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May 30, 2005
A.D. Downtown
Yes, it's true. After five of the best years we could imagine in a former iron works foundry throwing monthly art happenings, Anno Domini will be moving into the former Camera One Theater building on South First Street. Thanks to friends, artists, audience and city agency folks that believe in A.D., we have finally signed a lease for the new location to bring the gallery smack in the middle of the heart of the city.
It's a passing of the torch really... in the early 1970s there was no place in the South Bay to see quality independent or international films. James Zuur, Jack NyBlom and Dennis Skaggs, aspiring filmmakers and major film fans, used to make the long drive to Berkeley several times a week to see movies like Children of Paradise, 400 Blows and Casablanca. But after a few years the drive became a bore, and in 1975 they, along with two other partners, opened Camera One in downtown San Jose. We hope to continue the legacy of art and culture that these pioneers began more than 30 years ago.
So Barron's show will be the closing of the current location (what a way to go!). The work is coming in and it's intense, beautful and you'll never forget it. So come by his opening (06.03.05), meet Barron, get inspired and reminisce about the 55 exhibits showcasing hundreds of artists from around the nation and all those DIY performers that made the trek to SJ to share their talents. We should be in the new space by the fall to start it all up again.
And what's to happen with A.D.'s current space? Well, it would be a shame to lose an art space to gain one, so we're going to launch KALEID, a new gallery specializing in local artists. You'll be hearing more from us about that soon.
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"Stuck at Prom" 2005
You are looking at contestants 3387 of the Stuck at Prom Duct Tape Scholarship Contest. Each couple attended a high school, or home school association, prom held in the spring of 2005, wearing complete attire or accessories made from duct tape. First prize for various categories received $5,000 per couple. I wanna see the Duct Tape Limo?
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May 29, 2005
SoundWalk 2005 - Call for Entries
SoundWalk 2005 is currently accepting submissions from sound artists for their second annual event. Please send written proposals, including a brief bio, website links and mp3's to: submissions@soundwalk.org Deadline: June 11, 2005
EVENT DETAILS
WHAT: Sound/Art Event "SoundWalk 2005", a one-night event of sound installations. A selection of indoor installations will be featured for one month.
WHERE: In a variety of indoor and outdoor spaces throughout the East Village Arts District in Downtown Long Beach, specifically located in the area encompassed by Broadway, Atlantic, Ocean and up to 4th St. on Elm.
WHEN: Saturday, August 20th, 2005 from 5 - 10 pm
Please visit www.soundwalk.org for more information and to see images from last year's event.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION
LONG BEACH, CA- On August 20th, 2005, the Long Beach artist group, FLOOD is presenting the second annual SoundWalk event. SoundWalk 2005 will expand on last year's concept of a one-night audible/visible experience of sound installations in a variety of indoor and outdoor spaces throughout the East Village Arts District in Downtown Long Beach and will feature not only Southern California
sound artists but International artists as well, with participants from Germany, Austria and New Zealand. Also this year will include scheduled performances throughout the month of August by
participating sound artists involved in this year's event. There will also be parallel participation from some of the local galleries, featuring sound related art for the month of August.
This event is free to the public and is being sponsored by the Downtown Long Beach Associates (DLBA), The Arts Council of Long Beach, The East Village Association (EVA), The City of Long Beach, Parabolic Productions, and Pedestrian
About FLOOD
The artist group, FLOOD has been working together on projects successfully for the last three years. FLOOD is interested in testing the limits of artistic expression through collaboration and
experimentation within a variety of artistic genres. Current members of FLOOD are Kamran Assadi, Frauke von der Horst, Shea M Gauer, and Scott A Peterson.
Contact: Shea M Gauer at (562) 499-OPEN or Email: info@soundwalk.org
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May 28, 2005
Sound Immersions
How often does one get a chance to say, "Speaking of Cadavre Exquis"? Well, today's my day...
I spent a good part of my morning today listening to a streaming broadcast of sound art from students of the University of Minnesota. You can tune-in to their 4-day internet Radio broadcast featuring field recordings/phonography through Memorial Day.
This is the first of three broadcasts over the next three weeks and is largely comprised of un-processed site recordings.
17 students made this broadcast, inspired by the Dadaist Exquisite Corpse technique. Each individual made a 60 second recording then handed off the recorder to another person who added 60 seconds and so on. Sometimes the microphone is stationary, revealing the locational perspective of the recordist. Sometimes it is a searching microphone, finding sounds and audio-images in the environment. Sometimes the recordists actively performed using found objects or their own body as an instrument.
3 additional tracks were later remixed from the original source footage.
The radio stream will be broadcast for 24 hours a day until next Tuesday and works with a dial-up internet connection speed or higher. You simply need a music program on your computer, any free player like iTunes or Real Player for Mac or PC will work.
Tune In: http://artlabs.umn.edu/websound/
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Cadavre Exquis - Call for Artists
Cadavre Exquis, Man Ray, Yves Tanguy, Joan Miro, Max Morise, 1928
Much of what inspired us to open a gallery were those legendary eras when the artists, poets & philosophers gathered together in basements, dive bars and studios. Our friend Francesca is gathering artists for a good ol' fashion parlor game made famous by the Surrealists....and you're invited!
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From Paris 1925, New York 1993, to San Jose 2005! the long awaited return of the EXQUISITE CORPSE 2005
You are invited to participate in a reenactment of the surrealist parlor game of chance. Relax, unwind, meet interesting artists while collaborating on the sublime!
Both emerging and professional artists are invited to attend.
Saturday, June 4th from 5pm - Midnight(ish)
STUDIO 4 (F. Lovecchio) @ The Citadel
199 Martha Street, San Jose, CA
Finished works will be exhibited at San Jose's celebrated Phantom Galleries.
ARTIST REQUIREMENTS
RSVP francescalove@hotmail.com
Paper, beverages, light snack will be provided (wine, water, soda...)
Artists are encouraged to bring additional finger foods/beverages etc. to share
A $5.00 - $10.00 contribution is suggested to cover the cost of paper and sundries.
Some student grade materials will be available for use on site (pencils/scissors/glue/acrylics/watercolors/brushes/collage accoutrement etc.)
Artists are encourage to bring their own mark making 2D -assemblage media/supplies.
Wear clothing suitable for art making - casual, stainable attire.
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May 23, 2005
Art as Clothing, Clothing as Art
The Richmond Art Center
Call for Entries: Dress: Art as Clothing, Clothing as Art
Deadline: May 31, 2005
This call is for existing artworks that address clothing as a sculptural medium. Projects should emphasize the condition of the body in clothes, informed by soft sculpture, performance and body-art precedents of the past 40 years. Works that can withstand contact are encouraged, as are projects that invite audience participation. The emphasis is on wearable articles and performances, centered on concerns of commodity and gift exchange, shelter, and self-identification as articulated through clothing. The exhibition strategy is based on the design of a bout ique rather than a gallery show, inviting visitors to abandon traditional notions of how to interact with art.
Download the Call for Entries
Download the General Submission Guidelines
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The C5 Landscape Initiative
San Francisco Camerawork presents The C5 Landscape Initiative, an exhibition featuring work by C5 Corporation, a new media collective based in San Jose, California. The Landscape Initiative is the culmination of three years of research and documentation of C5's performative expeditions into the landscape through Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and big data analyses. C5 is interested in how people interact with data, and how data influences the way we interact with our environment.
The exhibition will include media installations that blend innovative uses of digital technologies to explore, navigate and map the landscape on both sides of the globe. Presented through work generated by database software developed by C5, this exhibition features digital photographic prints, fabricated sculptural objects, 3D visualizations and digital video. The exhibition will allow viewers to interact with C5's expeditions, while exploring our relationships to the land in a data driven world.
C5 artists include: Steve Durie, Bruce Gardner, Amul Goswamy, Matt Mays, Joel Slayton, Brett Stalbaum, Jack Toolin and Geri Wittig.
Exhibit on view: May 24-June 25, 2005
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May 18, 2005
METRO 20th Anniversary VIP Party
We wanted to thank METRO Newspapers for having us provide "Real Culture" for their recent 20th Anniversary party.
To all the Artists, the DJs: Cutso, Nui & Jeremy, Matthew & Sam for the lowrider bike exhibit and to Abe for the photos- THANK YOU!
Clik "Continue reading" for photos of the artists.
ADRIAN
DEE JAE
JASON
MARISSA
RATHA & FREDI
ROXANNE
SAM
SEAN
TIM
YOSHI
DJs CUTSO & NUI
MATTHEW & SAM
ABE
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May 05, 2005
ArtNights at 18th Street
Saturday, May 7, 2005, 6:00-8:30pm
18th Street Arts Center presents the second in a new series of free art and performance events sponsored by the Santa Monica City Cultural Affairs Division. Local and international contemporary artists premiere new and recent works.
One of L.A.'s most extraordinary performing groups of the past decade, Osseus Labyrint (pictured above) will premiere a new site-specific work outdoors at 18th Street.
Directed by Hannah Sim and Mark Steger, Osseus Labyrint has inhabited extreme, remote, conventional and self-made environments, exhibiting, filming and building things since 1989. Their works have been presented live and broadcast throughout the USA, Canada, Mexico, England, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand, and over the World Wide Web.
"Contemporary dance at its most hauntingly extreme." - Los Angeles Times
"The antithesis of ordinary human experience." - LA Weekly
OSSEUS LABYRINT
May 7, 2005
7:30PM-8:30
18th Street Arts Center
1639 18th Street @ Olympic
Santa Monica, CA 90404
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May 04, 2005
SJSU BFA Show
Erik Otto will be showing selected works as part of the SJSU Illustration & Animation BFA ehxibit May 9 - 12th, with a reception on May 10th from 6 - 9pm. Gallery 3/Art Building, SJSU. Flyer here.
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May 01, 2005
SJSU Graphic Design Senior Show
DOT22 opening is this Tuesday, May 3rd and Wednesday, May 4th at WORKS Gallery in San Jose. They promise refreshments, music and compelling graphic design.
WORKS Gallery
30 North 3rd Street
San Jose, CA
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Mills College 2005 MFA Exhibition
Mills College 2005 MFA Exhibition opened on Friday. The exhibit runs from April 29 - May 29. Opening Reception is today, Sunday, May 1st from 2-4 pm.
Mills College Fine Art Museum
5000 MacArthur Boulevard
Oakland, CA
hours: Tues-Sunday, 11-4
(open 'til 7:30 on Wednesdays)
www.mills.edu/mfa2005
510.430.2165
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