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schedule for FUN!

Friday, September 25th, 2009

So many fun things going on this weekend! Unfortunately, I must work but hopefully I can squeeze in some things here and there. If you go to any of these things, share the love by taking lots of pictures!

All weekend long

TARFEST. 6-9pm for the Art Reception on fri. FREE

the 8th Annual San Gennaro Cheese Festival. 11am-11pm. $5 adults
John Varvatos Warehouse Sale. 10am-8pm. RSVP required
Redondo Beach Lobster Festival. times vary. $10
Friday
Felix Cartel spinnin @Avalon. 10pm-3am. $10
Donna Summer concert @the LA County Fair. $35-$150
Yasujiru Ozu’s An Autumn Afternoon screening @ LACMA. 730pm. $10 general, $7 students.
Saturday
Museum Day nationwide! my pick: The Corita Center. 11am-3pm. FREE
Goh Nakamura & The Invisible Cities’ secret show (last show of their Follow Your Whim tour). 9pm. free?
Common and Friends show w/De La Soul, the Roots, Nas, Ludacris+surprise guest! 7:30pm. $30. But i heard it’s sold out?
COPE2 and ChorBoogie show “Beauty and the Beast” @MidCityArt. 7-1130pm. FREE
Sound of Music Sing-A-Long @the Hollywood Bowl. 6pm. $6-$69
Sunday
Philippians: A Study Through the Book of Philippians @YNCC. 9am, 11am,1230pm,2pm. FREE. :)
image from corita.org.

Lynn Chen & Mike Shinoda

Friday, September 25th, 2009

The stories that Janice and I did for Lynn Chen and Mike Shinoda are up on Audreymagazine.com/blog. Chchchcheck it out!…..sorry. But more to come, stay tuned!

999

Saturday, September 5th, 2009

It’s that time of year again. Peanut Butter Wolf spinning 9 straight nights from Sept 1st up to Sept 9, 2009. 9 nights in 9 different area codes, playing all 90′s music.

These parties he’s throwing, it’s true dedication man. Working nine straight days of sets that are hours and hours long is not an easy task for sure. You can tell he just wants to deliver good music to people. At PBWolf parties, it doesn’t matter where you’re from, what you’re wearing, or who you with, as long as you’re down with the music. I love that. Even after his set, he took the time to take pictures with and talk to all his fans who wanted to talk to him. Never did he once show any signs of impatience for them.
Went to two events already, it’s been pretty sick. Took the above pic last night, towards the end of his set. Think I wanna take my dslr on Sunday, to take some better shots of the show.
Love this pic of some man dancing in front of the screen that projects the videos.
hehe, i like this one too.

Mike Shinoda.

Monday, August 31st, 2009

Mike Shinoda’s Glorious Excess (DIES) opened at the Japanese American National Museum yesterday. This is the second solo exhibition by him at JANM, an extension of last year’s Glorious Excess (BORN). Janice and I went to the members-only conversation session held today on behalf of Audrey Magazine.

Mike Shinoda was interviewed by Roger Gastman. It was a real intimate setting, yet MS tried his best lay down the basics in terms of his background and where he comes and how he got to where he is in his art.

After some interviewing, there was an extensive Q&A session with the audience, and a viewing of the short film that accompanied the exhibit.
Glorious Excess (DIES) explores the public’s obsession with the celebrity lifestyle from the viewpoint of a unnamed skeleton man who appears throughout the exhibit in different forms…

He was born in last year’s exhibit and meets his death at this year’s. This casket is MS’s first non-canvas installation, i believe? I might be incorrect.

Tabloids, celebrities, excess, music quotes and musicians depicted. The importance of such things to this artist is significant because it comes from his view as a celebrated musician who also holds the ability to express his opinions through other media. What a rare talent!

Lennon depicted, part of the “4 Seasons”, where he also paints Andy Warhol, James Dean, and Kurt Cobain. All celebrities who died ‘tragic’ deaths.

MS walked the audience through the exhibit, which I thought was very nice. That girl clutching the skate deck looks ecstatic.

I thoroughly enjoyed this assignment. It’s not everyday the artist dedicates himself to help the public understand his work. It is when people like Mike Shinoda produces something that expresses an idea and shares it to inspire more creative thinking is when one is called a true artist(imho). That second part is really important, I’ve met many artists who just leave their work as is, in a ‘take it or leave it’ sort of way. Sometimes that could be cool, but it’s even cooler when an artist tries to make his art open for interpretation in an inclusive way.
Gotta add me and jan here.
GLXS (DIES) ends October 4. Go see it! More pictures from today’s event here.

4/365: double!

Thursday, August 20th, 2009
usually, i could put up a picture like this for my everyday a pic project:
these are brazilets, the cool new bracelets that help you wear your wishes around your wrists. we got a new batch of these at work today. but u know what’s cooler?!

i got to meet lisa ling today! well, ive seen her before, but this was the first time i actually took a picture with her. i was so nervous! anyways, i have two very cool jobs, imho. ill write more about the event that i went to and the other cool ppl i met later. gooood night.

<3 yard sales+usedbooks

Monday, August 17th, 2009

Went to the ‘junk in the trunk’ yard sale at GR today. Picked up some cool books. I was most excited about the North Korea one. It’s a big book filled with beautiful, crisp images from NK. It was interesting how such a serious subject matter was presented in a coffeetablebook form. I’ve always dreamed about going on a photoexpedition to NK, so I feel like this book will prepare me for what’s to be seen. hm. yes.
Lol, I dont know why i bought that hiphop japan book. I like academic text about subcultures, especially hiphop and japan, so why not both combined? eh. I dont even know japanese hiphop artists, except Nujabes (except he’s not really hiphop is it?) and Lyrics Born (except he’s JA).

Squares and Watercolor

Friday, July 10th, 2009

Went to British artist Eine’s show opening in Los Angeles today. He’s known for his study of typography on store gates (graffiti, hehe). In this solo exhibit at the Carmichael Gallery he transfers this interest to canvas, where he continues his study of letters and type over photographs from old British newspaper publications. 

Power. Scandal. Exploit. Calculate. Crusade. Truth. Victory. Change. Hero. Each of the many canvases showcased focused its attention on a single word. 

Many pictures of constables, protests, shielded policemen, and crowds were used.  

Bright colors were confined into the shape of a square.  Yet these squares of different colors were splattered all over the walls and echoed the repetitive squares of the canvases…The multicolored type also went along with a similar, playful theme against photographs depicting serious, real life issues.  

Wasn’t sure if this display at the front gallery was by Eine as well, but the shapes and patterns were very interesting. 
In the showcase space were works by Frerk and Marc C. Woehr. This work made by Frerk was quite beautiful, in my opinion. I love the whimsical quality of watercolor and the ways it can make one’s imagination into illustrated realities. Paint, colored pens, and other media can’t really capture moments of wonder like watercolor can. 

Donutman+Poketo in one day!

Saturday, June 6th, 2009

So I finally tried Donut Man. Poketo and EN always raaave about this place on their blogs, so I decided to try it on my way home. It was HEAVEN. How did we(or was it just me) not know of this place, growing up in the neighboring city of Diamond Bar?! Too bad I live way too far away now, but perhaps I’ll come back with friends every time I visit DB. 
I also dropped by the F#%K Cancer, We <3> Justin Silent Art Auction/Benefit at Poketo. I’ve always admired the Poketo business for striving to make art a more accessible way of life for everyone. Them using their showroom space to help out their friend and using their connects with artists to involve others for a good cause was even more admirable. I respect the couple a lot for their efforts in the ‘art world’. 

Bid sheet. Their latest tweet reported the Shepard Fairey piece to have sold for over $4000, Jeana Sohn’s workfor $450, and Jim House for $500+. Awesome. 

Ran into artist Jeana Sohn. Been a fan of her work and blog, so meeting her in person was quite a treat. She’s so nice! I was at a loss for words, even though I have so many questions to ask her and tell her of my encounters with her work. I managed to ask her, out of my nervousness+incohesive thoughts, about the gold paint that she used in some of her paintings. She was nice enough to explain exactly what type of paint it was and how the properties of that paint went well with the image she was trying to convey in her paintings…or something that nature. I was too nervous to listen carefully. Idiot. 

only children can see that the sky is dead

Monday, May 18th, 2009
When All The Stars Are Gone, 2009

I visited the Carmichael Gallery last week for the opening of their “Get Rich Quick” show. There were some big names exhibited like Banksy, Shepard Fairey, Antony Micallef, David Choe, KAWS, etc. Pretty impressive lineup, but I also thought the solo exhibition at the same gallery by Brazil based artist Thais Beltrame was so beautiful.

Ring Around The Rosie, 2008

Titled “When All The Stars Are Gone”, her works explore the vastness yet emptiness of the dead sky and the perceptive children who develop an understanding of the world and of themselves through it.

Into Your Solitude, 2008

I’m partial to work made with ink and watercolor, it’s definitely my two of my favorite mediums. Something about the delicate fine lines of ink and the translucent qualities of watercolor that can really bring out an artist’s talent..i love it.

Things To Be Left Behind, 2008

This was my favorite one. I loved the vulnerability of the children as they use their clenched fists and bended arms to protect themselves from something they can all see but we can’t. Sometimes I feel so dense next to children.

“When All The Stars Are Gone” will be on view at the Carmichael Gallery in Los Angeles until May 28th.

Map The Soul Tour

Friday, April 17th, 2009

Epik High is coming to LA!!!! Wahoooo let’s goooo

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