ARTIST FILM SERIES RETURNS TO MOCA GRAND AVENUE ON MAY 23
Featuring works by Danielle Dean, Aimee Goguen, Carolyn Lazard, and Tiffany Sia
Video Still from Vital, 2025. Image courtesy of the artist.
LOS ANGELES, CA–The MOCA Artist Film Series, an active and dynamic platform for the presentation of artist films, returns to MOCA Grand Avenue on select Saturdays from May through August 2026. Since its launch in spring 2023, the series—presented by The Edward F. Limato Foundation—has offered a dedicated space for the exploration of moving-image practices within contemporary art. The program foregrounds artists who expand the possibilities of film and video today. The upcoming season features works by Danielle Dean, Aimee Goguen, Carolyn Lazard, and Tiffany Sia.
Taking place in the cinema capital of the world, these programs explore the critical issues of our time and place, bringing artists into dialogue with fellow artists, curators, and thinkers. The 2026 MOCA Artist Film Series is organized by Anna Katz, Senior Curator, with Michele Huizar, Production Coordinator, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. Programs take place on Saturday afternoons in the Ahmanson Auditorium at MOCA Grand Avenue.
“We are thrilled to continue the MOCA Artist Film Series, now in its fourth year, as a vital platform for artists working in film and video. These programs highlight the expansive narrative possibilities and the evolving formats of the moving image thereby creating space for meaningful exchange between artists and audiences. We are deeply grateful to The Edward F. Limato Foundation for their ongoing support in bringing this series to life, having reverberations in the art and film worlds,” said Clara Kim, Chief Curator & Director of Curatorial Affairs at MOCA.
Anna Katz, Senior Curator at MOCA, says: “This season brings together artists whose works unsettle divisions between fiction and documentary and between personal narrative and collective history. From Carolyn Lazard’s examination of care, labor, and the notion of debility, to Danielle Dean’s reimagining of site and memory in terms of science fiction, Tiffany Sia’s framing of ‘no place’ landscapes, and Aimee Goguen’s animations that explore the body and the uncanny, the films invite viewers to consider how constructed images shape our understanding of the world. Together, they offer a snapshot of how new generations of artists receive and extend the legacy of experimental film under new visual regimes.”
All MOCA Artist Film Series screenings are free with advance reservations. Tickets for each screening are released on a rolling basis and become available up to 21 days in advance. MOCA Members enjoy early access to advance ticket reservations. For complete program and ticketing details, please visit moca.org/artistfilmseries.
CONTINUED IN FULL RELEASE