Film: John Ford's Upstream at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater

This Wednesday "Upstream" (1927), a silent comedy thought long lost by American director John Ford, is screened at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater on Wilshire Blvd. The film was one of many important silent films put into cold storage by the New Zealand Film Archive. Because New Zealand marked the last stop in the global circuit for most films, many American films stayed there due to the expense of shipping and are only now being rediscovered thanks to ambitious conservation efforts.

Stills from "Upstream"

The Gallery: FREE BEER (version 4.1) Release BBQ

On Wednesday 1301PE had a BBQ to celebrate the release of FREE BEER (version 4.1). FREE BEER is an ongoing projection by Superflex in which free refers to freedom, not free beer. FREE BEER applies modern free software / open source methods to the traditional real-world product that is beer. The recipe and branding elements of FREE BEER are published under a Creative Commons license, which means that anyone can use the recipe to brew their own FREE BEER or create a derivative of the recipe. A version of FREE BEER is also currently being released in Taipei for the Taipei Biennial.

Los Angeles: Installing Musée Los Angeles

Musée Los Angeles, organized by 1301PE's Mieke Marple, is open until August 29th in downtown Los Angeles. The exhibition is loosely modeled after an exhibition organized by the Société Anonyme at the Brooklyn Museum in 1926. As with the 1926 exhibition, Musée Los Angeles includes four false domestic spaces. However, rather than creating rooms in their entirety, the rooms in Musée Los Angeles are represented through various partial structures influenced by IKEA ratios and aesthetics. More information can be found on the exhibition's online catalogue www.musee-losangeles.com which also features a short passage by Brian Butler on Jason Rhoades's Blue Room and Love Seat. Below are images from the installation of Musée Los Angeles.

Sign for Musée Los Angeles by entrance