EVENTS
AUGUST 24TH
The Shop
For those of you that didn't know, we recently renovated The Shop and are kicking off our new amazing space with a reopening party! Featuring a new design, this jewel box of a shop now features limited edition products from our Standard brand collaborations like the Mimobot flash drives, the Quiksilver x Standard bikini and boardshorts, artist scarves, Michael Motorcycle prints and WOW artist towels with Peter Doig and Yoshitomo Nara.
Handbag designer Clare Vivier is creating a limited edition clutch to celebrate our reopening and artist Phil Lumbang will be here to style your sole, literally, drawing custom designs onto Toms shoes. Some top lines on hand will be A Peace Treaty and locals Alice Park, Dean, Livity hats, and Paul Frank sunglasses!
Join us Tuesday, August 24th at 6 PM
RSVP recommended to dtla@standardhotel.com
The Shop is located on our lobby level and is open Monday through Saturday from 9 AM to 9 PM and Sunday from 11 AM to 7 PM
October 7th-10th, 2010
Culture Collide Festival
As the official hotel sponsor and one of the five main venues for Filter Magazine's first annual Culture Collide Festival, we will be busting at the seams with musicians and their fans come October. In case you need a little clarification on the name, Filter Magazine has matched up bands from around the world with bands from the US who will be showing them the ropes around town.
The officiail kick-off party takes place on our Rooftop, Wednesday, October 6th followed by four days of live musical performances and killer DJ sets throughout the hotel. Some notable bands include: Sea Wolf, The Black Lips, and Tokyo Police Club, with more confirmations coming soon. Pre-sale tickets are limited and only $20 for the festival, available at TicketWeb now!
As a place to lay your head, there are also a limited amount of discounted rooms- give us a call at 866.670.8686 and share the password FILTER for rates until September 22nd.
See you at the collision!
6th Street Mural
This month The 6th Street Mural is entitled Checks Cashed by artist Bill McMullen who's most recent show was held at HVW8 Art + Design Gallery. The bulk of McMullen's work has been in commercial design, including toys for KidRobot, shoes for Adidas, and most notably being the Beastie Boys' boy when it comes to designing their album covers.
Here, McMullen combines the radical photomontage of Barbara Kruger and John Heartfield, the pop appropriation of Richard Prince and Andy Warhol, and the irreverent cut-and-paste sampling of hip-hop - all with the flavor of someone known for, say, designing Method Man album covers. Ultimately, Checks Cashed compels because of that same contradiction: putting his money where his mouth is, McMullen balances conceptual toughness with advertising's seductive surfaces and the irreverence of urban culture.
We're not sure exactly where the line between commercial iconography and street art is drawn, but it seems to stop traffic on 6th Street. Come on down and discuss over a coctail or two, we'll be waiting...
TUESDAY AUGUST 10th
The Series
Producer Nicole Disson, Foam Magazine and The Standard bring something a little different to Tuesday night on the Rooftop. THE SERIES merges artists from a variety of fields including modern dance, poetry, sound art, music composition, playwriting, acting, photography and video art, taking guests down a rabbit hole of creativity, spontaneity and entertainment. Tuesday, August 10th is the first in what will be a continuously changing and evolving event, every second Tuesday of the month.
Collaborators, all envelope-pushers from LA's East Side arts scene - include choreographer Mecca Andrews, poets Mandy Kahn and Jacqueline Suskin, sound artist Ian Ross, video artist David Zuckerman, costume designer Miss KK, photographer Charlie Bidwell, actors Nicole Disson, Aurelien Wiik, David McElwee, among others.
doors open at 8 PM, show at 9 PM
rsvp required to dtla@standardhotel.com
24/7 Projection featuring Kate Gilmore
Kate Gilmore is sole protagonist in her performative videos as she attempts to conquer self-constructed obstacles. Her videos explore issues of displacement, struggles and female identity with metamorphic depth and formal sophistication. Gilmore's tragicomic displays posit physical situations as metaphor for present-day conflicts and social obstacles. -Margot Norton
View the Art Production Fund curated compilation featuring Between a Hard Place, Star Bright and Anything daily in our Mezzanine
Weekdays on the Rooftop
Bands have been literally marching up the stairwells lately and not the kind with batons and whistles. Unique acts like Diego Garcia, who was brought to LA by Standard Sounds for a special performance to help raise awareness for the Pablove Foundation. The Argentinian romantic, formerly the lead singer of Indie band Elefant, enchanted the audience with his lush string arrangements, delicate Spanish guitars and distinctly Latin vocal intonations.
Every Thursday evening Jason Myers and his band, a progressive jazz quartet, with Myers blazing smooth trumpet solos mellows out the 9 to 5ers and poolside tourists after their long days.
DJ David J Bauhaus who played bass for Love and Rockets, and Bauhaus, spins every Tuesday night on the roof playing kicked up versions of songs from artists like Syd Barrett and original compositions from his own abstract instrumental style music.
So leave your day behind and be prepared to experience LA's most eclectic rooftop music scene!
Saturdays on the Rooftop
With summer in full swing, you probably don't want to lay by the pool, listen to world class DJ's spin while sipping champagne admiring the best rooftop view in LA do you? Nah, we didn't think so. But if you do, we have all the provisions in place for a pefect day.
On Saturdays this season we are hosting Danceright's notorious Swimming with Sharks pool parties. Headlining DJ's are: Jacques Renault, The Bruce, GodDollars, Paradise, and Gregory Alexander.
Come down if you dare! For up to date RSVP links, follow us on Twitter or become a fan on our Facebook page.
Sundays on the Rooftop
This summer season we are hosting the EM Sundays pool parties brought together by veteran promoter Eric Phillips. DJs on the bill are Kazell, John Day, Cameron Van Peebles, Erwin Tjoe, and Bernard Thomas.
The Hi Up party presented by BBE, Danceism, Everyday, GDD rocks the Rooftop on rotating Sundays, so be sure to come down and experience what each party brings to the table
For up to date RSVP information follow us on Twitter and become a fan on our Facebook page!
StandART Video Series
The Standard hotels and Creative Time are proud to present an in-room video art exhibit featuring the work of the following ten renowned international video artists:
Marilyn Minter Green Pink Caviar 4 min 30 sec
Bruce High Quality Foundation L'eau de vie. Un film de Jean-Luc Godard 74 min
Mika Rottenberg Time + A Half 3 min 30 sec
Euan MacDonald File Cabinet 4 min
Neistat Brothers Yogurt VS. Gasoline 6 min 15 sec
Lee Walton F'Book: What My Friends Are Doing On Facebook 12 min 43 sec
Gonzalo LeBrija Asterion 4 min 11 sec
Martha Colburn Triumph of the Wild 5 min 9 sec
Neistat Brothers Respectability Tour 2006 50 min
Marco Brambilla Wall of Death 2 min 45 sec
The StandART channel is viewable on the in-room televisions at all four Standard hotels in Downtown LA, Hollywood, Miami and New York. Click here to get a taste of what you will see upon check in.
Stay with us to see the entire video by booking here
FRIDAY APRIL 23RD
Free Art for the People
Thursday, April 22 and Friday, April 23, The Standard, Downtown LA and Post Fact Productions present NEW. An experimental Rock Opera featuring a cast of local ground-breaking musicians, dancers, and artists at The Million Dollar Theatre. As a social instigator, New celebrates the city's unique culture free of cost to our community under the slogan Free Art for the People. Post Fact Productions aspires to make the arts accessible to all audiences, for free, through Free Art for The People. On Friday, April 23rd The Standard, Downtown LA will host the official launch party for the "Free art for the People!" following Friday's closing night show. The party will feature DJ Chris Holmes, dance performance by Mecca Andrews and a selection of photographs by Shelby Duncan.
"Its creators are certainly an experimental pair to keep an eye on." L.A. Times
SUNDAY APRIL 11TH
Artillery Art Debates
The Artillery live art debates are back by popular demand...the program was so successful last year that their debaters are ready to put the gloves back on! This year, the issues that really matter are Lowbrow and Highbrow Art with Robert Williams vs Ezrha Jean Black, Ecomony and Creativity with Robert Berman vs Shana Nys Dambrot, Pornography in Art with Zak Smith vs Betty Ann Brown and Project Deitch with Mat Gleason vs Margaret Lazzari.
The line up of debaters are important and active members of the Los Angeles art community: critics, professors and artists. Come see these controversial topics discussed, dissected, sparred and skewered while enjoying an afternoon of good hearted deliberation. This event is open to the public and will feature DJ Patrick Icon and refreshments.
join us in The Big Loft at 2 PM
The Historic Lobby
LA Caribbean Ensemble
The Lobby celebrates World Music with monthly residencies featuring live band performances every Tuesday evening. For April, we are excited to present the LA Caribbean Ensemble. A creation of Los Angeles based musician and producer, Jason Lee Bruns. He was first introduced to the intriguing sound of the steel drum as a member of the Miami University Steel Band. Soon after, Jason founded his own group with the versatility of the steel drum in mind. Now, with continued studies in Trinidad, Cuba, Brazil and as the founder and director of the World Music Program at Campbell Hall, he leads the LA based Caribbean themed band with a heightened vision and an all-star cast. Entry is free for all ages from 6 to 9 PM.
FIRST SUNDAYS
Standard Tunings
Scott and Shah present
Standard Tunings
a revolving showcase of LA's 'best kept secret' singer/songwriters performing live in the Lobby
the first Sunday of every month
7 to 10 PM
free entry
DAILY
24/7 Projection featuring Mika Rottenberg
The question of labor and the exploitation of women's bodies lie at the heart of Rottenberg's humorous video installations. In Mary's Cherries, three female wrestlers perform a series of bodily actions in small claustrophobic chambers on successive floors. Two women rapidly pedal exercise bikes to power a UV light that promotes the growth of red fingernails. Each nail is carefully cut and dropped through a hole in the floor where another laborer massages and rubs it, softening it so that when the fingernail is passed to the next laborer it is easily transformed into a sticky maraschino cherry.
JANUARY 1ST
Culprit Sessions
Join us for a special New Year's Day to welcome 2010!!!
The Droog Collective presents
the first Culprit Sessions of the new decade
featuring your Tech-House pilots
Ryan Crosson
Droog is the DJ collective of Andrei Osyka, Brett Griffin and Justin Sloe
the Rooftop Bar
12 to 6 PM
21+
2009
Love 20-10
2009
Zero Film Festival
Join us at the Rooftop Bar for curated projections, a live performance by Warpaint and drinks to kick off Zero Film Festival 2009!
ZFF is the first festival exclusive to self financed filmmakers and the authentically independent films they create, as well as being an independent organization out of NYC and LA, that is firmly committed to helping under represented filmmakers by screening original and innovative films for cinema lovers everywhere.
2009
24/7 Projection featuring Marilyn Minter
In Green Pink Caviar artist Marilyn Minter continues her interest in blurring the boundaries between fine and commercial art. Co-opting advertising genres and related spaces, Minter takes on a new platform to direct her first video. The eight minute video is a lush and sensual voyeuristic hallucination.
view this provocative film daily on our Mezzanine
2009
Gustavo Artigas: Vote for Demolition
Internationally acclaimed artist Gustavo Artigas will produce his first solo exhibition in Los Angeles at LA><ART. For Vote for Demolition, Artigas has developed a survey to compile a selection of buildings in LA with the least aesthetical values. The project is a study in how locals see their own environment and about the democratic possibilities of changing it.
Be part of this project by casting your vote in our Lobby!
2009
24/7 Projection featuring Kalup Linzy
Kalup Linzy's clever and unique voice lampoons and satirizes various forms of film and television such as Hollywood tearjerkers and soap operas. He deals with highly charged themes such as gender, sexuality, race, class, and popular culture. His takes on these issues are eloquently fused into his delightfully raunchy videos and performances "Conversations Wit De Churen," " Diva in Distress" and "All My Churen." -Whitfield Lovell
located in the Mezzanine
2009
Echo Beach Retrospective
2009
Shadowscene
The Standard + Ellei J
present an installation of the
Downtown LA Art Series featuring
Shadowscene images from the past 4 years
titled Fragments and Figmentations, "it's a collection of dream like glimpses into the endless party nightlife of the hipster movement."
The Loft 8 PM to 12 AM
21+
2009
Postopolis!
ForYourArt and the Storefront for Art and Architecture are pleased to announce that Postopolis! LA will be taking place on the rooftop of The Standard, Downtown LA, from March 31 through April 4.
Postopolis! LA is a five-day event of near-continuous conversation about architecture, urbanism, landscape and design. Six world-renowned bloggers from New York, Paris, San Francisco, Santiago and Sydney will convene to host a series of live discussions, interviews, slideshows, presentations and panels that speak to issues of architecture, landscape, urbanism and the built environment–fusing the informal and interdisciplinary approach of the architectural blogosphere with the energy and immediacy of face-to-face interactions.
