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October 28, 2004
Eminem's MOSH by GNN
Eminem hooked up with the awesome guys over at GNN for his latest MOSH video. It'll probably be banned so see it now.
Pre-release available on 
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Barry McGee 2004 exhibition catalog
If you missed Barry's exhibit at The Rose this past summer you may want to get a copy of the exhibition catalog while they last. It's a good looking 40 page hard cover book featuring documentation of Barry (and friends) putting it all together. It makes a nice addition to our growing library.
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October 27, 2004
Things to remember
Francis Picabia, Cover of Litterature, No. 7 (1 December, 1922)
Always having been intrigued with the Surrealists and their process of thinking / creating, I check in with some of our books on the subject from time to time. I came across this editorial note by Francis Picabia which reminds us some fundamentals to keep in mind when creating art....or a creative existence in general.
"Do not admire yourself. Do not let yourself be shut up in a revolutionary school which has become conventional. Do not allow commercial speculation. Do not seek official glory. Draw your inspiration only from life, and have no ideal save that of the continued movement of intelligence." -F. Picabia
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Bush site blocked overseas
VS correspondent Akiko in London wrote to us this morning to say she was checking up on both Kerry and Bush through their websites and she couldn't access Bush's site so did a little digging and came up with this article. Bush's camp "may see no reason to distribute content to people who will not be voting next week. " ..."However, simply blocking non-US visitors also means that Americans overseas are barred too. "
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October 26, 2004
Zoom In Art
The ZoomQuilt is a collaborative art project that takes you through a surreal little trip using your arrow keys .
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October 25, 2004
Congressional Art Report Card
The Arts Action Fund is a 501(c)(4) nonprofit membership organization created by Americans for the Arts, whose goal is to enlist and mobilize 100,000 citizen activists who will help ensure that arts-friendly public policies are adopted at the federal, state, and local levels, and public and private resources are maximized. Launched only earlier this month, they have already released The Congressional Arts Report Card (PDF) detailing each members vote on art specific issues. It's interesting to see that in the state of California, all of the "A+" are Democrat and all of the "F" marks are Republican.
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Art Weekend
This weekend in SF was a pretty good art fix ....
We visited MOMA first to see the Between Art & Life exhibit which includes a Barry McGee installation comprised of hundreds of sketches, photos and ephemera. It was a revisit to the "classic" Barry (1996) that we've always admired. Around the corner from Barry's work is a great panoramic of Kara Walker's...lifesize silhouettes akin to Victorian storytelling but tales of the social battles we still see today. We moved on down to the Liechtenstein exhibit...no surprises there...except for Anthony of the Red Hot Chili Peppers roaming around with a girlfriend in a matching peacoat. No one took advantage of the photo opp of them reenacting one of Liechtenstein "kissing" series...much to their disappointment. (Maybe in town promoting his new book?)
We headed over to the mission and did our usual check in with Creativity Explored. We love what they do and the artwork that comes out of there is amazing (CE is a nonprofit visual arts center where artists with developmental disabilities create, exhibit, and sell art.) We purchased two John McKenzie pieces....one of my favorites by him is the t-shirt they sell that says: "most tailless animals don't like war".
Onto the Adobe Books (16th & Guerrero) benefit art auction. Except for the backroom, the art is placed so high above the bookshelves I couldn't really see the art. From the sounds of it, most of the audience were participating artists waiting to see what their work went for...which was very cheap. Having gone thru that same experience at the recent Artists for Kerry Auction, I'll pass on some observations from that experience, as well as from conversations we keep having with both artists and some of the buyers. (Keep in mind we are not talking about Sotherby / Christie auctions or high end genres with Basquiat and Warhol. We are talking in the context of our genre of art and grass roots or small organizations.)
1. Curators & Collectors
Many times the lure for an artist to participate is the promise of curators and collectors attending. While there may be a chance one of these coveted persons may glance at your work, fall in love and bid the bank account on it, the chance is very minimal. Most collectors & curators tend to look at bodies of work, and become familiar with the artist's story. At best, I would say that It may raise awareness for someone to look into you later in their leisure time.
2. Quality of Art
Because of the aforementioned point, if you do decide to participate in an auction....send in your BEST work. Not a piece you've had at the bottom of a pile that you could care less about. We have often overheard potential buyers say "I can't believe that's hers, she usually does these amazing such and such..." It should be your signature work...not some new experiment you want to try out. It should also be presented well (an inexpensive frame helps tons), signed, and ready to hang. (If it's not, you're leaving it up to some auction committee member to figure out what to do with it....not a wise thing to do.)
3. Be Selective
Artists are, for the most part, some of the most passionate, caring people out there....they're "givers." One artist recently told me he was committed to no less than SEVEN local art auctions. All I could say to him was, "why on earth would anyone pay retail for your art ever again?!" In hindsight, with all of the art auctions, why should anyone buy anyone's art work for retail again? Choose art auctions that are well run, feel organized and is for a cause you really believe in.
4. Pricing
The same scenario plays over and over again....especially in the "local artists" market. Artists get a little recognition in their immediate area and start adding zeros to their work. The retail price is not real market price (remember simple economics: suppy and demand.), so it's a bit inflated.
Truth is, people buy what they want, when they want. Don't take it personally. And don't put yourself through the drama of thinking that the auction is a direct reflection to your value. One has very little to do with the other. We sold a work recently at the Artists for Kerry auction that to be honest, I was a bit troubled to even have it in the show....I didn't feel the quality was there, either conceptually nor technically. Sure enough, someone's starting bid was the retail value of $1000....the point is that the artwork spoke to that particular buyer, on that particular day, in that moment and for a cause they felt strongly about. For this buyer and artist, all the planets were aligned. So it can go either way, don't put too much stock in it.
5. Promotion
We sit in on alot of different meetings regarding promotion and marketing. When it comes to these art auctions though, I think much of the thinking (starting with the auction committee) is that each artist "will let all of their collectors know they are participating and they'll come in droves!" Meanwhile, the artists are thinking that they've done their portion of the work by donating and the job of marketing is up to the auction committee to bring in all those "money people."
Both are right.
It takes a concerted effort of both parties to effectively market the event. Personal invitation is always the best...we receive lots of invites to shows and events, and the ones that wrote us a little note are usually the ones we make a concerted effort to go see. Mass marketing is a bust. If you send out 10,000 invites, and by mere laws of percentage averages, if even 1% shows up that's 100 people. But most of us actually KNOW 150 - 200 people we can actually personally invite and have a much better and meaningful time. Much of the problem with these auctions is that the majority of the people in the audience IS the artist and / or their spouse or guest.
It is the auction committee's job to keep up the momentum of press releases and calendar listings. There's a lot of competition for our attention and if you don't remind them again and again that this is coming up, they may forget and go see a movie.
6. Sell the artist, before bidding begins
If you do participate in an auction, give the auctioneer something to tell the audience about you....recent exhibits, awards, etc. We've seen instances of desperation break out mid bid hawking like "folks, keep in mind what a great cause this is" and "folks this artist is a really nice guy that deserves your support"...too little, too late, too whiny. Give the auctioneer some useful info about you to add to the value of your art BEFORE bidding begins.
7. Are auctions bad for the business of art?
So all of this has got us wondering what impact, if any, these auctions will have on the business of art. Are we conditioning potential buyers into a K-Mart mentality in regards to art? Or is it really good promotion for the artists? Is it a grooming grounds for emerging collectors? And finally, if it does raise enough money for the art space's rent this month, what's going to happen next month? It may not solve long term problems, and a few people get some nice art in the meantime. It'll be interesting to see, in the next few years as these auctions get more rampant, if these art auctions truely benefit the artists, the organizations and the buyers.
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The Rocky & Bullwinkle Show
It just keeps getting stranger and stranger, as if this world we live in weren't surreal enough... Contrary to the claims of Osama Bin Lotto that they are the "ONLY sweepstakes where you can win by guessing correctly the 'October Surprise' that Bush and his gang will use to manipulate America and steal another election," Osama Bin Lottery enters the playing field. Who woulda thunk?!
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October 20, 2004
Radiohead Television
Radiohead is now taking pre-orders for The Most Gigantic Lying Mouth of all Time, a 110 minute excursion into the bizarre." The dvd contains twenty-four short films with music by Radiohead. It was originally planned to air as 4 episodes on a television channel (just prior to the release of Hail to the Thief), but things kept falling through the cracks. Shipping begins on or before December 1, 2004.
Radiohead Television
From a glass-walled boardroom in west London, via a small spare room in Willesden, past the flood-torn wastes of Cornwall and the landfill sites of 'picturesque' rural Oxfordshire, a carefully-vetted team of 'experts' has been plotting to create a DVD containing films, animations and music never heard before. Channel 4 wouldn't show it, for reasons that remain unclear. The BBC were busy. ITV and Channel 5 simply pretended we didn't exist. But our 'experts' are certain that the discerning public must be allowed to view this material.
Containing music from Radiohead's 'Hail to the Thief' as well as tracks unreleased before, set to a collection of perhaps the strangest videos you've seen on your teevee, and introduced by the one-and-only, the incorrigible, the indefatigable, the certifiable Chieftan Mews...
It is, without doubt, The Most Gigantic Lying Mouth of all Time. Pre-order your copy available exclusively throught W.A.S.T.E. Products Ltd.
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Knight Foundation call for artists
The John S.& James L. Knight Foundation welcomes submissions by artists for a permanent installation at the foundation's Miami headquarters. The Knight Foundation will award 26 purchase prizes up to $1,000 in each of the communities where the Knight brothers operated newspapers (San Jose qualifies). Submission deadline is November 1, 2004.
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iPod commercial casting call
A casting call has gone out on LA's Craigslist for "dancers, performers, and uniquely talented people of all ethnicities and ages who enjoy using iTunes/iPods". So those moves you do in your living room could actually land you in a commercial!
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Yoko Ono's new controversy
Yoko Ono has a public art exhibit of 50 banners displaying breasts and pubic hair entitled "My Mummy Was Beautiful" for the Liverpool Biennial. Because of it's "shocking" nature and complaints, a new censorship law may be passed. Not like we haven't all seen it before. On the otherhand, what was the Biennial thinking that the general public could handle it?!
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October 19, 2004
Barry McGee work at Sotheby
Sotherby's Contemporary Art auction (Nov. 10th) will hammer out some amazing works, including Barry McGee bottles (est. $15,000 - $20,000) In the same breath are works by Basquiat, Haring, Warhol, Cornell, Noguchi, Cindy Sherman and Christo. Wish I had a million bucks.
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Modern Prometheus
Many of you know of Osseus Labyrint from their appearance in Tool's video which (to my knowledge) debuted on MTV a few years back or during Tool's 2001 tour (Osseus performed live with them). Other's may have been blessed with the experience of seeing their public performance "Them" under the historic First Street Bridge and in the Los Angeles River during October, 1999. Regardless, you're going to want to see Modern Prometheus LLC presented by UCLA Live on one of their five dates in November.
MODERN PROMETHEUS LLC by
osseus labyrint
in association with Barry Schwartz (AKA Dr. Pank)
Presented by UCLA Live
at New Deal Studios, 4121 Redwood Ave, Marina del Rey, CA
November 17, 18, 19, 20 @ 8PM
November 21 @ 7PM
Please arrive 30 minutes prior to showtime.
TICKETS: 310.825.2101 or http://www.uclalive.org
MODERN PROMETHEUS LLC Website: www.osseuslabyrint.net/mpllc
MODERN PROMETHEUS LLC Hotline: 323.993.7215
MODERN PROMETHEUS LLC Billboard: Intersection of Sunset / Hollywood / Hillhurst, November 11-20
MODERN PROMETHEUS LLC Radio Spot: For listings and streaming visit rhzradio.net or tune-in to KRHZ at 1680 AM from a local micro-radio station near you.
November 17-21 2004, osseus labyrint, in association with Barry Schwartz (AKA Dr. Pank), will present the world premiere of MODERN PROMETHEUS LLC as part of the UCLA Live Performing Arts Series. UCLA Live is one of the most prestigious and groundbreaking series of its kind in the USA and osseus labyrint is the first LA-based group to be invited to participate in UCLA Live’s International Theatre Festival.
osseus labyrint employs diverse media, including the human body, film, video, sound and set constructions and has been presented live and broadcast around the globe. Barry Schwartz, works with machines, electricity and their acoustic properties and has toured and performed with his large-scale electro-mechanical structures in twelve countries.
In MODERN PROMETHEUS LLC, osseus labyrint and Barry Schwartz (AKA Dr. Pank) conspire in an elegant collision of raw physiology, stark mutated movement, electro-mechanical machinery and high-voltage electricity.
MODERN PROMETHEUS LLC depicts the corporate launch of a new life form: Human Analogues, “built from the atom up”, and imagines the first attempt by a species to acquire control of its own evolution through artificial selection. The assembled spectators will witness the galvanic animation of vat grown tissue into Human Analogues, followed by programming of the newly activated Analogues, physical demonstrations of their general and specialized uses and surgical procedures to add anatomical accessories. The exhibition’s highlight takes place when one of the female Analogues, after artificial insemination, gives birth to a machine.
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Rides of Passage
Rides of Passage is an exhibit featuring 125 Burton snowboards that have been painted, carved and sculpted by some of the top tattoo, graffiti and visionary artists in the world. Participating artists in the Rides of Passage project include Stash, Futura, Filip Leu, Don Ed Hardy, Aaron Cain, Sean Crofoot, Adrian Lee, Joe Capobianco, Jaime Litwalk, Jason D' Aquino, Mario Desa, Gunnar, Jeff Proctor, Paco Excel, Ron Earhart, Tristan Eaton and 109 other creative, unconventional minds. This is the third stop for the exhibition after Milk Studios, NY and at The Woodstock Tattoo and Body Art Festival in Woodstock, New York. Rides of Passage opens on October 20th at La Luz De Jesus at 4633 Hollywood Blvd (LA) from 8-10 p.m.
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October 15, 2004
Fifty Years of Godzilla
Japan's most loved character (no, not Hello Kitty!) turns 50. To celebrate, Super 7 in SF's Japan town will exhibit 40 equally loved artists paying tribute to Godzilla. Oct. 30th, 6 - 9pm. 1630 Post Street, SF.
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October 14, 2004
Rebecca Westcott
We are very saddened to hear of the tragic news that artist Rebecca Westcott was recently hit by a car and killed while changing her tire on the side of a road. Our deepest sympathy goes out to her husband Jim, her family and her friends. Space 1026 in Philadelphia will be hosting a memorial celebrating Rebecca's life on Oct. 23rd. More information here.
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October 13, 2004
Carpe Cras (seize tomorrow)
If you're down in L.A. between October 16th and December 3rd, stop by the BLK/MRKT Gallery and see the new exhibit, Carpe Cras, featuring the work of Andrew Schoultz (SF) and Ryan Wallace (Brooklyn). Exhibit reception is this Saturday from 6-10 p.m.
BLK/MRKT GALLERY
6009 Washington Blvd. [1 blk west of LaCienega]
Culver City, CA 90232 (310) 837-1989
Gallery hours: Tues -Sat. 11 - 6pm
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October 12, 2004
American Splendor screening plus discussion with Harvey Pekar
Harvey Pekar comes to Saratoga for a screening and discussion of the movie American Splendor. The movie was based on Pekar's autobiographical comic book series of the same title. New York Times Book Review says Harvey Pekar "lets all of life flood into his panels: the humdrum and the heroic, the gritty and the grand."
American Splendor plus discussion w/ Harvey Pekar
7:00 PM, Wednesday, November 3, 2004
Carriage House Theatre at Villa Montalvo, Saratoga
admission: $40/50
students: $10 (special offer)
American Splendor: The Life and Times of Harvey Pekar by Harvey Pekar
The New American Splendor Anthology by Harvey Pekar
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October 11, 2004
Winged Song
A VS correspondent pointed out that he had noticed unusual bird calls emanating from a building at the corner of North Second and Santa Clara Streets as he rode his bike through downtown San Jose this weekend. He urged us to drop by and experience it when we had the chance, so we did. You can hear it from just about anywhere at that intersection. Just give it a few seconds and the sound loops through again. Not sure who is responsible for this, but we like it. Stealth art. More please.
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Biopresence and Transgenic Tombstones
Biopresence developed a unique method, that allows us to store human DNA 'within' the DNA of a plant cell, WITHOUT affecting the genes of the resulting organism (genetically or visually). Biopresence trees can be seen as 'Living Memorials' or 'Transgenic Tombstones'. The creators, Georg Tremmel and Shiho Fukuhara, believe that a growing, living tree has the ability to comfort in a completely different way than cold gravestones.
Read more about the Biopresence Project - Human DNA trees
Read an interview with Georg Tremmel and Shiho Fukuhara of Biopresence by JeanPoole
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October 09, 2004
Eight Rows Deep
Our friends at Juice Design have another artshow opening on Thursday, October 21, 2004. The exhibit features bay area surfboard shapers and artists: Tiffany Bozic, Manuel C. Caro, Mark Gordon, Jeff Hantman, Alex Kopps, John Moore and Paul Urich. Wavefest will be projecting surf films all night too. Doors open at 7 p.m. Juice is located at 3160A 16th Street at Albion in the Mission District.
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Something Wicked This Way Comes
We were driving back to the studio from downtown after working on Phantom Galleries this morning and came across this truck in the parking lot of the train station. I went in, grabbed my camera and strolled on down the street to see if I couldn't get a photo to share with you. Afterall, us city folk aren't used to wild animals roaming these parts (at least... not in the daylight).
This guy was painting the web address www.gaymarriageno.org on the side and had backed up to admire his handy work when I took a shot. Apparently being Democrat and Gay are interlinked. You learn so much when you take time to observe the world around you.
I went out to his website to educate myself a bit more. All I can say at this point is stay away from the water in Placerville; It appears to be contagious.
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October 08, 2004
Terminal Five
Terminal Five is / was an exhibition held in a vacant terminal at JFK airport ("Catch Me If You Can" was filmed there) which responded to the transitory nature of travel, architecture and contemporary art. Sculpture, installation, sound, performance and other media take place within the luggage carousels, ticket counters, VIP lounges, staircases and the tunnel walkway. Unfortunately, a couple of incidents from rowdy opening goers shut the whole exhibit down before it even had a chance to take off. No respect by attendees coupled with no tolerance by airport officials equals no art. Read here.
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October 07, 2004
In The Street X, SF
10th annual IN THE STREET Theater Festival features art, installations and performances this weekend. Fri. 10/ 8, 6-10PM & Sat. 10/ 9, 12PM-6PM
500 block of Ellis Street between Leavenworth and Hyde in the Tenderloin
FREE, though donations appreciated.
We're especially looking forward to the artist reception for a new 4 story mural by the Gestalt Collective at 509 Ellis Street, Fri., 5-10:00p in Cohen Alley.
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Autumn Artwalk
If you're down in L.A. during the Oct 16 & 17th weekend, check out the Brewery's Autumn Artwalk. Over 100 artists' open their studios.
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October 06, 2004
FOUND on Letterman tonight!
FOUND Magazine's gonna be back on The Late Show with David Letterman tonight, Wednesday October 6th. They'll be sharing with Dave and America some of the fantastic new finds they've been collecting on the tour.
Buy FOUND from Anno Domini's online store
Meanwhile, the 50-state Slapdance tour rolls on through the Midwest -- Champaign IL, Milwaukee, Madison, Chicago, South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa, Kentucky + Tennessee. Check for details below, or on the 'events' page of Found Magazine. They can't wait to see you on the road! Tell 'em hi from A.D.
...and the tour continues:
Wed Oct 6th- Champaign, IL
cowboy monkey, 7 pm, 6 taylor street, 217.398.6665
Thurs Oct 7th- Milwaukee, WI-
alverno college (the mug), noon, 3390 s. 43rd st, 414.382.6317
Fri Oct 8th- Milwaukee, WI-
club garibaldi, 9 pm, 2501 s. superior street, 414.483.6335
Sat Oct 9th- Beloit, WI-
beloit college, 3 pm, java joint (pearsons), 608.363.4221
Sat Oct 9th- Madison, WI-
orpheum theater, 10 pm, 216 state street, 608.255.8755
Sun Oct 10th- Chicago-
the hideout, TWO SHOWS! 7pm + 9:30pm, 1354 w wabansia,
773.227.4433
Mon Oct 11th- Sioux Falls, SD-
blacksheep coffee, 8 pm, 1007 w. 11th street, 605.339.7207
Tues Oct 12th- Lincoln, NE-
duffy's tavern, 9 pm, 1412 'O' street, 402.474.3543
Wed Oct 13th- Des Moines, IA-
vaudeville mews, 7 pm sharp! 212 4th street, 515.243.3270
Thurs Oct 14th- Iowa City, IA-
gabe's oasis, 9 pm, 330 e. washington st., 319.354.4788
Fri Oct 15th- Louisville, KY-
rudyard kipling, 8 pm, 422 w. oak street, 502.636.1311
Sat Oct 16th- Nashville, TN-
springwater, 10 pm, 115 27th ave. N, 615.320.0345
Sun Oct 17th- Lexington, KY-
the icehouse, 8 pm, 412 cross st, 859.489.8200
10/18/2004- cincinnati, oh- shake it records, 8 pm
10/20/2004- pittsburgh, pa- future tenant, 7:30 pm
10/20/2004- morgantown, wv- 123 pleasant st, 10:30 pm
10/21/2004- washington, d.c.- staccato, 9 pm
10/22/2004- richmond, va- chop suey books, 7:30 pm
10/24/2004- charlottesville, va- gravity lounge, 8 pm
10/25/2004- durham, nc- regulator bookshop, 7 pm
10/26/2004- chapel hill, nc- the cave, 8 pm
10/28/2004- asheville, nc- vincent's ear, 10 pm
10/29/2004- south carolina- new brookland tavern, 6 pm
10/30/2004- athens, ga- the bar @ hancock & hull, 8 pm
10/31/2004- decatur, ga- ashton's, 8 pm
11/1/2004- gainesville, fl- the atlantic, 9 pm
11/3/2004- coral gables, fl- books & books, 8 pm
11/4/2004- delray beach, fl- dada, 8 pm
11/5/2004- toronto, on- the drake underground, 7 pm
11/6/2004- tampa, fl- covivant gallery, 9 pm
11/7/2004- birmingham, al- details TBA
11/8/2004- oxford, ms- details TBA
11/9/2004- jackson, ms- lemuria books, 12 noon
11/10/2004- new orleans, la- masonic lodge, 8 pm
11/11/2004- baton rouge, la- oculus gallery, 8 pm
11/12/2004- houston, tx- diverseworks, 8pm
Special event! FOUND vs. The Aurora Picture Show!!
11/13/2004- houston, tx- 8pm, 800 aurora st.
11/14/2004- houston, tx- 1pm, 800 aurora st.
11/14/2004- san antonio, tx- details TBA
11/16/2004- austin, tx- alamo drafthouse, 9:30pm
11/17/2004- dallas, tx- conduit gallery, 7:30 pm
11/18/2004- denton, tx- art prostitute, 8 pm
11/19/2004- oklahoma city, ok- galileo bar & grill, 9 pm
11/20/2004- fayetteville, ar- details TBA
11/21/2004- columbia, mo- ragtag cinema, 8 pm
11/22/2004- lawrence, ks- hawk's nest (KU union), 6:30 pm
11/24/2004- albuquerque, nm- guild cinema, time TBA
11/27/2004- honolulu, hi- arts at marks garage, 7:30 pm
12/3/2004- las vegas- 1st fri (@ blank canvas), 8 pm
12/4/2004- long beach, ca- 2nd city council gallery, 8 pm
12/5/2004- los angeles, ca- gallery 1988, 7 pm
12/7/2004- san francisco, ca- details TBA
12/8/2004- sacramento, ca- details TBA
12/9/2004- salt lake city, ut- slc public library, 7 pm
12/10/2004- jackson hole, wy- shady lady saloon, time TBA
12/15/2004- ann arbor, mi- henrietta fahrenheit, 8 pm
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October 04, 2004
Paper Bullets: A War of Words
Paper Bullets: A War of Words at Intersection for the Arts, SF
Opening Reception Weds., Oct 6th. 6 - 9pm.
This ambitious project merges new work by Sandow Birk, Amanda Eicher, René Garcia, Mondo Jud Hart, Packard Jennings, Kara Maria, Patrick Piazza, Winston Smith & Christine Wong with material spanning 50 years of psychological warfare and military propaganda, specifically printed leaflets dropped from the sky in times of war to demoralize, frighten, and divide both military and civilian populations.
By examining how graphics and language are used in this specific type of propaganda, the nine artists engage with this complex history by creating new work that responds to and re-contextualizes psychological warfare. Intersection’s Gallery will be transformed into a dynamic space consisting of historical aerial propaganda leaflets created by the United States, Nazi
Germany, Japan, Vietnam, and Iraq and new works in sculpture, installation, painting, collage, and illustration. Viewers will be
consistently challenged to determine not only the message being conveyed, but also who the creator of the message is and the intended audience for the message. Additionally, a number of projects are currently under way that will bring both materials and ideas from the exhibition out into the streets and skies of San Francisco.
Exhibit runs October 6 – November 20, 2004
Intersection for the Arts
446 Valencia (btwn 15/16)
San Francisco CA 94103
(415) 626-2787 | www.theintersection.org
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