Event co-hosted by the City of West Hollywood and the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts). WHAP! Is a new lecture series ranging from critical and political theory to film screenings and conversations about art and architecture. Catastrophe Politics will feature a conversation with Frédéric Neyrat. Frédéric Neyrat is a French philosopher and former Program Director at the Collège International de Philosophie. He has published books on the political imaginary; the function of images; globalization; Heidegger; the relations between eco-politics, immuno-politics and bio-politics; and Artaud. Admission is free. Seating is limited and available on a first come first serve basis. Pay parking available at the library parking structure. For more information, please call (323) 848-6883. TTY for the deaf and hard of hearing at (323) 848-6496.