[steve] – I’m super excited to present to you this Wednesday Night, September 26th @ 8pm the following performances at Works/San Jose (451 s. First Street, San Jose CA 95113):
Released two albums on the lunaticworks recording label
Will be performing some experimental sounds created from home made circuit bent instruments mixed with old school techno generated by vintage analog synthesizers
up second, spoken word performance from Joe Miller
Wednesday is his 46th birthday and 20th anniversary as designer for works (thanks Joe!!)
Doors open at 7:30pm, strongly recommended donation of $5 for adults, $3 for students. No one turned away for lack of funds. Please give more if you can afford it, Works is in immediate jeopardy of losing our performance space. We need your help more than ever. Beer and Wine for 21 and up. Door proceeds go to the performers, bar proceeds go to help pay our insanely expensive rent, please BRING A FRIEND, and BUY TWO BEERS.
I don’t know if anyone else is as pissed off about what happened to Star Simpson today (actually, my coworker Tony is, he alerted me to this whole debacle), but I just want to say that I’m pledging $20 towards her legal defense fund. I don’t really know if she needs it or what, but I just can’t even believe how lame boston is about LED artwork. At best, she could have been asked to remove the “device” while in the airport. That might have infringed on her free speech, but if it’s between that and being arrested and accused of having a “hoax bomb”, I think we could make considerations to morons who can’t tell the difference between blinking LEDs and a whole bomb. BUT, since she’s been arrested, and wrongly accused to disorderly conduct, she now faces a legal battle.
update: wow, subversion is… kind of hard to set up and get your head around without a live human to show you how. I think I’ll like time machine better than this when it’s out. This is just kind of unwieldy for web dev. Still, I’ll give it a shot. This is definitely a problem remembering what the latest and greatest code base is, so it’s worth at least trying it out to see how this can improve my situation. Now if only Filemerge.app would respond to svnX’s will, I think this would be pretty cool… but.. it’s not right now. I’m sure it’s something wrong on my configuration.
update2: ok, yeah. I like subversion. Sleeping on it definitely cemented a few things in my brain for me. I’m sure I’ll discover a few things along the way, but this is definitely the right thing to do, and I think it will be easy enough to roll into a regular workflow.
update3: filemerge is working. Just needed to reboot the fruit.
for individuals involved in the arts and looking to fund any type of arts-related project, such as to complete a project, mount an exhibition, put on a performance, or conduct research. participants will learn how to identify funders in the arts, explore fiscal sponsorship, and create a step-by-step plan to find funding for your needs as an individual grantseeker. this workshop is presented by the Foundation Center, the
nation’s leading authority on philanthropy, connecting nonprofits and the grantmakers supporting them to tools they can use and information they can trust. admission is free but please register:
each month kqed interactive visits a number of northern california art galleries
to check out what’s up in the local art scene. Last month they paid a
visit to Works/San Jose…
august 11th from noon to 2pm: children’s art workshop
august 21st at 7pm: grantseeking basics for individuals in the arts
august 23rd at 7pm: artist critique group
see calendar page for more…
happening every month at works . . . children’s art classes - 2nd saturday of every month and always free artist critique group - 4th thursday of every month
for more on going and up coming events and exhibitions - see our calendar
on view now through september 22nd… “eXact-O”
curator: jesse houlding
artists: jesse houlding, marina shretenberg, charlene tan, annie vought
on view in the main gallery august 2nd through september 22nd
august 2nd at 6pm - artists/curator exhibition tour august 3rd at 7pm - free public reception
there is a transformation that takes place that is central to our various practices. the act of cutting alters the materials into something unexpected, revealing hidden qualities and creating new possibilities. it is an essentially reductive act, emphasizing the structure that remains at the end of the process. in this accumulation of marks, in the reduction of the whole, there is an inherent understanding of the process that is clear to the viewer; an acknowledgement of the concentration involved, the evidence of the artists’ hand that imbues the work with a significance that stands in contrast with the simplicity of the material.
On August 29th @ 8pm, Come out and play some retro and not-retro scrolling arcade games while listening to a futuristic dj-mixed soundtrack at Works! We’re in need of some cash money, so please donate a few bucks and buy a beer.
Awesome video of assistive technology user, edited with a two button head switch. 100304" class="external">http://gallery.me.com/markcoppin#100304< /a> (via @cookiecrook)
