OPEN STUDIO. ETC. + ALL.

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In light of the upcoming holiday season -- and possibly, 2010 write-offs -- artist, Eric Timothy Carlson will be hosting an open studio this Saturday. This will be an opportunity to view previously unseen works, learn about recent projects & collaborations, visit the storefront studio space he shares with the talented Annie Larson, and purchase both original and editioned work created over the past four years.

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Saturday, December 4. 2010. 11AM – 5PM
Private appointments available upon request

512 E 24th St.
Minneapolis, MN.
(storefront next to the alley)

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For those of you who are interested in the purchase of work, but cannot attend or do not live in the Minneapolis area, please contact Eric via his website and he will provide a catalog of available works following the event this weekend.

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OTHER POINTS OF INTEREST

http://thereisawe.com
Books, t-shirts, prints, and the virtual catalog of works by Hardland / Heartland: (Anderson, Carlson, Quinn)

http://allforeveryone.com
Annie Larson's knitwear online!!! In commemoration of recent collaborations, they have released a limited run of TEAM Annie Road t-shirts! ! ! ! ! c)B-D

http://www.honeycombmpls.com/
Make sure you swing by Honeycomb, Erin Flavin's brand new salon in South Minneapolis, where ETC has a selection of drawings on display. The space is nestled right in between a new record shop (AOT RIP) and B Squad Vintage -- hair, art, music, duds, knick-knacks, multi tasking, supporting local independent business, etc...

http://hardlandheartland.com
collaborative internetting

http://tiredandtrue.com
a portfolio & ever changing virtual presentation of...

http://erictimothycarlson.blogspot.com
a new blog?!

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Synchronicity the DJ's KXLU Halloween Radio Show 2010

Synchronicity the DJ (aka DJ Pumpkinhead and DJ Gourd Guts (aka Chris and Katie))'s KXLU Halloween Spec-spookular playlist!



Roky Erickson & The Aliens - Night of the Vampire
Jacula - Triumphatus Sad.
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Siouxsie and the Banshees - Halloween
Bubonic Plague - Gray Wave City
Zola Jesus - Stridulum
Swans - Blood & Honey
Umberto - Temple Room
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The Birthday Party - Release the Bats
Wooden Shjips - Vampire Blues (Neil Young)
Bauhaus - Exquisite Corpse
Slint - Nosferatu Man
Sun Araw - Last Chance
Racoo-oo-oon - Untitled
Prince Rama - Lightening Fossil
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Kate Bush - Houdini
Diamanda Galis - Cris D'aveugle
Goblin - Suspiria
Yoko Ono - Walking on Thin Ice
Exepter - Kill People
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Tonstartssbandht - 5ft 7
Nadja - Dead Skin Mask (Slayer)
Black Pus - Ghrost
Tim Curry - Halloween (from The Worst Witch)
Sunn0))) - It Took the Night to Believe
LA Vampires & Zola Jesus - Bone is Bloodstone
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Nico - Fearfully in Danger
Geneva Jacuzzi & Obelisk - Weird Wolf
White Ring - Suffocation
Circle of Ouroboros - Pits of Torture
Ramones - Pet Semetary
Sonic Youth - I'm Insane
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Electric Wizard - Satanic Rites of Drugula
Current 93 - Black Ships Ate the Sky
Robedoor - Exploited
Silk Flowers - Costume
Comus - The Bite

Archival Revival: a celebration of books and music with Kaugummi Books and Not Not Fun Records

Synchronicity Space is pleased to present an extremely jubilant event welcoming Bartolome Sanson and Felicia Atkinson into Los Angeles by way of France. We will host a night in order to praise the printed accomplishments of Kaugummi Books and the melodical accomplishments of our own LA based, Not Not Fun Records. Together, we will transform the gallery's interior space into a setting equally grandiose and convivial. Amanda of Not Not Fun (as well as Pocahaunted and LA Vampires) will be providing music for your ears and Bartolome will lend us Kaugummi publications for your relaxed perusal. Please join us for an elegant night of aural and visual adulation.

The festivities are free and begin at 8 p.m. on Saturday, July 17th.

Bad Dads Screening July 14

We are very excited to screen Bad Dads featuring Michael Cera and directed by Derek Westerman. The screening begins at 8:00 pm, July 14th. Refreshments and hors d'oeuvres will be on hand for the event. Join us for a night of hilarious paternal irresponsibility!

GENERAL DELIGHT - New Video Works, Comedy and Otherwise - June 26

GENERAL DELIGHT PRESENTS SCREENING OF 10 SHORT FILMS
FOR THEIR 1ST BIRTHDAY BASH

SATURDAY, JUNE 26TH

WHAT: Come and celebrate General Delight’s first birthday with the screening of 10 short films featuring interactive elements (Hint-Phantom of the Opera sing-a-long).
Some of the short films include:

• A lascivious magician that makes husbands disappear and then beds their wives
• The awkward moments after an inter-racial swingers party
• Paula Deen facing off against the Busch Bean’s Golden Retriever
• A tribute to porn’s greatest boom operator
• A tickle fight that goes on for too, too long.

WHO: Michael Cera (Juno, Superbad, Youth in Revolt) and Elaine Carroll (Very Mary-Kate). More names to be announced shortly!

WHEN: Saturday, June 26th, 8:00-11:00 p.m.
Screening 8:30 p.m.
Reception (Open Bar) 9:30 p.m.
FREE!

WHERE: Synchronicity Space
4306 Melrose Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90029

WHY: This event is a culmination of General Delight’s creative output to date. A few films have been circling various sites on the web to much acclaim, but with this event they are releasing work that is even more ambitious and exciting.

ABOUT GENERAL DELIGHT:
General Delight encompasses four film makers based in Los Angeles and New York who make comedy shorts. The films are provocative, absurd and euphoric. They describe their work as, “An aurora borealis Disneyland fireworks display with a swim up bar, free refills”. Their videos are a balance between high and low, as they explore issues of technology, sexuality, pop culture and how we try to transcend our own confines through fantasy, imagination and techno music.


To Request Media Credentials, Contact:

Lisa Marie, General Delight, generaldelightpress@gmail.com

Poor Joel from General Delight on Vimeo.

Blood Diamond from General Delight on Vimeo.

Spider, Our Living Sacrifice and Devin, Ross & Gary with Rick Potts this Tuesday!

Poster by Gary Panter

Friday, May 21

Independents present

show card image by Shannon Keller

Synchronicity Space asked small, independent companies and publishers to showcase an artist they were excited about. Independents present is an exhibition resulting in our request to these companies to group curate an exhibition. Synchronicity Space will host an opening reception Saturday, May 15 from 7 to 11pm. The exhibition will run from May 15th and close June 5th.

These companies and artists include:

Nieves presents artist, Jay Nelson
Nieves is an independent publishing house based in Zurich, Switzerland.
Founded in 2001, Nieves' focus is on publishing Artists' Books and Zines.

Ooga Booga presents artist, Maxwell Krivitzky
Ooga Booga is a store in Chinatown Los Angeles that specializes in artist books, art, music, and fashion. Since opening in 2004, they have also hosted concerts, film screenings, book launches, readings, mini-exhibitions, reading rooms, window installations in their space and in satellite projects around the world. The aim of Ooga Booga is to support independent creative culture in its various forms.

Drippy Bone Books presents artist, Shannon Keller
Drippy Bone Books is a publishing project run by artists Kristy Foom, Mario Zoots, and Keenan Marshall Keller out of Amsterdam, Denver and Los Angeles. Drippy Bone Books releases underground art zines, comix, and promotes the distribution of art multiples. The name, Drippy Bone Books, was inspired by the comic Oops Goops drawn by David Magdaleno and Brian Bamps of Los Angeles. Editions are curated by a single person and worked on by the group. Focusing on limited edition releases of explosively creative underground work; the artists involved are as diverse as the mediums they use. Treading the lines between the beautiful and the ugly, the intellectual and moronic, the optimistic and apathetic, the primitive and the modern...

Penny Ante presents artist, Jed Ochmanek
Penny-Ante is an independent book publishing company based in Los Angeles. Founded in 2005, Penny-Ante has since released three large volumes compiling art & literary works from a wide range of artists, writers, and musicians. Starting in 2010, Penny-Ante will be expanding its output to other forms of art-based product including limited run art prints, DVDs, vinyl records, and cassettes. Past contributors to Penny-Ante's "Book #1", "Book #2", and "Three" include Alice Bag (The Bags), Billy Bragg, Bill Callahan (Smog), Robin Crutchfield (Dark Day/DNA), Jad Fair (Half Japanese), Mick Farren (The Deviants), artist Terence Koh, Bettina Koster (Malaria!), Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth), and artist Jason Yates (Fast Friends, Inc.) to only name a few.

Kaugummi presents artist, Rasmus Svensson
Kaugummi is an independent publishing house and a label based in Rennes, France.
They publish and promote artist books, zines, and records focusing mainly on contemporary drawing, photography and psych sounds, since 2005. Kaugummi was created and is run by Bartolomé Sanson.

Narrow Books presents artist, Shawn Petersen
Narrow Books is an independent publisher headquartered in Los Angeles. Our most recent books include Hey Fudge, a sweeping collection of drawings, paintings, installations, and sketchbook pages by the artist Travis Millard; Eat Hell, a trio of stories by award-winning author Joseph Mattson; and Two Letters Vol. 2, our second anthology featuring dozens of contributors offering unique art and writing.

ALL KNITS, ALL THE TIME!

Check out our amazing, talented, and beautiful friend, Annie Larson's online sweater shop!
Just launched to-day!

www.allforeveryone.com

And..a call for artists

For this exhibition we will open submissions to every artist who would like to be involved.
We would love to see what everyone has to offer with your pet as the inspiration.

However, please follow our guidelines for submission.

-This show is about pets. Please keep the theme of the show in mind when deciding what work to present. We reserve the right to not accept any work that may be offensive or work that is not falling within the spirit of this exhibition.
-We are not limiting the work in terms of scale but please be conscious that small works are preferable.
-The work MUST be ready to hang on our wall. Please provide us with any special hanging instructions and hardware if necessary.
-Please drop off work on specified drop-off dates and times. Work will not be accepted otherwise unless prior arrangements are made.
-As soon as the show comes down please make arrangements with the gallery to pick up unsold work. We will not be responsible for storing artwork. The gallery will not take care of shipping costs to out of town artists.
-In the case your artwork is sold the night of the reception the gallery will take care of payment and shipping arrangements with the buyer.
-Please keep in mind while pricing your artwork the percentage split between artist, gallery and charity. The artist will take 50% of the sale, 30% will go to the gallery and 20% will go towards a charity focused on the care of animals. If you have a specific one in mind we will make payment to the charity of your choice.

Please email info@syncspacela.com if there are any questions or something is unclear.

Drop off dates
Monday, May 3rd 7-9PM at Synchronicity Space, 4306 Melrose Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90029

Installation will take place on Tuesday, May 4th and Wednesday, May 5th.
The reception will take place on May 8th from 7pm to 11pm.

Unleashed: The First Annual Los Angeles Pet Art Show

An art show of your pets, by your pets and for your pets. Los Angeles’ finest and most original artists come together to present a one day exhibition of paintings, drawings and sculptures inspired by man’s and woman’s best friends.

Humans and their pets are welcome to view these works Saturday May 8th from 12pm to 11pm. Several animal rescue services will be on hand with a fuzzy menagerie of furry art experts to guide you along. The Pet Art Show involves two of Los Angeles’ most off beat galleries located directly on opposite sides of Melrose Avenue.

Synchronicity Space at 4306 Melrose Avenue showcases creative expressions of sight and sound, imagined by artists looking for a place without limits, a place where "things just happen." Exhibitions have no definitive style or subject matter, the doors are left open to the most exciting art, music and other creative projects presented by local, national and global artists.

For over 173 years, The Fake Gallery, located at 4319 Melrose Avenue, has curated some of the finest fictitious artworks from many of the most accomplished and noteworthy nonexistent artists. The Fake is also considered to be one of Hollywood’s most preeminent comedy venues. Los Angeles magazine described it to be one of the best places to see comedy in the country.

From 7 to 11pm, Synchronicity Space will host a reception for the artists and their guests. There will be complimentary wine and pet snacks.

At 9:00pm The Fake Gallery will present a free special edition of their hit otherworldly sideshow, “The Showatorium”.

A portion of the art sale proceeds will go towards charities who support the well being of our wonderful pet companions. Please visit www.syncspacela.com and www.paulkozlowski.com for more information.

Sunday, April 25

OPENING SATURDAY, APRIL 3

PFFR presents LEGACY IIX

April 3 - May 1

Opening Reception April 3

7 - 11pm

From the mushheads who have broughten you such tele/videvisual creambominations as Xavier: Renegade Angel ([adult swim]), Wonder Showzen (MTV), Final Flesh (Drag City) unt Hands of God (God); the soundmares of United We Doth (Birdman Records); the spastic dancing failures of various art attempts and one-offs bedazzling the nations glorious hole, comes the ultimate attempt at re-creating the maullification of our “society”. PFFR presents Legacy IIX. Godard got through the Louvre in less than 60 seconds. We took it upon, nay, up on ourselves to run through every mall in 'merica in under a minute. The intake was a full frontal assault on our collective mind’s eye, that visually ralphed on the forgotten pages where it hath been discovered by our scientist, nay, our fact fuckers that the dinosaurs do in fact exist. So do we as well and here is the astroidal proof (pre-collision and post-dustings) for your consideration. We’ve swallowed ourselves whole and hope to pass any savings unto your naked chests for this one. This, Legacy VIII. So, please let us take over, nay, take under the world’s highest hopes/arts to bemuse and extricate the yuckity yucks that are most needed in a time like this. If we can make you laugh, then shame on us. But if we can make you cry, in fear, then let’s hang out more often…. Love, xPoFxFoRx An opening reception for "Legacy IIX" will take place at Synchronicity Space on April 3rd from 7pm to 11pm. Synchronicity is located at 4306 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA, 90029. Any questions please call 323-264-8960 or email info@syncspacela.com.

SUNDAY

BUCKS FOR BARNABY

COME PARTY FOR A GREAT CAUSE!

One of the sweetest dogs ever, Barnaby Vonderheide (humans are Helen and Katie Vonderheide) has fallen victim to canine oral melanoma. On Friday, March 11th, he had surgery to remove a cancerous tumor from his mouth. As a result, Barnaby has lost his lower mandible.

Leading up to this surgery, Barnaby was given several tests including blood work, urine analysis, and a therasic study. Thankfully, the cancer had not spread and the surgeon is hopeful that he can remove the cancer through surgery.

The culmination of all these tests and Barnaby's surgery have left Helen and Katie with a huge amount of vet bills. This FUNdraiser is to help offset these costs, because we all know that if this was our beloved dog (or cat, or child!) we'd all do the same thing. We're just happy that Barnaby is going to be ok and will give his humans many more years of love.

We'll provide food, open bar and a fabulous line up of entertainment!

Hot DJ, Tita Poe & Stand-Up Comedy, featuring two of the most hilarious comics in town - Tess Barker www.tessbarker.com and Lizzy Cooperman!

We'll also have a silent auction* and a bake sale (homemade treats - yummy!)

Silent Auction Items (more will be added!)

Dog walking
Professional make up session
Art plate sets from POKETO
Dog training
Restaurant gift cards: McCormick and Schmick's, Katsuya, Cafe Santorini, Scoops
Pet portraits
AVEDA gift basket
Paul Mitchell Pet Care set
Professional haircut
Boot Camp: 6 sessions
Boxed sets of Mad Men and Weeds
Personal Shopping
Pilates session
VIP tickets to The Doctors and Dr. Phil
Organic dog biscuits
*We're accepting donations - services, items, etc. Let us know if you can donate something!

A minimum suggested donation of $10 gets you in the door, food & open bar, plus 1 raffle ticket for a great prize that will be announced at the end of the party.

Coupon for a FREE MOJITO at Ciudad for the first 100 in the door!

IF YOU ARE NOT IN LOS ANGELES or cannot attend, you can still help! Please give anything (and we mean anything!) you can via PayPal. Here is the link to the Help Barnaby PayPal account: http://bit.ly/c1DRuW

Lastly, PLEASE invite everyone you know to this event! The more bodies, the better.

THANK YOU so much for your love and support!



Later in the evening at 8pm...

Lemon Bear (from Oakland)
Back to the Future The Ride (member of Foot Village)
Cowan
Suzi Star

Brian Miller from Back to the Future the Ride has been so generous to say $3 of every tape sale will go towards the Barnaby Fund.
THANKS BRIAN

OPENING SATURDAY, MARCH 13

AARON ANDERSON & ERIC CARLSON

ex HARDLAND/HEARTLAND

ACID WREATH and the POST EVERYTHING

MELTED BRAIN MESS /M/NEGALITH

ALL LA LA LAND: BEYOND THE DEAD END

March 13 - 27

OPENING RECEPTION MARCH 13

7 - 11pm

Synchronicity Space is pleased to present an exhibition with artists, Aaron Anderson and Eric Carlson titled, "Aaron Anderson & Eric Carlson (ex Hardland/Heartland) Acid Wreath and the Post-Everything Melted Brain Mess /M/Negalith All La LA Land: Beyond the Dead End". The opening reception will take place March 13th from 7pm to 11pm. Concepts addressed by the artists involve Presence, Engaging in experience, Performance (and the lack thereof), Fantasy/Reality, Location and proliferation (physically/virtually).

Aaron Anderson and Eric Carlson are the founding members of Hardland/Heartland, an amorphous collective of creativity stationed in Minneapolis, MN.

Part I

Below, is an email Synchronicity Space received as a "proposal-ish Beginnings" from artist, Eric Carlson.

Hey Katie,

Hope all is well.

We've been a bit slower than I'd hoped in getting something sent out to you, but alas we plan on having the file in the mail by the beginning of next week. There will not be many words in the package, so I am putting those in here.

Our conversations (Our: presently being Aaron Anderson and myself - likely a few more in the future) in light of making work for a show at Sync has loosely revolved around a theme of Manifest Destiny - or - mecCA. lifornia.

This spawns partially from a practice of producing a document for or from the act of traveling. As an example, preparing drawings and photocopies prior to a trip, drawing together during travel, compiling the reoccurring themes and inside jokes composed in process and creating a work/collection of said experience - or for the brief jaunt - creating a work prior to travel to be used as a catalyst for interaction.

More recently, we have been throwing around an idea of going on "tour." In this case we could more appropriately call it, driving to Los Angeles and back again.

This may or may not include:
temporary installations at small town skateparks/parking lots
a performance that may or may not involve any actual performing
a 36 hour mix tape
tour merch
fan art!!!
maximal experience points
long drive inspired bad ideas
and the documentation of all things above

We would intend for the final work(s) to be a multi faceted installation at Synchronicity composed of: performance / implied performance, audio / video, sculptural works?, edition-ed "tour" merch, and works on paper.

We will have a clear idea of what our installation will be beforehand, yet maintain the intention of allowing travel / experience / environments the opportunity to influence the work.

Ideally we would like to have a week or so in Los Angeles prior to installation/ as to allow the environmental influence a chance to weigh heavy on our heads.

I think that's all I've got for now... but yes... Looking forward to hearing back from you.

Thank you for your moment.



Best,

Eric Timothy Carlson
Hardland/Heartland - ish





Part II

A black painted box 11.5' x 9' x .75'. The box's previous use is not important as all the instructions of "How to use Highland Brand Transparency Film for Copiers" is striked through with a black marker. The black box itself, not unlike that on a plane, holds the evidence and artifacts of a journey that has ended in disaster. The back cover has an image pasted to it, wind patterns in sand and below the image reads,
G E N E R A L
H L H L \ T H O U G H T S
A A R O N A N D E R S O N
E R I C T I M O T H Y C A R L S O N

What it contains:
A violet file folder, more violet then purple. The top right-hand corner has adhered to the edge, a strip of hot pink duct tape that is folded over and continues on the inside. Clipped to it, an image cut out of a book or magazine depicting a warm sunset with shadowed palm trees in the foreground and on the back contains geographical writings that are striked out with a black marker, leaving the only readable words, "the Ring of Fire.” Is this LA as paradise or apocalypse? The next image, a xerox of a dolphin with a cartoon eye and written in pencil "RAPPIST,” a composite that creates a contradiction of its expectations. Cartoon dolphins imply sweet and cute, this "RAPPIST" dolphin is sweetly ignorant and horrifically violent. Next, a 4'x6' glossy Fujicolor Crystal Archive photo with what looks to be four young girls, probably art students - they have that look, exchanging non-descript patterned papers. We are the students, always seeking a deeper meaning in art, in our existence, in nothingness.

The violet folder is lavender inside. The brand name and folder instructions are obscured by gold tape and more hot pink duct tape. The only part that reads unobstructed: "THIS PRODUCT WORKS."

33 loose pages, all different colors ranging from manila, taupe, one hot pink, coral, and one white page. A common motif is the melding and friction between the natural/analog/organic and the artificial/digital, although the bright neon pink and gold tape on the folder and surrounding "this product works" suggests an artifice in everything contained therein. A lot of what's in the folder is full of contradictions: Pixellated oceans, sharp lines intersecting the elegance of nature, satanic bongs, kinky Disney abberations, some images distorted by computers, others by hand.

The purpose of the box is not to answer all the questions we might have about the show, but to create an artifact of a certain time, place and movement that informs the whole of the exhibition. This box presents a mystery, "AARON ANDERSON & ERIC CARLSON ex HARDLAND HEARTLAND ACID WREATH and the POST EVERYTHING MELTED BRAIN MESS /M/NEGALITH ALL LA LA LAND: BEYOND THE DEAD END".

PART III

M A R C H 13 - 27
"AARON ANDERSON & ERIC CARLSON
ex HARDLAND HEARTLAND
ACID WREATH and the POST EVERYTHING
MELTED BRAIN MESS /M/NEGALITH
ALL LA LA LAND:
BEYOND THE DEAD END"

Opening Reception to take place March 13th, 7pm to 11pm.

Artists, Aaron Anderson and Eric Carlson will be in attendance. If you have any questions, please call 323-284-8960 or email info@syncspacela.com.

"Art Works Everytime" T-Shirt Design Competition

Art Works Every Time

T-Shirt Design Competition

Art “Works Every Time” Design Competition!

Beautiful/Decay and Colt 45 present: Art “Work Every Time” Design Competition! We want you to interpret Colt 45’s logo and catch phrase “Works Every Time.”

What’s in it for you? The winnings are as smooth as a tall boy of Colt 45:

Contest Winner (Top Player):
- $1,000.45 in cash! *
-Your design featured on a limited edition T-shirt, distributed worldwide!
-Your submission & personal artwork featured in a month-long exhibition, Art “Works Every Time” at the Los Angeles based Synchronicity Space, Los Angeles. The directors of the gallery will be curating the exhibition together with Beautiful/Decay. (With all that cash and fame, you just might become as debonair a player as Billy Dee Williams himself.)

Runners Up (Close, But No Cigar!):
- Winning submission & personal artwork displayed in the Art “Works Every Time” exhibition.

Deadline:
April 15th, 2010, 6pm EST

Here’s How To Enter:
Visit beautifuldecay.com/colt45 for full rules & regulations. Eligibility details after the jump!

*California residents are invited to enter but, due to state alcohol control restrictions, California residents will not be eligible to receive any cash prize or item of value.

Colt 45 and all related logos are trademarks of G. Heileman Brewing Co. Sponsor: G. Heileman Brewing Co. Milwaukee, WI.

Upcoming Shows at Synchronicity

Sunday, March 14

Pill Wonder

60 Watt Kid

Queen Victoria

Ezra Buchla

Tuesday, March 16

Infinite Body

Earn

Jeans Wilder

Mirror to Mirror

Friday, March 19

Hop-Frog's Drum Jester Devotional

Night at Noon

Amps for Christ

Saturday, March 20

7:00pm

Talea: Electronic Operatic Sound Ritual

Joined by

Visual & Sound: Noise Resolution

The Dark Art of: T.ANTHONYs XIII DESIGNS

Word: Actor & Author Michael C. Ford

Monday, March 22

Julia Holter

Nudge

Matthew David

Tuesday, March 23

Brittain Ashford

Spring Queen

Wednesday, March 24

White Fang

Wampire

Neon Navajo

Saturday, March 27

Bill Orcutt

Peter Kolovos

Nevai/Wolcott

Metal Rouge

Sunday, March 28

Lemon Bear

Back To The Future The Ride

Cowan

Suzi Star

Tuesday, March 30

Dirty Beaches

Jeans Wilder

Speculator

Eel Eater

Wednesday, March 31

Rubber 0 Cement

Nautical Almanac

Twig Harper

THIS WEEK'S SHOWS

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3rd

Synchronicity Space, la-underground, and Gibson Bros. Record Co. present:

TENLONS FORT
record release
MANHATTAN MURDER MYSTERY
DOWNTOWN/UNION
WILL COURTNEY

9pm
$5

FRIDAY, MARCH 5th

HEROES & HEROINES
BIG WHUP
SO MANY WIZARDS
MOSES CAMPBELL

8pm
$5

2nd Annual East Hollywood Art Cycle

East Hollywood Merges Creativity and Cycling

in Celebration of Neighborhood’s Emerging Arts Scene

March 13, 2010 – Second Annual ArtCycle event features great art, bike rides, gallery shows, food and live music

LOS ANGELES (2/8/10) – The East Hollywood Neighborhood Council and the East Hollywood Arts and Culture Committee announce the Second Annual East Hollywood ArtCycle, an event designed to showcase the emerging art and bicycling cultures in East Hollywood. On Saturday, March 13th, 2010 from 2-10 p.m., artists will take over the street in celebration of the art and culture of East Hollywood. This year, the event will be held at Santa Monica Boulevard and Madison Avenue, across from the Cahuenga Branch Library in the heart of East Hollywood and on Historical Route 66.

Also, more than a dozen galleries, theatres, creative venues and artist live/work spaces will open for a celebration of everything East Hollywood.

Hop on a bike to take a tour of some of East Hollywood’s finest galleries, like Synchronicity, Thinkspace and Junc. Check out New Media Artists, see a show at Sacred Fools, check out or just browse among the dozens of artists and performers displaying their creations at the street scene on Santa Monica Boulevard.

There will be plenty of food and live entertainment, including the exotic salsa dancers of Salsarologo and the gypsy jazz phenomenon of KillSonic.

Bring the kids along for arts and crafts, face painting, and lots of hands-on fun. Be sure to bring an old T-shirt for a BYO silk screen.

Come join the celebration as the people of East Hollywood take back the street for a day of art, music, cycling and fun.

More information, photos and videos of last years ArtCycle, and how to how to participate is all available at www.EastHollywoodArtCycle.com or email info@easthollywoodartcycle.com.

Calendar Listing: Pedal over to East Hollywood on Saturday, March 13, from 2-10 p.m., for the Second Annual East Hollywood ArtCycle, an event to celebrate the burgeoning creative and cycling communities in that neighborhood. Take a bike tour of more than a dozen galleries and historical sites in East Hollywood, or just linger at the street fair at Santa Monica Boulevard and Madison Avenue, across from the Cahuenga Branch Library, for art, food, music and fun.

SyncHappenings

TONIGHT
February 11

Semiconscious Gloria
Yoya
Seasick


Friday, Febrauary 12

Moon Duo (featuring member of Wooden Shjips)
Pocahaunted
Psychic Handbook


Saturday, February 13

Woolen
Tremblexy
+more


Wednesday, February 17

Movie Night!
Tonight we will have two screenings of a montage of videos submitted by artists including: Andrew Huang, Nick Corvinus, Chris Frias, Anna Ayeroff, Elena Megalos, Ben Bigelow and more!

First Screening: 8:00pm
Second Screening: 10:00pm


Thursday, February 18

Random Patterns
Alpine Decline
Speculator


Friday, February 19

howardAmb
Vaginals
Missincinatti
LA Fog
Farraday Trippers + Sleepwalkers Local


Saturday, February 20

C'est L'amour Closing Night!
Come celebrate the closing of our 2 week residency with us. DJ sets from Nate Dahlin! free drinks and surprises all night long!

Upcoming shows

Thursday, January 21st

FREE SHOW!

Neil Hamburger

Woah Hunx

moab

featuring artwork by Sho and Martin de Pedro!

Open Colt 45 bar

21+

reception begins at 7pm

Limited capacity

Friday, January 22nd

Scattered Like Birds
Didimao
White Leopards
Bestial Mouths
Solar Wimp

8pm

Friday, February 5th

The Chapin Sisters
Sands

8:30pm

FIRST YEARS ending tonight + bands galore!!

Thanks to everyone for coming and bidding over the last few weeks! Our silent auction, FIRST YEARS, is ending tonight so come and make those last, winning bids!
Also tonight, we're excited to have bands from both here and abroad,

Orphan Fairytale,
Dolphins into the Future,
Monopoly Child Star Searchers,
Eekhorn X, and
Helmutmut.
Doors are at 7:30.

MONDAY, January 11

Tan Dollar
Weed Diamond
Wonder Wheel
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Active Child

Doors at 7pm

FRIDAY January 8th, 8pm

State Champion
Giving Up
60 Watt Kid
Queen Victoria
8pm

TONIGHT!

RTC presents at Western Exhibitions, Chicago

Allison Schulnik

The Power of Selection, part 1

Western Exhibitions is pleased to present The Power of Selection, the first in a series of three shows curated by Ryan Travis Christian at the gallery. The show begins on Saturday, January 2 and a public reception, free and open to the public, will follow on Saturday, January 30, from 6 to 9pm. Mr. Christian, who writes for Fecalface.com and selects an Artist of the Day, each and every day, on his Facebook page, organized these shows, the first in January, the second in the summer and the third in December, to increase the circulation of contemporary artwork seen in Chicago by showing works by out of town and/or up-and-coming artists. In this first installment, Christian selected work that takes figuration into strange and bewildering stylizations through the use of drawing, sculpture and video.

Alika Cooper lives and works in Los Angeles, CA and has had solo exhibitions at Mark Wolfe Contemporary (San Francisco), Kim Light/ Lightbox (LA), Hamish Morrison Galerie (Berlin), and Galleria Studio Legale (Rome).

Mike Rea lives and works in Chicago, IL and has shown works at The Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, FFDG (San Francisco), Synchronicity (Los Angeles), Morgan Conservatory (Cleveland) and Hyde Park Art Center. In 2009, Rea was a 2009 West Prize recipient.

Allison Schulnik lives and works in Los Angeles, CA and has had solo exhibitions at 1/9 Unosunove (Rome), Mark Moore Gallery (Santa Monica), Mike Weiss (New York), and Rokeby (London). She also makes stunning claymation video works for the band Grizzly Bear.

Marissa Textor lives and works in Los Angeles, CA and has exhibited works at Subliminal Projects (Los Angeles) The Studio (Los Angeles), and New Wight Gallery UCLA (Los Angeles).

Eric Yahnker lives and works in Los Angeles, CA and has exhibited at Ambach and Rice (Seattle), Jack the Pelican (Brooklyn), Polad-Hardoiun (Paris), Space (Portland), and Kim Light/ Lightbox (Los Angeles) and the Torrance Art Museum (CA).

Ryan Travis Christian is an artist, independent curator and the Chicago correspondent to the art and design website Fecalface.com. Recent curatorial projects include West, Wester, Westest at FFDG (San Francisco), SPORTS at Synchronicity (Los Angeles), and Control C, Control V at EbersMoore (Chicago). He lives and works in Chicago.