So this was directed by Eric Wareheim from the infamous Tim and Eric Awesome Show! Great Job! show. The song is by Flying Lotus. An experimenta hip hop electronic producer in LA. Check it out.
Directed by Eric Wareheim (Tim & Eric) in association with Warp Records and Warp Films. Music by Flying Lotus. Co Directed/ Animation by Devin Flynn. Co Directed/ Edited by Eric Fensler. More info at dancefloordale.com
Thursday, October 9, 2008
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Back Again
Hi been gone for a quick minute. Six months to be exact. Been traveling around the world sowing my wild oats and learning some useful things for life. Anyways, I'm back again with a pretty awesome skate video that someone sent me. I think this may have been filmed in Berkeley if I'm not mistaken. [Anyone who loves the bay area give me a woot woooooooot!!!! you knaw whut i'm sayin... you crazy kooksters.]
Adam Kimmel presents: Claremont HD from adam kimmel on Vimeo.
Adam Kimmel presents: Claremont HD from adam kimmel on Vimeo.
Thursday, February 14, 2008
HVW8 @ Upperplayground's Fifty24SF Gallery
“Greatest Hits by HVW8”
Featuring artists Gene Starship, DSTRBO (Dan Buller) and Tyler Gibney
Upperplayground’s Fifty24SF Gallery
February 7th-29th, 2008
[Drawing from the urban environment, Heavyweight developed a mix-blend of styles & skills accumulated from a free association of intuitive interests - peripheral influences included rare groove album covers, Japanese hyper-pop styles, dub soundscapes, graffiti burns, skate graphics and turntable culture. Heavyweight tapped into a growing artistic community, extending its creative network to include producers, DJs, musicians, filmmakers as well as other artists and designers. What surfaced was a Heavyweight version, street-style campaign of underground parties, music & art shows, posters, flyers and stickers all housed and produced under one roof - forming the main elements of Heavyweight's creative foundation in art and design.]
Hey guys, no time for a serious write up but I wanted to post pictures from the last Upperplayground Fifty24Gallery opening featuring a 10 year retrospective from the guys who collaborate as the art and design collective HVW8. Funnily enough, I was introduced to them completely random the night before through a mutual friend under different pretenses and got the unexpected treat of hanging with these guys on the real before familiarizing myself with their work. I swear, it never ceases to amaze me how small this city can be. Anyways, a little about these guys: Heavyweight Production House originally started in Montreal, Canada in 1998 by Tyler Gibney and Gene Pendon and is currently based in LA with it’s own HVW8 gallery. Their main body of work called the Heavyweight Art Installation is a collection of large 6’x6’ painted canvases which were created live alongside performances by renowned DJs and musicians including Jazzanova, Afrika Bambaataa, Gilles Peterson, Bugz In The Attic, the Herbaliser, Roots Manuva, Osunlade and Jurassic 5 -just to name a few. With the collaborative efforts of Tyler Gibney, Gene Starship and DSTRBO (Dan Buller), the installation itself has toured internationally including cities in North America, Europe and Japan. Wanna know more? Go here.
The show runs til the 29th. Check it out before it's gone...
Gene Starship
Featuring artists Gene Starship, DSTRBO (Dan Buller) and Tyler Gibney
Upperplayground’s Fifty24SF Gallery
February 7th-29th, 2008
[Drawing from the urban environment, Heavyweight developed a mix-blend of styles & skills accumulated from a free association of intuitive interests - peripheral influences included rare groove album covers, Japanese hyper-pop styles, dub soundscapes, graffiti burns, skate graphics and turntable culture. Heavyweight tapped into a growing artistic community, extending its creative network to include producers, DJs, musicians, filmmakers as well as other artists and designers. What surfaced was a Heavyweight version, street-style campaign of underground parties, music & art shows, posters, flyers and stickers all housed and produced under one roof - forming the main elements of Heavyweight's creative foundation in art and design.]
Hey guys, no time for a serious write up but I wanted to post pictures from the last Upperplayground Fifty24Gallery opening featuring a 10 year retrospective from the guys who collaborate as the art and design collective HVW8. Funnily enough, I was introduced to them completely random the night before through a mutual friend under different pretenses and got the unexpected treat of hanging with these guys on the real before familiarizing myself with their work. I swear, it never ceases to amaze me how small this city can be. Anyways, a little about these guys: Heavyweight Production House originally started in Montreal, Canada in 1998 by Tyler Gibney and Gene Pendon and is currently based in LA with it’s own HVW8 gallery. Their main body of work called the Heavyweight Art Installation is a collection of large 6’x6’ painted canvases which were created live alongside performances by renowned DJs and musicians including Jazzanova, Afrika Bambaataa, Gilles Peterson, Bugz In The Attic, the Herbaliser, Roots Manuva, Osunlade and Jurassic 5 -just to name a few. With the collaborative efforts of Tyler Gibney, Gene Starship and DSTRBO (Dan Buller), the installation itself has toured internationally including cities in North America, Europe and Japan. Wanna know more? Go here.
The show runs til the 29th. Check it out before it's gone...
Gene Starship
Damon, JT, Dan Buller
My friend Mo and Dan
Tyler Gibney
and for all y'alls who need a visual diagram, here ya go...
peace
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Ajit Chauhan with Tara Foley @ Adobe
Ajit Chauhan with Tara Foley
"Milky Way of Breeding Stallions That Roll, Ejaculating by Themselves"
Performances by Tank Attack, Jessica Pratt and Lathan
Adobe Backroom Gallery
Opening Thursday January 24th 2008, 7-10pm
Last Thursday was the opening for the Adobe Backroom Gallery show for Ajit Chauhan with Tara Foley. Last Thursday was also the day John and I agreed to have me come in to help with Fecal Face stuff. I think I was just about to leave for the office when I got a text asking me to instead check out an art show taking place at Adobe and could I please pen some words for it. Being the hardworking, eternally loyal, dutiful and might I add AWESOME intern that I am, I said no problem and headed there thinking it would be a quick and easy in-and-out (I always think that). Now I’m not sure if this is something I should admit to but obviously I had no idea there was an opening nor had I ever heard of this Ajit (pronounced Ah-jeet) guy. When I got to the bookstore I was thrown off, having never had the opportunity to check out the gallery before nor for the life of me being able to figure out whether I was in the right place or not. I made my way around the bookstore, weaving in and out amongst the shelves, scratching my head, trying to ascertain how this art show was actually going down. Now if you’ve ever been there you’d know that this place can irrefutably qualify as a quintessential bookworm’s wet dream with the narrowly spaced bookshelves lining the wall from floor to almost ceiling, the overflowing abundance of well worn books, the mismatched furniture, the threadbare rugs, the homemade cardboard signs, the smattering of garden variety houseplants, the tight and typical cozy corners to pop a squat in...all things lending this place its dusty, old school, attic-like charm but also with no real wall space to grace any art on.
I was there for 15 minutes before I said "to hell with it" and finally asked the old beatnik looking dude with the headphones manning the front desk whether I was in the right place or not. Turned out that the show opened at 7 and that it was in the back room. Wish I had known beforehand that the gallery name had the word B-A-C-K-R-O-O-M in it. So fortunately or unfortunately, depending on how you look at it, I failed to make it to the actual party to capitalize on the free wine and cheese we all know are the only things art shows are good for, but rather caught Ajit putting on the final touches in preparation for that night’s anticipated event. Just as well though, because the back room was teensy weensy which I imagine would have undoubtedly been overstuffed with rainsoaked peeps had I shown up next to these art loving joes. Not only that, but the plexiglass covered floor serving as extra wall space would have definitely been obscured by dozens of smelly feet due to the no shoes policy of the room. Conclusion? These factors combined probably would have more than likely prevented me from proper documentation AND I wouldn’t have had the chance to chat with the artist nor sign my name on to one of Tara’s books, so I guess it all worked out for the best in the end. Ah, the advantages of being a clueless dimwit.
I don’t know much about Ajit but from what I was able to gather he’s sort of not from one particular place but from all over even though I do think I recall him saying he does hold a special place in his heart for the bay area. His last and most recent showing was at The LAB here in the Mission. His art is comprised of intricately detailed quilled ink drawings that he illustrates on found vintage paper, some of which he got in India while visiting his grandfather's placed. What’s really great about these drawings are the exquisite and meticulous details that invite the viewer to step in and take a closer look. I tried getting detailed shots of some of the pieces but with the lack of flash and all, you can tell that this is something better appreciated in person. At first thinking this was a solo show, I wondered about this Tara person he kept referring to that did the hair. Finally, I figured it out that Tara Foley is the artist credited with doing the mini-book installation portion of it as well. An appropriate choice since they both complemented each others work well. A few of the pieces I really liked plays with letterforms appealing to the graphic designer in me and when asked if there was anything in particular that inspired his work he said not really, that he just flowed in a sort of automatic stream of consciousness mode and that he also tends to find himself repeating certain patterns. Anyways, I'd be more than happy to go on more about these things because it always all very interesting to get the artists perspective on their own stuff but since this post is starting to resemble a novel I think I'll just get on with the show. Cheers!
The man himself
"Milky Way of Breeding Stallions That Roll, Ejaculating by Themselves"
Performances by Tank Attack, Jessica Pratt and Lathan
Adobe Backroom Gallery
Opening Thursday January 24th 2008, 7-10pm
Last Thursday was the opening for the Adobe Backroom Gallery show for Ajit Chauhan with Tara Foley. Last Thursday was also the day John and I agreed to have me come in to help with Fecal Face stuff. I think I was just about to leave for the office when I got a text asking me to instead check out an art show taking place at Adobe and could I please pen some words for it. Being the hardworking, eternally loyal, dutiful and might I add AWESOME intern that I am, I said no problem and headed there thinking it would be a quick and easy in-and-out (I always think that). Now I’m not sure if this is something I should admit to but obviously I had no idea there was an opening nor had I ever heard of this Ajit (pronounced Ah-jeet) guy. When I got to the bookstore I was thrown off, having never had the opportunity to check out the gallery before nor for the life of me being able to figure out whether I was in the right place or not. I made my way around the bookstore, weaving in and out amongst the shelves, scratching my head, trying to ascertain how this art show was actually going down. Now if you’ve ever been there you’d know that this place can irrefutably qualify as a quintessential bookworm’s wet dream with the narrowly spaced bookshelves lining the wall from floor to almost ceiling, the overflowing abundance of well worn books, the mismatched furniture, the threadbare rugs, the homemade cardboard signs, the smattering of garden variety houseplants, the tight and typical cozy corners to pop a squat in...all things lending this place its dusty, old school, attic-like charm but also with no real wall space to grace any art on.
I was there for 15 minutes before I said "to hell with it" and finally asked the old beatnik looking dude with the headphones manning the front desk whether I was in the right place or not. Turned out that the show opened at 7 and that it was in the back room. Wish I had known beforehand that the gallery name had the word B-A-C-K-R-O-O-M in it. So fortunately or unfortunately, depending on how you look at it, I failed to make it to the actual party to capitalize on the free wine and cheese we all know are the only things art shows are good for, but rather caught Ajit putting on the final touches in preparation for that night’s anticipated event. Just as well though, because the back room was teensy weensy which I imagine would have undoubtedly been overstuffed with rainsoaked peeps had I shown up next to these art loving joes. Not only that, but the plexiglass covered floor serving as extra wall space would have definitely been obscured by dozens of smelly feet due to the no shoes policy of the room. Conclusion? These factors combined probably would have more than likely prevented me from proper documentation AND I wouldn’t have had the chance to chat with the artist nor sign my name on to one of Tara’s books, so I guess it all worked out for the best in the end. Ah, the advantages of being a clueless dimwit.
I don’t know much about Ajit but from what I was able to gather he’s sort of not from one particular place but from all over even though I do think I recall him saying he does hold a special place in his heart for the bay area. His last and most recent showing was at The LAB here in the Mission. His art is comprised of intricately detailed quilled ink drawings that he illustrates on found vintage paper, some of which he got in India while visiting his grandfather's placed. What’s really great about these drawings are the exquisite and meticulous details that invite the viewer to step in and take a closer look. I tried getting detailed shots of some of the pieces but with the lack of flash and all, you can tell that this is something better appreciated in person. At first thinking this was a solo show, I wondered about this Tara person he kept referring to that did the hair. Finally, I figured it out that Tara Foley is the artist credited with doing the mini-book installation portion of it as well. An appropriate choice since they both complemented each others work well. A few of the pieces I really liked plays with letterforms appealing to the graphic designer in me and when asked if there was anything in particular that inspired his work he said not really, that he just flowed in a sort of automatic stream of consciousness mode and that he also tends to find himself repeating certain patterns. Anyways, I'd be more than happy to go on more about these things because it always all very interesting to get the artists perspective on their own stuff but since this post is starting to resemble a novel I think I'll just get on with the show. Cheers!
The man himself
Tara Foley's hair calligraphy
floor art
My friend Loreto who came with me that day.
it's all about the deets
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