hustler of culture

SF - "Canceled Flight" (06/04/05 - 06/30/05)

more info: http://www.canceledflight.com/

Antwerp- Sneakerpimps (06/04/05 - 06/05/05)

more info:
http://www.sneakerpimpsusa.com/

LA - Tristan Eaton @ Kidrobot LA (06/02/05)

SF - Freestyle DVD release party (06/02/05)

Thursday June 2 2005

Future Primitive Sound and Giant Peach are proud to present the DVD release of:

FREESTYLE
Directed by Kevin Fitzgerald
Meet & Greet / Signing with Director and Guests - 6:00pm
Future Primitive Sound HQ
597 Haight Street
San Francisco, CA 94117

Special Screening and Afterparty at Money$hot - 9:00pm
with special guest MCs
Milk
1840 Haight Street
San Francisco, CA 94117

LA - Nomads & Residents @ Beta-Level (06/05/05)

NOMADS + RESIDENTS
Rabea Eipperle (Berlin/Germany) and Kim Schoen (Los Angeles/USA)

Sunday, June 5, 2005
Beta-level, Chinatown (former C-level, directions below)

6.00 PM - Screening of 'Panjandrum'
7.30 PM - Artist talk, moderated by Hugo Hopping of ESL

say my name.

i stumbled on a great application for ransom notes, party invites, and annoying emails! spell with flickr thanks to del.icio.us

E3 Wrap Up

hola amigos. i finally got around to editing my bagillion photos from e3 week. thanks to everybody for making our annual post e3 bbq a doozy. i think in a couple of years, we'll have to move the party to a SM airport hangar. ha. oh, and i expect more of you to participate in next year's dance off.

if you haven't already, tune into g4tv for some expert e3 round ups. catch the show filter and you'll see me, for no more than 1.5 seconds in the best of e3 2005 episode blabbering about the ouch! project. my e3 wrap up will go live on the ouch! site soon.

also, i interviewed five independent game developers/studios in the may/june issue of RES (currently on the newsstands). pick it up!

SF - Paul Urich "Inside Out" (06/04/05 - 07/02/05)

Opening: June 4, 2005. 6-10pm

Runs:
June 4 - July 2, 2005

Low Gallery and Anthem Magazine are pleased to announce the opening of Low's fifth solo show entitled "Inside Out" featuring new paintings and installation from Paul Urich and a release party for Anthem's newest issue Saturday night, June 4th from 6 till 10pm.

Inside Out: family time isolation love distance interaction consciousness growth death energy community matter origin

LA - Invader "Rubikcubism" (06/11/05 - 07/09/05)

Invader :: RUBIKCUBISM - A logical exhibition
June 11 - July 9, 2005

Reception: Saturday, June 11 from 7-10pm (Invader will be present)
*Book signing: Saturday, June 11 from 5-7pm
Gallery hours: Tuesday - Saturday from 12-6 pm

image property of space-invader

Boston - “Judy Kermis Blotnick: Running Out” and “Eddie Martinez: A Big Ole Steely Dan Conversation” (06/03/05 - 06/25/05)

Eddie Martinez, "If I only had a sweet Bill Cosby sweater" 2005, acrylic and enamel on panel

Please join us on Friday, June 3, 5-8 pm, to celebrate the opening of “Judy Kermis Blotnick: Running Out” and “Eddie Martinez: A Big Ole Steely Dan Conversation” at Allston Skirt Gallery. These shows will remain on view through Saturday, June 25.

“Judy Kermis Blotnick: Running Out” features paintings and drawings by this Boston-based painter who was included in the MFA’s exhibition Traveling Scholars 2002, and whose new work deals with the time-honored, heavy hitting emotional duo of love and loss. With a shimmery new palette and imagery that struggles between free movement (cascading flowers, flowing water) and constraint (bundled sticks, circumscribed mirrors), Blotnick ventures out in dynamic new directions.

And Behind the Scenes at the Skirt, “Eddie Martinez: A Big Ole Steely Dan Conversation” presents new work by a young artist, formerly of Boston, now of Brooklyn, who applies his graffiti-like touch and skateboarder sensibility to the familiar images around him.

Martinez’s work was recently exhibited at Gallery Loyal in Stockholm, where he was described as creating characters that appear to come from the same family each with the same haircut, usually wearing sweaters and the same beard, and definitely almost always with a baseball cap. do we know these folks?

allston skirt gallery
450 harrison avenue, storefront #65
boston, ma 02118

617 482 3652

hours – wednesday through saturday, 11 am – 5 pm

http://www.allstonskirt.com
info@allstonskirt.com

when are you really something professional?

maybe you can help me out. i was wondering...when are you really something professional? in strictly the "career" sense. when are you a writer? when you are published in something other than your own journal? when you are paid to write? are you an artist when someone purchases your work to grace a wall? are you a photographer when your photographs appear in printed matter? or when a gallery beckons for an opening? when are you anything? when the press embraces you?

i was thinking about this earlier this morning because a couple of days ago, book publisher, rizzoli, asked me to sign a release form for permission to print two photographs i took at a holiday dinner. my friend who hosted the dinner liked the pictures enough to want to include them in his next art book. i shot the photographs on a semi-automatic setting of a digital camera. i thought about the composition but nothing else. i pressed, et voila, soon to go down in recorded history.

so i thought, today, i am a professional photographer. i have been a writer, editor, music a&r coordinator, and a game developer if all it takes is credit. but the reality is, i'm none of these. it would be more authentic to say, my work and efforts appears in music, video game, film, magazine, and book publishing. that would be more truthful.

if i'm asked for a career description, i respond, "i hustle culture." i don't think it could be more accurate than that. deep thoughts brought on by delirium. naturally.

SF - Saelee Oh & Souther Salazar "I'm Glad We Met" (05/28/05 - 06/30/05)

Giant Robot SF Presents:

I'm Glad We Met

New works and collaborations by Saelee Oh & Souther Salazar

GRSF
622 Shrader Street
San Francisco, CA 94117

Saturday, May 28 to Thursday, June 30, 2005
Opening Reception: May 28, 6:30 - 10pm

Longtime friends and collaborators Saelee Oh and Souther Salazar team up for Giant Robot SF's next art show, I'm Glad We Met. Saelee and Souther's colorful art complement each other; whimsical paintings and textured mixed media pieces showcase their delightfully crafty flair. Both utilize found objects and traditional art materials into their works and their illustrations of fanciful animals make them the reigning queen and king of charm.

Stockholm - "Everybody Knows This is Nowhere" (05/27/05 - 07/03/05)

Friday May 27:th *** 6pm - 9pm *** Galleri Loyal, Stockholm Sweden

Galleri Loyal is proud to welcome you to Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

a Group Exhibition featuring

Matt Leines
Brian Degraw
Brett Wilson
Wes Lang
Brian Belott
Anna Norlander
French
Joseph Hart

Galleri Loyal continues to build a tunnel from New York's arts scene to Stockholm, Sweden, this time by way of London. Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere shows Matt Leines' exciting mythology of futuristic icons, Brian Degraw's pencil portraits of John Lee Malvo, the collages and handmade books of Brian Belott, painting and collage drawing from Loyal favorite Wes Lang, Joseph Hart's collages, and a tribute to ODB and first time exhibition by Brett Wilson. From London comes, French's death metal pen and ink drawings, and Loyal's own Anna Norlander's wood and nail sculptures.

Opening reception will be held this Friday at 6pm at Galleri Loyal, together with our pals at 76. Drinks and music! At 9pm the evening continues at our favorite bar Tranan.

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Exhibition runs from May 27th - July 3rd, 2005

Galleri Loyal, Torsgatan 59, Stockholm, Sweden. +46 (0)8 32 44 91

www.loyalmagazine.com

1983 Father's Day Letter.

i never was much of a writer. my real talent lies in storytelling. see how i focused on "yelling"?! imagine what an unruly child i might have become had my father not "yelled" at me so much.

it should be noted, that my dad rarely if ever raised his voice. dad's not the type (very zen Buddhist). my siblings and i are certain i meant scolding instead of "yelling". but i had a limited vocabulary, so that was the best i could do. i love my dad very much. thank Buddha for him. this essay really tickles me pink.

NY - Bomb the System Screening (05/26/05)

Thursday May 26th

SCION ROUTE05:: SCION INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL

Presents the PREMIERE of

BOMB THE SYSTEM

HOSTED BY BONZ MALONE

Q&A with director ADAM BHALA LOUGH & star MARK WEBBER

MUSIC PROVIDED BY THE LEGENDARY HIP HOP ORIGINATOR: LOVEBUG STARSKI

COMPLIMENTARY DRINKS TO FOLLOW

Screening & Reception to be held at:
TRIBECA CINEMAS
54 VARICK STREET (Below Canal at Laight)

21+
Doors Open at 6:30pm

Screening begins at 7:00pm

EVENT IS FREE BUT YOU MUST RSVP TO GAIN ENTRY
RSVP to route@malbonfarms.com
EARLY ARRIVAL IS SUGGESTED AS SPACE IS LIMITED. ENTRY NOT GUARANTEED.

LA - SWINDLE #3 ISSUE RELEASE PARTY (05/28/05)

LA - "autonomous paths" - jose parla @ blkmrkt gallery (06/04/05 - 07/02/05)

http://www.joseparla.com/
http://www.blkmrktgallery.com/

SF, LA, NYC - Gorillaz Album Listening & Toy Release Party @ Kidrobot (05/24/05 + 05/26/05)

Gorillaz are invading Kidrobot!

Kidrobot, Cornerstone Promotions and Gorillaz invite you to join us as we celebrate the release of our new limited edition Gorillaz toys, along with the platinum-selling band's new album "Demon Days!"
Join us for toy-release and album listening parties at all of our stores, plus an unbelievable SIGNING by Gorillaz creator Jamie Hewlett.

The toys and the new album are both totally amazing so please come by and join us as we party with our favorite band.Giveaways, music, toys and and more! Plus, the Gorillaz toys will be on hand for sale while supplies last (you can order 'em online as well)

Check out the sensational events happening at a Kidrobot near you!

Kidrobot San Francisco: May 24th from 6- 8pm -- Gorillaz Album Listening & Toy Release Party

Kidrobot Santa Monica: May 24th from 7- 9pm -- Gorillaz Album Listening & Toy Release Party

Kidrobot New York on May 26th from 7- 8:30pm -- Gorillaz Toy Signing with creator Jamie Hewlett

LA - "Fifty-Fifty" (06/11/05 - 06/18/05)

JUNE 11- JUNE 18

Beck(y) & Stereo Sound Agents in conjunction with Vapors magazine present: 'FIFTY - FIFTY'

Opening reception: SATURDAY . JUNE 11. 6-9 pm

participating artists includes: DAVID FLORES / BARRY MCGEE / SHEPARD FAIREY / MIKE GIANT / JASON LEE/ CHRIS PASTRAS / SAM FLORES / MICHAEL SIBEN / DUSTIN AMERY HOSTETLER / KINSEY / STEVE CABALLERO / FARAH SIOZON / MATT IRVING / WESLEY MARTIN / RICH JACOBS / SAIMAN CHOW / PERSUE / SPAZMAT / CAROLINE HWANG / BEN TOUR / AUSTIN SPENCER / DYLAN MADDUX/ NATE CRANE / SOLOMON SHCLOTSKY / MICHIKO / FREDDI C / RYAN RISS / TRENT WATANABE / MAYA HAYUK /
AHIL PATRICK JILBERT / RACHEL SUMPTER / CLINT PETERSON / TESONE / MARS-1 / AMIR FALLAH / RUVAN WIJESOORIYA

All work will be auctioned off to benefit Adaptive Action Sports

http://www.beckycity.com

LA - "3 Weeks in Mexico, or Have You Seen My Girlfriend Holga?" @ Lab101 Gallery (06/04/05)

SATURDAY . JUNE 4 . 7-10pm – ONE NIGHT EVENT

Freshjive presents In conjunction with VICE magazine:
"3 Weeks in Mexico, or Have You Seen My Girlfriend Holga?"

Photographs from a surf trip in Mexico by:
Rick Klotz / Tracey Marshall / Neil Friedman / Dave Nason

4 DUDES, 4 HOLGA CAMERAS, 80 FILM ROLLS, 3 WEEKS, 7 BOARDS, 1 VAN , 2 NEW FRIENDS.
From their forthcoming second issue of their publication: The Freshjive Propagandist

http://www.freshjive.com
http://www.viceland.com

* Prints will be for sale, along with a limted edition run of T-shirts and tranny soft dolls.

HOURS: TUESDAY - SATURDAY 11am - 6.30pm

THE LAB101 GALLERY
8530-B Washington Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232
310 558 0911 / http://www.thelab101.com