As part of the exhibition The Experimental Impulse, Ariane Roesch focused on the cross-over between the Los Angeles Punk and Country music scene in the late 1970s/ early 1980s. She conducted this interview with Elizabeth Balogh as research into the downtown Los Angeles scene and Al’s Bar.

Elizabeth Balogh, a musician and writer, booked bands at Al’s Bar from 1987 to 1994. She also helped mount exhibitions at the American gallery and was also a founding member of Al’s National Theatre, through which she co-penned a musical about the L.A. Artworld