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TORUS is permanently closing the physical location at 5513 W. Pico Blvd. Join us for 𝐖𝐀𝐊𝐄, a special one-night-only installation and closing celebration this Sunday August 10th, 8pm-late. R.I.P. 🪦2018-2025🪦

TONIGHT 7PM. Sua Yoo & Poy Born “Two Americans.” Join us for the first exhibition of NIKO’s programming takeover at TORUS. 5513 W Pico Blvd. @niko.losangeles @sua___yoo

TORUS is compelled to announce a programming takeover by Los Angeles based organization NIKO @niko.losangeles Effective immediately, NIKO will occupy the TORUS HQ, located at 5513 W Pico Blvd, presenting a dynamic calendar of audio and visual exhibitions. NIKO’s four-month residency will commence with “Two Americans,” an exhibition of recent works by Sua Yoo and Poy Born, with an opening reception Friday March 7 at 7pm. Please note, the announcement of this residency is purely coincidental and should in no way be seen as confirmation of any part of yesterday’s bizarre allegations from @torus.disclosure

DO NOT BELIEVE THIS! OFFICIAL PUBLIC STATEMENT FORTHCOMING! Reposted from @torus.disclosure Leaked photo of the TORUS “Alpine Headquarters” recently completed at an undisclosed location in the High Rockies of Western Colorado. Many have wondered what TORUS have been up to this winter, having fallen silent near the close of last quarter. An anonymous source close to the organization’s inner circle reports that their “top minds” have been sequestered at this site since the private ribbon-cutting ceremony and Winter Solstice Shareholders Summit last December. The informant further disclosed that the new building houses TRADLAPP (TORUS Research and Development Laboratories for Applied Psi Phenomena), a clandestine branch aimed at developing an esoteric protocol of “consciousness-based tactics” to maximize shareholder value and algorithmic dominance through cultural manipulation, “from the underground up.” The anonymous report concluded with claims of a new alliance between TORUS and a shadowy organization known as NIKO. Stay tuned for more information as this story develops. 🌐 EDITORS NOTE: in the hours since this report, the anonymous whistleblower has abruptly ceased communication and is presumed to have been “neutralized.” . . . . . #torus #psi #psiphenomena #researchanddevelopment #culture

Looking back at Sam Rowell: Dissolving The Sky from this time in 2021. This was the artist’s second performance series at the space, showcasing her singular practice of improvisational, real time manipulation of analog electronics and site-specific lighting design. Through a highly-nuanced approach to color, saturation, volume, tone, pace and density, Rowell creates immersive and ephemeral sensory experiences which can occasion within the audience meditative states, spatial dissociations, and synaesthetic perceptual phenomena. From the exhibition text: “Dissolving The Sky is a durational work unfolding over 30 individual performances. An epic poem in light and sound, the work is divided into five cantos corresponding with the five weeks of the exhibition, each performance representing a stanza or stage of development within the arc of the series. The scope of the narrative is total, beginning as a speculation upon the origins of the observable universe outside oneself and gradually segueing into a metaphoric analysis of the space between the persona and the shadow self. Dissolving The Sky blurs the boundaries between inner space and outer space, mind and matter, physical and metaphysical, each performance providing a setting in which to consider the ultimate subjectivity of perception and experience. Through pure waveform manipulation, Rowell achieves an unmediated directness which produces highly personal experiences - each viewer’s perception is unique to them alone based on the specific characteristics of their individual physiology, and how their cognitive and sensory apparatus interpret the stimuli. The infinite potentialities implied by this subjectivity break open deeper mysteries concerning the nature of consciousness and ‘reality.’“

🚨FINAL DAY!🚨 Justin Serulneck: The Angeleno closes today. Join us for a closing reception and artist-selected readings beginning at 1:30 this afternoon. 🥀 Thank you to everyone who contributed to the success of this exhibition! Pictured: Justin Serulneck “Brassica Nigra” 2024 Photograph 9 x 12 inches 10 x 13 inches framed Ed. 5 + 2AP

🚨FINAL WEEK!🚨 Justin Serulneck: The Angeleno closes this Sunday, November 17th. Join us for the closing reception 1:30-5:00pm on Sunday, including non-fiction readings related to themes of the show, selected and read by artists York Chang, Kristofor Giordano, Jackson Hunt, Mary Anna Pomonis, Nina Sarnelle, Daniel Tovar, Matt Town, and Albert Abdul-Barr Wang. The readings will run from 1:30-3:00, followed by a reception from 3:00-5:00. 🍻 @instayorkchang @kristoforgiordano @jacksonhunt___ @maryannapomonis @ninasarnelle @to5ar @matt__town @albertabdulbarrwang

❀ Psychic Skin ~ Episode Six ❀ Now archived on 🔊☁️ ~ 🔗⬆️ *ੈ✩‧₊˚ ☾ ˚₊✩*ੈ ‧₊˚ ⋅ ⋅˚₊‧ Taking over the first hour is my dear friend Hunter Shaw, who runs one of my favorite spaces in LA: @torus.ig ~ thank you so much for a beautiful mix 🫂 keep an eye out for future zoning sessions at TORUS for trips into deep space 🛰️ 〰〰〰〰 Swipe ˚₊ · »-♡→ for too many favs I couldn’t decide on and a tracklist 〰〰〰〰 Hunter Shaw is a Los Angeles based artist and curator. He is the founder and director of TORUS, a multi-disciplinary creative space in Mid-City Los Angeles, presenting a year-round program of exhibitions, concerts, screenings, performances and events. Hunter is also the resident selector at ZONING, an ongoing series of collective deep listening sessions at TORUS. 〰〰〰〰 Broadcasting new eps on @kchungradio every second Tuesday 11am-1pm PST 🌠

🚨FINAL WEEKS!🚨Justin Serulneck: The Angeleno is on view through Sunday November 17th. This exhibition serves as a time capsule documenting the development of Los Angeles county from 2020-2024, and articulates the class dynamics that we have seen play out through the recent election results, including subjects such as forced prison labor, persecution of the unhoused, increased police power, and exacerbated value capture for landlords and homeowners. The Angeleno is a sobering and clear-eyed analysis of the forces that render our city a site of perpetual instability; a rigorously-researched examination of the cycles of growth and destruction whose effects reverberate across the various social strata of the city’s population. If you’re wondering how we got here, it’s worth your while to spend some time with this work before the show closes. . . . . . #justinserulneck #theangeleno

Justin Serulneck: “The Angeleno” is on view through November 17th. TORUS is open 11am-5pm Thursday-Sunday and by appointment. Pictured: Justin Serulneck “Life After Loss (early portrait)” 2021 / 2024 Photograph 20 x 24 inches 21 x 25 inches framed Ed. 5 + 2AP . . . . . #justinserulneck #theangeleno

Installation view of Justin Serulneck: The Angeleno, on view through November 17. TORUS is open 11am-5pm Thursday-Sunday and by appointment. . . . . . #justinserulneck #theangeleno

EXTENDED! Justin Serulneck: The Angeleno is now on view through Sunday November 17th. TORUS is open 11am-5pm Thursday-Sunday and by appointment. For more information about Justin Serulneck, please DM or email TORUS. Pictured: Justin Serulneck “Life After Loss” 2021-ongoing Artist’s tooth, soil collected from the LA River, moss collected in Los Angeles County, concrete fragment collected after protest against dismemberment of Echo Park Lake unhoused encampment, terrarium, French cloche, wood base 17 x 13 x 13 inches