Sep 30 2021

an installation and interspecies performance lab.

Tuesday, September 28, 2021

Connect with fellow peers from alternative cultural spaces and groups after an unprecedented and challenging pandemic year

Sep 12 2021

An ongoing interspecies art performance in honor of all expressions of life.

Jul 19 2021

A questionnaire comprising a variety of existential issues.

Jul 13 2021

A project that aimed to understand the networks of resistance, collective care and solidarity that emerged during the global pandemic.

Jul 12 2021

A public syllabus created from the conversations and research conducted by this 3-month group project.

Jul 8 2021

Madellyn looks through the hole in the wall.

Jul 8 2021

Artists across sound, visuals, and poetry join together to create a series of short multimedia pieces

Jul 1 2021

An audiovisual piece meant to explore themes of wanderlust, aimlessness, expedition and flotation.

Jul 1 2021

A 20-minute guided movement meditation written by Jas Lin and soundtracked by Kyoko Takenaka.

06/27/2021 - 07/18/2021

A series of 3 creative that helps people envision a world that balances the dream of the commune with personal space

Jun 27 2021

A playdate where we will safely (six-feet apart) engage in touch games and improvisations!

May 16 2021

featuring ONE Archives, Cuties LA, and Transcelestial

Apr 18 2021

featuring Por Vida Media Collective, Pieter Performance Space, and Human Resources LA

Feb 21 2021

featuring Commonpool, the Union of Musicians and Allied Workers, Irina Contreras and Celine Kuklowsky

Ongoing through January 2021

Plant elders come together through sound and spirit to resurrect a fading memory of Los Angeles.

Dec 13 2020

featuring Abolition Science, Gonzalo Moiguer, and Transpacific Portals

Ongoing through Jan 2021

An online performance by ℌ𝔘𝕹𝐓ℜ𝖊zZ inside a 3D replica of NAVEL

Oct 11 2020

featuring Maya Friedman, Rudy Falagán, & Kengchakaj Kengkarnka

Sep 5 2020

A virtual exhibition by the Digital Matterealities ASSEMBLY

Sep 3 2020

A Low-Key Community Happy Hour

Sunday, August 30

Come learn about the proposed ASSEMBLIES for Fall 2020

Aug 6 2020

A Low-Key Community Happy Hour

Jul 2 2020

A Low-Key Community Happy Hour

Date TBD

Presenters include artists Eva Papamargariti, Tucker Marder, Derrick Velasquez and Cara Despain

May 24 2020

A performance, video and Zoom event in 3 Acts by Dorit Cypis

May 23 2020

Presenters include artists Laura Hyunjhee Kim, Vanja Smiljanić, Lukas Marxt and Isla Hansen

March-May 2020

Your weekend getaway in space

Apr 17 2019 – May 24, 2020

Come out from the shadow of identity politics through the power of intimate engagement across difference.

May 10 2020

Presenters include artists Felix Kalmenson, Steve Gurysh and Misael Soto

May 3 2020

Come gather in unity as we explore life's one true certainty, death!

Apr 9 2020

As we navigate this physically-distant reality together, we invite you to join us on Zoom with an accompanying drink(s) of your liking…

Mar 13 2020

Featuring LSDXOXO, Physical Therapy b2b M.E.S.H. and Bapari

Mar 11 2020

MeUndies & WCCW Present Kimberly Drew And Ari Fitz, Moderated By Mandy Harris WIlliams.

Feb 19 2020

Join artists Bapari, Jordi, Alima Lee and Autumn Randolph for an exquisite musical performance by Davia Spain.

Friday, February 14 from 10PM-late

Join us for Valentine's for Bubbles 11th edition featuring special guests Laurel Halo, DJ UwuQi, Muschi, NAR, C.Frim, Buckmonster, Water Sports and Marie Karlberg

Monday, Feb 10 from 7-10PM

Come learn about the proposed ASSEMBLIES for Spring 2020

Feb 9 2020

Exploring trust and intimacy through the body and movement with resident Anise Hines.

Feb 3 2020

Join us for an evening of presentations by the ASSEMBLIES from Q2.

Dec 17 2019

Presenters include Parag Mital, Sebastian Demian, Rhett LaRue and Echo Theohar.

November-December 2019

Decolonizing food around the سفره sofra.

Series

An ongoing series of events which aims to understand the state of the world wide web today in contrast with the early unravelings of its utopian vision.

Dec 8-13

A Holiday Fundraiser for NAVEL

Dec 6 2019

An evening of comparative spatial and political investigation organized by philosopher Armen Avanessian

Nov 22-23 at 8PM

Contemporary dance re/presenting Japanese American internment and its present-day repetition.

Fri, Nov 15 at 8PM

A new digital tool documenting LGBTQ spaces in Los Angeles since the 1800s by Spotlight founder Chris Cruse.

Nov 7-11 2019

Demystifying genomics to inform identity in the age of the quantified self.

Nov 7-11 2019

Dr. Terence Keel and Dr. Aaron Panofsky speak to contemporary issues surrounding the implications of genetic difference.

Oct 25 2019

A meditation and conceptual tool kit for returning to your body.

Oct 24 2019

Presenters include Anna Zett, Liesel Burisch, Huntress Janos and Selwa Sweidan.

Oct 23 2019

How can artists engage with homelessness in meaningful ways?

Oct 13 2019

A Discussion, Performance and Exhibition that aim to nurture and aid abolitionist creative practices

Sunday, Sep 29 at 7:30PM

Healing the wounds of war through the unifying power of food

Friday, Sep 27 at 9PM

The BUBBLES crew brings FATHERHOOD & SCRAAATCH for a rager in support of NAVEL's 2019-2020 programming.

Sep 20, 22-23

Short-circuiting techno-imperialism with Zapatismo.

Sept 20, 22 & 23

An exhibition organized by gloria galvez as part of The Zapatista Wi-Fi Rebellion program.

Sep 22 2019

Exploring social movement technology in the age of surveillance capitalism and big tech.

Sep 22 2019

A Zapatista framework for artistic practices, curatorial work, experimental economies and utopian experiments in social organizations.

Sep 20 2019

A screening about the Zapatistas followed by a skype with Skawennati of Aboriginal Territories in Cyberspace.

Friday, Sep 13 from 10PM - late

Experience a one-night only glimpse into this unbuilt queer club designed by Alison Veit & Noemi Polo.

Saturday, Sep 7 at 7PM

Decolonizing food around the سفره sofra.

Tuesday, Sep 3 from 7-10PM

Come learn about the proposed ASSEMBLIES for Fall 2019

Friday, Aug 30 at 7PM

Celebrate SWI with a decolonized community appreciation dinner and cocktail mixer.

Aug 26 2019

Presenters include Lester Garcia, Natasha Newman-Thomas, Puppies Puppies-Jade Kuriki Olivo and Andre Herrero.

Aug 11 2019

Using zines, art and workshops to foster a more just tech sector.

Jul 24 2019

NAVEL presents Colin Self with Davia Spain, & Xina Xurner

July 4-7 2019

A writing workshop approached as a fictional queer world-making practice.

Jun 26 2019

A docu sci-fi intervention in the myth of progress

Jun 23 2019

Aspiring to longevity through intergenerational course correction: A workshop based on the docu sci-fi series Children of the Singularity

Jun 21 2019

Celebrating our anniversary as a collectively-driven cultural space

Jun 15 2019

punk is queer. punk is femme. punk is Black. punk is Brown. punk is boundless.

Jun 6 2019

A confession and love letter to the queer Asian community.

Jun 3 2019

Join us for an evening of presentations by the Spring 2019 ASSEMBLIES

May 16-18 2019

Acquaint yourself with Los Angeles’s most intimate crevices.

Thursday, May 16 – Saturday, May 18

Resisting the carceral state, one donut at a time.

May 18 2019

Tour downtown’s queer haunts with Irina Contreras.

May 18 2019

Because revelry is instrumental.

May 18 2019

Explore multiplicities of gender within your energetic body.

May 17 2019

A dynamic conversation on the state’s oppression of queer bodies.

May 17 2019

Engage your body with a blend of holistic movement approaches.

May 16 2019

A new experimental work by Sebastian Hernandez.

May 16 2019

Strategize towards a world without punitive systems.

Apr 25 2019

A think tank on long-term solutions for living and working in LA.

Apr 17 2019

A ten-act interactive presentation on key themes in our upcoming program, One Another.

Apr 15 2019

Presenters include Peter Kalisch, Iris Fraser-Gudrunas, Kalyane Lévy and Blaine O’Neill.

Mar 27 – Apr 14 2019

A set of design koans for our technological zeitgeist.

Apr 10 2019

An open forum assessing the needs of LA's art community.

Mar 27 2019

Sound healing and calm technology from Portland-based artists Clamber and Crystal Quartez.

Mar 23 2019

A multidisciplinary performance exploring the expansive (and precarious) autonomy of lived resistance.

Mar 21 2019

BEA1991, Liam Benzvi, Caroline Polachek (DJ set), Imogene Strauss (DJ set)

Mar 15 2019

Exploring innovative strategies in participatory performance that catalyze social change.

Mar 11 2019

Presenters include Xavier Cha, David Chun, Mandy Harris Williams, Luis Ortega Govela, and Julie Weitz.

Mar 10 2019

Interdisciplinary conversations on improvisation, AI and creative computation.

Mar 7 2019

A book talk with author and activist Andrea Ritchie and Los Angeles organizers on abolition and resistance.

Mar 6 2019

A movement meditation and vocal sound bath.

Feb 3-25 2019

An ongoing, decentralized eco-performance interfacing art and blockchain technology to fund environmental projects.

Feb 22 2019

Celebrate the release of NYALLAH’s debut EP, reflections.

Feb 21 2019

Luka Isaac teams up with office magazine to present Crave (live), J Cush, Abyss X, Napolian, Anthem, & Hirakish (live).

Feb 2 2019

Mindless, repetitive labor and the pursuit of social media stardom (on repeat).

Oct 20 - Jan 27

A series of research and practice sessions for movement artists and creators, focusing on the development of site-specific performance work.

Jan 26 2019, Doors 7:30PM, Performances 8PM

Curated by Carmina Escobar, Fy, and Tom Leeser, join us for a listening party and an evening of performances where artists present their interpretations of the word scream.

Jan 17 2019

Cassandra Press tackles the underanalyzed intersection of blackness, online community & identity, and the inherent racism of app culture.

Dec 20 2018

A performative encounter between PRICE, music producer Cecile Believe, fashion label BARRAGÁN, and pianist Chris McKelway.

Dec 15 2018

A brunch organized by Hard to Read’s Fiona Duncan and scholar Sara Constantino around the role of gossip.

Dec 6 2018

A one-night event focused on the past, present and future of queer communities online.

Nov 29-30 2018

Jermaine Spivey & Spenser Theberge premiere a new work in collaboration with filmmaker John de Menil.

Nov 18 2018

NAVEL’s first week long residency culminates in artist duo AuMAR’s Los Angeles debut of Nocturnal Cyclones.

Nov 17 2018

Our production of Amiri Baraka's Dutchman will be staged as a read-through with jazz and sound archival accompaniment, exploring this work as a collectively improvised ensemble situated in and expanded by the tradition of the music Amiri loved the most.

Oct 18 & Nov 17 2018

A celebration of poet and playright Amiri Baraka's approach to theatre and performance, which he saw as both an essential elements of everyday life in healthy communities, and tools for the building and sustaining of revolutionary consciousness within the diaspora.

Nov 7 2018

A repository for digital files uploaded by and available to NAVEL's visitors via the wifi at our physical site

Nov 7 2018

Join artist and Cassandra Press founder Kandis Williams for an evening of file upload frenzy and contribute to the Alexandria PDF Library.

Oct 26 2018

Nothing Human Loves Forever

Oct 18 2018

Amiri Baraka's Revolutionary Theater begins with a screening of The New-Ark (1968), a recently rediscovered film he made in his hometown of Newark, New Jersey, after narrowly surviving the 1964 Rebellion.

Oct 12 2018

America's Procession is the directorial debut of artist Elliot Reed. The piece will lead the audience through an experimental aria that invokes Reed's great-grandmother America Bell Miller, who died suddenly of a heart attack while singing in church.

Oct 10 2018

In 2004, X-TRA printed a conversation between Dorit and Simone, titled Between the Conceptual and the Vibrational. This event brings the two back together to share another part of their ongoing conversation.

Aug 26-30 2018

A group exhibition by the NAVEL Collective exploring the ethics and meanings of kinship.

Aug 26 & 30 2018, 8PM

The LA premiere of Fabrizio Terranova's documentary, followed by a Q&A with Donna Haraway.

Aug 29 2018

Readings exploring disability, illness, culture, and community, organized by Emily Barker.

Aug 27 2018

A dinner exploreing connectivity and kinship through the act of constructing a meal collectively.

Aug 5-24 2018

A collection of ASMR videos curated by Dakota Higgins.

Aug 23 2018

Casey Jane Ellison brings comedy back to NAVEL with support from Chelsea Devantez, Heather Jewett, Langston Kerman, Brendan Scannell, and more.

Jul 26 2018

NAVEL presents the screening of Flying Monks Temple by Žanete Skarule, a creative documentary centered around the conception of The Shaolin Flying Monks Theatre located in the sacred Songshan mountain in the Henan province of China.

Jul 18 2018

An evening-length performance-screening based on Dont Rhine’s essay Below The Skin: Aids Activism and the Art of Clean Needles Now.

Jul 14 2018

Curated by Tiffany Naiman and Dorian Electra

Jul 1 2018

The Future Left presents a discussion facilitated by two artists Olivia Leiter and CADE, author of the Xenomaskuline Manifesto.

Jun 24 2018

A Day Party with DJs, performances and installations.

Jun 17 2018

An evening of readings.

Jun 17 2018

An evening with Academy, Emmy, and Tony Award-winning actress Frances McDormand.

June 1-16 2018

An international survey focusing on current moments in LGBTQ art and culture that showcases emerging, mid-career, and established artists.

Jun 15 2018

Masculine Ken on Psychological Defense Mechanisms by Jerome AB & FLOWN by Spenser Theberge

Jun 10 2018

A women-centric, donation-based screening and discussion series.

Jun 8 2018

Juanita More! hosts one of her legendary Naked Dinner Parties with the Queer Biennial and Mark Tennyson.

Jun 2 2018

A retail-cum-performance space blurring the division between retail and art.

Jun 1 2018

A private book signing and cocktail hour with John Waters.

May 5-28 2018

Dog Dream by Nina Sarnelle is an ongoing investigation of world events, and especially the hyper-masculine posturing of neo-fascist leaders, through the lens of canine psychology.

May 25 2018

Our relaunch as a collective with SOPHIE, Muñeka, Buckmonster, Loren Kramar and more

May 16-20 2018

A dreamlike bedroom installation designed to offer a safe, welcoming space for pillow talk.

May 10 2018

NAVEL presents FUPU, Abdu Ali, & Bae Bae LIVE, hosted by drumBOOTY.

May 4 2018

Featuring new choreographic works by Samantha Blake Goodman.

May 4 2018

An evening of music and virtual reality installations.

Apr 27 2018

Screening of Jean Genet's Un chant d'amour accompanied by dance performances and dj set.

Apr 25 2018

This second chapter brings together works that examine the metaphysical implications of highly organized and codified architecture, from the mundane materiality of a home to the pragmatic utopianism of Biosphere 2.

Apr 19 2018

The inaugural program celebrates artists bringing new perspectives to “real life” applications such as infrastructure, building, land use, and environmental stewardship.

Series

A platform to discuss the organization of living beings in physical space — past, present, and possible futures.

Apr 5 2018

A pop-up show and conversation for spatial consciousness.

Mar 31 2018

Join DUBLAB for a vibrant evening of live music, DJ sets, visual and sound art activations for the annual Creative Cultivation Salon.

Mar 25 2018

Inspired by the agriculture of ancient Japan, this dinner by artist Grace Denis pairs the auditory archive of its assembly with its consumption.

Mar 16 2018

Hard to Read and Navel present Lovelace, celebrating the past, present, and future of women and the Internet, in conjunction with the release of Claire L. Evans' new book, Broad Band: The Untold Story Of The Women Who Made The Internet.

Feb 27 2018

A night of queer comedy hosted by Michael Holt

Feb 12 2018

A performance by Kandis Williams where movement and score create euphoric experiences of dissociation while conjuring the ceremoniousness that befits the ancient myth of Eurydice.

Jan 30 2018

A night of comedy and storytelling hosted by Michael Holt

Oct - Dec 2017

In an idealized futuristic place, shared by a human and a sex robot, a ritualistic bath leads to an infinite loop of pleasure and regeneration.

Dec 13 2017

A new event concept created to celebrate poz artists and allies working at the intersection of art, culture and activism to build a world that works towards abolishing HIV stigma and builds opportunities for people to learn, empower one another and cultivate joy.

Dec 2 2017

With The Black Madonna, K-HAND and William Basinski

Nov 29-30 2017, 8PM

A new work by Jermaine Spivey and Spenser Theberge

Nov 28 2017

A screening of six films inspired by the North American anti-racism movement and the Palestinian/Arab anti-occupation movement.

Nov 19-26 2017

An exhibition of new work by Symrin Chawla and David Ertel.

November 4-17 2017

Comprising exclusively female identified artists of color, this exhibition presents work that addresses structurally intersectional forms of discrimination.

Oct 25 2017

A panel exploring utility tokens & state of the token economy.

Sep 2 2017

Back to School Benefit To Support Akasa Community Outreach with a special performance by RyX.

Aug 17 2017

27 artists respond to the 2017 North American total solar eclipse with a panel discussion with reserachers from NASA JPL.

Aug 17 2017

Evolutionary Urge 24h Sculpture (Digital / Virtual) brings together artists that work in the field of digital, virtual and immaterial phenomena of sculpture.

July 16-21 2017

An urban creative lab and an immersion in 21st century survival skills for the youth.

Jul 16 2017

Presenting personal and experimental erotic films that move against normative understandings of what is considered sexy.