Recently in Events Category

The Bangerz & San Jose Taiko came together on June 4, 2010 for this historic performance of "Robot Remains" at the 3rd Annual SubZERO Festival. Big thanks to Charles Yi and The Mighty First for this amazing video. (Be sure to watch it full screen!)

Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art School San Jose presents:

Highborn Lady of the Fallen World

August 19th, 2010, 7:00 pm
$10 admission at the door
Seating is first come, first served. Bring your art supplies.

Anno Domini presents an evening of music and performance by:

Corpus Callosum, Spirits of the Red City, DeatHat and A Duet Behind the Wallpaper

Saturday, July 31st at 7pm $5 admission at the door

Anno Domini // the second coming of Art & Design
366 South First Street
Downtown San Jose
408-271-5155

Check out the latest wall animation by one of our favorite street artists, Blu. Nuart describes it as "10 minutes of insane creativity!" Check it out and you're more than likely to agree. Great stuff!

Blu is one of the many amazing artists participating in Nuart 2010 coming up this September in Norway. If you can, book your flight now... everything we hear about this festival, the participants and the folks that put it on makes us wish we could get out there ourselves.

http://nuart09.blogspot.com/
 

Tarr & Cornelius F. Van Stafrin III -- U.S. Tour

DATE: Tuesday, July 6th
TIME: 8 PM
ADMISSION: Free and Open to the Public


Tarr: (Chicago)

An all encompassing dynamic range of sound, from minimal haunting dirge drone to maximalist harsh noise wall, created with all hand built modular synth units and tape manipulation.

Tarr is the moniker of Philip Kruse (Chicago). Using field recordings and crude electronics to create environments through audio. Along with recording and live performance, Philip also works with installations using audio along with objects and altered surroundings. In the past he has collaborated with Maureen Gubia, Patrizia Oliva, Naofumi Ishimaru (Yximalloo), Genesis P-Orridge (Throbbing Gristle), Arnau Sala, and Patrick Murch.

http://virb.com/philipkruse

----------------------

Cornelius F. Van Stafrin III: (Los Angeles/North Carolina)


Vast sculpted noise, organic drone, or deep orchestral groans on a sinking ship, would be descriptions that would get you in the right mind set of the sounds you might expect to hear. All created with reel to reel tape machines, a harmonium, tibetan singing bowls, amongst an array of other sound experiments and hand built instruments.

By Phillafil Gregorious - The Trunk Space - Phoenix AZ "Stop what you're doing. Hear that? That's music, man. At the very least, whatever is within earshot right now (and at all times) is sound. Whether it's the ringing in your ears or the fabric on your body that sings every time you move, there are heaps of fugitive noises awaiting capture. One can also look at it like this: think of sounds as feelings that need to be paid attention to or else they hibernate and eventually die. That's why the sound art of folks such as Cornelius F. Van Stafrin III is so crucial to healthy living on this planet. The sound cultivator showcases found-sound audio that's slowed down, percussion that listens like a kitchen-utensil percussion ensemble, and haunted house-like piano interspersed with skin-crawling bowed cymbals. There are also plenty of meditative drone and feedback arias that sound like chirping crickets. Or are they real crickets? We're not sure. That's the beauty of it.

http://www.myspace.com/corneliusfvanstafrinthe3rd

PRISM Index Release Party - a new mixed-media art compilation.
Thursday, June 24th, 8pm
Admission: $5, doors 7:30pm
Anno Domini is located at 366 South First St., San Jose, CA 95113

PRISM index is a limited edition, handmade, silk-screened, mixed-media book that compiles the various work of a wide spectrum of artists into one place. The name serves as an acronym for Print / Images / Sounds / & Movies.

Raymond Byron (Castanets)
http://www.myspace.com/castanets

OHIOAN
http://www.myspace.com/oryne

PRISM Index Film Screenings
http://www.prismindex.com


PRISM Index
an index of Print/Images/Sounds/Movies
over 50 artists, 80 pages, 72 minute mix CD / 88 minute mix DVD
http://www.prismindex.com

In addition to the South FIRST FRIDAYS art walk on June 4th, South First Street in the SoFA District of downtown San Jose will be shut down from 6pm-midnight for the 3rd Annual SubZERO Festival... a diy, artistically bent, hi/lo-techno mashup where street meets geek.

This highly anticipated event is the only of its kind in the region featuring 100 artists, performers and musicians of the subculture genre that thrives in Silicon Valley.

For more information on all of the art projects, indie creative vendors and live music on the outdoor stage, visit http://www.SubZEROfestival.com. You can also follow us on Twitter for instant updates @SubZEROfestival

photography by Daniel Gaines

Anno Domini presents
Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art School
April 22, 2010

The Woman Who Fell From Space!

In the futuristic year of 2010, an alien beauty crashed to Earth. Lost and distressed, she has made her way to Silicon Valley and has taken refuge with Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art School. Come, witness for yourself the spectacle of the woman who fell from space! 

Bring your sketchpad and charcoal, for in exchange for sanctuary, she has agreed to let her likeness be rendered by our esteemed student body. 

Featuring Live Model: Theresa Dunnavant

Master & Mistress of Ceremonies:
Drew Clark & Trina Merry

Join us on Thursday, April 22nd at 7pm at Anno Domini, the official San Jose Chapter of Dr. Sketchy's Anti-art School!
$10.00/door. Seating is limited, so get here early!

Calling All ART MONKEYS!

Anno Domini is proud to announce that we are an official chapter of DR. SKETCHY'S ANTI-ART SCHOOL!

Dr. Sketchy's is the world's premier alternative drawing movement. Every month, over 3,500 artists gather in nearly a hundred cities (including New York, Hollywood, Sao Paolo, London, Rome, Paris, Tokyo, and Melbourne) to sketch glamorous, subcultural models and compete in drawing contests in an atmosphere of artistic mayhem.

Dr. Sketchy's was started in December 2005 by a 22 year old art school dropout in a dive bar in Brooklyn (Miss Molly Crabapple). An artist and former model, Molly has created an alternative to the dull drawing classes she had posed for and now Dr. Sketchy's has exploded into an international phenomenon.

"If art class had been this cool growing up, 90 percent of Americans might be painters instead of lawyers and presidential candidates." ~New York Post

Join us for the inaugural launch of Dr. Sketchy's San Jose at Anno Domini Gallery!

Thursday, February 18th at 7pm. Come early as seating is limited!
$10.00/Door Bring your sketchy pads and favorite drawing materials.

Special thanks to Mistress Trina Merry & Master Drew Clark, our resident MCs!

Anno Domini // the second coming of Art & Design
366 South First Street, San Jose, CA 95113
www.galleryAD.com  408.271.5155