BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Helms Design District - ECPv6.15.18//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Helms Design District REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20220313T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20221106T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20230312T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20231105T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20240310T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20241103T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20250309T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20251102T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20260308T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20261101T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250426T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250426T180000 DTSTAMP:20260426T083710 CREATED:20250417T194037Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250418T162409Z UID:10001949-1745683200-1745690400@helmsdesigndistrict.com SUMMARY:Arcana Book Signing + Discussion with Photographer Luisa Opalesky: Big City Nobody DESCRIPTION:On Saturday\, April 26th from 4 until 6 PM\, Arcana: Books on the Arts will proudly host the photographer Luisa Opalesky in conversation with director Luke Gilford to celebrate her new book Big City Nobody. The talk will be followed by the chance to get your copy signed by Luisa herself! \nLuisa Opalesky (b. 1987) is an artist whose practice seeks to connect with all walks of life through photography\, dance\, and film. Originally from Philadelphia\, she earned a BFA in photography under the mentorship of George Pitts at Parsons New School for Design. She draws inspiration from her elders\, multicultural background\, glamour\, squalor\, going to the cinema three times a week\, and her home downtown in New York City. Her work is consistently characterized by its vibrant color\, hazard\, and comedic relief. \nBig City Nobody is Opalesky’s debut photography book. Published by Spotz Studios and featuring work created between 2020 and 2024\, the photographs in the book reveal glimpses of daily life\, vibrancy of nightlife\, and outtakes from assignments commissioned by the New York Times and Interview magazine. The collection unfolds with a flow reminiscent of walking crosstown caffeinated and immersed in the pulse of the city. The book includes writings by Alissa Bennett\, Susie Essman\, Daniel Arnold\, and Teardrop. \nIf you cannot attend and would like to purchase a SIGNED copy of Big City Nobody\, please place your order below. \nJoin Arcana on April 26th for good talk\, good books\, and free libations. All are welcome! \n\n \n \n \n \n \n PURCHASE BOOK URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/arcana-hosts-book-signing-discussion-with-photographer-luisa-opalesky/ LOCATION:Arcana: Books on the Arts\, 8675 Washington Blvd.\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232 CATEGORIES:News ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Luisa-Opalesky_Big-City-Nobody_Cover_1200px.jpg GEO:34.0300679;-118.3835128 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Arcana: Books on the Arts 8675 Washington Blvd. Culver City CA 90232;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=8675 Washington Blvd.:geo:-118.3835128,34.0300679 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250222T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250222T180000 DTSTAMP:20260426T083710 CREATED:20250219T185155Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250221T183430Z UID:10001941-1740240000-1740247200@helmsdesigndistrict.com SUMMARY:Arcana Book Signing + Discussion with Photographer Diana Markosian DESCRIPTION:Join Arcana: Books on the Arts on Saturday\, February 22nd\, between 4:00 and 6:00 PM as they welcome celebrated photographer Diana Markosian for a book signing and what is sure to be an engaging discussion with Gabrielle J. Sirkin regarding Markosian’s new Aperture monograph\, Father. \nFather is an intimate and engrossing diaristic portrayal of estrangement and reconnection\, recounted through documentary photographs\, family snapshots\, text\, and visual ephemera. It presents the photographer’s journey to another place and another time\, where Markosian attempts to piece together an image of a familiar stranger – her long-lost father. The book explores her father’s absence\, her reconciliation with him\, and the shared emptiness of their prolonged estrangement. The images\, made over the course of a decade\, take place in her father’s home in Armenia. In Markosian’s first monograph\, Santa Barbara (Aperture\, 2020)\, the photographer recreates the story of her family’s journey from post-Soviet Russia to the US in the 1990s. Father uses both documentary photographs and archives of objects\, letters\, and vernacular images to probe the fifteen years of absence and separation from the photographer’s childhood. In this voyage of self-discovery\, Markosian touchingly renders her longing for connection to a man she barely remembers and who asks her\, when she finds him\, “Why did it take you so long?” \nIf you cannot attend and would like to purchase a SIGNED copy of Father\, please place your order below. \nDiana Markosian is at the forefront of a new generation of photographers and directors\, pushing the boundaries of documentary storytelling. By encapsulating different styles and mediums\, Markosian has created a unique approach to image making. Her first monograph\, Santa Barbara\, was published by Aperture and selected as the top book of the year by MoMA and Time. Father\, was chosen as the photo book of the year by Le Monde. Markosian holds a masters degree from Columbia University\, is a contributor to Vanity Fair\, Vogue and The New Yorker \,and has exhibited in leading museums worldwide\, including the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art\, the International Center of Photography in New York\, and the National Portrait Gallery in London. \nGabrielle Sirkin is a Los Angeles-based photography director and creative producer specializing in commercial and editorial photography driven to create compelling visual storytelling. She has over a decade of experience\, and has worked at major publications such as More Magazine and Airbnb Magazine. Her work has earned her various awards and recognitions including Gold\, Silver and Merit Society of Publication Designers (SPD) Award Winner\, American Photography Winner\, ADC Awards\, Cannes Silver Lion Winner and an Emmy Nomination. Winner\, American Photography Winner\, ADC Awards\, Cannes Silver Lion Winner and an Emmy Nomination. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n PURCHASE BOOK URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/arcana-hosts-book-signing-discussion-with-photographer-diana-markosian/ LOCATION:Arcana: Books on the Arts\, 8675 Washington Blvd.\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232 CATEGORIES:News ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Diane_Markosian_2.jpg GEO:34.0300679;-118.3835128 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Arcana: Books on the Arts 8675 Washington Blvd. Culver City CA 90232;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=8675 Washington Blvd.:geo:-118.3835128,34.0300679 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250215T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250215T180000 DTSTAMP:20260426T083710 CREATED:20250211T171925Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250211T194927Z UID:10001939-1739635200-1739642400@helmsdesigndistrict.com SUMMARY:Arcana Book Signing for Brick Stowell’s “Almost Famous 2011-2016: The OFWGKTA Photographs” DESCRIPTION:Join us Saturday\, February 15th\, between 4:00 and 6:00 PM to meet and greet photographer Brick Stowell and celebrate the availability once again of his fabulous Almost Famous 2011-2016: The OFWGKTA Photographs. \nBrick was the staff photographer and tour manager for Odd Future (OFWGKTA) from 2011 to 2016\, capturing the collective’s rise to fame. Almost Famous… is a comprehensive look at Odd Future’s history\, featuring photos\, original merchandise\, music video props\, outfits\, and other memorabilia\, documenting the cultural impact of the group. \nThe first edition of this vital document of Los Angeles’ near past featuring Odd Future members Tyler The Creator\, Earl Sweatshirt\, Frank Ocean\, Travis “Taco” Bennett\, Jasper The Dolphin\, Syd Tha Kid\, Hodgy\, and more was published to coincide with the Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival last November\, where it sold out immediately! So\, be sure to stop by on Saturday to hang and pick one up while you can. The first one hundred purchased in-store will be accompanied by a free Polaroid t-shirt courtesy of Mr. Stowell. One tee only per customer\, and please check your decks at the door. \nIf you cannot attend and would like to purchase a SIGNED copy of Almost Famous 2011-2016: The OFWGKTA Photographs\, please place your order here. URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/brick-stowell/ LOCATION:Arcana: Books on the Arts\, 8675 Washington Blvd.\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232 CATEGORIES:News ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Brick-Stowell_image5_1200px.jpg GEO:34.0300679;-118.3835128 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Arcana: Books on the Arts 8675 Washington Blvd. Culver City CA 90232;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=8675 Washington Blvd.:geo:-118.3835128,34.0300679 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250201T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250201T180000 DTSTAMP:20260426T083710 CREATED:20250131T013504Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250131T015512Z UID:10001937-1738425600-1738432800@helmsdesigndistrict.com SUMMARY:Arcana Book Signing for Mick Haggerty: MXWX DESCRIPTION:Join us at Arcana on Saturday\, February 1st\, between 4:00 and 6:00 PM to celebrate the publication of MXWX\, the new release by venerable Los Angeles creative treasure Mick Haggerty! \nMXWX — Mick’s Works — is a more or less comprehensive compendium of the various visual works imagined and fabricated by Mick Haggerty over the past half century. Upon moving to Los Angeles from London in 1973\, Haggerty quickly established himself as a go-to record industry designer\, illustrator\, art director\, and later music video director. He has won a Grammy for the visual packaging for Supertramp’s “Breakfast in America” along with designing iconic covers for David Bowie\, The Police\, Electric Light Orchestra\, The Go-Go’s\, Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers\, Jimi Hendrix\, Nazareth\, Public Image Ltd.\, Keith Richards\, and many\, many more. His editorial illustration includes covers for Time\, Vanity Fair\, New York Magazine\, and New West Magazine. \nThis beautifully illustrated tome additionally features contributions by Gary Panter and Steven Heller along with a stunning archive of Mick’s personal work — much of which is reproduced here for the very first time. Produced in an edition limited to one hundred and fifty hand-numbered copies\, this is sure to sell out quickly\, so come join us for a fun and refreshment filled afternoon with the esteemed Mr. Haggerty. \nIf you cannot attend and would like to purchase a SIGNED copy of “MXWX\,” please place your order at arcanabooks.com. URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/mxwx/ LOCATION:Arcana: Books on the Arts\, 8675 Washington Blvd.\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232 CATEGORIES:News ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/MickHaggerty_1080x1189.jpg GEO:34.0300679;-118.3835128 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Arcana: Books on the Arts 8675 Washington Blvd. Culver City CA 90232;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=8675 Washington Blvd.:geo:-118.3835128,34.0300679 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241221T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241221T180000 DTSTAMP:20260426T083710 CREATED:20241220T201249Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241220T201249Z UID:10001928-1734796800-1734804000@helmsdesigndistrict.com SUMMARY:Arcana Celebrates the Book Launch by Legendary Band Huggy Bear DESCRIPTION:Join Arcana: Books on the Arts on Saturday\, December 21st\, between 4:00 and 6:00 PM to celebrate Huggy Bear Killed (of Kids)\, the long-awaited (especially by a certain breed of punks) history and compilation of zines by the legendary\, seminal British riot grrrl band Huggy Bear. \nFrom the book’s editor\, Ethan Swan: “Huggy Bear existed from 1991 until 1994. Outcast and outraged\, they made a howling\, squalling mess of punk\, all the menace and freedom of flocking birds. The handful of records\, zines\, and memories that document this brief\, bonfire lifespan sketch a blueprint for how to be in the world\, for how to understand the forces of capitalism and patriarchy and capitulation and still resist. Huggy Bear was a group that let things be complicated\, that considered themselves complicit\, but never took that as a reason to surrender. There’s no band more important. Killed (of Kids) is a book by the five members of Huggy Bear. It reproduces all seven zines made by the band during their lifespan alongside photos\, correspondence\, flyers\, and ephemera from their three-year existence. This archive is joined by new text drawn from two years of interviews with the band members\, carefully assembled into an extensive dialogue about intention\, surprise\, distress\, encouragement.” \nArcana heartily agrees with all of the above. Please join them in taking a break from holiday chaos to celebrate the ageless spirit of “boy-girl revolution\,” as Huggy Bear put it. The holiday cheer at this gathering is generously supported by Arcana’s friends at Open Beer and Las Jaras Wines. \nSee you then! If you can’t make it but would like to purchase a copy of the book\, you may do so below. \nPURCHASE BOOK URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/arcana-celebrates-the-book-launch-by-legendary-band-huggy-bear/ LOCATION:Arcana: Books on the Arts\, 8675 Washington Blvd.\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232 CATEGORIES:Long Term Events,News ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Huggy-Bear.jpg GEO:34.0300679;-118.3835128 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Arcana: Books on the Arts 8675 Washington Blvd. Culver City CA 90232;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=8675 Washington Blvd.:geo:-118.3835128,34.0300679 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241123T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241123T180000 DTSTAMP:20260426T083710 CREATED:20241121T232101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241121T232101Z UID:10001927-1732377600-1732384800@helmsdesigndistrict.com SUMMARY:Arcana Book Launch with Ryan McGinley DESCRIPTION:Join Arcana: Books on the Arts on Saturday\, November 23rd\, between 4:00 and 6:00 PM to celebrate Yearbook\, the new release by Ryan McGinley! \nThe culmination of a multi-year project encompassing colorful\, joyous studio nudes starring a veritable menagerie of stark-naked human beings\, Yearbook marks a particularly vibrant era of Ryan’s work. In addition to signing his new volume\, McGinley will also appear in discussion with artist (and subject of his camera) Petra Collins. \nThe gathering is generously supported by Arcana’s friends at Open Beer and Las Jaras Wines. \nWe hope to see you there! \nUpcoming Arcana Events\nSaturday\, December 21st\, 4:00 – 6:00 PM\nHUGGY BEAR: KILLED (OF KIDS)\nBook Launch URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/arcana-book-launch-with-ryan-mcginley/ LOCATION:Arcana: Books on the Arts\, 8675 Washington Blvd.\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232 CATEGORIES:News ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Book_Launch_24.11.23-e1732212476882.jpg GEO:34.0300679;-118.3835128 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Arcana: Books on the Arts 8675 Washington Blvd. Culver City CA 90232;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=8675 Washington Blvd.:geo:-118.3835128,34.0300679 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241116T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241116T180000 DTSTAMP:20260426T083710 CREATED:20241115T142339Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241115T211557Z UID:10001926-1731772800-1731780000@helmsdesigndistrict.com SUMMARY:Arcana Book Signing with Architect Lorcan O'Herlihy and Historian Greg Goldin DESCRIPTION:Join Arcana: Books on the Arts on Saturday\, November 16th between 4:00 and 6:00 PM for a book signing and conversation between noted Los Angeles-based architect Lorcan O’Herlihy and architectural historian (and co-author) Greg Goldin to celebrate the publication of the brand new Rizzoli  monograph Lorcan O’Herlihy Architects: Building In Place: Architecture Rooted in Context and Social Equity. \nIf you cannot attend and would like to order a signed copy to have shipped or to pick up at the shop\, please place your order below. \nORDER YOUR COPY\nWe look forward to seeing you! \nLorcan O’Herlihy\, FAIA\, Founding Principal\, Creative Director of LOHA\, seeks opportunities to engage with the ever-changing complexities of the urban landscape\, while embracing architecture as a catalyst of change. Since founding his firm in 1994\, his work has been guided by a conscious understanding that architecture operates within a layered context of political\, developmental\, environmental\, and social structures. With offices in Los Angeles and Detroit\, his firm has built over one hundred projects across three continents. The diverse work ranges from art galleries\, bus shelters\, and large-scale neighborhood studies\, to large mixed-use developments\, affordable housing projects\, and university residential complexes. Each project exhibits Lorcan’s belief that artistry and social connectivity are key to building vibrant spaces that elevate the human condition. \nGreg Goldin is the author most recently of An Atlas of Never Built Architecture. He was born and raised in Los Angeles\, living at first in suburbia\, next in the geographic center of the city in a neighborhood with two early Schindler houses and Gregory Ain’s Dunsmuir Apartments. Those buildings inspired his interest in architecture. After many years as a political reporter\, he jumped ship and became the Architecture Critic at Los Angeles Magazine\, a twelve-year stint that led to the book Never Built Los Angeles (Metropolis Books\, 2013) and the exhibition Never Built Los Angeles\, which premiered at the A+D Architecture and Design Museum\, Los Angeles\, in July 2013. He was the recipient of a coveted Getty Research Institute grant for Pacific Standard Time Presents: Modern Architecture in L.A. in 2011. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and daughter\, where he continues to unearth untold architectural tales and unbuilt architectural projects. URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/arcana-book-signing-with-la-architect-lorcan-oherlihy/ LOCATION:Arcana: Books on the Arts\, 8675 Washington Blvd.\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232 CATEGORIES:News ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/LOHA_Rizzoli.jpeg GEO:34.0300679;-118.3835128 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Arcana: Books on the Arts 8675 Washington Blvd. Culver City CA 90232;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=8675 Washington Blvd.:geo:-118.3835128,34.0300679 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241109T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241109T180000 DTSTAMP:20260426T083710 CREATED:20241105T175214Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241105T175214Z UID:10001923-1731168000-1731175200@helmsdesigndistrict.com SUMMARY:Arcana Book Launch with Photographer Patrick O'Dell DESCRIPTION:Come one\, come all to Arcana: Books on the Arts on Saturday\, November 9th\, between 4:00 and 6:00 PM to celebrate Epicly Later’d\, the new Anthology Editions book by photographer Patrick O’Dell! \nA dizzying\, nostalgic katabasis through the simmering melting pot of early 2000s downtown NYC skaters\, artists\, actors\, musicians\, scumbags\, junkies\, geniuses\, and local legends\, Epicly Later’d is a record of a bygone\, immediately post 9-11 era of artistic innovation and productivity crossed with laissez-faire hedonism and\, above all\, friendships that transcend even death. \nThe gathering will be lubricated thanks to Arcana’s generous friends at Open Beer. \nIf you cannot attend (bummer) and would like to order a signed copy to have shipped or to pick up at the shop\, please place your order here! \nSee you then! \nUpcoming Arcana Events \nSaturday\, November 16th\, 4:00 – 6:00 PM\nLorcan O’Herlihy + Greg Goldin: Building in Place\nBook signing + Discussion \nSaturday\, November 23rd\, 4:00 – 6:00 PM\nRyan McGinley: Yearbook\nBook Signing \nSaturday\, November 21st\, 4:00 – 6:00 PM\nHuggy Bear: Killed (Of Kids)\nBook Launch URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/arcana-book-launch-with-photographer-patrick-odell/ LOCATION:Arcana: Books on the Arts\, 8675 Washington Blvd.\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232 CATEGORIES:News ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Book_Event_2024.11.09-1.jpg GEO:34.0300679;-118.3835128 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Arcana: Books on the Arts 8675 Washington Blvd. Culver City CA 90232;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=8675 Washington Blvd.:geo:-118.3835128,34.0300679 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241102T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241102T180000 DTSTAMP:20260426T083710 CREATED:20241025T120351Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241025T120443Z UID:10001920-1730563200-1730570400@helmsdesigndistrict.com SUMMARY:Arcana Book Signing with LA Photographer Paul Mpagi Sepuya DESCRIPTION:Join Arcana: Books on the Arts on Saturday\, November 2nd\, between 4:00 and 6:00 PM for a book signing and conversation between noted Los Angeles-based photographer Paul Mpagi Sepuya and art historian Gökcan Demirkazik to celebrate the publication of the brand new Aperture monograph Dark Room A-Z by Paul Mpagi Sepuya. \nIf you cannot attend and would like to order a signed copy to have shipped or to pick up at the shop\, please place your order below! \nORDER SIGNED COPY\nWe look forward to seeing you! \n“Paul Mpagi Sepuya reflects on the methodologies\, strategies\, and points of interest behind a single\, expansive body of work at a pivotal moment in his career. Sepuya’s photography is grounded in a collaborative\, rhizomatic approach to studio practice and portraiture. This volume unpacks his Dark Room series (2016–21)\, offering a deep dive into the thick network of references and the interconnected community of artists and subjects that Sepuya has interwoven throughout the images. The excavation and mapping of intellectual and artistic data points across the artist’s work is presented through three distinct ‘voices\,’ allowing for a comprehensive cross-referencing of conceptual categories. Each category is alphabetized and illuminated via new texts by curator and scholar Gökcan Demirkazik; selections from previously published texts about the work by critics\, colleagues\, and friends; quotations of other writers’ work that inspire the artist; along with writings by the artist on his thematic preoccupations as they appear and reappear throughout this ongoing body of work. Dark Room A–Z serves as an iterative return and exhaustive manual to the strategies and generative ways of working that have informed Sepuya’s image-making over the past two decades.” \nPaul Mpagi Sepuya is a Los Angeles–based artist. His work is held in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art\, Whitney Museum of American Art\, Guggenheim Museum\, and Studio Museum in Harlem\, New York; and the Museum of Contemporary Art\, Los Angeles\, among other institutions. Notable recent exhibitions include a solo survey at the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis\, a solo exhibition at Amsterdam’s Foam museum\, the 2019 Whitney Biennial\, and Being: New Photography 2018 at the Museum of Modern Art. \nGökcan Demirkazik is an art historian\, curator\, and critic\, and is currently a PhD student in art history at University of California\, Los Angeles. His writing has appeared in ArtAsiaPacific\, Artforum\, ArtReview\, di’van: A Journal of Accounts\, Even\, and Frieze. \nUpcoming Arcana Events \nSaturday\, November 9th\, 4:00 – 6:00 PM\nPatrick O’Dell: Epicly Later’d\nBook Signing \nSaturday\, November 16th\, 4:00 – 6:00 PM\nLorcan O’Herlihy + Greg Goldin: Building in Place\nBook signing + Discussion \nSaturday\, November 23rd\, 4:00 – 6:00 PM\nRyan McGinley: Yearbook\nBook Signing \nSaturday\, November 21st\, 4:00 – 6:00 PM\nHuggy Bear: Killed (Of Kids)\nBook Launch URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/15447/ LOCATION:Arcana: Books on the Arts\, 8675 Washington Blvd.\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232 CATEGORIES:News ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/24.11.02_Book-signing.jpg GEO:34.0300679;-118.3835128 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Arcana: Books on the Arts 8675 Washington Blvd. Culver City CA 90232;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=8675 Washington Blvd.:geo:-118.3835128,34.0300679 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240914T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240914T130000 DTSTAMP:20260426T083710 CREATED:20240903T164204Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240903T164204Z UID:10001911-1726311600-1726318800@helmsdesigndistrict.com SUMMARY:Arcana x Burntsienna Artbook Review DESCRIPTION:Join Arcana: Books on the Arts for an artbook review with Jason E.C. Wright\, Director of Burntsienna Research Society. \nThis installation focuses on Architecture\, Fashion\, or Product Design (special artbooks or periodicals)\, a programme for artbook collectors and creative professionals to engage with collected artbooks and each other. Guests are invited to bring up to two (2) artbooks\, design books\, or periodicals from their own collections to share on Arcana’s long display tables. \nEach programme begins with a formal review of two (2) books from the Burntsienna Research Library – moderated by Jason E.C. Wright – followed by each guest sharing a bit about what they’ve brought\, and how each title offers special reference or inspiration for their practice. For the remaining time you’re invited to flip through the books on display\, to read quietly\, to make notes or take reference photos\, and to personally engage with creative professionals of different disciplines. \nWe look forward to welcoming you at Arcana Books and Helms Bakery District. \nThis is a ticketed event: $25\, limited to 18 spaces. \nPURCHASE TICKETS\nGuest passes for design students available; request here. \nTicket proceeds benefit the Burntsienna Research Library and Collections. URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/arcana-x-burntsienna-artbook-review-6/ LOCATION:Arcana: Books on the Arts\, 8675 Washington Blvd.\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232 CATEGORIES:News ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Burnt-Sienna-Artbook-Review2024_1000px.jpg GEO:34.0300679;-118.3835128 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Arcana: Books on the Arts 8675 Washington Blvd. Culver City CA 90232;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=8675 Washington Blvd.:geo:-118.3835128,34.0300679 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240817T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240817T130000 DTSTAMP:20260426T083710 CREATED:20240802T163238Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240802T163238Z UID:10001908-1723892400-1723899600@helmsdesigndistrict.com SUMMARY:Arcana x Burntsienna Artbook Review DESCRIPTION:Join Arcana: Books on the Arts for an artbook review with Jason E.C. Wright\, Director of Burntsienna Research Society. \nThis installation focuses on Architecture\, Fashion\, or Product Design (special artbooks or periodicals)\, a programme for artbook collectors and creative professionals to engage with collected artbooks and each other. Guests are invited to bring up to two (2) artbooks\, design books\, or periodicals from their own collections to share on Arcana’s long display tables. \nEach programme begins with a formal review of two (2) books from the Burntsienna Research Library – moderated by Jason E.C. Wright – followed by each guest sharing a bit about what they’ve brought\, and how each title offers special reference or inspiration for their practice. For the remaining time you’re invited to flip through the books on display\, to read quietly\, to make notes or take reference photos\, and to personally engage with creative professionals of different disciplines. \nWe look forward to welcoming you at Arcana Books and Helms Bakery District. \nThis is a ticketed event: $25\, limited to 18 spaces. \nPURCHASE TICKETS\nGuest passes for design students available; request here. \nTicket proceeds benefit the Burntsienna Research Library and Collections. URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/arcana-x-burntsienna-artbook-review-5/ LOCATION:Arcana: Books on the Arts\, 8675 Washington Blvd.\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232 CATEGORIES:News ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Burnt-Sienna-Artbook-Review2024_1000px.jpg GEO:34.0300679;-118.3835128 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Arcana: Books on the Arts 8675 Washington Blvd. Culver City CA 90232;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=8675 Washington Blvd.:geo:-118.3835128,34.0300679 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240713T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240713T130000 DTSTAMP:20260426T083710 CREATED:20240701T202801Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240701T203207Z UID:10001906-1720868400-1720875600@helmsdesigndistrict.com SUMMARY:Arcana x Burntsienna Artbook Review DESCRIPTION:Join Arcana: Books on the Arts for an artbook review with Jason E.C. Wright\, Director of Burntsienna Research Society. \nThis installation focuses on Architecture\, Fashion\, or Product Design (special artbooks or periodicals)\, a programme for artbook collectors and creative professionals to engage with collected artbooks and each other. Guests are invited to bring up to two (2) artbooks\, design books\, or periodicals from their own collections to share on Arcana’s long display tables. \nEach programme begins with a formal review of two (2) books from the Burntsienna Research Library – moderated by Jason E.C. Wright – followed by each guest sharing a bit about what they’ve brought\, and how each title offers special reference or inspiration for their practice. For the remaining time you’re invited to flip through the books on display\, to read quietly\, to make notes or take reference photos\, and to personally engage with creative professionals of different disciplines. \nWe look forward to welcoming you at Arcana Books and Helms Bakery District. \nThis is a ticketed event: $25\, limited to 18 spaces. \nPURCHASE TICKETS\nGuest passes for design students available; request here. \nTicket proceeds benefit the Burntsienna Research Library and Collections. URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/arcana-x-burntsienna-artbook-review-4/ LOCATION:Arcana: Books on the Arts\, 8675 Washington Blvd.\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232 CATEGORIES:News ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Burnt-Sienna-Artbook-Review2024_1000px.jpg GEO:34.0300679;-118.3835128 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Arcana: Books on the Arts 8675 Washington Blvd. Culver City CA 90232;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=8675 Washington Blvd.:geo:-118.3835128,34.0300679 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240615T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240615T130000 DTSTAMP:20260426T083710 CREATED:20240610T163316Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240701T203259Z UID:10001904-1718449200-1718456400@helmsdesigndistrict.com SUMMARY:Arcana x Burntsienna Artbook Review DESCRIPTION:Join Arcana: Books on the Arts for an artbook review with Jason E.C. Wright\, Director of Burntsienna Research Society. \nThis installation focuses on Architecture\, Fashion\, or Product Design (special artbooks or periodicals)\, a programme for artbook collectors and creative professionals to engage with collected artbooks and each other. Guests are invited to bring up to two (2) artbooks\, design books\, or periodicals from their own collections to share on Arcana’s long display tables. \nEach programme begins with a formal review of two (2) books from the Burntsienna Research Library – moderated by Jason E.C. Wright – followed by each guest sharing a bit about what they’ve brought\, and how each title offers special reference or inspiration for their practice. For the remaining time you’re invited to flip through the books on display\, to read quietly\, to make notes or take reference photos\, and to personally engage with creative professionals of different disciplines. \nWe look forward to welcoming you at Arcana Books and Helms Bakery District. \nThis is a ticketed event: $25\, limited to 18 spaces. \nPURCHASE TICKETS\nGuest passes for design students available; request here. \nTicket proceeds benefit the Burntsienna Research Library and Collections. URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/arcana-x-burntsienna-artbook-review-3-copy-copy/ LOCATION:Arcana: Books on the Arts\, 8675 Washington Blvd.\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232 CATEGORIES:News ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Burnt-Sienna-Artbook-Review2024_1000px.jpg GEO:34.0300679;-118.3835128 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Arcana: Books on the Arts 8675 Washington Blvd. Culver City CA 90232;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=8675 Washington Blvd.:geo:-118.3835128,34.0300679 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240511T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240511T130000 DTSTAMP:20260426T083710 CREATED:20240509T182837Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240509T183454Z UID:10001899-1715425200-1715432400@helmsdesigndistrict.com SUMMARY:Arcana x Burntsienna Artbook Review DESCRIPTION:Join Arcana: Books on the Arts for an artbook review with Jason E.C. Wright\, Director of Burntsienna Research Society. \nThis installation focuses on Architecture\, Fashion\, or Product Design (special artbooks or periodicals)\, a programme for artbook collectors and creative professionals to engage with collected artbooks and each other. Guests are invited to bring up to two (2) artbooks\, design books\, or periodicals from their own collections to share on Arcana’s long display tables. \nEach programme begins with a formal review of two (2) books from the Burntsienna Research Library – moderated by Jason E.C. Wright – followed by each guest sharing a bit about what they’ve brought\, and how each title offers special reference or inspiration for their practice. For the remaining time you’re invited to flip through the books on display\, to read quietly\, to make notes or take reference photos\, and to personally engage with creative professionals of different disciplines. \nWe look forward to welcoming you at Arcana Books and Helms Bakery District. \nThis is a ticketed event: $25\, limited to 18 spaces. \nBUY TICKETS\nGuest passes for design students available; request HERE. \nTicket proceeds benefit the Burntsienna Research Library and Collections. URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/arcana-x-burntsienna-artbook-review-3-copy/ LOCATION:Arcana: Books on the Arts\, 8675 Washington Blvd.\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232 CATEGORIES:News ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Burnt-Sienna-Artbook-Review2024_1000px.jpg GEO:34.0300679;-118.3835128 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Arcana: Books on the Arts 8675 Washington Blvd. Culver City CA 90232;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=8675 Washington Blvd.:geo:-118.3835128,34.0300679 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240427T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240427T180000 DTSTAMP:20260426T083710 CREATED:20240424T151258Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240425T192256Z UID:10001892-1714233600-1714240800@helmsdesigndistrict.com SUMMARY:Arcana Book Signing with Jim Ganzer: Life Lived DESCRIPTION:Free \nJoin Arcana: Books on the Arts on Saturday\, April 27th\, between 4:00 and 6:00 PM for a book signing with OG coastal cultural icon Jim Ganzer to celebrate the publication of his brand new\, limited edition photographic memoir from the creative folks at Indoek: Life Lived. \nIf you cannot attend and would like to order a signed copy to have shipped or to pick up at Arcana\, please place your order here. \nWe look forward to seeing you! \n\n“Jim Ganzer is widely known as a Malibu surf legend and an underground L.A. icon. He and his group of surf friends inspired the 1978 film\, Big Wednesday\, written and directed by John Milius. When the Coen brothers were developing The Big Lebowski\, Milius introduced them to Ganzer\, who influenced Jeff Bridges’ famous character\, The Dude. A graduate of Chouinard Art Institute\, Jim Ganzer emerged as an artist when the surf and skate culture-inspired world was not yet a billion-dollar industry\, but an afterthought in a mostly hardware-focused segment. He became the voice of the subculture in the ’80s for inventing innovative garments combining form with function for his surf and skatewear brand\, Jimmy’Z. Ganzer collaborated with Ed Ruscha on several works\, such as ‘Brave Men Run in My Family’ and ‘Sea of Desire’ and also starred in Ruscha’s film\, Miracle. He has shown his art in many esteemed group and solo exhibits in California and all over the world since 1971.” \nImages courtesy of Indoek URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/jim-ganzer/ LOCATION:Arcana: Books on the Arts\, 8675 Washington Blvd.\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232 CATEGORIES:News ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Arcana-Jim-Ganzer_SiteEmail.jpg GEO:34.0300679;-118.3835128 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Arcana: Books on the Arts 8675 Washington Blvd. Culver City CA 90232;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=8675 Washington Blvd.:geo:-118.3835128,34.0300679 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240420T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240420T180000 DTSTAMP:20260426T083710 CREATED:20240417T210010Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240417T212237Z UID:10001890-1713628800-1713636000@helmsdesigndistrict.com SUMMARY:Arcana Book Signing with Tim Street-Porter and Annie Kelly for City of Dreams: Los Angeles Interiors DESCRIPTION:Free \n\nJoin Arcana: Books on the Arts on Saturday\, April 20th\, between 4:00 and 6:00 PM for a book signing with Annie Kelly and Tim Street-Porter to celebrate the publication of their latest sumptuous architecture and design survey\, City of Dreams: Los Angeles Interiors. \nIf you cannot attend and would like to order a signed copy to have shipped or to pick up at Arcana\, please place your order here! \nWe look forward to seeing you! \n\n“Los Angeles’ Tim Street-Porter has been chronicling this metropolis’ architecture and interiors for over twenty-five years. This stunning collection of inspiring homes begins with a look back\, which includes examples of iconic houses inspired by Hollywood film fantasies\, Modernist residences by such luminaries as John Lautner\, and Frank Gehry’s Deconstructivism-style home. The heart of the book features today’s forward-looking homes\, divided into two sections: Living with Art and Design and Los Angeles Modern. Antiquarian Joel Chen artfully blends an eye-catching collection of period furniture and Chinese objets while interior designer Jean-Louis Denoit’s house sparkles with a Tony Duquette gilded mirror and an abalone shell chandelier. Another trend is the renovation of modernist houses with a personal touch. Artist Mary Weatherford’s reworking of her A. Quincy Jones–designed home\, in collaboration with designer Oliver Furth\, has a striking orange bedroom. Illuminating Los Angeles’s dramatic indoor-outdoor living spaces\, this tome is a must-have for architecture and design enthusiasts.” \nTim Street-Porter is the renowned Los Angeles-based architecture and design photographer that has produced numerous books\, including L.A. Modern\, Palm Springs: Modernist Paradise\, Splash: The Art of the Swimming Pool\, and Casa Mexico. \nWriter and designer Annie Kelly is the author of the successful Rooms to Inspire series\, as well as Living in Paradise\, Splash: The Art of the Swimming Pool\, and Casa Mexico. She writes about lifestyle for such publications as Belle and The Los Angeles Times. URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/city-of-dreams/ LOCATION:Arcana: Books on the Arts\, 8675 Washington Blvd.\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232 CATEGORIES:News ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/AnnieKellyTimStreet-Porter_IGPost.jpg GEO:34.0300679;-118.3835128 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Arcana: Books on the Arts 8675 Washington Blvd. Culver City CA 90232;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=8675 Washington Blvd.:geo:-118.3835128,34.0300679 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240413T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240413T180000 DTSTAMP:20260426T083710 CREATED:20240407T212358Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240412T155323Z UID:10001884-1713024000-1713031200@helmsdesigndistrict.com SUMMARY:Arcana Book Signing with Magdalena Wosinska + Special Guest Tobin Yelland DESCRIPTION:Free \n\nJoin Arcana: Books on the Arts on Saturday\, April 13th\, between 4:00 and 6:00 PM to celebrate the publication of the Magdalena Wosinska’s amazing survey of her skateboarding photographs\, Fulfill The Dream. In addition to signing the first copies in the States of this hot-off-the-press import\, Ms. Wosinska will be engaging in a discussion with renowned cinematographer and photographer Tobin Yelland comparing their shared yet very different experiences in the heady world of the skate culture of the 1990s and beyond. \nIf you cannot attend and would like to order a signed copy to have shipped or to pick up at the shop\, please place your order here! \nWe look forward to seeing you! \n\n“Fulfill the Dream is a documentary photobook by Polish-born\, Los Angeles-based photographer Magdalena Wosinska that captures the American skate culture of the 1990s through color and black-and-white snapshots. The scene’s energy\, creativity\, and rebellious spirit influenced fashion\, music\, and artistic expression\, shaping a generation of American underground youth. The book features Chad Muska\, Austyn Gillette\, Jim Greco\, Harold Hunter\, Ed Templeton\, Eric Ellington\, Ali Boulala\, and numerous other influential skaters. Beyond the book’s broader examination of American skate subculture\, Wosinska’s project is a deeply personal journey through her teenage years and an exploration of what it means to be a misfit in a world of misfits. Her visual diary captures the duality that has shaped her life: the joy and exhilaration of skateboarding alongside meaningful human connection and the adrenaline-fueled world of drugs\, a first love\, prejudice\, a deep need to find a place of belonging and struggles with mental health. Shortly after immigrating to the U.S. from communist Poland in 1991\, Wosinska’s coping mechanism for culture shock was her camera. It became her passport to a world ruled by boys\, and a language for fitting in and forming heartfelt friendships in the skate community. Through raw\, visceral portraits and self-portraits created in juxtaposition to the male-dominated scene\, she captured the now-famous teen spirit of the ‘90s\, reflecting the ever-shifting balance between the highs and lows of belonging and the essence of years of making dreams come true as a skate photographer through perseverance\, diligence\, and hard work. Alongside the teenage angst of the era\, the project explores themes of resilience\, female empowerment\, and the relentless pursuit of goals.” URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/magdalena-wosinska/ LOCATION:Arcana: Books on the Arts\, 8675 Washington Blvd.\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232 CATEGORIES:News ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Magdalena-Wosinska_SitePost.jpg GEO:34.0300679;-118.3835128 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Arcana: Books on the Arts 8675 Washington Blvd. Culver City CA 90232;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=8675 Washington Blvd.:geo:-118.3835128,34.0300679 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240413T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240413T130000 DTSTAMP:20260426T083710 CREATED:20240402T171609Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240412T150513Z UID:10001880-1713006000-1713013200@helmsdesigndistrict.com SUMMARY:Arcana x Burntsienna Artbook Review DESCRIPTION:Join Arcana: Books on the Arts for an artbook review with Jason E.C. Wright\, Director of Burntsienna Research Society. \nThis installation focuses on Architecture\, Fashion\, or Product Design (special artbooks or periodicals)\, a programme for artbook collectors and creative professionals to engage with collected artbooks and each other. Guests are invited to bring up to two (2) artbooks\, design books\, or periodicals from their own collections to share on Arcana’s long display tables. \nEach programme begins with a formal review of two (2) books from the Burntsienna Research Library – moderated by Jason E.C. Wright – followed by each guest sharing a bit about what they’ve brought\, and how each title offers special reference or inspiration for their practice. For the remaining time you’re invited to flip through the books on display\, to read quietly\, to make notes or take reference photos\, and to personally engage with creative professionals of different disciplines. \nWe look forward to welcoming you at Arcana Books and Helms Bakery District. \nThis is a ticketed event: $25\, limited to 18 spaces. \nTICKETS\nGuest passes for design students available; request HERE. \nTicket proceeds benefit the Burntsienna Research Library and Collections. URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/arcana-x-burntsienna-artbook-review-3/ LOCATION:Arcana: Books on the Arts\, 8675 Washington Blvd.\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232 CATEGORIES:News ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Burnt-Sienna-Artbook-Review2024_1000px.jpg GEO:34.0300679;-118.3835128 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Arcana: Books on the Arts 8675 Washington Blvd. Culver City CA 90232;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=8675 Washington Blvd.:geo:-118.3835128,34.0300679 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240406T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240406T180000 DTSTAMP:20260426T083710 CREATED:20240405T174826Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240406T214154Z UID:10001881-1712419200-1712426400@helmsdesigndistrict.com SUMMARY:Arcana Book Signing with Thom Browne DESCRIPTION:Free \n\nJoin Arcana: Books on the Arts on Saturday\, April 6th\, between 4:00 and 6:00 PM for a book signing to celebrate the publication of the massive new Phaidon monograph Thom Browne\, with a glass of champagne and the esteemed designer himself. \nIf you cannot attend and would like to order a signed copy to have shipped or to pick up at the shop\, please place your order here. \nWe look forward to seeing you! \n\n\n\n“With a vast celebrity clientele\, Thom Browne is widely recognized for modernizing today’s professional uniform: the suit. As the company’s twentieth anniversary nears\, Thom Browne. celebrates the legacy of the house. The book features an introduction and texts by Andrew Bolton\, the Wendy Yu curator in charge of The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute\, and specially commissioned photography by Johnny Dufort presenting more than two hundred looks from past seasons. It concludes with a tableau of show installations that further illustrate the house’s design philosophy and evolution. Published as a hardback enclosed in a clamshell box\, the book includes four\, six\, and eight-page gatefolds along with more than forty translucent vellum pages featuring the brand’s signature four stripes. It also includes a Thom Browne-designed grosgrain ribbon.” \nThom Browne is an American fashion designer and the founder/creative director of Thom Browne\, a luxury fashion house based in New York. Initially celebrated for his distinctive approach to men’s tailoring in 2003\, Browne has since expanded the collections to include womenswear\, childrenswear and accessories. He has also become known for his highly conceptual runway presentations which have gained global attention for their thought-provoking themes and dramatic settings. In 2023 he became chairman of the CFDA. URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/arcana-book-signing-with-thom-brown/ LOCATION:Arcana: Books on the Arts\, 8675 Washington Blvd.\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232 CATEGORIES:News ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Tom-Browne-1.jpg GEO:34.0300679;-118.3835128 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Arcana: Books on the Arts 8675 Washington Blvd. Culver City CA 90232;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=8675 Washington Blvd.:geo:-118.3835128,34.0300679 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240316T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240316T130000 DTSTAMP:20260426T083710 CREATED:20240308T160653Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240312T211229Z UID:10001874-1710586800-1710594000@helmsdesigndistrict.com SUMMARY:Arcana x Burntsienna Artbook Review DESCRIPTION:Join Arcana: Books on the Arts for an artbook review with Jason E.C. Wright\, Director of Burntsienna Research Society. \nThis installation focuses on Architecture\, Fashion\, or Product Design (special artbooks or periodicals)\, a programme for artbook collectors and creative professionals to engage with collected artbooks and each other. Guests are invited to bring up to two (2) artbooks\, design books\, or periodicals from their own collections to share on Arcana’s long display tables. \nEach programme begins with a formal review of two (2) books from the Burntsienna Research Library – moderated by Jason E.C. Wright – followed by each guest sharing a bit about what they’ve brought\, and how each title offers special reference or inspiration for their practice. For the remaining time you’re invited to flip through the books on display\, to read quietly\, to make notes or take reference photos\, and to personally engage with creative professionals of different disciplines. \nWe look forward to welcoming you at Arcana Books and Helms Bakery District. \nThis is a ticketed event: $25\, limited to 18 spaces. \nTICKETS\nGuest passes for design students available; request HERE. \nTicket proceeds benefit the Burntsienna Research Library and Collections. URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/arcana-x-burntsienna-artbook-review-2/ LOCATION:Arcana: Books on the Arts\, 8675 Washington Blvd.\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232 CATEGORIES:News ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Burnt-Sienna-Artbook-Review2024_1000px.jpg GEO:34.0300679;-118.3835128 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Arcana: Books on the Arts 8675 Washington Blvd. Culver City CA 90232;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=8675 Washington Blvd.:geo:-118.3835128,34.0300679 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240302T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240302T180000 DTSTAMP:20260426T083710 CREATED:20240215T223038Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240215T231300Z UID:10001870-1709395200-1709402400@helmsdesigndistrict.com SUMMARY:Arcana Book Signing with Dawoud Bey for Elegy DESCRIPTION:Free \nOn Saturday\, March 2nd from 4:00 to 6:00 pm\, please join Arcana: Books on the Arts for a book signing with Dawoud Bey to celebrate the publication of Elegy \nIf you cannot attend and would like to order a signed copy to have shipped or to pick up at Arcana\, please place your order here. \n\nRenowned for his Harlem street scenes and expressive portraits\, Dawoud Bey continues his ongoing series on African American history focusing on the landscape to create a portrait of the early African American presence in the United States. Elegy brings together Bey’s three landscape series to date – “Night Coming Tenderly\, Black (2017)”\, “In This Here Place (2021)”\, and “Stoney the Road (2023)” – elucidating the deep historical memory still embedded in the geography of the United States. Bey takes viewers to the historic Richmond Slave Trail in Virginia\, where Africans were marched onto auction blocks; to the plantations of Louisiana\, where they labored; and along the last stages of the Underground Railroad in Ohio\, where fugitives sought self-emancipation. Essays by the exhibition’s curator\, Valerie Cassel Oliver\, and scholars LeRonn P. Brooks\, Imani Perry\, and Christina Sharpe illuminate the work. By interweaving these bodies of work into an elegy in three movements\, Bey doesn’t merely evoke history\, he retells it through historically grounded images that challenge viewers to go beyond seeing and imagine lived experiences. \nA brand new example additionally SIGNED by photographer Dawoud Bey. \n\nCover Image: Untitled (James River) from the series Stony the Road\, 2023\, Dawoud Bey (American\, born 1953)\, gelatin silver print. Virginia Museum of Fine Arts\, Gift of Mrs. Alfred duPont\, by exchange. Image © Dawoud Bey. Photograph of Dawoud Bey © Frank Ashman. URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/elegy/ LOCATION:Arcana: Books on the Arts\, 8675 Washington Blvd.\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232 CATEGORIES:News ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Dawoud-Bey_Cover_1045px.jpg GEO:34.0300679;-118.3835128 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Arcana: Books on the Arts 8675 Washington Blvd. Culver City CA 90232;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=8675 Washington Blvd.:geo:-118.3835128,34.0300679 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240217T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240217T180000 DTSTAMP:20260426T083710 CREATED:20240215T215930Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240216T182008Z UID:10001869-1708185600-1708192800@helmsdesigndistrict.com SUMMARY:Arcana Book Signing with Yelena Yemchuk for Malanka DESCRIPTION:Free \nOn Saturday\, February 17th from 4:00 to 6:00 pm\, please join Arcana: Books on the Arts for a book signing with Yelena Yemchuk to celebrate the publication of Malanka. \nIf you cannot attend and would like to order a signed copy to have shipped or to pick up at Arcana\, please place your order here. \n\n“Ukrainian-born\, Brooklyn-based photographer and painter Yelena Yemchuk is most commonly known for her fashion and portrait photographs\, which have appeared in Italian and Japanese Vogue\, V\, the New Yorker and The New York Times. Yemchuk makes images that teeter on the threshold between her Eastern European heritage and her daily life in New York; between fiction and reality; between the grand beauty of 1960s cinema and the social and built environments of post-Soviet realms. As with all of her work\, Malanka is a personal\, feminine\, surrealist and magical project. The eponymous tradition is a pre-Christian folklore ritual driving out winter and welcoming spring\, an ancient custom reminiscent of Persephone’s return in Greek mythology. It is celebrated on January 14th\, the old New Year in the Julian calendar\, by ethnic Romanians in western Ukraine. In 2019 and 2020\, Yemchuk traveled to Crasna (Krasnoilsk in Ukrainian) to document the night-long festival. Accompanying Yemchuk’s striking photographic documentation is a poetic essay by Romanian cultural journalist Ioana Pelehatai.” URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/malanka/ LOCATION:Arcana: Books on the Arts\, 8675 Washington Blvd.\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232 CATEGORIES:News ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Arcana-MALANKA_cover.jpg GEO:34.0300679;-118.3835128 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Arcana: Books on the Arts 8675 Washington Blvd. Culver City CA 90232;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=8675 Washington Blvd.:geo:-118.3835128,34.0300679 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240217T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240217T130000 DTSTAMP:20260426T083710 CREATED:20240207T215110Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240215T221331Z UID:10001867-1708167600-1708174800@helmsdesigndistrict.com SUMMARY:Arcana x Burntsienna Artbook Review DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, February 17\, 11:00 am to 1:00 pm\n8675 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City \nJoin Arcana: Books on the Arts for an artbook review with Jason E.C. Wright\, Director of Burntsienna Research Society. \nThis installation focuses on Architecture\, Fashion\, or Product Design (special artbooks or periodicals)\, a programme for artbook collectors and creative professionals to engage with collected artbooks and each other. Guests are invited to bring up to two (2) artbooks\, design books\, or periodicals from their own collections to share on Arcana’s long display tables. \nEach programme begins with a formal review of two (2) books from the Burntsienna Research Library – moderated by Jason E.C. Wright – followed by each guest sharing a bit about what they’ve brought\, and how each title offers special reference or inspiration for their practice. For the remaining time you’re invited to flip through the books on display\, to read quietly\, to make notes or take reference photos\, and to personally engage with creative professionals of different disciplines. \nWe look forward to welcoming you at Arcana Books and Helms Bakery District. \nThis is a ticketed event: $25\, limited to 18 spaces. \nBOOK TICKETS HERE\nGuest passes for design students available; request HERE. \nTicket proceeds benefit the Burntsienna Research Library and Collections. URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/arcana-x-burntsienna-artbook-review/ LOCATION:Arcana: Books on the Arts\, 8675 Washington Blvd.\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232 CATEGORIES:News ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/BRS-Artbook-Review-at-ARCANA-17-Feb-front-e1707341921381.png GEO:34.0300679;-118.3835128 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Arcana: Books on the Arts 8675 Washington Blvd. Culver City CA 90232;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=8675 Washington Blvd.:geo:-118.3835128,34.0300679 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240210T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240210T180000 DTSTAMP:20260426T083710 CREATED:20240206T180605Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240206T182316Z UID:10001866-1707580800-1707588000@helmsdesigndistrict.com SUMMARY:Arcana Book Signing + Discussion with Mary Virginia Swanson for Publish Your Photography Book DESCRIPTION:Free \nOn Saturday\, February 10th from 4:00 to 6:00 pm\, please join Arcana: Books on the Arts for a book signing with the iconic Mary Virginia Swanson to celebrate the publication of the newly updated edition of the ever-popular Publish Your Photography Book! Ms. Swanson will be signing and taking your questions in a discussion moderated by Radius Books’ Isabella Beroutsos. \nIf you cannot attend and would like to order a signed copy of Publish Your Photography Book to have shipped or to pick up at Arcana\, please place your order here. \n\nThe first book to demystify the process of producing and publishing a book of photographs\, Publish Your Photography Book was first released in 2011 and subsequently sold out two editions. This highly anticipated third edition guides photo-based artists through the steps involved in publishing a book of their work. Industry insiders Darius D. Himes and Mary Virginia Swanson survey the current landscape of photography-book publishing and point out the many avenues to pursue and pitfalls to avoid. This updated\, expert guide covers: a history of the photobook; an overview of the publishing industry; the process of bringing your project to book form (with both traditional publishing and self-publishing options); how to market a photography book (including a dialogue with collectors on the limited edition and artist-made books); case studies with published photographers; and valuable resources on production materials\, publishing and marketing timelines. \nFilled with educational wisdom\, the book features interviews and contributions from artists\, agents\, editors\, designers\, printers\, publishers\, distributors\, booksellers\, curators and librarians who share their experiences and provide advice about each step on the path to publication and placement. A removable workbook helps readers address book preparation\, draft submission guidelines\, production timelines and marketing plans. With over 50 years of combined industry experience and insights\, the authors also provide both historical context and contemporary expertise about the international photobook scene\, including awards\, fairs and grants. \nThe contributors include: Regina Maria Anzenberger\, Bob Aufuldish\, Julia Borissova\, Barbara Bosworth\, Frish Brandt\, Sonel Breslav\, Joan Brookbank\, Jane Brown\, Jason Burstein\, David Campany\, Alejandro Cartagena\, Bruno Ceschel\, Nelson Chan\, Lewis Chaplin\, Clément Cheroux\, David Chickey\, Joshua Chuang\, Mary DelMonico\, Sarah Espenon\, Jon Evans\, Chloe Ferres\, Tricia Gabriel\, Susan kae Grant\, Kris Graves\, Hans Gremmen\, Nathalie Herschdorfer\, Todd Hido\, Deborah Hollis\, Tiffany Jones\, Christina Labey\, Joan Liftin\, Michael Lundgren\, Lesley A. Martin\, Christopher McCall\, Lisa McCarty\, Clifton Meador\, Dan Milnor\, Arezoo Moseni\, Colleen Mullins\, Azu Nwagbogu\, Martin Parr\, Cecile Poimboeuf-Koizumi\, Alan Rapp\, Rixon Reed\, Ruth R. Rogers\, Laura Russell\, Markus Schaden\, Mike Slack\, Søren Solkær\, David Solo\, Gerhard Steidl\, Alan Thomas\, Ian van Coller\, Anne Wilkes Tucker\, Amy Wilkins\, Deborah Willis\, Denise Wolff\, Nancy E. Wolff\, Carl Wooley\, Sophie Wright and Philip Zimmermann. URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/publish-your-photography-book/ LOCATION:Arcana: Books on the Arts\, 8675 Washington Blvd.\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232 CATEGORIES:News ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Publish-Your-Photo-Book_2024_site.jpg GEO:34.0300679;-118.3835128 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Arcana: Books on the Arts 8675 Washington Blvd. Culver City CA 90232;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=8675 Washington Blvd.:geo:-118.3835128,34.0300679 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240203T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240203T180000 DTSTAMP:20260426T083710 CREATED:20240130T002338Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240130T182704Z UID:10001865-1706976000-1706983200@helmsdesigndistrict.com SUMMARY:Arcana Book Signing + Discussion for WINOGRAND COLOR DESCRIPTION:Free \nOn Saturday\, February 3rd from 4:00 to 6:00 pm\, please join Arcana: Books on the Arts for a discussion about the fabulous new Twin Palms book WINOGRAND COLOR with the book’s editor Michael Almereyda and Geoff Dyer. The discussion will begin at 4:15 followed by a book signing with Mr. Almereyda. \nIf you can’t make it\, you can order a copy of WINOGRAND COLOR signed by Michael Almereyda here. \nGarry Winogrand is known primarily for his spontaneous and energetic street photography in black-and-white. What is lesser known is that Winogrand also shot more than 45\,000 color slides between the early 1950s and late 1960s. These photographs were often taken between assignments\, when the photographer\, working on his own\, developed and refined an approach to his medium that was increasingly open\, independent\, and radical. He routinely photographed with two cameras strapped around his neck\, one loaded with color film\, the other with black and white. \n“Winogrand Color” presents one hundred and fifty photographs selected from the archives at the Center for Creative Photography by the American film director\, Michael Almereyda and former Museum of Modern Art curator\, Susan Kismaric. It is the first monograph dedicated to the artist’s rarely seen color work. URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/book-signing-discussion-with-michael-almereyda-and-geoff-dyer/ LOCATION:Arcana: Books on the Arts\, 8675 Washington Blvd.\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232 CATEGORIES:News ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/WINOGRAND-COLOR_Arcana.jpeg GEO:34.0300679;-118.3835128 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Arcana: Books on the Arts 8675 Washington Blvd. Culver City CA 90232;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=8675 Washington Blvd.:geo:-118.3835128,34.0300679 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240120T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240120T180000 DTSTAMP:20260426T083710 CREATED:20231213T172432Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240111T215745Z UID:10001861-1705766400-1705773600@helmsdesigndistrict.com SUMMARY:Book Signing with Todd Hido + Mark Steinmetz DESCRIPTION:  \nJoin us on Saturday\, January 20th\, from 4:00-6:00 pm as Arcana: Books on the Arts starts 2024 off in style by presenting a special dual book signing with longtime favorites – and pals – Todd Hido and Mark Steinmetz. \nEach has a lovely hot off the Nazraeli Press offering in The End Sends Advance Warning and France 1987\, and they both will be at the shop for the afternoon! \nIf you cannot attend and would like to order a signed copy of Todd Hido’s The End Sends Advance Warning\, Mark Steinmetz’s France 1987\, or both\, to have shipped or to pick up at the shop\, please place your order here. \nThis event is free and open to the public. \n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nTodd Hido \n“For over 25 years\, Todd Hido has crafted narratives through loose and mysterious suburban scenes\, desolate landscapes\, and cinematic portraits. Irrespective of its title\, this is a book about hope and beauty and why we seek it so desperately at this time. For his latest images he has roamed as far as the Hawaiian Islands and their meteorological opposites; the shores of the Bering Sea\, and Nordic fjords above the Arctic Circle. Even with such geographic diversity\, Hido captures places that feel at once familiar and unknown; welcoming and unsettling. With this stunning new monograph\, Hido picks up where his previous title Bright Black World left off\, presenting some eighty new and previously unpublished landscape photographs. The End Sends Advance Warning is beautifully printed on heavyweight art paper and bound in offset printed linen. The book also includes nine tipped-in photographs printed on Kasadaka art paper\, as well as tipped-in and laid-in booklets. A masterpiece of an artist’s book\, and a must for the serious contemporary art library.” \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nMark Steinmetz \n“In the summer of 1987\, I was 26 years old\, a couple years out of graduate school\, and living in a derelict apartment outside of Boston. I had received an artist’s residency in the South of France\, and so\, in August\, I flew to Paris. I stayed a few weeks with close family friends in a top floor apartment on the Avenue de Wagram. My friends were working in fashion and film\, and I was told my bed had once belonged to Jane Fonda before she became Barbarella. The weather was getting colder\, and they gave me a brown corduroy jacket to wear that Jean Seberg (Godard’s Breathless\, Preminger’s Bonjour Tristesse) had cried on. I would eat some breakfast and run around Paris photographing all day—hardly eating because I had no money—returning to their apartment for dinner and a glass of champagne. \n“Later in the year\, I went to the South to begin my artist’s residency at the Camargo Foundation\, in Cassis\, a town on the sea not far from Marseille. The writer Virginia Woolf\, the pointillist Paul Signac\, the fauvists André Derain and Raoul Dufy\, and the Provençal poet Frédéric Mistral\, had spent extended periods of time in Cassis. I took day trips from Cassis to Arles\, Aix\, Marseille\, and Nice\, and could process my film in the simple darkroom that was supplied to me. \n“In 1987\, there were no cell phones or digital cameras. To meet up with someone you had to set a time and a place and each of you had to stick to the plan. The seasons seemed to linger around more\, and in general\, everyone seemed to have more time. The parks\, museums\, and subways were less crowded. The rhythm of daily life was more relaxed. People were worried in 1987\, but not as worried as we are now.” – From the Introduction by Mark Steinmetz \nThis wonderful collection of previously unpublished photographs by Mark Steinmetz\, made some thirty-five years ago during an extended stay in the South of France\, provides welcome insight into his earliest years as a working artist. It comprises over sixty photographs beautifully printed in duotone on Japanese Kasadaka art paper\, and bound in Burgundy linen. Limited to only one thousand case-bound copies\, France 1987 will sell out quickly. URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/todd-hido/ LOCATION:Arcana: Books on the Arts\, 8675 Washington Blvd.\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232 CATEGORIES:News ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/HidoSteinmetz_covers.jpg GEO:34.0300679;-118.3835128 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Arcana: Books on the Arts 8675 Washington Blvd. Culver City CA 90232;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=8675 Washington Blvd.:geo:-118.3835128,34.0300679 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231216T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231216T180000 DTSTAMP:20260426T083710 CREATED:20231128T211205Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231206T020942Z UID:10001860-1702742400-1702749600@helmsdesigndistrict.com SUMMARY:Book Signing for Doug Aitken: Mirage DESCRIPTION:Free \nJoin Arcana: Books on the Arts on Saturday\, December 16th\, from 4:00-6:00 pm for a book signing with Doug Aitken for Mirage. \nIf you cannot attend and would like to order a signed copy to have shipped or to pick up at Arcana\, please purchase here. Orders will begin shipping Tuesday\, December 19th. \n\nBetween 2017 and 2021 artist Doug Aitken presented his site-specific installation entitled “Mirage” in the California desert outside Palm Springs\, at a defunct Detroit bank\, and nestled in the Swiss Alps. “Mirage” takes the form of a ranch-style suburban American house whose exterior is entirely clad in reflective mirrored surfaces that camouflage it in landscapes far removed from the familiar lawn and picket fence. The book is an immersive chronicle of the three installations\, featuring photographs\, architectural drawings\, and other materials related to the project accompanied by a text by Neville Wakefield as well as an interview with the artist. Handmade with cold foils\, silver printing\, an exposed spine\, and bound as a leporello\, this extraordinary document is a tour de force of the bookmaker’s art. \nA brand new\, most handsome example of the first edition limited to one thousand copies additionally boldly signed “Doug Aitken” in ink. URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/doug-aitken-mirage/ LOCATION:Arcana: Books on the Arts\, 8675 Washington Blvd.\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232 CATEGORIES:News ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Arcana-Doug-Aitken_3.jpg GEO:34.0300679;-118.3835128 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Arcana: Books on the Arts 8675 Washington Blvd. Culver City CA 90232;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=8675 Washington Blvd.:geo:-118.3835128,34.0300679 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231209T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231209T180000 DTSTAMP:20260426T083710 CREATED:20231106T151506Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231116T172216Z UID:10001856-1702137600-1702144800@helmsdesigndistrict.com SUMMARY:Book signing for Hearing Voices - Selected Lyrics 1987-2021 by Dean Wareham and Ed Templeton DESCRIPTION:Free \nJoin Arcana: Books on the Arts on Saturday\, December 9th\, 4:00 – 6:00 pm for a book signing for Hearing Voices – Selected Lyrics 1987-2021 by Dean Wareham and Ed Templeton. \nIf you cannot attend and would like to order a signed copy to have shipped or to pick up at Arcana\, please purchase here. Orders will begin shipping Tuesday\, December 12th. \nHearing Voices is a collection of lyrics by songwriting great Dean Wareham. Born in Wellington\, New Zealand\, Wareham moved to New York City as a teenager\, in August 1977. It was here\, in high school\, that he met future bandmates Damon Krukowski and Naomi Yang. All three went on to attend Harvard University\, and in 1987 founded Galaxie 500\, for which Wareham was the singer\, guitarist and principal songwriter. Galaxie 500 released three albums For Rough Trade between 1987 and 1991 that have only grown in stature and influence. Wareham’s next band Luna recorded seven albums for Elektra and Beggar’s Banquet\, followed by four albums as Dean & Britta (with wife Britta Phillips)\, and three simply as Dean Wareham\, including his most recent album I Have Nothing to Say to the Mayor of L.A. Also a writer\, Wareham’s memoir\, Black Postcards\, was published by Penguin\, and he has contributed to Salon\, Pitchfork\, the Talkhouse and Counterpunch. \nHearing Voices is the first published collection of his lyrics\, and is the result of a unique collaboration with the artist Ed Templeton\, who created the illustrations for the book. Ed Templeton’s drawings\, paintings and photographs have been widely exhibited and published in the United States\, Europe and Asia. Hearing Voices is his fifth title with Nazraeli Press. A brand new example of the first edition limited to one thousand unnumbered copies additionally signed by Dean Wareham and Ed Templeton. URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/hearing-voices/ LOCATION:Arcana: Books on the Arts\, 8675 Washington Blvd.\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232 CATEGORIES:News ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/image-2.jpeg GEO:34.0300679;-118.3835128 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Arcana: Books on the Arts 8675 Washington Blvd. Culver City CA 90232;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=8675 Washington Blvd.:geo:-118.3835128,34.0300679 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231202T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231202T180000 DTSTAMP:20260426T083710 CREATED:20231104T200717Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231116T172038Z UID:10001855-1701532800-1701540000@helmsdesigndistrict.com SUMMARY:Book Signing for New Ground: Jacob Samuel and Contemporary Etching DESCRIPTION:Free \nJoin Arcana: Books on the Arts on Saturday\, December 2nd\, from 4:00-6:00 pm for a book signing for New Ground: Jacob Samuel and Contemporary Etching. \nMusic for the afternoon will be supplied by DJ Dave Muller. \nIf you cannot attend and would like to order a signed copy to have shipped or to pick up at Arcana\, please purchase here. Orders will begin shipping Tuesday\, December 5th. \nOver the course of four decades\, Santa Monica-based master printer and publisher Jacob Samuel has collaborated with some of the most influential painters\, sculptors\, photographers\, performance artists\, and musicians of the 20th and 21st centuries to make etchings\, a medium grounded in techniques more than five centuries old. Through a traditional but maximally flexible approach\, he was driven to prove that etching could be a successful contemporary medium\, and the breadth\, variety and creativity in the works he published is evidence of his success in making old master printmaking relevant to artists today. Published for an exhibition that draws from Mr. Samuel’s catalog of more than seventy projects\, New Ground presents a selection of works by a diverse range of artists including Ed Ruscha\, John Baldessari\, Jonas Wood\, Shio Kusaka\, Barry McGee\, Wangechi Mutu\, Christopher Wool\, Chris Burden\, Nancy Rubins\, Mona Hatoum\, Rebecca Horn\, Jannis Kounellis\, Cristina Iglesias\, Rita McBride\, Josiah McElheny\, Mathew Monahan\, Meredith Monk\, Gabriel Orozco\, Gert and Uwe Tobias\, Charline von Heyl\, James Welling\, and many more. This richly illustrated hardbound catalogue features an essay by curator Esther Adler\, interviews with thirteen of the artists Samuel has worked with\, and a checklist detailing every project published by Edition Jacob Samuel in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art. A brand new example additionally signed by master etcher – and decades-long Arcana pal Jacob Samuel. URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/jacob-samuel/ LOCATION:Arcana: Books on the Arts\, 8675 Washington Blvd.\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232 CATEGORIES:News ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/New-Ground-cover.jpg GEO:34.0300679;-118.3835128 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Arcana: Books on the Arts 8675 Washington Blvd. Culver City CA 90232;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=8675 Washington Blvd.:geo:-118.3835128,34.0300679 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231118T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231118T180000 DTSTAMP:20260426T083710 CREATED:20231104T195809Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231113T220804Z UID:10001854-1700323200-1700330400@helmsdesigndistrict.com SUMMARY:Book Signing with Pippa Garner: Act Like You Know Me DESCRIPTION:Free \nJoin Arcana: Books on the Arts on Saturday\, November 18th\, 4:00-6:00 pm for a book signing with renowned Los Angeles-based artist Pippa Garner. \nAvailable will be the much-anticipated catalogue for Ms. Garner’s current career-spanning retrospective – Act Like You Know Me\, along with the 2023 edition of her iconic\, long-unavailable Philip Garner’s Better Living Catalog. \nIf you cannot attend and would like to order a signed copy of either – or both – to have shipped or to pick up at the shop\, please place your order with Arcana Books! \nWe look forward to seeing you this Saturday! \nAct Like You Know Me is the first comprehensive monograph on innovative American artist Pippa Garner. Encompassing Garner’s most iconic works\, from the Backwards Car to the Half-Suit\, alongside never-before-seen photographs and ephemera\, it surveys fifty years of her transdisciplinary art practice\, from the late 1960s to the early 2010s\, through photography\, illustration\, ephemera\, and original writings. “Act Like You Know Me” supplements exclusive visuals and texts by Garner with archival press materials on the artist from such notable figures as Glenn O’Brien\, Ralph Rugoff\, and Hayden Dunham in addition to three new original commissions from contemporary\, award-winning authors Shola von Reinhold\, Dodie Bellamy\, and Fiona Alison Duncan\, and serves to introduce a highly-influential\, under-recognized artist whose uncompromising approach to life and practice has allowed her to interact with the worlds of illustration\, editorial\, television\, and art without ever becoming beholden to them. \nPippa Garner’s Better Living Catalogue – originally published in 1982\, takes the form of a mail order catalog featuring clever and whimsical inventions that parody consumer goods while simultaneously critiquing America’s obsession with ingenuity\, efficiency\, leisure\, and comfort. These works\, which were made as prototypes and photographed for the publication\, take the form of improbable accessories\, clothing\, footwear\, home appliances\, and office gadgets. For example\, the “Reactiononometer\,” a portable wristband\, instantly measures social success\, while the “Digital Diet Loafers” display the wearer’s weight with every step. If the “Munch-o-Matic” reduces deskwork interruptions by flinging a snack right into the user’s mouth\, other items promise financial solvency (the controlled cash flow “Autowallet”)\, sustainable waste management\, or mess-free companionship (the “Pet-a-Vision” TV console). The artist asserts that all of the products in the book are “absolute necessities for contemporary survival.” Many of the prototypes Garner created for the publication were ultimately repurposed or recycled\, making this previously rare gem of an artist book one of the artist’s few works to now be widely available. \nBorn in the suburbs of Chicago in 1942\, the artist formerly known as Philip Garner has satirized American-style consumerism for decades\, reifying the joys of everyday life and personal liberation along her way. With her prankish sense of humour and conceptual dedication to experimental engineering\, she has altered materials of mass production – from Fordism through the pharmacopornographic era – subverting commercial binaries to reveal the transitory nature of material life and her own transpersonal identity. URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/pippa-garner/ LOCATION:Arcana: Books on the Arts\, 8675 Washington Blvd.\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232 CATEGORIES:News ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Arcana_Pippa-Garner_23.11.13-1.jpeg GEO:34.0300679;-118.3835128 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Arcana: Books on the Arts 8675 Washington Blvd. Culver City CA 90232;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=8675 Washington Blvd.:geo:-118.3835128,34.0300679 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR