The emajendat project by Lauren Halsey is a large-scale installation and live event set to take over the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles on September 29, 2026. The emajendat project by Lauren Halsey expands her ongoing body of work into a campus-wide environment, combining architectural intervention, visual language, and live performance. The installation continues her exploration of South Central Los Angeles iconography, translating it into an immersive public setting at one of the city’s largest cultural venues.
The event will feature performances by Erykah Badu and Anderson .Paak, integrating music into the spatial experience. Halsey’s work draws from layered visual references tied to community, architecture, and cultural memory, with the Hollywood Bowl iteration extending those elements into a live, multi-sensory format. The project positions the venue as both exhibition space and performance site, combining installation and concert programming within a single event framework.
Image Credit: Serpentine, Hugo Glendinning, Lauren Halsey
