Credited for developing some of the most engaging educational programs on the west coast, UCLA's Hammer Museum will feature several interdisciplinary programs this season.
Two events of particular interest are the West Coast premiere of visual artist Nikki S. Lee's first film a.k.a. Nikki S. Lee and an intimate reading of Colson Whitehead's latest tome Apex Hides the Hurt. Lee, who assumes numerous racial, ethnic, and cultural identities in her various photographic series (most notably The Hip Hop Project, 2001 in the Bronx Museum of the Arts' One Planet Under a Groove) presents a documentary-style film on her life over a two-year period blurring the lines between fact and fiction. In the realm of fiction, Colson Whitehead is a master at creating alternate realities that question and critique our own, so it would be fitting that there would be some anticipation for Whitehead’s most recent release after the near cult status of The Intuitionist.
Oh, and happy MLK Day!
