Unusual Timeline
Motion Pictures03.20 2009
NNNNOTES FROM THE ROAD
We played Birmingham on Tuesday night at Greencup Books. The first floor of Greencup Books is a huge room full of new and used books. The second floor is a huge empty room with a stage. The room looks like it could hold 300 to 500 hundred people. So when each of us performed we performed for 500 people, even though there were only 8 people in the room. To quote what Narwhalz Of Sound said to the crowd that night, “I don’t care if I’m just playing to 5 people or 10 people, I’m going to give you my A+ show!” It is important to remember that you are performing for the people that showed up, not the people that didn’t show up. So don’t half heart it. It isn’t the fault of the 8 people that showed that the other 492 people neglected to come. Now go all the way live and give the crowd of 8 all you got and hope you move them so much that they buy $500. of merch a piece.
love
AJW
03.19 2009
Creating Opportunities through Collaborations and Cooperatives
Thursday, March 19th at 5:30pm
The Felicity R. (Bebe) Benoliel Gallery, The Center for Emerging Visual Artists, 237 S. 18th Street, The Barclay, Suite 3A, Philadelphia, PA 19103
Join us to learn how to generate new opportunities for your work and boost your resume through collaboration with fellow artists. Artistic duo Stephen Dufala and Billy Blaise Dufala along with representatives from Vox Populi and Aryon Hoselton from Space 1026 will share their experiences and answer your questions about building creative partnerships.
The program fee is $12.00 per session or $90.00 for the 2008-2009 Season. To reserve a seat, please call (215) 546-7775 x11 or email Genevieve@cfeva.org. Please note: Seating is limited.
03.19 2009
They Are Summating in the City Paper
Come by and see the show, we are generally open noon to midnight, just ring the bell.
03.18 2009
Seriously Stupididity
beloved aesthetic savants Adam Wallacavage and Damian Weinkrantz- have brought together “…a veritable lexicon of emerging and established artists who have come to define this town as one of the great bastions of cultural production in America today.”
INCLUDING:
Shelley Spector
Charles Burns
David Dunn
Carrie Collins
Issac Lin
Adam Crawford
Aryon Hoselton
Andrew Jefferey Wright
Ben Woodward
Crystal Stokowski
Matt Leines
Jim Houser
Jayson Musson
AND MANY, MANY MORE. PRESUMABLY ALL THEIR FRIENDS AND ENEMIES!!!
OPENING TONIGHT
8PM
UPSTAIRS AT
KENTUCKY FRIED NECKTIE
1248 N Front Street
Philadelphia, PA 19122
03.18 2009
LARGE, FLUFFY ART SHOW ROLLS OVER FISHTOWN TONIGHT
IT’S SERIOUSLY STUPIDIDITY, curated by beloved aesthetic savants Adam Wallacavage and Damian Weinkrantz- who have brought together “…a veritable lexicon of emerging and established artists who have come to define this town as one of the great bastions of cultural production in America today.”
INCLUDING:
Shelley Spector
Charles Burns
David Dunn
Carrie Collins
Issac Lin
Adam Crawford
Aryon Hoselton
Andrew Jefferey Wright
Ben Woodward
Crystal Stokowski
Matt Leines
Jim Houser
Jayson Musson
AND MANY, MANY MORE. PRESUMABLY ALL THEIR FRIENDS AND ENEMIES!!!
OPENING TONIGHT
8PM
UPSTAIRS AT
KENTUCKY FRIED NECKTIE
1248 N Front Street
Philadelphia, PA 19122
A counterpoint of the divergent tendencies that make contemporary art simultaneously brilliant and brutal, Seriously Stupid brings together a broad range of visual provocateurs from the multivarious fields of comics, conceptualism, painting, sculpture and skate culture. By contrasting and collapsing the problematic boundaries by which we separate the intellectual and intentionally moronic tendencies inherent in picture-making today, we understand that both are legitimate responses to the complexities of our modern world, and each offers some quotient of sympathy and understanding for the dysfunction of our collapsing empire. For the super-smart and inebriate alike, this is art to get in a brawl over for no other reason than the make-up sex after will be the best you ever had.
Participating Artists Include:
Shelley Spector
Charles Burns
Drew Leshko
David Dunn
Danny Perez
Spencer Wunder
Mary Deevy
Manuel Dominguez, Jr.
Jessica Roberts
Gloria Joan Haag
Brieann Robyn Tracey
Carrie Collins
Jason Goldberg
Issac Lin
Kelly Turso
Adam Crawford
Aryon Hoselton
Andrew Jefferey Wright
Ken Sigafoos
Ben Woodward
Judith Schaechter
Amber Lynn Thompson
Crystal Stokowski
Matt Leines
Jim Houser
Jayson Musson
Andrew Clark
Plankton art co.
Erich Weiss
Dan Tag
Dave Fox
Nick Paparone
Shadow’s Space
1248 N Front Street (above KFN)
Philadelphia, PA 19122
03.18 2009
THIS SATURDAY AT PADLOCK
Zines in the Gallery (bring yr zines for sale / trade / display) – Noise in the basement
FUCK SUNSHINE (Jewish Noise empire – from sunny SoCal.)
D FICTION (Birthday blow out)
MINCEMEAT OR TENSPEED (Still goth? – new double disc ‘ManifestWizard’ so out)
CARS WILL BURN (first show in 6 months! – all cover songs)
EARLY – 8PM Saturday March 21
PADLOCK – 1409 Ellsworth – South Philly
03.17 2009
I guess it’s too late, but…
Jason and Chris got mentioned in the City Paper’s Last Chance column. You can read Holly Otterbein’s words here and see some photos on our Flickr.
03.17 2009
NNNOTES FROM THE ROAD
How many bars in Columbia can a barely known perfromance art crew roll into, pretty much unnanounced, and then be treated as if they were U2, The Blue Man Group and Nico all rolled up into one? I think this could only happen at a singular bar here in Columbia and that bar is The Whig and fortunately for us that is the bar we were at last night. With just a few days notice Jeffrey Mayday Mayday booked us at The Whig, which is a dark, tight, little, downtown basement hole with good vibrations. The local ABC news station is on the floor above the bar and so as to not disrupt them a we couldn’t start the show until after thier 11 o’clock news broadcast was over. The show went great and I have the photos to prove it! Well, actually I don’t have a digital camera so you will have to wait three weeks until my trip is over and then another day for me to get my film developed and then another few hours for me to scan the photos and then woo la! Photos to prove it! Sweatheart is now officially a college rock band. Narwhalz Of Sound is now a therapy session. My Art Jokes performance is now an experimantal one man play about God, Nature and Beanie Babies. Tonight we hit Greancup Books in Birmingham at 9pm. If you live near Birmingham please show up. If you have friends that live within a 248 mile radius of Birmingham tell them to be there. Thanks.
love
AJW
03.17 2009
UN NATURE.
Little Berlin Gallery presents Un Nature, the artwork of
Katie Elia
Bonnie Brenda Scott
Adam Bush
and Nate Butler
Opening Saturday April 4th
6 – 11PM
With musical guests Bandname and DJ Mr. 10 Fingers.
1801 N. Howard st. Philadelphia 19122
“Un-Nature is a contemporary examination of the synthesis of man, nature, and science through visual creation. The language these artists create is one of a grotesque Romanticism. At its core, Romanticism is a reaction to the scientific rationalization of nature, stemming from the 18th century. The work in this exhibition is a reaction to the hyper rationalization we face in the 21st century. The artists create an innate emotional image in response to a culture that is very aware of science and its role in nature. Unlike 18th century Romantic thought, the anthropomorphic relationship of the artist’s chosen image steers away from the beauty of nature. Instead, the artists look at the ugly underside of nature and its interconnectedness with human beings.”
03.16 2009
William Buzzells "Contact High" Art Show in Toronto
check out william buzzells work at paul bright gallery in toronto
Anna and Hannah from the band, foxfire clearly enjoyed it!