[atlantaprog] [eyedrum-announcement-list] May 3rd - 14th

Eyedrum events: May 3rd - 14th, 2008 
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Members are admitted free to ALL events! 

Become a member of Eyedrum. It will pay for itself after only a few visits, and help keep our doors open.

Saturday, May 3, 6 - 8PM (performance at 9PM), free
Prisoners, crippled war veterans, cockroaches, terrorists, shriners, santa and The Last Mime Supper. 

Saturday, May 3, 7 - 11PM, free
“As with most of my work. I allow my enviroment  to dictate my response.”

Saturday, May 3, 7 - 11PM, free
Absence of Need:Images of Urban Abandon 

Tuesday, May 6, 8PM, $10
Contemporary Chamber ensemble featuring music from composers we know and love, plus some we're just discovering, and one we'll miss. 

Wednesday, May 7, 10PM, $6
Solid no-electricty hardcore played with 4 drum kits and a ton of boy/girl screaming. 

Thursday, May 8, 9PM, $5
Music to scratch what itches: A night of noise, hijinks and scattered applause 

Friday, May 9, 9PM, $7
Our ongoing series of rarely heard knob-twiddlers, ax-grinders & all points in between. This time featuring animation by Brett W. Thompson

Sunday, May 11, 8:30PM, $5 donation
Monday, May 12, 8:30PM, $5 donation
Written/Directed/Acted by William D. Tucker 
Come see a man martyr himself for the imagery!

Wednesday, May 14, 8PM, free - donation welcome
An artist's response to the Sean Bell verdict
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In the Galleries: (click on the link for more info)

Gallery Hours:  Normally Friday 3 - 8:00pm, Saturday and Sunday 1 – 6:00pm

In the Front Gallery 
“As with most of my work. I allow my enviroment  to dictate my response.”
More information soon, in the meantime visit www.curtismchardyfineart.com 

- Special Closing Reception  Saturday, June 14

In the Back Gallery 

"A business moves to a more profitable location. Logos and other identifying signs are removed but the architecture is instantly recognizable. A car dealership suddenly fails leaving behind acres of asphalt and empty showrooms. Remnants of a former need, these structures are now useless or impractical. The images presented are not historic sites or famous landmarks. They were built to serve a commercial purpose and are are altogether disposable. Still you drive by and think, wasn’t a muffler shop there, or a Shoney’s? Place and memory are connected. Even if it was a fast food restaurant you remember. These empty sites are part of an interior landscape that resist change." 

"Vacated properties become a ghost town. You look in a window and see discarded furniture, closed doors, a darkened room. People occupied this space on a daily basis and now they are gone. A building once occupied this corner and now it is gone. Memory traces are everywhere. Sun bleached signs, office documents scattered on the floor recall a purpose no longer required. They’ll stay where they are until future occupation, renovation or demolition. Then they will be slowly forgotten. All of the photographs were taken in the Atlanta and Decatur area during the past six months."  - Oliver Smith, 2008 

- Through June 14. 

In the Small Gallery: 
Photos by Jeff Thies, including The Lineup, The Last Mime Supper, Santa's Visit, At The Big House, plus T-shirts, printed poems and more. All parts played by Ronnog and Steve Seaberg. Steve Seaberg creates an entire cast of characters, prisoners, crippled war veterans, cockroaches, terrorists, shriners and mimes. 

- Through May 24th
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Miscellany

The December & January Eyedrum Podcasts are ready to download. 

February: This month we played live Tree Creature (playing at Eyedrum again on March 12th), MV+EE, Magicicada and Baby Dee (both Feb 25th), and a live recording of Zentropy. Then we peeled paint with a blast of rawk from Psychedelic Horsesh*t, Times New Viking, White Mice and Sighting, all of which are playing at Eyedrum on various dates in March. We played a few tracks by Beat Circus and Larkin Grimm in anticipation of their Feb 12th show. Then Andy Ditzler from Film Love visited us in studio to tell us about his Tearoom (Feb 22nd) and George Kuchar (Mar 21st) film events. We finished off with a couple Open Improv pieces and one by Kinan.

You can find information and links to download these podcasts (and many others) here…

Eyedrum’s programming is supported in part by the City of Atlanta Office of Cultural Affairs and by the Fulton County Board of Commissioners under the guidance of the Fulton County Arts Council.

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