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How Instagram saw the Hammer’s whirlwind ‘All the Instruments Agree’ fest

Artist and musician Lonnie Holley, center, and band perform as part of All the Instruments Agree at the Hammer Museum.

Artist and musician Lonnie Holley, center, and band perform as part of All the Instruments Agree at the Hammer Museum.

(Randall Roberts / Los Angeles Times)
By Randall Roberts

Sometimes words fail. In the case of "All the Instruments Agree: an exhibition or a concert," the two-day sound/art festival that took over the courtyard at the Hammer Museum, merely describing the events that transpired throughout Saturday and Sunday can hardly capture the experience.

Instagram helped, as did Snapchat. Both documented what the Hammer described as "a program of back-to-back live performances by local, national, and international sound artists, music collectives, art bands, and visual artists whose practices extend to the production of sound."

The event was "headlined" by Throbbing Gristle and Psychic TV founder Genesis Breyer P-Orridge, Sonic Youth co-founder Kim Gordon (performing in her new project Glitterbust with Alex Knost), Alabama artist-educator Lonnie Holley and, in his first stateside performance, the Cairo artist Hassan Khan. Below, some highlights as captured in clips.

Lobotomaxxx featuring Ron Littles (Nathan Carter, Tony Cox, Matthew Ronay)


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The Lebanon-born, Paris-based artist Tarek Atoui.


Lonnie Holley featuring Aaron Embry, Sam Amidon, Walt McClements and Stevie Nistor

Genesis Breyer P Orridge


Kisk (Paul Cherwick, Tony Fernandez, Antonio Ortiz, Jon Pylypchuk)


Hassan Khan

Egyptian multimedia artist Hassan Khan at the Hammer. #alltheinstruments

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British duo Isambard Kingston Brunel

Isambard Kingston Brunel #alltheinstruments

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Glitterbust (Kim Gordon and Alex Knost)

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Palestinian noise and visual art collective Tashweesh

Tashweesh performing. This is connected to the piece they showed at this year's @sharjahart Biennial. #alltheinstruments

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Waiting to Exhale (Frank Benson, Erik Frydenborg, Ernest Gibson, Matt Johnson)


Penis (Sophia Cleary and Samara Davis)

Next up…Penis (Samara Davis & Sophia Cleary) #alltheinstrumentsk

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British artist/musician Martin Creed

Artist/performer Martin Creed being his folksy self. #AlltheInstruments

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Lonnie Holley (again)


Xina Turner

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LOBOTOMAXXX (again)

#lobotomaxxx featuring @ronlittles @mysteriousfog & #nathancarter #alltheinstruments #alltheinstrumentsagree #hammermuseum curator: #arammoshayedi

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Update:The Hammer Museum live-streamed the entire event. It's available for viewing as two 10-hour clips below.Stream day one: Saturday, Sept. 26. Stream day two: Sunday, Sept. 27.

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Randall Roberts

Former staff writer Randall Roberts covered Los Angeles music culture for the Los Angeles Times. He had served various roles since arriving at The Times in 2010, including music editor and pop music critic. As a staff writer, he explored the layered history of L.A. music, from Rosecrans and Sunset to Ventura Boulevard and beyond. His 2020 project on the early Southern California phonograph industry helped identify the first-ever commercial recording made in Los Angeles.

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