Tuesday, September 8, 2026 at 8:00 PM to Saturday, September 12, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Human Resources, Los Angeles
A five-night survey dedicated to the video works of **Mike Kelley**, which will feature guest speakers. **The Banana Man** (1983): A solo psychodrama exploring fictional identity and character psychology through a minor children's television figure. **Kappa (1986):** A collaborative psychodrama fusing Freudian symbology and Oedipal myths with popular imagery. **Family Tyranny/Cultural Soup (1987):** A dark comedy collaboration with Paul McCarthy parodying a sitcom set to look at domestic trauma. **Bridge Visitor (Legend-Trip) (2004):** A video exploring teenage rituals and adolescent infatuations with spooky spaces and occult actions. **BLIND COUNTRY (1989):** An H.G. Wells-inspired psychodrama co-created with Ericka Beckman mapping psychological distress. **Extracurricular Activity Projective Reconstruction #1 (Domestic Scene) (2000):** A theatrical narrative reimagining high school yearbook trauma inside a domestic kitchen stage. **Heidi (1992):** A collaborative, disturbing adaptation of the classic children's story exploring commercialized innocence with Paul McCarthy. **A Voyage of Growth and Discovery (2010):** A feature-length collaboration tracking the existential, avant-garde journey of Michael Smith's Baby IKKI character. **Day Is Done** **(2005):** A 169-minute opus staging carnivalesque music videos and high school rituals based on yearbook snapshots. Add to calendar Google Calendar iCalendar Outlook 365 Outlook Live