Join us tonight for a program of 3 engaging acts:

Voice on Tape
Zombelle
Cabinet of Natural Curiosities

7-9pm.  Free drinks and entry. Part of our ongoing series of free music showcasing local and touring young acts.

Join us at Found this evening from 6-9pm as the Joint Custody Project LA is revealed, as well as the collaborators’ identities. More on the project at the JCP blog.

Join your fellow Los Angelenos for a sexy evening show featuring art from the upcoming movie Garden Party. From 7-10pm, tonight at Found. Don’t miss it.

Irene Kai’s What Do You See? wraps up this weekend. The closing reception is tonight from 7:00-10:00pm. Make sure to stop by – the artist will be in attendance.

I am presenting at Pecha Kucha tomorrow evening in Kreuzberg [for Germans, go here] about the Joint Custody Project.  The short-form presentation format is active in several cities around the world.  Each presenter works under the limitations of presenting 20 images which stay projected for 20 seconds, netting a 6 minute 40 second long discussion on a given subject.  Like the JCP itself, the restrictive format is very interesting.  I have never been to one of these, though they have taken place in LA at the Mountain Bar.

Also, I am extremely excited to hear from the Chessboxer.

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Infos:

Festaal Krezber / Skalitzer Straße 130 / Close to U-Bahnkof Kottbusser Tor

Start 20:20 h / Doors open 19:30 / Entry: Eur 5, -

And here is the list of speakers so far (subject to change):

• Cäthe Pfläging (Amt für Gestaltung / about girls and motorbikes)
• Jonny Coleman (Found Gallery / Joint Custody Project)
• David Selden (writer / The Invisible Kiez)
• Thomas Janze (Producer, director / The Science of Horror)
• Christiane ten Hoevel (artist / Covers of books that still need to be written)
• Nicky Szmala, Raul Krauthausen (SOZIALHELDEN / The Ring-S-Bahn as office, talkshow studio and gameshow environment)
• Stefan Riekeles (Les Jardins des Pilotes / Moosismus - Topologie der Moose)
• Dietmar Post (Regisseur / Entstehung des Films ‘The Monks’)
• Tanja Dückers (Schriftstellerin / “Reise nach Transnistrien. Bericht aus einem Land, das es nicht gibt”)
• Frank Stoldt (Policeman, Chessboxer / about the Chessboxing Worldchampionship 2008)

Found Gallery and Weisinger’s Vineyard cordially invite you to participate in our What Do You See? giveaway – celebrating Irene Kai’s What Do You See? at Found Gallery through the end of June, 2008.

What do you win?
A two night stay at the lovely Vineyard Cottage in Ashland, Oregon, and lunch with the artist. While you’re in town, why not see a show at the world famous Oregon Shakespeare Festival?

How do you participate?
There are two ways to participate. 1) Come to the gallery and drop your business card in the giveaway jar. 2) Comment on this post. Include your name and email address (don’t worry your email address isn’t made public!)

The Details
The winner will receive a two night stay at the Weisinger’s Vineyard Cottage at Weisinger’s Vineyard in Ashland, Oregon. The winner is responsible for travel to and from Ashland, as well as all food expenses. By participating in this giveaway, you agree to the following terms and conditions.
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Contrary to popular belief, Found Gallery did not disappear yesterday. A number of concerned patrons of the arts have contacted the gallery over the last two days, regarding the fact that our website was down. Our current show, Irene Kai’s What Do You See?, was featured on the front page of BoingBoing. We had over 6,000 visitors within the first 20 minutes. This caused our server to break. Sorry for the downtime – hope you can forgive us.

Irene Kai’s What Do You See is running at Found from June 8 through June 30, 2008. The 16 black and white images, on display for the first time in Los Angeles, caused a major uproar, back in 1976, within the Royal College of Art staff, which took two months to settle and caused the Royal College to change its hiring policy. Previously shown in New York City and London, the images were released as a book in 2006. The exhibition encourages us to explore the source of our own sociocultural bias – causing us to take pause and examine our perception of human sexuality. Stop by any Friday, Saturday or Sunday, between 1-5pm, this month. Have questions? Read more about the show – and tell us what you see: a penis? a vagina? a butt? a breast?Artist proceeds from the show go to support production of Red Earth Descendants Irene’s newest film.

Don’t forget the Closing Reception Saturday, June 28, from 7-10 pm. You know where we’re at: 1903 Hyperion Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90027

As we near the end of the month, things at Found are getting busy. After gallery hours today, I spent time cleaning house, and prepping for the take down of A&K’s Not Particularly Tall, which closes this Wednesday, June 4. If you haven’t seen it, please contact me to set-up a time to come in.

We’re also plotting the hang of our newest show - Irene Kai’s What Do You See? Jean, our newest intern, and I spent time with levels, measuring tape, and tons of packing peanuts, prepping for Saturday’s installation. The show opens this Sunday, June 8, with a closing reception Saturday, June 28 from 7-10pm.

Today also marks the official kick-off of the Joint Custody Project in Los Angeles. Make sure to sure to follow up on progress over at the Joint Custody Project Blog. We’ll cross-post here occasionally as well.

(image via bradybd)

Now through June 28, join us every Friday and Saturday night, from 8:30-10:30pm, to celebrate with our friends from the Lyric Hyperion Theatre at Found Gallery hosted Cocktail Parties. Free refreshments, snacks, and entertainment from musical luminaries such as DJ Tarantino. After the party, walk up the block and catch the show – it starts at 10:30pm. Tickets are available at the gallery for $20.