Human Resources

Swampy warehouse venue which hosted a noise show with various artists, featuring the legendary Bastard Noise. A titan in the world of noise and electronic music. There were awesome local noise acts around. It was hot as hell in this huge room with no windows. But, the atmosphere was right and raw. It was a great venue to display the raw talent and craft these artists have honed. It was one of those IDGAF what others think or have to say; «I am here to show what I have to say and feel» performances which you just had to be there to experience. Free water bottles and $ 2 beers! What a steal! Everyone was genuine there and it was very refreshing to not encounter snobbery. Check out HRLA! Y’all won’t be disappointed. P. S. Bring ear plugs or you will be deaf. Or don’t give a eff and not have to listen anymore!

Thank you Human Resources for hosting LACHSA Visual Arts student show. A great, wide open space that is in a pretty cool part of LA with an awesome view of the city skyline.
A raw, large space perfect to showcase the art of these amazing emerging artists. All of the art I saw last night was better than most stuff I saw at MOCA last year. These are HiGH School students, a lot of them underclassmen.
People, go and see it, it continues tonight Sat, Jan 31! Support young talent in the arts! Free, but donation appreciated!

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The thing about reviewing art venues is that they excel or fail depending on their current installation. That is, unless you are a bit of a snob and actually care about what in my opinion are minor elements such as acoustics. What really matters is the quality of the installations. It must be noted that bad acoustics for example, can actually lend to the success of an installation anyway. My review will be mostly of the current «Touching Them Touching Me» installation. I did not get to see the installation that was going to happen later on on the evening but there are pictures of the main room where it was to be held here.
Elizabeth V. came along with me this fine day I decided to check out Phở 87and also since I am a lover of the great and FREE art galleries in the Chinatown Arts District (CAD) which we checked out after the very tasty phở we had. I named this district the CAD! It has no official name that I know of. There are several galleries in the 900 block of Chung King Rd. and a couple between those galleries and Human Resources. I much prefer the art in this area to the art in the Gallery Row area even though The Hive and Crewest are great galleries.
So anyway, Elizabeth V. and I walked by Human Resources on our way to Phở 87. There is actually a residential street where you can park for free and which you can use to visit Chinatown which is a really, really ridiculously cool place apart from its touristy notoriety. If you do not know that HR is there you will never find it as there is no sign above its entrance. What had me notice it was a young man dressed in the indie music style. I was wondering what that was all about but at the moment I was more interested in trying out Phở 87. After the phở and the galleries that I have visited before I noticed the same young man and remarked about that to Elizabeth V. who had enjoyed the CAD so much she said it would be good to find out if this was in fact a gallery. We talked to the young man and a guy that was chatting with him and found out that the place was in fact a gallery.
The main room had many projectors in it which were facing in different directions. Obviously they were there for the installion that was going to happen later on in the evening. Then we walked upstairs and passed two flags draped on one of the posts of the staircase. The Touching Them Touching Me installation was pretty cool. There was a room with a mike and projected images behind it. There were seats for you to sit and take it all in. They were playing some really eerie music which went really well with the installation. In the next room there was a small bar. It looked like a real bar and what was really cool — as with many installations was that you could interact with it. By this I mean that you could touch it, walk into it and even grab a REAL beer from an ice filled beer tub! Now that’s cool! There were awesome things to look at in this installation such as an antique bulb on an antique fixture and some candles on an antique candle holder. I love simple things like this that arouse curiosity in an installation. Very eerie by the way. The artist succeeded in creating that mood quite well.
When we left we chatted a bit with the guys at the door and they turned out to be really cool. Sometimes you get real art snobs at galleries but not these guys. I definitely plan on coming back to HR! It’s quite the hidden gem!

This place is HUGE, but it was lacking in art, and had pretty awful acoustics. It’s on the corner next to a Phở place, and you have to park on the street. Look for it carefully though, as it has no sign.
I went to see my friend’s band play and there were only a handful of art exhibits, and the band sounded loud and tinny in the giant, mostly empty room. The bathroom corridor was the foulest smelling thing I’ve ever experienced and it wafted into the back of the music space… but maybe that was just some gross fluke. Either way, I’m not sure I’d see another band or art show here, unless it was for a reeeeally good friend.

Human Resource Gallery New Location
Art, music, and performance arts. Open late on the ocassion.