In conjunction with The Experimental Impulse exhibition, presented at REDCAT as part of Pacific Standard Time: Art in LA, 1945-1980, this selection of commissioned essays, documentation, interviews and research materials explores the pivotal role of experimentation in Los Angeles in the years immediately following the city’s emergence as a vital artistic center. This archival component to the exhibition offers an alternative, immaterial approach to the role of the exhibition catalogue, as a site where the ideas initiated by the exhibition can continue to develop and be explored.