For a week and a half straight, Mike Maxwell has been posting up at The Bakery in Barrio Logan, inviting 25+ artists to collaborate with him on a 20 x 8 foot wall. The Live Free Wall, as Maxwell calls it, is a collaborative street art project heading for MCASD's Thursday Night Thing on August 12th. On each of the 10 days, the wall has seen installations come and go at a rapid pace, some not lasting more than a couple hours. Maxwell lined up an allstar cast to layer thier work on top of each others, including Persue, Neko, Kevin Peterson, and Exist 1981 just to name a few.
This project culminated with a 10 minute time lapse pieced together by Rebecca and Kevin Joelson.
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We met up with Maxwell yesterday, to place a few stickers around the East Village. Each one has a message on it, that you need to find and complete. The first three people to comment the message and the sticker's location on Sezio's Facebook Page will win a pair of tickets to Thursday Night Thing @ MCASD.
*Update - Contest is complete! Three winners are listed below.
“You are here - How lucky are you?” love TAM
Found by James Curry on G & 15th.
"Strive to be more compassionate towards all things" love TAM
Found by Nilo Naghdi on J & 13th.
"Give a stranger a compliment after you read this" love TAM
Found by Bryan Bologna on 9th & Broadway.
Posted By zack | 8/10/2010 | 1:10 AM | View Comments (1)
In late February, I flew out to icy Detroit with Dave Brown to be wined and dined by Ford Motor Company. On our second night in the motor city, our group was escorted to The Majestic for an all-you-can-eat buffet of food, beer and bowling. Throughout our first game, there was a band sound checking on a stage built over the middle four lanes of the alley. By the time we were a couple pitchers deep, the lights were hit, and said band grabbed all of our attention real quick.
Fast forward six months and Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. is on every major music blog in the country (Pitchfork, Stereogum, Daytrotter). Luckily we had the inside track, and teamed up with Future Sounds and Indigenous to book thier first west coast tour, heading for San Diego this fall. Saturday, September 11th Dale Jr. Jr. will hit Bar Pink with Jamuel Saxon for The Rumble. Check out their video for "Nothing But Our Love" below, and grab their debut EP here.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. - "Simple Girl"
Posted By zack | 8/9/2010 | 12:56 AM | Add a Comment
August 11th marks the launch of a five-month DJ Series at one of our favorite bar/restaurants in San Diego. On the second Wednesday of the month, Sezio will send a staff member to Starlite to spin some records. Beyond the standard 10% Sezio Member discount, Starlite will offer $5 Jargaritas and food specials for the evening.
Kicking off the series will be Jordan Karnes, aka DJ Judy. Jordan's heading up to grad school in SF later this month, so cruise out to bid her fairwell and listen to some summer jams. Music starts at 10pm sharp. Facebook event page here.
Poster designed by Charles Bergquist.
Posted By zack | 8/8/2010 | 11:54 PM | Add a Comment
Due to our late night with Beach Fossils, Sezio regretfully missed Saturday's Tijuana leg of the street art bike tour, but after a restful Saturday we were out in full force on Sunday. 200+ met at the Obey mural in Hillcrest ready to take to the streets. With a camera strapped to his bike and over his shoulder, Charles Bergquist documented Sunday's trek.
After a three hour tour through the neighborhoods, Chicano Park, and Downtown, we ended our ride at MCASD, current home of the ground-breaking exhibit Viva La Revolucion. There we were met with free Honest Tea and a complimentary bike valet courtesy of the San Diego Bike Coalition. A huge thanks to everyone who came out this weekend, and to our event partners Set & Drift, and Turista Libre. Viva Tijuego!
Above photos by Charles Bergquist - view more on Sezio's Facebook Page.
Photo Contest Results
As promised, we're giving away memberships to Sezio and MCASD along with gift certificates to El Camino, Velo Cult and El Take It Easy to the two best Flickr albums submitted. Representing Saturday's ride in TJ is David Cannon and his comprehensive documentation of Tijuana's rich street art. See David's full album here.
And for our San Diego winner, we have Nadja Lancelot and her brilliant photos from Sunday's ride. View her album here.
A big congrats to both of our winners! And thanks again to everyone who came out for the rides.
Posted By zack | 8/4/2010 | 1:57 AM | Add a Comment
It's a beautiful thing, to watch someone completely dive in. To watch someone fully immerse themselves in what they are doing, to live and create in the very second they're embracing. I've had the great pleasure of watching Wes Bruce do this for the last two years. From our first show with him at Cream, to Conspire, to the woods of UCSD and now to the California Center for the Arts. Wes' true art is in the way that he lives his life, and thus everything he does and creates is an expression of that art. Wes has the most contagious excitement and creative energy I've ever encountered, and it pleases me greatly to introduce his newest and by far largest project to date.
If Wes Bruce was trying to get famous for his art, the last thing he would do is collect a bunch of junk and spend time building forts in sewers and gulleys. Wes is simply being a kid, and exploring his curiousities and passions, and from that comes an artform that resonates beyond compare. Stay tuned for more updates on Wes' Giant Fort, and let's all take a cue from Mr. Bruce and his zest for life.
Wes' installation will open Saturday, August 14th at the California Center for the Arts in Escondido as a part of Leveled: An Interactive Expirement In Art.
Posted By zack | 8/3/2010 | 11:51 PM | View Comments (3)