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LA - "Big Kids/Little Kids" (07.19.08 - 08.08.08)

LA - Mid-City Works Tour (07.19.08)

FREE AFTERNOON PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS MID-CITY WORKS BY

RUDOLPH SCHINDLER AND GREGORY AIN

Tours, Talk to Focus on Mackey Apartments and Dunsmuir Flats

The MAK Center for Art and Architecture at the Schindler House will open its doors at the Mackey Apartments for a free community afternoon highlighting the architecture of R.M. Schindler, the Artists and Architects in Residence Program, and the renovation of the Mackey garages. The Mackey Apartments are located at 1137 S. Cochran Avenue in the mid- Wilshire section of Los Angeles. Scheduled for Saturday, July 19, 2008 from noon – 4 p.m., the afternoon will include refreshments, tours of the Mackey Apartments and Gregory Ain’s nearby Dunsmuir Flats, and a 1 p.m. lecture on the work of Rudolph Schindler by architect, author and Chair of Cal Poly Pomona School of Architecture, Judith Sheine.

LA - "Persistence of Vision" (07.19.08 - 08.16.08)

Dave McKean: Persistence of Vision
Opening: Saturday, July 19, 8-11pm

MERRY KARNOWSKY GALLERY
170 S. LA BREA AVENUE
(IN THE ART 170 BUILDING)
LOS ANGELES, CA 90036
323.933.4408

Exhibition Dates:
July 19 - August 16, 2008

Gallery Hours:
Tues - Sat 12-6pm

LA - "I May Be Right & I May Be Wrong, But You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone: Notes On Building A Time Machine" (07.19.08 - 08.09.08)

LA - "Suggestion Box" (07.19.08 - 08.13.08)

NYC - "Crocodile Tears: Small Works of Art by Over 50 Artists" (07.19.08 - 08.13.08)

LA - "Rank" + "Crudo" (07.19.08 - 09.06.08)

LAXART PRESENTS A NEW SCULPTURAL INSTALLATION BY LOS ANGELES-BASED ARTIST KORI NEWKIRK AND THE DEBUT OF MIGUEL ANGEL RIOS' VIDEO ENTITLED CRUDO

July 19 - September 6, 2008 (closed for summer, August 24 - September 1)
Opening reception July 19, 7-9pm

July 19, 6pm
Walk-through with artist Miguel Angel Rios and guest curator Gilbert Vicario

LAXART is pleased to present a new sculptural installation entitled RANK by Los Angeles-based artist Kori Newkirk. Centered upon a highly polished mirrored podium exaggerated to architectural scale, RANK mimics the visual logic and cultural pervasiveness of a recent and forthcoming political theater. By restaging this trope of public speech at a time in which the nation awaits the upcoming presidential election, Newkirk heightens the charge and urgency surrounding this ubiquitous form. Otherwise rendered inconspicuous as a medial device, the functionality of the podium is herein transformed by a manipulation of scale and the application of a mirrored surface to give way to both formal abstraction and pure spectacle. Conjuring both ideology and the body, RANK offers an unspecific monument in which meaning and content are delivered through tensions of presence and absence. It is in this context that Newkirk's intervention animates the theatricality of minimalist sculpture, implicating viewers through devices of reflection, while also interrogating the role audiences play in the rituals of political discourse.

SM - Tonalism (07.19.08)

"House of Cards"

From Radiohead:

In Radiohead's new video for "House of Cards", no cameras or lights were used. Instead, 3D plotting technologies collected information about the shapes and relative distances of objects. The video was created entirely with visualizations of that data.

Directed by James Frost
From the album IN RAINBOWS

links for 2008-07-14

• E3 2008, E3 Convention
  G4TV's non-stop coverage of E3 for all video game enthusiasts alike.
  (tags: G4TV VideoGames Conferences Convention Business Technology Marketing)
• Sub Pop Records Celebrates 20 Years
  Happy Belated 20th Birthday, Sub Pop Records! An interview with Jonathan Poneman, co-founder of the Seattle-based music tastemaker.
  (tags: SubPop Music Business NPR Interview Seattle)
• This American Life T-shirt Contest
  Design a t-shirt for TAL and you could win $1000 and have your design worn by NPR nerds all around the world!
  (tags: NPR Contest Design Fashion Radio Media)
• Graffiti Artist Banksy Unmasked ... as a Former Public Schoolboy From Middle-Class Suburbia
  Don't believe the hype/media.
  (tags: Banksy Artist Media)

LA - "Fugei and Yen Ware" (07.18.08 - 08.03.08)

FUGEI and YEN WARE : July 18th (Fri) - August 3rs (Sun)

opening reception : July 18th (Fri.) from 4PM to 8PM at the new tortoise

Our next exhibition will be on Fugei (embroidery fabric works) and Yen ware (ceramic works).

Fugeiten is a project of textile crafts collaborating with traditional craftsmen in the provinces.
In this exhibition they will bring "Koginzashi" bags and crafts. Yen ware is a line of new Japanese pottery manufactured by Mizuho kiln, a mingei pottery in the southern part of Japan.

At our opening party, we will serve kakigori (shaved ice) made by Rika Fukuda, a food coordinator, who recently published 'A book of shaved ice' in Japan. Kids are welcome!

Tortoise
1342 1/2 Abbot Kinney Blvd. Venice, CA 90291 (310)396-7335
store hours: open Noon-6PM PST closed Mon and Tue

"Circle Squared"

Man, how did I miss this?! Boy pals Todd St. John from Hunter Gatherer and Slabco Steve collaborated to create this Webby winner (Best Use of Animation/Motion Graphics) and Emmy nominated video "Circle Squared". Todd created all the awesome stop-motion animation, concept, and everything and Steven provided the music for a commission by T: The New York Times Style Magazine for last winter's holiday season. According to Todd, the video is about "One creature consumes another so that it may be satisfied and continue its existence, only to give its life to be the next animal's meal."

Enjoy! Better late than never!

LA Adicup 2008

July 12, 2008 - 3:42 p.m. - Santa Monica, CA

We spent a beautiful afternoon at adidas' third annual Adicup, a soccer tournament for the lifestylist community. Sure there were a lot of short shorts and high tube socks worn by non players, but nobody was complaining. The day was filled with lots of sun (I mean lots) and fun. Friends and family from all over the LA metro area came to cheer on their favorite team made up of magazines, fashion brands, radio stations, and other cool posses. Organic fare was provided by the Green Truck and DJ King Britt had the crowd swaying if they weren't playing. A great way to kick off summer! More soccer please!

Word for Word 2008: Michael Ian Black (07.16.08)

Wednesday, July 16, 2008
12:30 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.
Michael Ian Black, My Custom Van (And 46 Other Mind-Blowing Essays That Will Blow Your Mind All Over Your Face)

Hosted by: Amelie Gillette, Staff Writer at The Onion

Rev up for comedian, actor, director, blogger, and co-creator of comedy favorites The State and Stella, Michael Ian Black, as he presents his debut collection of hilarious irreverent essays.

Location: The Bryant Park Reading Room located on the 42nd Street side of the park - under the trees - between the back of the NYPL & 6th Avenue. Look for the burgundy and white umbrellas.

Bryant Park phone number: 212-768-4242

Directions to Bryant Park: Subways B, D, F, V to 6th Ave. @ 42nd St . 7 line to 5th Ave.@ 42nd St. ; Bus M1, M2, M3, M4, Q32, to 5th Ave. @ 42nd St. ; M5, M6, M7 to 6th Ave. @ 42nd St .

FrieNDA Lunch at DreamWorks

July 11 2008 - 12:12 p.m. - Glendale, CA

Ori hosted a bunch of us for a DreamWorks' campus lunch and tour. The complex is beautiful, complete with waterfalls, a pond with koi and duck and it gives off a vibe of a fairly relaxed environment. There were busy ping pong games and overly crowded lunch tables filled with really smiley people. My second visit was even more fun because I got to share it with others. DWA's pretty, pretty cool... it must be the free yogurt machine! Thanks again, Ori!

"Ornithology" Tour by Jen Bekman

Jen Bekman Gallery Presents: Ornithology from Derrick Tan on Vimeo.

An impromptu tour of the group art show, "Ornithology" by gallerist and friend, Jen Bekman at her namesake gallery. The show's up until August 2nd so please swing by if you have a chance.

Jen Bekman Gallery
6 Spring St
(between Elizabeth + Bowery)

Gallery Hours:
Wednesday – Saturday | Noon – 6pm

NYC - Sylvia Plachy Book Event (07.14.08)

SYLVIA PLACHY
Talk and Book Signing

Sylvia Plachy was the first photographer assigned to shoot the opening photograph of the legendary Goings On About Town section of The New Yorker. Plachy will discuss key images in her latest Aperture book, Goings On About Town: Photographs for The New Yorker (co-published with The New Yorker, October 2007), which brings together a collection of these delightful and enchanting photographs for the first time. Plachy, who is well known to New Yorkers for her long-standing photo column at the Village Voice entitled “Unguided Tour,” explores the city’s dynamics from the inside out, revealing the vital and at times wacky creativity that energizes New York around the clock. The images are quintessentially Sylvia Plachy, and quintessentially New York. Plachy will also show and discuss other images from her illustrious 40-year career.

Sylvia Plachy’s (b.1943, Budapest) photographs have appeared in the New York Times Magazine, the Village Voice, Granta, Artforum, Fortune, and have been exhibited in galleries and museums in Berlin, Paris, Budapest, and Tokyo. Plachy has received a 2004 Golden Light award for her critically acclaimed book of her personal history in central Europe, Self Portrait with Cows Going Home (Aperture, 2004). A retrospective of her work was featured at PhotoEspaña, Madrid, last spring.

Monday, July 14, 6:30 p.m.

New York Public Library
Mid-Manhattan Branch
455 Fifth Avenue
New York, New York
(212) 340-0849

SM - Bastille Day Celebration (07.14.08)

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Slow Down

Remember what it was like to be a kid when everything was new and awesome? Thanks Heather for this beautiful video. [Thanks Skampy for the link]

Maui Sugar Cane Fields

July 8, 2008 - 1:51 p.m. - Maui, Hawaii

LA - ADICUP (07.12.08)

UPDATE: Full coverage here.

LA - "Splash: Summer Gallery Selections 2008" (07.12.08 - 08.02.08)

Splash: Summer Gallery Selections 2008

July 12 – August 2, 2008
Opening Reception : Saturday, July 12, 6-9pm

Draw aside summer's sweltering curtain and get refreshed by sublime works from Cerasoli Gallery's selected artists. A thoughtful and imaginative undercurrent runs through 'Splash: Summer Gallery Selections 2008,' curated by Cerasoli Gallery director Freddi Cerasoli. The exhibit features contemporary work in varied media by over twenty diverse, talented, emerging and established artists. The works on view in 'Splash' inspire and surprise while exploring a spectrum of ideas with a summer theme.

LA - "The 2008 Vice Photo Show" (07.12.08 - 07.26.08)

LA - "Slightly All the Time" (07.12.08 - 08.16.08)

MIKE STILKEY: Slightly All The Time

July 12 – August 16, 2008

OPENING RECEPTION: Saturday, July 12th, 7-10pm

Kinsey/DesForges Gallery
6009 Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232
310 837 1989

Kinsey/DesForges is pleased to present Slightly All the Time, an exhibition of new paintings, book sculptures, and an on-site installation (the first since his installation at Rice University Gallery last summer) from Los Angeles artist Mike Stilkey. This will be Stilkey's second solo showing with the gallery. The exhibition opens with a reception on July 12th from 7-10pm, and continues through August 16th, 2008.