5-7-5 Project

Sophia La Fraga’s entry for the 5-7-5 Project at the Ace Hotel

Free and open to the public at The Theatre at Ace Hotel

September 25 - December 9, 2020

The Theatre at the Ace Hotel is proud to present 5-7-5, an open air text-based art project.

Twelve poets, songwriters, and text-based artists will contribute a short text, loosely based upon the rules of the poetic form of Haiku, that expresses their thoughts and ideas on our tumultuous times. Throughout the rest of the year Ace will host each artist's work on the marquee that adorns the South Broadway side of the 1929 United Artists Theatre building. Those who are unable to visit the work in person will be able to view the work online, with additional online content to follow.

5 - 7- 5 was created and programmed by a curatorial team consisting of Andrew Berardini, independent curator and contributing editor of Mousse Magazine;  Rita Gonzalez, Department Head of Contemporary Art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Joseph Mosconi, co-director of the Poetic Research Bureau; and Warren Neidich, artist, independent curator and Director of the Saas-Fee Summer Institute of Art. 

Full artist list and schedule listed below:

September 25th - October 1st:            David Horvitz

October 7th - October 14th:             Jibade-Khalil Huffman

October 21st - October 28th:                 Sophia Le Fraga

October 28th - November 4th:               Lawrence Weiner

November 4th - November 11th:            Harry Gamboa Jr.

November 11th - November 18th:          Kim Gordon

November 18th - November 25th:          Charles Gaines  

November 25th - December 2nd:           Carlos Lara

December 2nd - December 9th:           Joyelle McSweeney