We'll be down at Subtext this friday for the opening of The Kids Are Alright, a nomadic show featuring 25 emerging artists who recently graduated or are still attending some form of art school. There will be good friends, good art, a keg and a live performance from Better Class of Flying Man.
Subtext is proud to present a group exhibition of emerging artists, guest curated by Beau Basse. The work is slowly coming in, and it’s shaping up to be a really great showcase of talent. The Kids Are Alright is a five city showcase tour of 25 young artists that have either recently graduated or are still attending art school. The series was designed to give these artists an opportunity to develop their talents while receiving direction and feedback from several different galleries throughout the country. The Tour is curated by Beau Basse, owner of LeBasse Projects in Los Angeles. His goal in producing the Tour is to create a platform for young artists to gain experience working with galleries in order to properly prepare them for future success as professional artists. Mark your calendars for this epic showing of fresh talent.
Also, there will be live music in the courtyard at 9pm. Subtext is proud to feature Better Class of Flying Man. It’s gonna be a nice Spring night, so don’t miss out.
Participating Artists: Danni Shinya Luo, Luke Berliner, Ching Ching Cheng, Asia Eng,Julian Callos, Ryan Dineen, Nicole Dreyfuss, Mylan Nguyen, Nimit Malavia, Yuta Onoda, Martha Chan, Dominique Fung, Jeremy Lynch, Wendy Cogan-Toyoda, Andrew Holder, Eric Davison, David Jien, Steven Gonzalez, Linda Kim (featured above), Steven Gonzalez, Timmy Lee, Diana Kim, Chelsea Greene Lewyta, & more.
Posted By zack | 4/29/2009 | 3:38 PM | Add a Comment
Our good friend and Sezio featured Artist, Kelli Murray, was interviewed and spotlighted on Surfline.com. The Huntington Beach based site is starting to branch out into the arts more and more, and they're doing a great job... check out the feature here.
Posted By zack | 4/23/2009 | 2:44 PM | Add a Comment
Power couple, Sean and Stacy Kelley, have a new project called Set & Drift, and they're collaborating with Oceanside's Swiv Tackle Circus on their first show under the new moniker. Check out the details on Native below, and we'll see you there Saturday (04.25)
Posted By zack | 4/22/2009 | 12:52 AM | Add a Comment
Pecha Kucha Night does not involve me having a few too many beers, totally butchering Bennie and the Jets and eventually getting booed off the stage. Well, two out of three might happen...
Pecha Kucha is an international creative meetup hosted in 180+ cities world wide. 10 presenters, from a variety of design-based fields, are alotted 20 slides and 20 seconds to speak on each. The topics can range from Public Art to Vertical Farming; this month features Architectural Photographer, Mike Torrey, Holiday Matinee's Dave Brown and yours truly will be discussing the growth and sustainability of San Diego's creative community.
Monday April 20th will be San Diego's second installment of the quarterly gathering, hosted at The Pearl in Point Loma. Presentations start at 8pm sharp, more info here.
Posted By zack | 4/19/2009 | 10:56 PM | Add a Comment
Funny enough, I did not discover Steph Walker’s homemade ‘zine whilst browsing for journals at the bookstore. I did not stumble upon it at a print show, nor did we ever broach the subject in conversation. Rather, I found out about it in the same lazy fashion I find out about most of the things my friends are doing in their free (or not-with-me) time: Facebook. Anyhow, I’m not sweating it, as I was among at least ten others who immediately responded (with equal enthusiasm, I might add) to Walker’s online announcement: “Zine is done! Handing out/mailing this week!!! Ask if you want one (its free!).” You might recognize Walker’s designs from the print collaborative Yeller, or if you’ve ever done your homework—but even if you haven’t, now might be a good time to study up.
Tell me a little ditty about Zine: Four Corners. Why free, why now?
I've been wanting to create a free ‘zine for awhile, and mostly do it because I have few projects I get to work on just for myself. It also gets a little of my work out there and seen, though that's not the main reason I made it. Mostly I want people to pick it up and identify with the content. It's nice when I receive emails or calls from people saying that they liked my work, and that it made them want to do the same thing, go through the same process. It creates a kind of community that can be built on and shared with increasing numbers of people (hopefully). I also love ‘zines because they represent, if not a total separation, a removal from traditional graphic design in that they are self-published and can be messy looking. There's less of a "focus group" feeling to them, and they can be very personal.
As for the content, I had a few illustrations I'd made, and a few poems I'd written recently that I thought it would be fun to share. Since a lot of the stuff I make ends up being about the same kinds of subjects it was pretty easy to fit them all together. I chose the title "Four Corners" because I like the number four (seasons, directions, etc), and also because I had 4 poems that kind of related; it worked out well. In a way I'm also searching for my place in the art/design world. I could go on and on with metaphors about meaning but won't.
What about the written word, (& in your case, poetry) begs to be integrated into your art?
As for the writing process, I think a lot of the inspiration came from the people I've been around recently, and especially the people who also write/make music/do art. It makes me want to do the same. I was a comparative literature minor so I'm not a stranger to poetry, and tend to stick in that genre of writing because it can be as short as I want and still have meaning without much grammatical structure. I tend to write at night, as I've heard many people do, since during the day I get super distracted from life in general. I'm more honest with myself when I'm almost asleep.
What journals can be found at your bedside table (or wherehaveyou)?
The only thing next to my bed is my sketchbook, and lately an iPod. I get more out of the words from music than books sometimes. I usually read books about space or science, but mostly I enjoy digesting content from the day and interpreting it in a blank notebook (call it a rebellion against old reading assignments?).
What do you say to a world without physical media (i.e. bankrupt newspapers)? & how do you see smaller journals, creative publications filling in the gap for those who still desire tangible print? (Sorry if I can't keep my opinions out of these questions.)
I don't think physical media will disappear, but it will definitely have to be more meaningful. We can get information almost anywhere. What we want are experiences. That's what's great about personally generated or artistic content, especially when having the "printed item" itself is part of the objective, having a tactile piece to open and turn pages and explore in. With zines, the homemade nature of the object itself is what you want to collect, not just for pretty pictures or a marketing message but a little piece of the truth from someone.
Is it true? Is Golden Hill losing Steph Walker to Brooklyn? Say it ain't so.
Yes, Brooklyn is on the agenda!! I'm going to be super sad to leave but have to do it while I can...
You, too, can get your own (free!) copy of Zine: Four Corners at walkersteph.com.
--Jordan Anne Karnes
Posted By jordan | 4/14/2009 | 12:21 PM | View Comments (4)