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9/2 Free Trip to Pompeii
9/9 Brian Eno X-Over
9/14 Bososuko
9/28 Beauty & Beast
9/30 Hear Noho

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Exhibiting the deliberate use of science to form and express art. Here are a few.
CAUSE & EFFECT LM Gallery	LM Projects 125 W 4th Street. 213.621.4055 Glenn Kaino, Len Lye, Robert Rauschenberg, Jacob Tonski, Peter Fischli & David Weis Through Nov 14, 2009 A collection of video based performances and kinetic sculpture from the mid 1960's to the present. The art rocks and rolls — and gets set on fire, sets off chain reactions, and invites users to activate mechanical elements. All of the extraordinary objects in this group show (which also serves as the gallery's inaugural) address the role of time, action, and extra-visual senses in experiencing art.

SPACETIME: Beyond the Constraints of Perception	Saturday, October 17 4:00-6:00 PM The Edye at the Broad Stage, Santa Monica College Performing Arts Center 1310 11th St 310.434.3427 A discussion with writers, artists, and a physicist to help identify and locate mathematical themes in art, specifically the notion of combining space and time within a sole continuum. Writer and academic Elizabeth Losh moderates the panel including Director of the Global Design Effort for the International Linear Collider and member of the National Science Board, Barry Baris ; author and curator Christopher Finch; and writer, art critic, curator, and Managing Editor of Flavorpill Los Angeles, Shana Nys Dambrot .

Gary Lang: CIRCLES LINES GRIDS	Ace Gallery in Beverly Hills, 9430 Wilshire Blvd 310.858.9090 Through November 21, 2009 more info Using charts, simple mathematical models, and logic at the preparatory stage thus frees Lang to be “hyper-present” when he begins to paint. From a distance, all of his works appear to be precisely painted, almost machine-made, but up-close they are distinctly hand-made.

Jay Mark Johnson: SPACETIME	Ace Gallery in Beverly Hills, 9430 Wilshire Blvd 310.858.9090 Through November 21, 2009 more info Photographic images that challenge the norms of perceptio taken from a space-age camera allowing him to make fixed-point images that depict objects and figures over time. The overall effect is ironically surreal and abstract.

Christopher Janney: SONIC FOREST	USC Arts & Humanities Initiative, Universtity Park Campus Hahn Plaza Monday, October 12 - Thursday, October 15, 2009 more info Sonic Forest is a mesmerizing light and sound installation created by acclaimed artist, architect and composer Christopher Janney. The installation is composed of sixteen eight-foot columns, each containing audio speakers, lights and photo-electric sensors that enable up to four people to interact with each column at once. Students will immerse themselves in the multisensory installation as they pass between the electronic trees, “playing” the forest as they go by, triggering sensors by touch or movement, and creating an ever-changing score of melodic tones, environmental sounds and spoken or whispered texts, with varying effects of light.