Uploaded July 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Los Angeles Artists Union, founded in 2011, was a 3 year project that sought to reimagine compensation, equity, and mutual aid in the Los Angeles art industry and beyond. On May 13th, 2023 KCHUNG (also founded in 2011) invites the public to the Geffen Contemporary at MOCA for an afternoon of performances, installations, and publications that probe visitors to think about the relationship between artists, art workers, and labor movements and how it has evolved in the last 12 years.
Participants include Artzenkraft, Alejandra Herrera Silva with Trinidad McMurry Herrera, Llano del Rio Collective, Alan Nakagawa, Haleigh Nickerson, Nicholas Phillips, Kim Ye, and Kim Zumfe.
Artzenkraft is the nom de guerre of John Lewis. Performing accidental songs on temporary instruments with a focus on a third bridge and hammered guitar technique, Artzenkraft’s sound expands the acoustic guitar into that of a harp-like dulcimer. Performing in coffee houses and small art spaces since the late 1980s, Artzenkraft takes a more ambient and situational approach to performance. Sharing the marquee alongside soundscape architects such as Robert Rich, Paul McCarthy, Joe Potts, Tom Recchion among others, Artzenkraft is also featured on the eponymous LAFMS (Los Angeles Free Music Society) Box Box Set, demonstrating his unique style of musicianship. From live performances to his recorded work, Artzenkraft continues to explore the barriers of musical convention with noise and ambient projects ‘SolarNADA’ (ft. frequent collaborator Wild Don Lewis) and ‘Accolades’, and international collective of musicians and non-musicians from the US, Canada and Sweden. At present, Artzenkraft is the host of KCHUNG 1630AM, ‘Artzenkraft Presents’ live music broadcast and podcast since 2015 and now from KCHUNG PUBLIC at MOCA/Geffen Contemporary Exhibitions.
Los Angeles Artists Union, founded in 2011, was a 3 year project that sought to reimagine compensation, equity, and mutual aid in the Los Angeles art industry and beyond. On May 13th, 2023 KCHUNG (also founded in 2011) invites the public to the Geffen Contemporary at MOCA for an afternoon of performances, installations, and publications that probe visitors to think about the relationship between artists, art workers, and labor movements and how it has evolved in the last 12 years.
Participants include Artzenkraft, Alejandra Herrera Silva with Trinidad McMurry Herrera, Llano del Rio Collective, Alan Nakagawa, Haleigh Nickerson, Nicholas Phillips, Kim Ye, and Kim Zumfe.
Artzenkraft is the nom de guerre of John Lewis. Performing accidental songs on temporary instruments with a focus on a third bridge and hammered guitar technique, Artzenkraft’s sound expands the acoustic guitar into that of a harp-like dulcimer. Performing in coffee houses and small art spaces since the late 1980s, Artzenkraft takes a more ambient and situational approach to performance. Sharing the marquee alongside soundscape architects such as Robert Rich, Paul McCarthy, Joe Potts, Tom Recchion among others, Artzenkraft is also featured on the eponymous LAFMS (Los Angeles Free Music Society) Box Box Set, demonstrating his unique style of musicianship. From live performances to his recorded work, Artzenkraft continues to explore the barriers of musical convention with noise and ambient projects ‘SolarNADA’ (ft. frequent collaborator Wild Don Lewis) and ‘Accolades’, and international collective of musicians and non-musicians from the US, Canada and Sweden. At present, Artzenkraft is the host of KCHUNG 1630AM, ‘Artzenkraft Presents’ live music broadcast and podcast since 2015 and now from KCHUNG PUBLIC at MOCA/Geffen Contemporary Exhibitions.
