Contemporary Art
Coming Soon to Compound Laboratory: Glenn Kaino / Tidepools
Laboratory
We open our new cultural complex located in the heart of Long Beach with a newly commissioned experiential installation by artist Glenn Kaino. The Laboratory at Compound is a site for artistic experimentation. It is a place for art to interface directly with the public with the intention of supporting artists in realizing innovative ideas according to their vision. Compound is invested in creating intimate encounters between new art and new audiences.
The participatory installation Tidepools is composed of three parts: a wishing well, a cloud chamber, and a resonant sound component.
Radical Empathy
Art in our political present can be read as a call to arms, gesturing to what the late curator Okwui Enwezor considered “a change agenda.” Compound proposes that a cultural space for the community is a place in which to act, educate, and illuminate artistic ideas and ideals, particularly at this critical cultural moment.
Photo credit: Joshua White.
Chaos to Cosmos will be the second installation at Compound, featuring artists addressing topics of hope and belonging, nature and beauty, and the mysteries of the universe. The works and voices of these artists speak to the potential for awe, inspiration, and transformation amidst the natural forces of pandemonium in our world and beyond.
Coming Soon to Compound: Chaos to Cosmos
Compound presents newly commissioned works of art and experimental projects.
Sculpture Garden
The first Sculpture Garden installation in the courtyard at Compound features ceramic works by Anna Sew Hoy. Composed of stoneware and mirror, these sculptures represent abstract forms that ambiguously evoke the body and create a space of reflection, protection, and openness.
Photo credit: Joshua White.
Coming Soon to Compound Sculpture Garden: Anna Sew Hoy / Slow Moon’s Rose
Upcoming speakers:
- Glenn Kaino / On art and hope
- Tavares Strachan / On belonging
- Lita Albuquerque / On art and transcendentalism

Emilija Škarnulytė / Mirror Matter

Rachel Rose / Everything And More