Join us after hours at The Broad for L.A. Intersections, a two-part festival-style series celebrating organic music and spoken word scenes that have emerged in Los Angeles including punk, jazz, rap, noise, and the culturally infused experimentation led by a new generation of Filipinx artists. We’ve gathered iconic performers who shaped Los Angeles culture through The Desolation Center events, which inspired Burning Man, Lollapalooza, and Coachella; The World Stage, which has kept the language of jazz thriving for generations of musical and literary artists in South LA; The Good Life Cafe, which became synonymous for community within our grassroots hip hop and rap scenes; and Cathay De Grande and Raji’s, the city’s raucous punk clubs. In acknowledgement of the Filipinx artists whose contributions to the performance landscape of Southern California have flourished over the past decade, the eclectic lineup also features Jobel Medina, whose natural inclination for contradictions often merges spectacle with experimental, and Anna Luisa Petrisko, whose work is grounded in community and archiving histories, often collaborating with artists and friends to build relationships and cultural communion.Experience stages on two floors of the museum featuring live music, movement, and readings, check out the collection exhibition Desire, Knowledge, and Hope (with Smog) featuring 21 local artists, and catch the artist performance interventions in the galleries. L.A. Intersections presents the musicians, writers, and movement artists who have helped position Los Angeles at the vanguard of cutting-edge culture.
Live music by Medusa the Gangsta Goddess, Alice Bag + Kid Congo Powers in their debut live performance as a duet, Kamau Daaood and a Band of Griots featuring Dwight Trible, and Anna Luisa Petrisko; readings by 2022 Pulitzer Prize finalist Will Alexander and Jerry Stahl (Permanent Midnight, Nein, Nein, Nein!); a video of the last interview with Sean DeLear, international scenester and frontman for the post-punk sensation Glue, along with a slideshow of his posthumously discovered photos; and dance performance work by Jobel Medina + Elliott “L” Sellers in the galleries.
L.A. Intersections is organized by The Broad with a curatorial advisory committee comprising Jeffrey Boxer, Kamau Daaood, Pleasant Gehman, Michael Grodner, Medusa the Gangsta Goddess, Stuart Swezey, and Micaela Tobin.
L.A. Intersections: Music, Language, Movement was originally conceived as a way for audiences to return virtually to The Broad and rediscover the joy of connecting with visual art and performers during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. The three-part video series celebrates a diverse and vibrant array of Los Angeles-based musicians, poets, and dancers who activate the architecture and distinct physical spaces within the museum.
