[atlantaprog] [eyedrum-announcement-list] February 1 – February 5, 2006

Eyedrum events February 1 – February 5, 2006

Regular gallery hours:  Wednesday, Friday, Saturday 12:00pm – 5:00pm



February 2 Thursday


First Thursday Open Improv
Music   
9:00pm
Free

The first Thursday of every month Eyedrum hosts Open Improv, a forum for Atlanta’s improvising musicians to interact on stage. This month’s theme:

Sixty Seconds Over Atlanta

Everything is always a question of time, never enough or too much. That‘s never more so than with improvisation: when can you make ‘it’ happen and when can you get it to stop. when is the right time?

We’ve solved that problem for you!
And especially for those of us who have attention span problems!!

Right?
Right!

the first part of the evening will consist of
one minute,,
sixty seconds,
to make It happen.

Try this:
sit down with a watch,
say nothing
do nothing
except
stare
at the watch
for
one
minute.
It can seem like a lifetime.

"Feeling down 'n' dirty, feeling kinda mean
I've been from one to another extreme
This time I had a good time, ain't got time to wait
I wanna stick around till I can't see straight

Fill my eyes with that double vision
No disguise for that double vision
Ooh, when it gets through to me, it's always new to me
My double vision gets the best of me

Never do more than I, I really need
My mind is racing, but my body's in the lead
Tonight's the night, I'm gonna push it to the limit
I live all of my years in a single minute"

Foreigner



February 3 Friday

New Street Gallery and Recordings
CD Release Party
Music
9:00pm
$5 at the door
CD = $10

New Street Vol. 1 is an 11 song compilation of music recorded live at New Street Gallery & Recordings during a show or in studio. All artists are local to the Atlanta area except Drakkar Sauna who hail from Lawrence, Kansas.

All tracks were recorded in 2005 during New Street’s first year of operation as a contemporary art gallery and recording studio.

New Street Vol. 1 is being released at Eyedrum on Friday, February 3, 2006. The following artists will be performing at the release party:

OCHA LA ROCHA
CHRIS DEVOE
JUJU B SOLOMON
BRIAN MONTERO
ISIA COOPER

CD Artist List:

HOPE FOR AGOLDENSUMMER
JUJU B SOLOMON
CHRIS DEVOE
OCHA LA ROCHA
BRIAN MONTERO
DRAKKAR SAUNA
MY SIAMESE SELF
MOM + BAXTER
MOSSO ENSEMBLE
ISIA COOPER
1THOUSAND HOLY SHARDS


February 4 Saturday

Erin Burke, Danielle Benson, Audrey Molinare
Art Opening
6:00pm – 8:00pm
Free


Opening reception.
Small Gallery:
Athens-based artists Erin Burke, Danielle Benson, Audrey Molinare.
www.greenblanky.com

Until February 25th.



Juggler’s Cabaret        
Juggling
11:00pm – 1:00am
Free

Groundhog Day Juggler's Fest's late night cabaret!



February 5 Sunday

Eyedrum Archive Sunday Special
Radio Program
7:00pm – 9:00pm
WREK 91.1 FM

On the first Sunday of every month, at 7 p.m., Eyedrum does a show on WREK that features nuggets from Eyedrum's archive of live performances.

Remember that, after the show airs, you can always listen to this and any recent Sunday Special via WREK's 7-day archive if you forget to tune in (direct links to Sunday Special streams: lo-fi or hi-fi). But wait, there's more! We now have a podcast available, for those of you who have discovered that. You can also just download the whole show (right click on "download") although be forewarned that the file is over 50 MB in size.





Currently in our back gallery:

The George and Helen Spelvin Folk Art Collection

As part of the opening reception, Beauvais Lyons will present a tour of the exhibition.

Curated by Beauvais Lyons, Director of the Hokes Archives, The George and Helen Spelvin Folk Art Collection is considered to be one of the most insightful private collections of contemporary ‘outsider’ art. This exhibition will survey the creations of eleven different artists in the collection. Examples include enamel painted records by Lucas Farley, Arthur Middleton’s painted portraits of American Presidents, numerous 'limberjack' puppets by Lester Dowdey, velvet paintings of brides by Charlotte Black, flower paintings on book pages by Emma Whorley, and some of the best examples of "mug jugs" by North Carolina potter Rufus Martinez. E. B. Hazzard's 'alien communication device', made of over 300 flattened tin cans on a modified tent pole structure and Max Pritchard's hand-printed religious tracts on cereal boxes are also represented in the collection. The show also includes the inter-racial rag doll friendship chain by Loretta Howard.

Over the past twenty-five years, when they were not busy with their jobs as a school teacher and an insurance agent, Helen and George Spelvin devoted their energy and resources to the study and collection of visionary folk art. While a small number of works from their collection have been loaned to museums, including the Smithsonian Institution and the Erie Museum of Art, most of the works in their collection are unknown in the field of folk art. For more information on the collection, as well as the Hokes Archives, visit their web site at: web.utk.edu/~blyons

‘At the very least, it might get some useful conversations started about what's good and what's bad in folk art.’ Jerry Cullum

Read Jerry Cullum’s full review in the AJC.



Currently in our front gallery:

"Certification of Ingenuity; Preliminary Assessment Forms: Findings presented by Peripheral Association Research Association

Organized by Bryan C. Baker, Director of the Peripheral Association Research Association, this exhibition presents a portion of the paperwork and photographic documentation collected during the initial stages of a recent investigation. On display will be multiple copies of the PAR Association's Certification of Ingenuity: Preliminary Assessment Form A. 80 32948799. This form was developed to objectively look into a very specific manner of problem-solving, one which some have dubbed as 'folk engineering', and others define as a 'trans-applicationary' activity.

But wait, there’s more!:

A Golden Blizzard installation that’s a combo: painted mural and video installation. Come check this out!

Golden Blizzard is an art collective based in Atlanta, Georgia. Composed of seven artists, they esteem drawing, painting and installation as their primary means of expression. The members of Golden Blizzard work by integrating their unique artistic styles into a single expressive voice. Their subject matter investigates the aesthetics of beauty and destruction. A cornucopia of apocalyptic, pop culture and organic imagery, the work engages all artists in the collective at once. Drawings are continually edited by different hands, altered and augmented, so that the act of working in the collective is at once an obliteration of ego and a declaration of self. The tension of this work-method plays out in the forum of the drawings, the space of the page becoming a controlled environment for the lively dialogue of ideas.

The seven members of Golden Blizzard are Ellen Black, Errol Crane, Jennifer Kornder, Alex Kvares, Ann-Marie Manker, Jordan Reese and Daniel Upton. Individually concerned with a wide range of concepts and media and working autonomously as artists outside of the group, the members of Golden Blizzard formed as a collective in order to engage with other artists and to deliver a vision of integrated artistic exploration.



Miscellania

Eyedrum’s December & January podcasts now available!

Eyedrum now offers a podcast of our monthly radio show on WREK! If you're using iTunes or other RSS software, click here for the feed . If not, you can also just download the December or January show (right click on "download") although be forewarned that the file is 50 MB in size.

This month's show is now available and features music from Open Improv nights throughout 2005. The first Thursday of every month, eyedrum hosts "Open Improv", a forum and opportunity for musicians to gather and improvise together, often with spectacular results. Hand picked by Eyedrum sound guru Jeff Rackley, this show features excerpts from several performances.

Last month's show is now available and features music from the "Atlanta Eclectic Improv Festival" that took place at Eyedrum on the weekend of November 11-12, 2005. Included are live performances by Brian Parks, GFE, Ben Davis, Keith Leslie, Brian Fieldin, Mario Schambon, Zandosis, Erik Hinds, Andy Ditzler, A.C.M.E. and Lie & Swell. Strange instruments abound, including appearances by a virginal, a custom-built harpeggione and various electronic gadgetry.

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