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The Calendar features a comprehensive schedule of City of West Hollywood meetings and City-sponsored events. In order to ensure accuracy, only listings for the current month appear on the Calendar. (Past events remain listed, as well.) The following month's Calendar listings are typically added during the last week of the month prior.

WHAP! West Hollywood/Cal Arts Lecture Series

Screening: Simondon of the Desert

Event co-hosted by the City of West Hollywood and the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts). Come celebrate the birthday of French philosopher of technology Gilbert Simondon (b. October 2nd, 1924) with the US premiere of François Lagarde’s documentary film Simondon of the Desert. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with the film director, François Lagarde, and specialists of Simondon’s work including: Pascal Chabot, a teacher at the Institut des Hautes Etudes en Communications Sociales (IHECS), Brussels. His many publications include a study of Gilbert Simondon’s work (Vrin, 2003). Arne De Boever, a teacher of American Studies in the School of Critical Studies at the California Institute of the Arts. He also directs the School’s MA Program in Aesthetics and Politics. Erich Hörl, a Professor of Media Philosophy and Technology at Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany and head of the Bochum Colloquium for Media Studies (bkm). Admission is free. Seating is limited and available on a first come first serve basis. Parking available in the 5-story West Hollywood Park/Library Parking Garage. For more information please call (323) 848-6460. TTY for the deaf and hard of hearing at
(323) 848-6496.
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