[image courtesy of Dave Bullock/eecue]

A friendly reminder that we are hosting the latest CC Salon LA next week (9/3/08) at Found between 7:30PM-9:30PM. Joining us will be Xeni Jardin, Tech Culture Journalist and co-editor at Boing Boing, and Casey Caplowe, Creative Director of GOOD Magazine.

Both will discuss how CC, and ‘openness’ in general, has been employed in their respective undertakings, touching on the the successes they have had as well as obstacles they have had to overcome, specifically in regards to traditional and non-traditional journalism. Both will be available for Q&A after their presentations.

Follow the event on Upcoming, mark attending on Facebook, and make sure to come down and hear from two exemplary members of the CC community on their experiences with open licensing. As always, there will be free (as in beer) drinks for the entire night.

UPDATE: We are pleased to announce that the wonderful sounds of Vosotros will be heard at the Salon in between presenters, giving you yet another reason to attend!

From Peggy and Amanda [re: their performance at the Found 2 year anniversary opening last Saturday]:

Basically what happened at the performance was that Amanda and I were dancing on stage with one of the last bands during their last song.  I kept bumping into Amanda while sipping on my beer and dancing.  Then I drunkenly grabbed her head several times, trying to make out with her, which she refuses by pushing me away.  Then the last time she pushes me away she also throws beer on me, then I throw my beer at her, and then we lunged at each other and had a good ole cat fight.  Then we had Jonny’s friend “Billy” planted in the crowd to pull me away from Amanda in order to stop the fight, but what also happened was that a bystander “Jed James” stepped in and pulled Amanda away from me also.  Then Amanda broke off from her restrainer and jumped on Billy’s back as he was dragging me away.  Then me and Amanda walked back to the stage, with our arms around each other, like we made up, but then she finds that I ripped off and broke her necklace, yells at me, and then we lunge at each other again, and we start act two of the cat fight.  This time we end the fight when the music ends.

We wanted to place the audience in a real life situation where they didn’t know if what was happening was real or planned in order to see how they would react and how they would find themselves reacting.  We decided to use the situation of a physical fight which does not require audience participation, but puts pressure on the audience to react or get involved in the fight.  Also a physical fight situation is one that most of those gallery attendants have never experienced other than on youtube or Jerry Springer, so we wanted to give them that gift.

See all of the gifts here.

Found celebrates its 2 years of serving you this weekend during the Sunset Junction Street Festival.

A list of performances [free] this weekend to flank Lyla Rose’s S.O.S., which opens on Saturday:

Performing on Saturday 5-10pm:
+ Pizza!
+ Rainbow Arabia
+ Vosotros
+ Gangi
+ The Nightbirds
+ SURPRISE SPECIAL PERFORMANCE
+ Julian Brody [DJ Set]

Performing on Sunday 4-7pm:

+ Zombelle

 +Voice on Tape
+ Vosotros
+ PALMS
+ Glasser with bodycity
+ Madhause performing 5-7…in the back

Plus, we are celebrating the opening of Gold Bear across the street, a space which will eventually serve as an additional project space through Found.  On Saturday night, from 10 on, Edgar Gargarella presents LA Plays Itself, featuring DJ sets by Sam Sparro, Cole Medina, Nitedog, Golden, Julian Brody, and CRZA.

Rsvp to mwebex@gmail.com [$5 cover]

All events at Found are free —

Thanks to the scores of visitors who visited our opening at the DigitalArt.LA festival last weekend.  Below are some photos.  Full set here.

Tonight, Found opens its first all digital exhibition as part of the first DigitalArt.LA festival downtown [coinciding with the Downtown Film Festival and the Downtown Art Walk].  Come to Yarger Strauss’ [5th and Spring - map]

Participating Artists:

Joe Merrell, Paul Tyree-Francis, Nicole Belle, Nicky Maser, Alexandra Wetzel, Chris Weisbart, Michael Wilson, Mark Mothersbaugh, Paul McLean + Allan Barnes

Click here to see photos from pt. 3 of the Spacial Reconstruction installation, ‘Pretend Behavior’ by Morrisa Maltz.  It was another intense, loopy 36 hour reception where people and things shuffled and interacted with the space and work.

‘Pretend Behavior,’ part 3 [of 4] of our Spacial Reconstruction series, opened earlier today.  Morrisa Maltz has created an interactive set of spaces that feature gobs of video and color, fabric and clothes - a space which invites you to sit.  It’s open through Sunday night at midnight.  Please check in with us.

A few photos from pt. 2 of the Spacial Reconstruction installation, ‘Default Project’ by C.L. Meisinger.

See them all here.