist and musician Nicole Alonso is Mrs. Hands. She uses unconventional sampling techniques and improvisation to create textured and collage-like soundscapes to explore themes of memory and identity. Her latest project Urethral Soundings will be released

{'description': 'Join Greg Saunier (Deerhoof, Nervous Cop) on a night of newish classicalish music at 2220 Arts and Archives. LA-based contemporary keyboard trio House on Fire premieres Saunier\'s brand new 35-minute composition for piano four hands and percussion, joined by vocalist Sophie Daws.\n\nSaunier opens with frequent collaborator Curt Sydnor on "Bach Artillerie," an absurdist take on the nine canons from Johann Sebastian Bach’s Goldberg Variations and his Brandenburg concerto no. 5. In

{'description': 'Late Breakfast is proud to present a special co-headline show from Byron Westbrook and Tashi Wada.\n\nByron Westbrook will be performing his work *Translucents* in a special quadraphonic audio format. Tashi Wada will be performing new and recent music joined by partner and collaborator Julia Holter.\n\n∆\n\nFirst emerging from within New York’s experimental music scene nearly two decades ago and now based in Los Angeles, **Byron Westbrook** weaves intricate tapestries of sonorit

{'description': "JIJI's Jazz Club, MASS MoCA Records, and Hen House Studios present a new album release concert from Black Nile, the LA-Based jazz duo composed of brothers Aaron and Lawrence Shaw.\n\nBoth well-seasoned touring musicians, the Shaw brothers' Black Nile was born from their desire to bring jazz into a new century. Adopting sampling and modern production techniques learned from hip-hop, Black Nile’s improvisation is wildly inventive and combustible. Invited as artists in residence at

{'description': 'Los Angeles Filmforum and Dirty Looks present *Filmforum 50, program 11: Flaming Creatures: The Films of Jack Smith.*\n\nFive films, all screening in 16mm, TRT 72 min. Mature subject matter (ages 18+ only).\n\nFull program notes and lineup at: https://www.lafilmforum.org/schedule/\n\n∆\n\nThis screening is dedicated to Agosto Machado (????-2026), “a lady never tells.”\n\nAppearing in the films are luminaries Jack Smith, Mario Montez, Francis Francine, Judith Malina, Tony Oursler

{'description': 'Acropolis Cinema presents *The Slow Business of Going*, directed by Athina Rachel Tsangari, 2001.\n\nPart of "Worlds Apart: The Films of Athina Rachel Tsangari," a complete retrospective of the Greek director\'s films presented by Acropolis Cinema and MUBI and running from April 17 - May 9 at 2220 Arts + Archives, Vidiots, and the Los Feliz 3.\n\n∆\n\nWilliam Gibson meets Samuel Beckett in Tsangari’s feature directorial debut, an exhilarating, shape-shifting work set mostly in t

{'description': 'Zum + Deathbomb Arc present a far-out Friday of music and visual fantasias with Bay Area scifi music pioneer Blevin Blectum and the brilliant Santa Barbara bug lady Irene Moon! Jonathan Snipes of clipping kicks off the night.\n\n∆\n\nSince 1997, **Scientifically Speaking with Irene Moon** has been presenting musical lectures about insects and other arthropods in an attempt to elevate entomology as a rock genre. Performing at basement house shows and more famous music venues like

{'description': 'Minaret Presents trumpeter Peter Evans’ group Being & Becoming, performing in trio formation with Nick Jozwiak & Tyshawn Sorey.\n\nFormed by Peter Evans in 2017, Being & Becoming is a vibrant fusion of genre-defying talent. Featuring Joel Ross, Nick Jozwiak, and since spring 2025 Tyshawn Sorey, this powerhouse group has released two groundbreaking albums and toured major festivals across the U.S. and Europe, constantly reinventing itself. They recorded their latest album at the

{'description': "KCRW, AKP Recordings, and pehrspace present Fuubutsushi, the duo of Prymek & Sage, and the trio of Dave Harrington, Max Jaffe and Patrick Shiroishi.\n\n**Fuubutsushi** (trio): Formed during the early pandemic, Fuubutsushi is a quartet -- Chris Jusell, Chaz Prymek, Matthew Sage, and Patrick Shiroishi -- that garnered an underground following after releasing an album ever season in 2020-2021, recording all their parts remotely. Their sound blends new music, cool jazz, folk, experi