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# Announcing CalArts Fall 2017 WHAP! Lecture Series
- URL: https://hyperallergic.com/announcing-calarts-fall-2017-whap-lecture-series/
- Published: 2017-10-10T15:17:28.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-24T16:11:49.000Z
- Description: WHAP! — the West Hollywood Aesthetics and Politics lecture series — is co-hosted by the City of West Hollywood and CalArts MA Aesthetics and Politics Program.
- Author: California Institute of the Arts (CalArts)
- Tags: Announcement, Art Education, CalArts, Event Announcement, #wp, #wp-post, #image-position-hidden, #Import 2025-11-24 07:30(2016, 2017, part 3)

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WHAP Lecture Series held at West Hollywood Public Library. The pannel included Alex F. Brown, Ani Tatintsyan, Aryana Ghazi-hessami, and Emily Donneni.

WHAP! stands for the West Hollywood Aesthetics and Politics lecture series. Launched in the Fall of 2011, the series is co-hosted by the City of West Hollywood and CalArts MA Aesthetics and Politics Program. The series’ year-long line-up ranges from political debates to film screenings and performances, as well as conversations about art, architecture, and philosophy. This fall’s series is curated by MA Faculty member, James Wiltgen.

**Flicker time: liquid bodies and cosmic states**  
Held on October 6, West Hollywood Public Library, Community Room,  
A Lecture by Bridget Crone

**in/ibid./form**  
October 20, West Hollywood Public Library, Community Room, 7:30pmPresentations by the MA Aesthetics and Politics Program Class of 2017

**Pattern Recognition c. 1947**  
October 27, West Hollywood Public Library, Community Room, 7:30pmA Lecture by Pamela M. Lee  
  
**The Cold World and the Collective Subject**  
November 17, West Hollywood Public Library, City Council Chambers, 7:30pmA Lecture by Patricia Reed

All lectures are free and open to the public.

**About the MA Aesthetics and Politics Program**  
For more information on the MA Aesthetics and Politics Program, including how to apply for Fall 2018 admission to its new 2-year model, go to [**aestheticsandpolitics.calarts.edu**](http://bit.ly/2y1SZ8E?ref=hyperallergic.com), or contact Seth Blake at [**sblake@calarts.edu**](mailto:sblake@calarts.edu).