Palm Springs Tiki with Sven Kirsten and Peter Moruzzi

Name: Palm Springs Tiki with Sven Kirsten and Peter Moruzzi
Start: 2024-11-27T07:00:00-08:00
End: 2024-11-27T09:00:00-08:00
Location: The Los Angeles Breakfast Club

Schedule

Wed Nov 27 2024 at 07:00 am to 09:00 am

UTC-08:00

Location

The Los Angeles Breakfast Club | Los Angeles, CA

ABOUT THE PRESENTATION: Ever since meeting as presenters at the Los Angeles Forum for Architecture and Urban Design in 1992, Sven Kirsten and Peter Moruzzi have continued researching and documenting 20th-century urban design and popular culture. Each went on their own path publishing several books about their chosen subjects, but also collaborating on two book projects that brought them as far as New York and Havana. It's only fitting then that the two authors reunite in the new book “PALM SPRINGS TIKI: POLYNESIA IN THE DESERT,” which brings together Sven’s pet subject of Tiki style with Peter’s expertise in Palm Springs architecture and history. Through a myriad of captivating objects, historic photographs, vintage postcards, colorful architectural renderings, and other ephemera, Sven will illustrate the many imaginative concepts that proprietors developed in creating a tropical paradise in the California desert. Afterward, both authors will sign their most recent collaboration.
ABOUT THE SPEAKERS:
Sven Kirsten studied cinematography at the American Film Institute in Los Angeles and fell in love with the aesthetic extremes of LA. While lighting and shooting music videos and features with Tom Waits, Sergio Mendes or Robert De Niro, he began to pursue his hobby of urban archeology and photographed and collected the remnants of the vanishing Tiki cult in America. His Book of Tiki sought to represent the visual seductiveness of this unique, never-before-recognized facet of American pop culture. When not shooting cable TV movies in Europe, Sven lives with his son, Diego, in his hilltop home overlooking the Silverlake reservoir.
Historian and author Peter Moruzzi is a longtime preservationist with a passion for mid-century Modern architecture and design. Born in Massachusetts and raised in Hawaii, Moruzzi graduated from the University of California at Berkeley and later attended the American Film Institute in Los Angeles. In 1999, he was founding president of the Palm Springs Modern Committee. He has authored six pictorial history books published by Gibbs Smith covering Havana, Palm Springs, Los Angeles, and Las Vegas.
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ABOUT THE CLUB: Founded in 1925, the Los Angeles Breakfast Club still thrives with food, friendship, and fun. Our meetings are held in our clubhouse, Friendship Auditorium, located at 3201 Riverside Drive, near the corner of Los Feliz Boulevard, in Griffith Park. Best described as a variety show, attendees enjoy a catered breakfast, silly songs, club traditions, and an interesting presentation from a guest speaker.
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TICKETS: Sales on labreakfastclub.com close 48 hours before breakfast. Non-members are $28 and Members receive a 25% discount when logged into their Membership Portal.
Please arrive between 6:45 - 7:00 AM sharp! Doors close at 7:15 AM. Your admission includes a buffet breakfast, enjoyment of our 99-year-old club traditions, plus a special presentation from our Speaker of the Week!
HEALTH & SAFETY: Surgical disposable face masks or medical-grade masks (i.e., KN95, KF94, N95) are strongly recommended when not eating or drinking, especially during the cold and flu season, and will be provided on request.
ANIMALS: Only Service Animals as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act are allowed indoors at this venue. Please keep pets and emotional support animals safely at home.