Welcome to this week in art in LA:

Role, rolling Roll em,
To engage and expand on the many roles an artist plays
catalysts of change and icons of reinvention,
It's all about the reaction..
as I drive the landscape of Sunset Strip with my radio on scan
It creates its own video
As I ponder what are we selling from perceived power to real power.

To continue the dialogue may I suggest conversations and film in Los Angeles to view and take part in this week:

1. Banksy's film Exit Through the Gift Shop opens this week to the public. My review on Artcards Review is coming soon.

2. Thursday evening at 7pm at Sci-Arc, a panel discussion How Many Billboards? The Visual Ecology of Advertising and Architecture. Participating panelists include: Bill Roschen, Principal, Roschen van Cleve Architects Anne Bray, Freewaves, Mirjam Struppek, President, International Urban Screens Association, Alan Bell, Senior City Planner, City of Los Angeles, Dennis Hathaway, President, Coalition to Ban Billboard Blight.

3. Saturday April 17th at 3pm at Outpost Center for Contemporary Art, artist Paul Pescador will speak on how social networks and communal environments interact.

4. Saturday April 17th, 12:30 to 10pm is the monthly Miracle Mile Art Walk, a lovely way to stroll down a Saturday. While en route, be sure to pop by
Country Club Projects at the Schindler House with Fritz Chestnut's
exhibition Peak and Flow.

6. Lastly, Monday April 19th 8:30pm at REDCAT Sharon Lockhardt will be on
hand at her screening of Lunch Break with Exit exploring  'the minute, humble signs of humanity' curated by Steve Anker and Berenice Reynaud.

So get out there, engage & enjoy!

All the best,

Alex Staiger
Editor, Artcards Los Angeles

Thursday:
+ "How Many Billboards? Panel Discussion: The Visual Ecology of Advertising and Architecture" curated by Participating panelists: Bill Roschen, Principal, at Sci -Arc
+ Performance: Simone Forti, Jeremiah Day, Fred Dewey at The Box

Saturday:
+ John Baldessari Lynda Benglis Roy Dowell Dan Graha "Works in Edition" at Margo Leavin
+ Artist Talk: Paul Pescador curated by Melinda Guillen at Outpost for Contemporary Art

Monday:
+ Screening: Sharon Lockhart "Lunch Break and Exit" curated by Blum and Poe presents at REDCAT @ CalArts Theater (Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater)

Tuesday, April 13

Dennis Koch "Downy Head" at Kantor Gallery
West Hollywood: 7025 Melrose Avenue, CA 90036, 6-8pm

Thursday, April 15

Conference: "Blade Runner: Designing the Future"" A Panel Discussion Including the Film's Producer Michael Deeley and Designer Syd Mead at Bonhams & Butterfields
West Hollywood: 7601 W Sunset Boulevard, CA 90046, 7:30pm

Lecture: "Blade Runner: Designing the Future" at Bonhams & Butterfields
West Hollywood: 7601 W Sunset Boulevard, CA 90046, suggested contribution to the Los Angeles Conservancy, 7:30pm

+ "How Many Billboards? Panel Discussion: The Visual Ecology of Advertising and Architecture" curated by Participating panelists: Bill Roschen, Principal, at Sci -Arc
Downtown: 960 E 3rd Street, W.M Keck Lecture Hall, CA 90013, Free, 7pm

+ Performance: Simone Forti, Jeremiah Day, Fred Dewey at The Box
Chinatown: 977 Chung King Road, CA 90012, , 8pm

Friday, April 16

Preview: "20th Century Decorative Arts" at Bonhams & Butterfields
West Hollywood: 7601 W Sunset Boulevard, CA 90046, noon-5pm

Saturday, April 17

+ John Baldessari Lynda Benglis Roy Dowell Dan Graha "Works in Edition" at Margo Leavin
West Hollywood: 812 North Robertson blvd, CA 90069, 3-5pm

Tour: at Miracle Mile Art Walk
Miracle Mile / Mid-City: , CA 11406, 12-10pm

Jean Kazandjian "Exploring the Depths of Perception: the Revealed and the Unseen" at Galerie Anais
Santa Monica: 2525 Michigan Avenue, D-2, CA 90404, 6-9pm

Kim Dorland "1991" at Mark Moore Gallery
Santa Monica: 2525 Michigan Avenue , A-1, CA 90404, 5-7pm

? Friedrich Kunath "sponsored by Blum and Poe" curated by Anne Ellegood at Hammer Museum
Westwood / Century City: 10899 Wilshire Blvd, CA 90024, http://hammer.ucla.edu/exhibitions/detail/exhibition_id/179, (time not confirmed, check with gallery)

Jorge Santos, Adam Normandin, & Chris Wright at George Billis Gallery LA
Culver City: 2716 S. La Cienega Blvd., CA 90034, 5-8pm

Joshua Petker "Between Butterflies" at Corey Helford Gallery
Culver City: 8522 Washington Boulevard, CA 90232, 7-10pm

+ Artist Talk: Paul Pescador curated by Melinda Guillen at Outpost for Contemporary Art
Highland Park: 1268 North Avenue 50, York Street , CA 90042, 3pm

"Nice to meet you" curated by Zemula Barr, Sarah Brin, Melinda Guillen and Jenni at Workspace
Highland Park: 2601 Pasadena Ave, Unit C, CA 90031, 7-10pm

Kim Hubbard, Robert Cumming at Jancar Gallery
Chinatown: 961 Chung King Road, CA 90012, 6-9pm

Open Studio: "Spring Brewery Artwalk" at Brewery Arts Complex
Chinatown: 2100 N Main Street, CA 90031, 11am-6pm

Sunday, April 18

Open Studio: "Spring Brewery Artwalk" at Brewery Arts Complex
Chinatown: 2100 N Main Street, CA 90031, 11am-6pm

Monday, April 19

+ Screening: Sharon Lockhart "Lunch Break and Exit" curated by Blum and Poe presents at REDCAT @ CalArts Theater (Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater)
Downtown: 631 West 2nd Street, CA 90012, , 8:30pm

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? = Opening not confirmed - check site for updates.