The City of West Hollywood, through its WeHoX Innovation and Technology Program, and ForYourArt will present The Extreme Present: Los Angeles. The event will bring together three of the foremost commentators on the digital age — Shumon Basar, writer, thinker and cultural critic; Douglas Coupland, the renowned author of Generation X; and Hans Ulrich Obrist, one of the world’s best-known curators.

The trio will explore the digital era in which we now live, which they call the “Extreme Present,” introduced in their new book The Age of Earthquakes. Miranda July and David Lynch will join the authors as they examine the neurological, social, cultural, and geological effects that the Extreme Present is having on the textures of our lives. Artist and cellist Patrick Belaga will perform. Artist Amalia Ulman will discuss her contribution to the book, as well.

This special, rapid-fire event will take place on Friday, August 14, 2015 at 7 p.m. at the City of West Hollywood’s Council Chambers/Public Meeting Room, located at 625 N. San Vicente Boulevard. Admission is free and open to the public. A pre-event book-signing, with Book Soup, of The Age of Earthquakes will take place in the Council Chambers lobby area. Validated parking will be available in the five-story parking structure.

The City of West Hollywood’s WeHoTV, which provides access to coverage of City government meetings, issues, and informational programming, will host live coverage of the event on the City’s WeHoTV channels and on the City’s website. WeHoTV programs are available to Time Warner Cable customers within the City of West Hollywood on channel 10. AT&T U-verse customers across Southern California can access WeHoTV on channel 99. Live streaming will be accessible at www.weho.org/wehotv and there will also be a link for on-demand replay following the event.

ForYourArt is a fluid platform to produce and distribute artists’ work. ForYourArt seeks to advance a spirit of patronage and a culture of dialogue by perceiving all media, sites, and relationships as potential for artistic transformation. For more information, please visit www.foryourart.com.

The City of West Hollywood’s WeHoX initiative is designed to engage the diverse and talented members of the West Hollywood community in dialogue with the City in its first comprehensive civic innovations program. For more information, please visit www.wehox.org.

This event is supported in part by the Institute of the 21st Century (i21c), a project of the Pasadena Arts Council’s Emerge Fiscal Sponsorship Program.

For more information or to RSVP, please email rsvp@foryourart.com.

For additional information, please call (323) 848-6883. For people who are deaf or hard of hearing, please call TTY (323) 848-6496.