We’re LA’s global-reaching space and platform for contemporary art, culture, and ideas. We're LA's global-reaching space and platform for contemporary art, culture, and ideas. THE MISTAKE ROOM IS LOS ANGELES'S ONLY INDEPENDENT NON-PROFIT CULTURAL INSTITUTION SOLELY DEVOTED TO AN INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM OF CONTEMPORARY ART AND THOUGHT. FOUNDED ON A DEEP COMMITMENT TO THE DISCOVERY AND ADVANCEMENT OF NEW FORMS OF KNOWLEDGE AND CREATIVE EXPRESSION, THE MISTAKE ROOM HAS AT THE HEART OF ITS MISSION A SINGLE MANDATE--TO GENERATE CRITICAL INSIGHTS INTO THE NATURE OF HUMAN CREATIVITY AND ITS MEANINGFUL ROLE AND FUNCTION IN SOCIETY. THROUGH ACADEMIC RESEARCH, EXHIBITIONS, ARTIST PROJECTS, PUBLIC PROGRAMS, EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES, AND SCHOLARLY PUBLICATIONS, THE MISTAKE ROOM SUPPORTS SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ARTISTS AND CULTURAL PRODUCERS OF OUR TIME WHILE BRINGING LOCAL AUDIENCES A PROGRAM OF CULTURAL ACTIVITIES THAT IS INTELLECTUALLY RIGOROUS, GENUINELY DIVERSE, CULTURALLY RELEVANT, AND REFLECTIVE OF THE COMPLEXITY OF OUR CHANGING WORLD. THE MISTAKE ROOM ALSO FOSTERS CROSS-CULTURAL EXCHANGES AMONGST THE WORLD'S MOST DYNAMIC ARTS INSTITUTIONS--EXPANDING SUPPORT AND O