Chasing Health

I became acquainted with Health's music through association with Crystal Castles, a music obsession of mine for awhile now, and I went to the El Rey a while back ago to watch their show and unfortunately didn't show up in time (but did see an amazing performance called Ultimate Reality by Dan Deacon).

Then I found out through my friend Ale at the Dublab that they were recording a music video for Health in Silverlake last weekend, so I rolled in to Materials and Applications - again too late and Health was gone, all I saw was some cool footage....darn! Apparently it doesn't pay to be fashionably late. But tonight, I'm crossing my fingers that the third time's the charm, and I will enter the world of Health groupie-dom, by going to see a show they are doing at the uber-cool Pehrspace Gallery in Little Filipinotown. $5, BYOB. Hope to see you (and Health) there...

YOU WEAR IT WELL 2 Trailer

www.youwearitwell.tv

Uptown Underground at LA Music Center

KCRW Presents Uptown Underground
A public art installation of Slow Dancing, with a DJ set by KCRW host Jason Bentley

Saturday, September 22nd, 10pm to Midnight
FREE and open to the public
http://musiccenter.org

YOU WEAR IT WELL in New York

FINGERED tonight

So much happening with Pink Cloud right now, sorry for the delay. You go on vacation and then you come back and BOOM reality hits you... But, tonight is a night for a little magic. Please join us in celebrating the return of Fingered.

Hysterica at YOU WEAR IT WELL show on Oct. 11

I'm very excited to let you all know that Hysterica will be performing at the premiere of YOU WEAR IT WELL 2 at Vibiana on Oct. 11. They are amazing!!! Check out their videos on hystericadance.com. And follow Diane & Dino's trip to Sao Paolo, screening the first edition of YOU WEAR IT WELL on ashadedviewonfashion.com

BOXeight fashion in downtown LA

Keep up with all the latest on THE downtown LA fashion/music/art scene at the new BOXeight myspace page.

Mae Shi @ Fur Gallery

Off to NYC

I will be out and about in the East Coast for the next few weeks. Tonight, I will be in New York! I hope to make a picnic for Broadway in Bryant Park and see the monumental Richard Serra exhibit at the MOMA tomorrow... will post some pics when I get a chance.

Call if you need anything and a Pink Cloud staff person will take care of you- 310.415.3998

LACMA Late Night Re-cap

The place was unbelievably crowded. Totally insane lines going that passed the walls of LACMA. Fortunately we got in unscathed with the help of a friend, and saw the Dan Flavin show where security guards were going crazy trying to get people to stop taking pictures with their cameras and camera phones. It's nice to see a museum filled with so much energy, creating a scene for young people to experience art, but do they understand how to make the space interactive without sacrificing the integrity of the spaces? That may need to take a little more re-thinking.

DJ Steve Aoki was in a really strange club space called the "Ultra Lounge" that looked like some underground party in Seattle. Wish I could have seen him outside or in a space that felt less static, lighting that homaged Flavin in a more interactive way - throughout the space rather than just as a backdrop for a stage.

We saw some gothic circus performers from Lucent Dossier...it would have been cooler if they actually had gothic circus guests, and the performances felt less like I was on 3rd Street Promenade.



The heads on a stick for the Hairspray preview were a lot of fun, especially when we walked through the Nineteenth century art and placed them over paintings and sculptures...no security bothering us up there...in fact, we smelled someone smoking weed in the galleries.

Hit + Run crew were silkscreening on site. I met them at the Live Large exhibit a few months back. Their art wasn't as interesting as that show, the blank t-shirts were twice the price at $24, and whoever thought that the experienceartLACMA helvetica text was a good idea for silkscreening was wrong. A guest's comment: "They should pay ME to put that on a shirt" brought on laughter and nodding heads.

Well, it was a big party, that's for sure. And there was more than enough there to fill four hours of time...but when ISN'T that the case at LACMA?

More unauthorized pictures taken by myself and photographer Erik Lang can be seen in this slideshow.

Holy Mountain

special sunday screening, june17--holy mountain--hollywood forever cemetery
directed by alejandro jodorowsky (1973, Abkco, 114 min.)
Gates at 7:30pm. Movie at 9pm. $10 donation tickets available at gate.
dj carlos nino spins before and after the show.
due to nudity and disturbing imagery, this film is not appropriate for children under 17.
LA Weekly review.

Monumento872

An opportunity to unearth and engage Los Angeles in the night using mobile
devices, GPS tracking, and media databases, that become part of a live media
collage created by visitors, surrounding communities, and online participants.

Sounds geeky pero interesante. Monument872 directions and info.

Late night at LACMA

RSVP for the Late Night at LACMA event on 6/21.
DAN FLAVIN: A RETROSPECTIVE • DJ STEVE AOKI • IMA ROBOT • THE REBIRTH • HAIRSPRAY SNEAK PREVIEW• LUCENT DOSSIER VAUDEVILLE CIRQUE • HIT + RUN • MUSEUM OF TRAFFIC • DESIGN STUDIO PRESS & GNOMON WORKSHOP BOOK SIGNINGS •
JUNE 21, 7 PM–3 AM | FREE

Exene Exhibit in Culver City on Sat

EXENE CERVENKA : A FIFTH OF TOMORROW

June 9 - July 14, 2007
Reception: Saturday June 9, 5-8 pm

Western Project
3830 Main Street
Culver City, CA 90232
www.western-project.com

LACE's Art Auction TASTE, May 19

Pink Cloud is making sure that you enjoy the TASTE experience at LACE, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, on May 19. Hope to see you there! Buy tickets now, it will sell out!! www.artleak.org

FR8 - San Pedro Art Show in Containers

On Sunday, I went to FR8 - the 2nd art show at the Port of LA which uses containers as the medium for viewing artwork from local artists. Above is a picture of Megan Geckler's installation, tres cool. Also of interest were Dan and Bean Gilsdorf, the San Pedro Skatepark Association, and a brief performance by The Leeches. Click on the picture to see a slideshow of photos from the event put on by Angels Gate Cultural Center.

Biscuit Company Lofts - Gen Art Fundraiser tonight

Check out Posh & Beckham's new penthouse loft that used to be the Nabisco headquarters while supporting GenArt.
$75, 8 pm - 11 pm. More info here.

SASSAS 5/6/07

This looks like a nice event.

benefiting: SASSAS - Society for the Activation of Social Space through Art and Sound.
Sunday, May 6, 2007, 4-8pm
At the home of Elyse and Stanley Grinstein in Brentwood
(directions provided with ticket purchase or phone 323.960.5723)

General admission: $75.00
SASSAS members $50; students with valid ID $30.00 (student tickets are limited)

SASSTER BLASTER event ticket: $300 - includes an iPod Shuffle with a playlist programmed by the Guerilla Girls or Christopher Williams and a one-year SASSAS membership

Anthem Art Partay Tomorrow, Standard Downtown

Anthem magazine showcases Dutch artist Parra while spinning Stones Throw records at the Standard Downtown. rsvp here.

Kinecta Museum in London's Eco Event

On April 1st Kinetica will host a special eco event, an indoor pleasure garden where fashion meets technology and art. Featuring eclectic sounds, ethical fashion and multimedia art, this eco-friendly and awareness-raising all day party will focus on carbon neutral alternatives and sustainability. Amidst the photography, innovative eco technology, fairtrade bar, hemp clothing, and video installations there will be a team of carbon friendly paramedics on hand to offer eco advice and provide carbon healthchecks. The event will feature music from MashUp Twins, Honey Weasel, Nom de Plume, Charlie Winston, Hybr33d and more.

12:00 - 18:00 - free entry
1800: - 23:00 - £6

Kinetica is the UK's first museum of kinetic art that recently opened October 2006. It will actively encourage the convergence of art and technology, providing an exhibition space in central London where the most important examples of kinetic, technological and electronic art, both past and present, can be properly stored and displayed.

Wing Shya's You Wear It Well Got a Minute? Submission

Rate Wing Shya's video or submit your own minute-long video about fashion/beauty/style on iqons.com

The Peace Project - MCArt Denver

classic pic of Elvis at the Volcom ASR tradeshow booth, Jan. 2007

The Museum of Contemporary Art in Denver has commissioned Miami-based artist team Rosario Marquardt & Roberto Behar to create a large-scale installation around the idea of peace for new Temporary Contemporary space opening on March 30, 2007.

Here's an excerpt from an NYFA interview of the artists:

Do you have any advice for emerging artists?

RM: You are inventing yourself as you go. RB: Yes, and I would say, too, that it's crucial to think of the work itself more than one's career. A career is something defined by other people. Instead, your work represents a reflection of the process of self-discovery--which can take years, and isn't dependent upon external recognition of what one does. In fact, success can fly away very quickly. RM: Yes, but if one is actively exploring the possibility of what one can be, then the invention of oneself and the discovery of one's work run parallel to each other. RB: This is not meant to be an act of ego, or a pretentious act, rather a process of discovery that mirrors the sort of transformative processes of cities and of history.

Feminists unite in March!

LACE is at it again. "Shared Women" opening tonight w/performances from 7-9 p.m.


MOCA opens WACK! this weekend.

Other women-dominated shows in SoCAL:
San Pedro: The Loft, "From a Female Point of View"
Valencia: CalArts, "Exquisite Acts and Everyday Rebellions"
Los Angeles: LA Municipal Art Gallery, "Multiple Vantage Points"

Bad Ass

Souped up laser pointer that writes on buildings. Created in the Netherlands.

Pop-Up Video Art Installation

DIVA - Digital & Video Art - is having its opening night for the pop-up exhibit they are having which is encased in a container that they are parking in different locales throughout Chelsea.

Whimsical Art Exhibits

Tomorrow:

Corey Helford's CHARITY BY NUMBERS Ebay Art Auction

Vintage paint-by-numbers have been transformed by various artists and are up for sale to benefit the Alliance for Children's Rights charity. The piece seen above is done by Camille Rose Garcia, and is currently going for $4,300. Other artists include Shag, Dave Kinsey, Gary Baseman, Mari Inukai, Tara McPherson... there's actually 10 pages of different artists with the before and after pictures.

Bid here

Meagan Mattingly at i-5 opening tonight! 2/9/07

Our fave female artist in LA has a piece up at the i-5 gallery in downtown LA's Brewery Art Colony.

Opening tonight from 7 pm - 10 pm. Come say hi, be inspired.

2100 North Main Street #A9 (in the Atrium at The Brewery), Los Angeles, California 90031

Laguna Art Museum Auction, 2/10/07

Art Auction = Stimulus, presented by Laguna Art Museum will feature both established artists and rising stars in the art world, drawn primarily from throughout Southern California . Several of the artists have been featured in exhibitions at the Museum such as 100 Artists See God, guest curated by John Baldessari and Meg Cranston, from the upcoming The OsCene 2006, and from solo exhibitions. The eclectic mix of artists in the auction will reflect the Museum’s unique exhibition schedule which presents a blending of historical, contemporary, and popular culture exhibitions throughout the year.

To purchase tickets and see a complete list of artist, click here!

First Saturday of Feb in Echo Park

First Saturday Art Walk at Echo Park is happening tomorrow. While you're there, check out the beautiful art made by our friends Chris Ssippi and Aaron White at the Han Cholo store, 1549 Echo Park Ave, 7-10 p.m.


View a slideshow of the event.

PINK NOT DEAD

I just read a cool interview on Tokyo-based pingmag.com about Polish artist Maurycy Gomulicki and PINK NOT DEAD! - his "multi-level archive" on the color pink communicated in art, with the goal of opening up your pink subconscious.

This photo was taken by Dorota Kobylinska, who also took part in the numerous performances and activities during the exhibit as a lecturer about the "Pink Side of Psychology."

Read the interview online here.
Read Maurycy's Pink Statement.

Nikki S. Lee Screening Tonight

I am in love with this woman. Korean born photographer Nikki S. Lee is debuting her first video, a.k.a. Nikki S. Lee, tonight at 7 p.m. at the Hammer Museum's new Billy Wilder Theater, and I can't wait to go. I'll review tomorrow, but you should experience it for yourself.

Google Nikki S. Lee
Hammer museum calendar link
Buy her Parts book

Plastic Fantastic Outdoor Furniture

Netherlands-based design company has covered these high quality furniture pieces in rubber to make some really funky outdoor furniture. Besides this fun blue, they also have black, white, and green. Website for StudioJSPR is here.

Scion teams up with artists at Art Basel

Now THIS is balloon art:
















Scion had artists make balloons and floated them down with artist-designed cars and monster trucks and 150 volunteers down the beach...it got them front page in The Art News that was handed out to all attendees at the major art fair the next day.

A nice photo journal (where I got the above picture from) can be found at Juxtapoz magazine.

Whoa! World's Largest Book!

Facts
Title: Bhutan: A Visual Odyssey
Contributors: MIT & Friendly Planet
Size: 5x7 feet, opened
Weight: 133 lbs.
No. of pages: 114
Limited Edition: yes, 500 books only
Price: $15,000 on Amazon.com
Special features: Well, the size, and you also get an easel to hold this bad boy up. Also, all proceeds go to benefit Friendly Planet.

Wooster on Spring - Street Art to be "Time Capsuled"

artwork by Lister

The Wooster Collective was given free reign over the outside and inside of 11 Spring Street in lower Manhattan before the building owners renovate (and probably re-sell the place over market value). Over four floors are covered with street art from numerous graffiti artists, and will be open for viewing this weekend from 11a - 5p.m. More pictures can be found here and here. The picture below is of the outside, which features a terrorist alert meter. Cheeky.

Balloon Art

I've been totally scared of balloon art since I was 12 and ran into an angry clown in Dallas, but this looks fun!

However, the balloon art as a profession still kind of irks me, as this artist is somewhere in Eastern Europe and has 180 more pictures on the website...proudly boasting:

"A lot of other photo You may found THERE!!!"

'Bubbles' Interactive Installation Lecture

"Bubbles" Lecture tomorrow!!
Come check out how and why this beautiful interactive installation came to being.

Materials & Applications
1619 Silver Lake Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90026
323.913.0915

8 pm. $5 donation suggested.

www.emanate.org
http://ibubbles.blogspot.com/

Stuart Haygarth Chandeliers ROCK!

Stuart Haygarth - Lighting designer in the UK. I think his pieces speak for themselves, but there is always a beautiful story behind them, which makes these pieces just marvelous.

You may see this first one ('Cosmic Burst', 2006) in the LA or NYC M.A.C. Flagship store.


The detail picture is of 'Tide’ Chandelier (2005).
This is made with 1000 plastic objects found from the beach. Exhibited at Design Tide in Harajuku.I stole this picture from online Japanese magazine shift.jp.org. They're the best.

Hot Damn! Saturday is bumping with art shows!

Unfortunately I've got this other holiday party to go to... but if you go out and take pictures, please send them to me! There's actually a LOT more stuff going on that this for art on Saturday, so if you want more info - either join the RSS feed or email us.

Create:Fixate, KCRW, & The Onion present

Alive in Los Angeles: 5 Year Anniversary
7pm - 2am : GALLERY PREVIEW 4-7pm
1530 Ivar Ave.
Hollywood, CA *New Location*
$15 Admission : $5 and kids free before 7pm

THE LAB101 GALLERY presents
WINTER WONDERLAND
December 9 - December 22, 2006
40+ artists!!!
Opening Reception: 6 - 11pm
Free event and open to all ages

8530-B Washington Blvd.
Culver City, CA 90232
310 558 0911

Art shown here will be on sale.
Created by Thylacine Graphics.





GALLERY CREWEST presents
SHOP HIP HOP
A Hip Hop Holiday Gift Affair:
Local Artwork, Fashion, Jewelry, Music & Books

Shop from 1 - 9pm

Too busy Saturday?
Shop Thursday, 12/14/06 from 4 - 9pm

Junc Gallery presents
Sean Cassidy and Zachary Rossman
Reception & Release Party for
Exit Strategy Magazine

7-10 p.m.

Live Large 5-Day Art Exhibit & Benefit

LIVE LARGE
December 7 - 9, 11AM - 10PM; December 10, 11AM - 7PM
Hollywood & Highland, Level 2
Six leading edge LA artists have reinterpreted LIVE LARGE in their own unique style. These works and many others will be on display and for sale at this special five-day exhibition. A percentage of the proceeds will directly benefit Reaching to Embrace Arts. Artwork by - David Hinsey, Saiman Chow, HVW8, Kozyndan, Brandy Flower (Hit and Run), Sage Vaughn, Buff Monster, Jessica Miller, Text (Rory Wilson), Florencio Zavala, Abigail's Party, Kime Buzzelli, Imaginary Foundation, and other influential artists in the LA art scene.

I'll be at the opening tomorrow and will post pics on flickr the next day.

Pink Cloud Events Update

So yesterday I attended an all-committee meeting for the Olive Crest food & wine tasting fundraiser in Oct '07 and it sounds like they have a very ambitious and exciting program lined up. Over 45 wine vendors, 20 gourmet restaurants, and 20 artists will be showcasing their delicious goods to a group of 500+ patrons at the Balboa Bay Club. I'm chairing their entertainment committee which will be in charge of decor, music, day-of volunteers and the artists.

If you are interested in donating your time and services for a wonderful cause and great exposure, please contact me.

Art Show Tonight at the Lab101

Art Talk, Pizza & Anthem Magazine Tonight