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MUTO a wall-painted animation by BLU

MUTO a wall-painted animation by BLU from blu on Vimeo.

Street art at it's absolute finest. Check out Blu's new short film. It's gorgeous. If you can't get enough, check out his older films here! Thanks Skampy for the linkitage!

links for 2008-05-13

• Monitor Mix
  Carrie Brownstein is a writer and musician (Sleater-Kinney). This is her blog for NPR.
  (tags: NPR Music Musicians Culture Blogs Women)
• Robert Rauschenberg, Titan of American Art, Is Dead at 82
  RIP Robert Rauschenberg. Your all-over-the-place art will be missed.
  (tags: Obituary 2008 Artist Culture NYTimes)
• Chimp Memory Beats Humans'
  "Watch young chimpanzees beat Japanese college students in a short-term-memory test by a wide margin—raising questions about primate intelligence and evolution." So maybe it's time to start monkeying around!
  (tags: Animals Science Research NationalGeographic Videos)
• Ten Ways to Change the World Through Social Media
  How to leverage the social web for positive change.
  (tags: Environment Activism Blogs Green SocialNetworking Sustainablog Tips NonProfit)
• DeVotchKa: Soaring and Silken, Sad and Lovely
  Kathryn's review of indie rock band DeVotchKa's "Head Honcho".
  (tags: KathrynYu NPR Music Review Musicians)
• Maker Faire - Do-It-Yourself - Make Magazine
  An overview of Maker Faire -- where tinkerers and non-conformist technologists are king!
  (tags: NYTimes Science Technology DIY SanFrancisco)
• Benji Lanyado Takes a Tour of Tokyo's Cutting-Edge Art Scene
  "Cutting-edge art can be hard to track down in any city - let alone one of the world's biggest - but a new guide to the Tokyo art scene points the way."
  (tags: Travel Japan Art Culture Friends Tips GuardianUK)

LA - "Killing Time" (05.17.08 - 06.18.08)

LA - Christopher Finch Book Event (05.17.08)

LA - Daly Street Lofts Viewing (05.17.08, 05.18.08, 05.24.08, 05.25.08)

Please Join Joseph Giovannini for a Viewing of Daly Street Lofts:
Saturday and Sunday, May 17-18 and 24-25, Noon to 6:00 pm

Designer Walk-Through: 1:00 pm, 3:00 pm and 5:00 pm, All Four Days

The MAK Center for Art and Architecture L.A. at the Schindler House, Los Angeles Forum for Architecture and Urban Design and the Architecture and Design Museum, Los Angeles, and are sponsoring a public showing of the Daly Street Lofts in Lincoln Heights. Designed by contemporary New York-based critic and architect Joseph Giovannini, these lofts will be open for two weekends, May 17-18 and 24-25 from noon to 6 pm. This is a rare opportunity for the public to view an example of contemporary architectural praxis before the lofts are rented and occupied.

NYC - "Dark Prospects" (05.17.08)

Dark Prospects
By Charles Beronio

Published by Printed Matter

Book Launch
Saturday, May 17, 2008, 5:00 – 7:00 PM

Printed Matter, Inc. is pleased to announce a launch for Charles Beronio’s Dark Prospects, an artist book taking the form of a tabloid magazine that breaks down and ultimately subverts the magazine’s personality and fields of corporate communication through a process of redaction. This is the latest installment in Printed Matter’s artists’ book publishing series. The launch will take place on Saturday, May 17, from 5:00 – 7:00 PM. Printed Matter is located at 195 Tenth Avenue (between 21st and 22nd Street) in New York City.

LA - "Nov York City" (05.17.08 - 06.17.08)

ALIFE LA presents NOV YORK CITY

An Exhibition of Newly Commissioned Work by ERIC HAZE

Opening Reception Saturday, May 17, 2008 from 7‑10pm
Exhibition On View: May 17 to June 17, 2008
451 North Fairfax Ave Los Angeles, CA 90031

Alife LA is proud to present Nov York City, an exhibition of new works by Eric Haze, based on Dumar Brown’s novel The World Screaming Nov and featuring the limited-edition collaborative set The World Screaming Nov. A notable figure in the design and fashion community over the last few decades, New York artist Haze was commissioned by Alife to create an installation specifically for their Los Angeles space. The show will consist of eight archival silkscreen works on canvas. Nov York City represents Haze’s continued return to the fine art world, including recent exhibitions and installations at select galleries worldwide. This will be a rare opportunity to view and purchase the artist’s work in Los Angeles. The exhibition marks a first-time collaboration between Haze, Brown and Alife: The World Screaming Nov limited-edition set. The set includes a signed copy of Brown’s novel and a custom Alife t-shirt designed by Eric Haze. Limited to 192 pieces, the set will be available at all Alife flagship locations in Los Angeles, New York, Vancouver and Tokyo and is priced at $75. Nov York City is the first in a series of art exhibitions to be held at Alife’s Los Angeles space in the Fairfax District. Open to the public, the reception for Nov York City will take place on Saturday, May 17 from 7 to 10pm.

NYC - "Complicated Stories" (05.17.08 - 07.12.08)

Charles Juhasz-Alvarado: Complicated Stories
Sculptures and Written Testimonies, 1998-2008

May 17 – July 12, 2008
Opening: Saturday May 17, 2008 7-10pm

Charles Juhasz-Alvarado: Complicated Stories will present the artist’s past and present bodies of works as an ongoing dialogue on social consciousness and cultural identity. Charles Juhasz-Alvarado’s elaborate site-specific installations engage the viewer through narrative, performance, audio, and sculpture to introduce a fantasy world that serves as an acute and humorous allegory of today’s multicultural society and the artist’s own background.

NYC - "Worlds of Wonder" (05.17.08 - 06.18.08)

NYC - On Influence, On Context, On Modes of Operation, On Substraction Discussion (05.16.08)

Chicago - "Peel: The Art of the Sticker" (05.16.08 - ?)

links for 2008-05-11

• How to Pack Everything You Own in One Bag
  Airlines are now charging extra to check a second piece of baggage. I rarely ever check in any luggage, but you might travel differently. Listen to these tips on how to pack lighter.
  (tags: NPR Travel Tips Airlines Transportation Business)

LA - "Organic Contemporary" (05.15.08 - 05.18.08)

Organic Contemporary- A three day furniture exhibition

An exclusive 3-day exhibition
of furniture and design
by Eve Yun

Opening Reception
Thursday, May 15, 2008
7pm to 11pm

Complimentary wine will be served

Ghettogloss presents its first-ever exhibition featuring furniture as art, and art as furniture in a solo-show by artist/designer Eve Yun. Select pieces of Yun's furniture will be available to view in an art gallery setting. The opening reception for Organic Contemporary will be held on Thursday evening, May 15, 2008.

"Only Shallow" by My Bloody Valentine

In honor of the tickets I bought today for My Bloody Valentine's two Santa Monica gigs, I share with you "Only Shallow", classic MBV from the landmark album, Loveless. In 1991, when I was a sophomore at University, this album was on heavy rotation with my suitemates. 17 years later, I can guarantee you, we're all still listening to it.

Jin Patisserie Macaroon

May 10, 2008 - 4:01 p.m. - Venice, CA

Three X Trouble

May 9, 2008 - 9:36 p.m. - West Los Angeles, CA

Artist Charlie Becker, artist/director Peter Sutherland, and president Bod Boyle together are three times the fun and trouble!

LA - Flux Screening Series (05.13.08)

Hide Sushi

May 8, 2008 - 9:17 p.m. - Los Angeles, CA

NYC - "Soft Serve" (05.09.08 - 06.14.08)

Dying to See "Son of Rambow"

There are a few reasons why I'm dying to see 'Son of Rambow':

1) I grew up running around in the woods. Along with my ET posse, we engaged in a lot of similar imaginary activities. I'm sure at one point in your life, you have probably wanted to make a film like this. Big ups to anyone who can actually dig up your old Indiana Jones/Rambo/Predator Betamax home videos!

2) Garth Jennings is brilliant and witty and I want to support all his work, especially an indie flick!

3) "Make Believe. Not War." is the best tag line ever.

4) Nostalgic 80s soundtrack, hair, and wardrobe.

5) I love coming of age stories with boy lead characters. I have always related better to them.

6) Proof that 'Rambo: First Blood' impacted my generation and not just me and my siblings.

This movie couldn't arrive in theaters fast enough!

LA - The Colburn Chamber Orchestra Concert (05.11.08)

Greetings, Friends of Sundays Live!

Please join us at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) at 6:00 PM next Sunday, May 11, 2008 for

The Colburn Chamber Orchestra, Neal Stulberg conductor and piano

Mozart -- Piano Concerto No. 12 in A Major, K 414
Grieg -- Two Elegiac Suites
Bernard Hermann -- Psycho Suite
Gershwin -- Lullaby
Michael Daugherty -- Strut

Lunch With Luckett

May 6, 2008 - 2:24 p.m. - Burbank, CA

I had lunch with my good pal Oliver Luckett, Founder of DigiSynd. He treated, even though I insisted. And this was after he gifted me a pair of boots I've been looking for, for a long time. Having a friend like Oliver couldn't be more rewarding. Seriously though, next time, I pay!

SM - "The War is Over" (05.10.08 - 06.14.08)

NYC - 'Enclosure Exposure: Data Protection Patterning' Book Event (05.10.08)

Enclosure Exposure:
Data Protection Patterning

By Elizabeth Duffy and Purgatory Pie Press

Book Launch

Saturday, May 10, 2008, 5:00 – 7:00 PM

Printed Matter, Inc. is pleased to announce a launch for Enclosure Exposure: Data Protection Patterning by Elizabeth Duffy. This is the latest publication by Purgatory Pie Press, a New York based press devoted to letterpress and handmade publications. The launch will take place on Saturday, May 10, from 5:00 – 7:00 PM. Printed Matter is located at 195 Tenth Avenue (between 21st and 22nd Street) in New York City.

Purgatory Pie Press and the artist Elizabeth Duffy have collaborated on Enclosure Exposure a book that utilizes as source material everyday ephemeral patterns, specifically the interior security patterns of envelopes and the visual language of analog mail. The result is a page-turner of overlapping patterns and forms. Purgatory and Duffy culled patterns from their junk mail to create this paean to the quotidian.

LIC - "assume vivid astro focus" (05.10.08 - 08.16.08)

SF - Kelsey Brookes + AJ Fosik New Works (05.10.08 - 06.07.08)

LB - ""And When It's Over, Set Aside a Moment to Forget" (05.10.08 - 07.31.08)

SF - "Thick Air Method" (05.10.08 - 05.31.08)

Saskia Leek
Thick Air Method
May 10-31, 2008
Opening reception: Saturday, May 10th, 6-9pm

The Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco is pleased to present a solo exhibition by New Zealand-based painter Saskia Leek.

Saskia Leek began exhibiting her paintings in the early 1990s, her subject matter being drawn from real and imagined memories of growing up in Christchurch. Her naïve, almost childlike style established her reputation as an artist who was willing to question accepted principles of ‘good painting’. Initially the works appear crude and amateurish; her naïve style is often absent of scale and perspective. Leek’s choice of media, acrylic on board, as well as the flatness with which she depicts her subject matter evokes a second-hand quality.

LA - "Reading" (05.10.08)

Reading
(a Reading)
with Susan Gevirtz and Steve Dickison
Saturday, May 10 at 7:30pm

I have been able to catch up on some reading lately. Finished __________ by __________–I really like it but __________ does get a bit technical in talking about the brain and how it functions in the role of the emotion life. Have had the Winter 2007 issue of __________ sitting around to finish–title is “__________.” It is about the rise, of __________–one article talks about “monastic groupies,” people who connected themselves to a monastery, practiced some of the disciplines but lived outside in the world. I have tended to go to different monasteries, three I think at this point but was a regular at a retreat center for about a year.

Also Just finished reading __________ on “__________.” They have excellent material in that __________, maybe I need to re-subscribe? Of course, I have had this one lying around for 6 months and only now finished it. One article talked about the problem of __________ and how so many __________.

I am moving slowly through __________ but hope I can sustain my concentration enough to finish it this time–likely will take a few months. Re-reading __________ and the book that __________ says had a significant impact on him (in the __________ I just finished). I should finish __________ by the __________ of my recently completed _________–hmmm, if I am saying should, that is not a good sign. Also have a couple of chapters to finish in __________–that is one that started out very promising but couldn’t sustain itself and so I put it aside–maybe having two __________ to finish had something to do with it. What is next? A couple on my desk that I am looking at longingly—__________ by__________, __________ by __________and __________by __________. I do want to head back and finish __________ that I started last summer.

LA - "Pop Pollution" (05.10.08 - 06.11.08)

The LAB 101 Space presents;

'Pop Pollution'

small artworks by
Isaac Bushkin, Matt Stallings & Jacob Arden McClure

MAY 10 - JUNE 11, 2008
Opens Saturday May 10th, 2pm / Artists Reception 6 -10pm

New Location: 8539 Washington Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232

T. 310 945 5974 http://www.thelab101.com
hours. wed - sat 12 - 6pm & opening saturdays 2 - 10pm

LA - "Visions of Europe" + "Convince Me I'm on Fire" (05.10.08 - 06.07.08)

CERASOLI gallery Presents;

Gallery One
Andy J. Simmons 'Visions of Europe'

Gallery Two
Joshua Krause 'Convince Me I'm on Fire'

May 10 - June 7 , 2008
Opening Reception: Saturday May 10, 6-9 pm

CERASOLI gallery
8530-B Washington Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232
T. 310 558 0911 E. info@cerasoligallery.com

LA - "INSTALLATION 4: It’s A Beautiful World" (05.10.08 - 06.01.08)

Tostado Salad

May 5, 2008 - 1:14 p.m. - Burbank, CA

NYC - "The New People Are Already Here" (05.09.08 - 06.14.08)

LA - "Plaits and Fringe" (05.09.08 - 06.06.08)