Revisiting the groundbreaking feminist performance art movement in 1970s–1980s Los Angeles, one artist spotlights the inspirational, transformational, radical community exploding the narrative and status quo. Through interviews, archival footage, and personal reflections, feminist artist Cheri Gaulke revisits a foundational Los Angeles art space, the Woman’s Building (1973–1991), laying bare how a collective of artists transformed their bodies and voices through performance art into a powerful tool for activism, reshaping the cultural landscape for generations of women.
Join us in the Harold M. Williams Auditorium lobby from 1–3pm before the screening for a special viewing of archival objects from the Woman’s Building, accompanied by a conversation between Cheri Gaulke and Getty Research Institute chief curator Glenn Phillips starting at 3pm.
Following the screening, a reception will be held on the terrace.
IAMBE FILMS in association with Metabolic Studio presents Acting Like Women, executive producers Lily Tomlin and Jane Wagner and directed by Cheri Gaulke. This film is a Women Make Movies Production Assistance Project, with major assistance provided by the Annenberg Foundation, California Humanities, and hundreds of generous individuals.
The conversation will be available on the Getty Research Institute YouTube channel following the event.
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