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
Here is a video from one our first shows, when we were still ‘The Orphanage,’ from 2006 that I just saw for the first time. Matt Maust [who is showing next month with Matt Wignall] and fellow Cold War Kids discuss the interrelation of Matt’s design/collage work, the band’s travels, songwriting, and performing. Well put.
I finally got a few pictures up from last week’s Conjunction Gumption party. As you can see, [from left] Golden, CRZA, & Sam Sparro lost a few pounds of sweat and tears. If you missed Sam Sparro, his record release party is this Saturday at Bordello [info below]. Thanks to everyone who came and drank mint juleps.
‘Bio Mapping is a participatory methodology for people to talk about their immediate environment, locality and communal space. I’m trying to use 3D visualisation as a way of talking about the space. It’s not representational.’
UK teacher/activist/artist/modern busy person Christian Nold recently completed the San Francisco emotion map, a process which he has invented and tested already in Greenwich. If I understand the process, he basically blindfolds subjects and has them guided around different public spaces, all the while being hooked up to a lie-detector, tracking the subject’s response to urban stimuli.
He has predetermined categories, something like ‘good’ and ‘bad,’ that describe the body’s reaction to specific places. Then he creates a map of his subjects’ paths, with color coordinated labels based on their bodies’ reactions. Nold is supremely concerned with effects of globalization/development/urban anarchy and is actively creating new research in the fields of sensory politics and sensory pollution.
Mr. Nold stays incredibly busy with his various projects, and, good for us, he processes and shares information very reliably. Check below for links and click on the image above to see the flow chart he made to describe himself.
Some special screenings are taking place tomorrow night [Tuesday, Aug. 7] in town.
1-John Knuth’s Circus Gallery will be screening ‘very special video screening with JULIE ORSER, SHANA MOULTON, and LANDON WIGGS. Each artist will be screening a few of there recent videos.’ Further, ‘The screenings is outdoors and relaxed. The Gallery will also be open to see SIZE with sculptures by Sky Burchard, Brett Lund, Daniel Ruanova, and Adam Janes, and Curious Green curated by Anat Ebgi with paintings by Ylva Ogland, and videos by Jen DeNike.’ Admission is free.
2-eighteen-thirty’s Summer rooftop screening series continues, this time with ‘Paris is Burning.’ Reviews of the 1990 doctumentary, which is considered a classic depiction of NY drag culture in the 80s. Click here to read a gender treatise.
[that which is show above does not reflect any of Found’s experience in Silverlake, nor of Sunset Junction]
Thanks to the SLGA which has tipped us off to some interesting changes in this year’s Sunset Junction Street Festival. Most notably, the route has been significantly changed, and the price has been raised [again]. However, you will still be able to get trashed and partake in carnival activities, engage in good people watching, and maybe hear a good band perform.
Below are the details from SLGA in their entirety [sorry for cribbing, but no permalink is available]:
We put together a short interview to give you a little information about Donna Angers — her background, inspirations, and education. Click the image to watch.
