Christina Catherine Martinez
Thursday, February 3
7:30pm
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Christina Catherine Martinez screens her comedy feature How to Bake a Cake in the Digital Age in the 2220 cinema.
How to Bake a Cake in the Digital Age is a half-hour comedy special set in a cooking show that may or may not ever start, written and performed by Christina Catherine Martinez, who may or may not be playing a character that may or may not be having an emotional breakdown. Filmed at Human Resources Gallery in Los Angeles for an audience of no one but the crew who is making it, some of whom may or may not be figments of sound design, How to Bake a Cake in the Digital Age grinds the lens of Martinez's live stand up material for the screen, peering into the constructed nature of the filmed special, and constructed nature of the performer herself.
It's all jokes, people.
Christina Catherine Martinez is a writer, actress, and comedian based in Los Angeles. She has been named a Comic to Watch by TimeOutLA, a Comedian You Should Know by Vulture/New York Magazine, and is a recipient of Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant. She writes for Artforum, The Los Angeles Times, Texte Zur Kunst, and also for television, including The Eric Andre Show on Adult Swim. She is the author of the essay collection Aesthetical Relations from Hesse Press.
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This is an age 21+ event.
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This event is supported by a Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts 2021 Organizational Support Grant.