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General Admission | What A Wonderful World: An Audiovisual Poem
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Visit “What a Wonderful World: An Audiovisual Poem” at the Variety Arts Theater, Los Angeles.
Edited by Udo Kittelmann, “What A Wonderful World” unfolds as a poetic, sensory journey across the historic theater’s six stories. Ascending each floor—from the main stage and the ballroom down to the basement—the “audiovisual poem” unravels like a maze or a corridor of funhouse mirrors, embracing an immersive, cinematic format that reimagines how moving images are experienced.
“What A Wonderful World” will be accompanied by a series of artist-centric events held every Sunday from February 8 through March 20, 2026. Participating artists include Doug Aitken, Patty Chang, Mike D, Fiona Duncan, Douglas Gordon, Harmony Holiday, Arthur Jafa, Dean Kissick, NEW YORK, Bunny Rogers, Lexee Smith, Barbara T. Smith, Alicia Novella Vasquez and more. These free gatherings invite the public to return to the presentation over time, deepening engagement with the work.
WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD ARTISTS: Marina Abramović, Doug Aitken, Kader Attia, Dara Birnbaum, Monica Bonvicini, Robert Boyd, Luis Buñuel, Chris Burden, Paul Chan, George Cowl & Travers Vale, Thomas Demand, Maya Deren, Walt Disney, Cyprien Gaillard, Douglas Gordon, Alice Guy-Blaché, Anne Imhof, Arthur Jafa, Ulysses Jenkins, Jesper Just, Sigalit Landau, Mark Leckey, Klara Lidén, Paul McCarthy, Winsor McCay, Alex McQuilkin, Georges Méliès, Ana Mendieta, Precious Okoyomon, Jon Rafman, Charles Reisner, Bunny Rogers, Jacolby Satterwhite, Christoph Schlingensief, Jeremy Shaw, Nina Simone, Max Skladanowsky, P. Staff, Sturtevant, Wolfgang Tillmans, Wu Tsang, T.R. Uthco & Ant Farm, Jordan Wolfson, Lu Yang
“What a Wonderful World: An Audiovisual Poem”
February 6–March 20, 2026
Opening Night
February 6, 9 pm–midnight
940 S Figueroa St, Los Angeles, CA 90015
www.jsf.la | @juliastoschekfoundation
VISITOR INFORMATION
Free Admission
General admission ticket holders are welcome to view the collection until closing on the day of their visit.
Opening Hours:
Wednesday through Sundays, 5 pm–12 am
Extended open hours for Frieze Los Angeles, Mon, February 23–Sun, March 1: Open all week, 5 pm–midnight
WWW BAR:
Full bar service (21+) and free popcorn
ABOUT THE JULIA STOSCHEK FOUNDATION
The Julia Stoschek Foundation is a nonprofit arts and culture organization dedicated to the public presentation, advancement, conservation, and scholarship of time-based art. The foundation also manages the Julia Stoschek Collection (est. 2002), one of the world’s most comprehensive private collections of time-based art. With over 1,000 artworks by 300 artists from the 1960s to today, the collection spans video, film, single- and multi-channel moving-image installation, multimedia environments, performance, sound, and virtual reality.
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