[atlantaprog] [eyedrum-announcement-list] March 22 – March 25, 2006

Eyedrum events March 22 – March 25, 2006

Regular Gallery Hours are Wednesday, Friday & Saturday 12:00pm – 5:00pm


Saturday is your last chance to see the Angus Galloway and Paul Rodecker exhibit in the small gallery. Don’t miss this! Not much scheduled this week but come out because Eyedrum’s full of art!


March 24 Friday

Free the DJ!
Music
7:00pm – 4:00am
$7

Free the DJ!

The club has long been considered a space where different rules apply. This is an environment of free
expression and experimentation. Darkened rooms,
flashing lights and pounding music (as well as drink and other chemical inducements) are meant to send the participant in to an altered state of consciousness
and to free the selves from their body. The club patron is reinvigorated by the released from the
everyday routine to experience a bit of freedom from
his/her life and responsibilities.

The opposite can be said for the employee of the club. This is the job -- the routine. The night (life) is the day (job) with responsibilities and expectations.
The DJ sets the mood. The turntable can become the
cubical. The club patron expects to be entertained ?
entertained by what their expectations. Those
expectations often pertain to a specific genre of music, a style of mixing and even requirements on what specific songs should and should not be played. The DJ has to supply them with what they want often without deviation to keep the patron numbers up in the club. A skilled DJ can work the crowd like a musical
conductor. The crowd?s energy can build and relax and build again. This energy has to be managed carefully and predictably. There is little room for
experimentation, controlled accidents and whimsy. As a result, the club can be a stale and mechanical place
for the DJ. Some feel a mix tape could be prepared and played and the crowd would not be the wiser. Some have equated their services to musical wallpaper.

Free the DJ!!
I propose an event where local turntablists can be truly heard. Let DJs play ? with the patrons and each other.
Diversity is the ideal. Let the experiment with a truly broad mix of equipment, styles and genre of sound/music. We wish to explore improvisation
through solo, collaboration, and orchestral arrangements throughout the event. This should be an event that challenges the DJs and the patrons. Freedom is the call. This is the chance for the DJ to break from what they are known for and truly challenge the rules of genera, rhythm and melody. This event is not a competition! We will not pick the "best" DJ based on the crowd's favorite. This will neither be a performance test on technique. I don't care if you scratch with your elbow.

The goal is not only for DJs to show what they can truly do without the club leash, but also a learning experience for all involved. My hope is that with this becomes a forum for new ground to be explored with what is defined as a DJ. The DJ will be put back in the diver's seat and he/she will call the shots this night.



In the galleries:

Front Gallery:

Eyedrum Submission Series – Paintings

Eyedrum presents the first installment of it's
"submission series" a bi-yearly effort to showcase
some of the talented artist's who've submitted thier
work to Eyedrum, but for whatever reason didn't fit
into our regular schedule of more specifically
"themed" shows. this first-of-it's-kind (@ Eyedrum
anyways) event specifically focuses on painters, these
artist's include; Samantha Barnum, Laurel Hausler,
Tindel Michi and Michael Thrush.
Through April 15th.

Small Gallery:

Angus Galloway & Paul Rodecker

Featuring the correspondence art of Paul Rodecker & Angus Galloway
See more pictures at angusgalloway.com.
Through March 25th.

Back gallery:

Juul Sadee

A Song for Atlanta:
the first United States exhibition by
Dutch artist Juul Sadee.
In the Eyedrum space will be built a work which includes a large number of small audio speakers, a sound-generating, hanging and turning object, and contact microphones. In the Eyedrum space will be built a work which includes a large number of small audio speakers, a sound-generating, hanging and turning object, and contact microphones. All over the space you will hear sounds, creating an "audio wave."
Through April 15th.


Miscellany

March’s Podcast is now available!
This month's show features music from King Bomba, Paul Mercer duo, recompas, Music From The Belly of the Cosmos, Garbage Island, Public Buildings, Trevor Dunn, Erik Hinds and Immigrant Sons. If you're using iTunes or other RSS software, click here for the feed. If not, you can also just download the February or March show (right click on the link) although be forewarned that the file is 50 MB in size.



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