If you haven't checked out SUSHI's new space yet, this weekend would be a good time to do that... Located on the corner of 11th & J, next door to Luce Loft, SUSHI hosts a wide variety of art, music and performanced based evenings. The description of their next show sold me immediately; read more about this Saturday's Post-Card show below.
Postcards are purveyors of visual information. Often times the brief missive on the stamped side of the card references the image on the other side "Wish you were here!" or "X" marks the spot. It's a short cut and a snap shot. Postcards are, so to speak, the original "Text Message"; a way to say that you are thinking of someone; a friendly wave at a distance. At this point postcards may seem anachronistic; a vestigial tail on snail mail. But, like vinyl records, super-8 movies and V-8 engines, they have a resilient charm and poetic resonance that seems to resist the march of insistent progress.
Fourteen artists make work in the context of cheap, disposable, anachronistic postcards. Participating artists include Eleanor Antin, BULBO, Kelly Coyne, Randall Christopher, Nina Katchadourian, Wendell Kling, Erik Knudsen, Jean Lowe, Hugo Lugo, Kim MacConnell, Irma Sofia Poeter, Einar and Jamex de la Torre, and Allison Wiese.
Posted By zack | 3/17/2009 | 10:42 AM | Add a Comment
Tonight is the Down The Road San Diego Premiere at La Paloma Theater in Encinitas. The film is a documentary of a trip through Central America that exposes some beautiful and tragic things that are a part of everyday life there. From this film spurred a project that reflects on the trip as it relates to our interaction with needs in our own communities and the way we pursue initiative and adventure in addressing them. Here is a sneak peek of the film's opening sequence..
A live performance by musician Joel P. West will be starting the night off at 7pm (sharp) followed by the film at 8pm. For more info on Down The Road, check out the film's website.
Posted By carly | 3/11/2009 | 10:06 AM | Add a Comment
The Archived Visual Story and Chronicled Life of Wes Bruce will be displayed at MCASD's Thursday Night Thing (03/05). Wes has added an interactive element to compliment the evening's theme of Archiving. Writer & Joel P West will be performing as well... should be fun.
Photo by Alex Oat
Posted By zack | 3/4/2009 | 8:14 PM | Add a Comment
Beautiful Losers is a documentary that celebrates the spirit behind one of the most influential cultural moments of a generation, and tells the personal stories of like-minded outsiders rooted in the DIY subcultures of skateboarding, surf, punk, hip-hop, and graffiti of the early 1990s. Developing their craft with almost no influence from the "establishment" art world, the artists featured in the film include Shepard Fairey, Margaret Killgallen, Harmony Korine, Barry McGee, and Mike Mills, among others.
More information here
Posted By zack | 2/26/2009 | 1:50 PM | Add a Comment
The tradition of splitting a 7" has been the indie band equivalent of a friendship necklace for ages, and the guys of Swim Party and Writer are taking the symbol to a new level. They've shared numerous stages since they met a year and a half ago but on Friday, the two bands will become one and share not only a stage, but a setlist. To celebrate the release of their split 7" record, the two bands have been hitting the practice room together to arrange all of their songs as a six-piece superband.
Swim Party drummer Petro has played a role in recording both bands' latest releases and the 7" project is the manifestation of his request to record a full song by Writer. The two new songs were recorded at his home studio, then sent off to be pressed on white vinyl with some beautiful artwork by Love, Christine. And since both bands have an equal part in the project, it didn't make since that one or the other would headline the release party.
The superband performs for their first (and possibly only) time for their split 7" release at Whistle Stop this Friday, February 27th at 9:00. You can pick up your vinyl, which comes with a digital download of the songs, at the show or on Writer's website soon after.
Posted By joelpwest | 2/25/2009 | 10:30 AM | View Comments (1)