Seeking artists/thinkers/etc for conversation salon series

Los Angeles CA

Description

I run an arts org called REUNION Los Angeles out of my loft and host private invite-only salons in the Arts District in DTLA. I am looking for artists / PhD candidates / philosophers / performance artists / writers / dancers / etc etc for our upcoming roster of events. At REUNION, we hope to: subvert the art world at large by creating a platform for free education to incite meaningful connections and conversations absent of institutional support. I think artists should get paid, and I want to help artists make money through direct sales, crowd-funded grants, and eventual subsidized residency opportunities. Typically, a salon is an event to bring people together for meaningful conversations through casual interaction and the exchange and growth of ideas. Our salons are always private & invite-only. We keep the gathering intimate in a domestic space where our events are often centered around visual art with a hybrid understanding of visual culture - which includes philosophy, literature, politics, science, music, psychology, et al. We offer a space for stimulated social interaction, for we believe that discourse serves the greater social good. The salon is a space for informal learning where all opinions are valuable and up for discussion. We foster an interactive experience and depend on the intellectual contributions of each of our members. To engage in a salon is to bring a willingness to listen and offer critical reflection. We have a responsibility to one another in a salon that is not otherwise held in the “town square” of the internet. The salon takes place in a private space and can accommodate any medium. Looking for work around these themes: olfaction unions (seeking culture workers unionizing specifically) kink keeping time aesthesis decolonization & abolition ritual world building design the singularity digital dark age heroes loss architecture post COVID-19 power & ambiance fast fashion drugs Very open to interpretation on all of these themes. We exclusively invite curators and collectors as well as other artists to incite lively conversation after the viewing/presentations. Our hope is for new connections to be made, and we've been very successful in past salons.