Art Buzz: Philosophical Provocations with Carmen Argote, Amanda Sroka, and Rossen Ventzislavov
Friday, September 1, 6:30–8pm, In-person

Join us tonight for a walkthrough of the exhibition Carmen Argote: I won't abandon you, I see you, we are safe with artist Carmen Argote, ICA LA Senior Curator Amanda Sroka, and philosopher Rossen Ventzislavov. The group will discuss the philosophical aspects of Argote's process, as well as the improvisations and gentle conceptual provocations that emerged over the course of the exhibition period.

ON PROCESS: A Conversation About Collaboration
Wednesday, September 6, 7–8:30pm,
In-person

In this final program, Carmen Argote and invited collaborators including her mother, Carmen Vegas, as well as Young Chung, Daniela Lieja Quintanar, Mary McGuire, and C?dric Tai, participate in a discussion moderated by ICA LA Senior Curator Amanda Sroka. The panel will touch upon how collaboration informed the creation of, and care for, the exhibition over the last four months and speak to ideas of mothering, maintenance, intimacy, and learning as they relate to Argote’s work and the collaborative process.

Art Talk: Carmen Argote and Alberta Whittle
Moderated by Amanda Sroka, Senior Curator

Look back at the opening of our summer exhibitions with a conversation between artists Carmen Argote and Alberta Whittle, moderated by ICA LA Senior Curator Amanda Sroka. The conversation begins with a poem read by Whittle and continues with questions of material, migration, and collaboration.

Lecture: Auttrianna Ward on Alberta Whittle

Revisit the lecture by Auttrianna Ward on the work of Alberta Whittle. Ward has spent the last decade centering African Diasporic stories through her academic and professional pursuits, which have taken her to Brazil, Puerto Rico, London, and throughout the continental United States. Recently, Ward penned cultural commentary for Saint Heron, AFROPUNK,
Sugarcane Magazine, and published a bilingual online journal for Afro-Brazilian art, Cores Brilhantes, from 2015–2018

Artist POV Tour + Performance: Jason R. Nguy?n on Tr??ng Công Tùng

Watch this special POV Tour of Tr??ng Công Tùng led by ethnomusicologist and musician Jason R. Nguy?n, followed by a performance by Nguy?n on the ?àn b?u, a Vietnamese one-string instrument.

Carmen Argote:
I won't abandon you, I see you, we are safe

Watch this curatorial walkthrough with ICA LA Senior Curator Amanda Sroka who provides a deeper look into Carmen Argote's Mother series,
elaborating on the artist’s distinct process, use of materials, and collaborative actions

Alberta Whittle:
between a whisper and a cry

Hear from artist Alberta Whittle as she discusses the themes and inspiration behind her exhibition at ICA LA that summons the ever-present ghosts of colonialism, the transatlantic slave trade, and the climate crisis as the work engages with the entangled histories of empire and environmental catastrophe across bodies and borders.

Tr??ng Công Tùng

ICA LA Senior Curator Amanda Sroka provides a deeper look into the Tr??ng Công Tùng exhibition, elaborating on the artist’s distinct use of sound and organic materials, including sand, soil, seeds, and gourds. Reminiscent of the forest depths with its darkness, shadows, and gentle hums of insects and other life, Tr??ng’s living exhibition requires ongoing cultivation and care, allowing it to become a metaphor for, and a journey of, co-existence and transformation.