After extensively touring in support of their acclaimed debut album, 2014’s ‘Loom’, Fear of Men decamped in the early months of 2015 to an outbuilding of a disused abattoir in rural Kent, England, to begin work on new material. Such an environment was fitting for a band determined to strip their sound back to the bone and build it up to make an album that would, on their live return, “make the stage shake”.
Fear of Men is Jessica Weiss (Guitar & Vocals), Daniel Falvey (Guitar), Michael Miles (Drums, Keys).
Puro Instinct
The story of Puro Instinct is an unusual one: on a visit to New York, Piper befriended reclusive outsider musician R. Stevie Moore, who showed her that making music shouldn't be intimidating. Full of ideas and inspiration, Piper headed back to L.A., where her 13-year-old sister Sky—who was about to start studying experimental theatre at the performing arts incubator L.A. County High School for the Arts (LACHSA)—had been teaching herself guitar since age 10.
Broke and bored, the sisters started jamming on the "borrowed" instruments their musician friends had left around their house. It was evident early on that Skylar's trembling guitar would perfectly complement Piper's physical, Nicks-ian vocals. On hearing their demos, Mexican Summer records quickly signed them, and released their debut EP, Something About the Chaparrals, in 2009.
Soon, they were on a national tour with Ariel Pink—Skylar just 15 years old, and Piper 22. Puro Instinct's debut album, Headbangers in Ecstacy, was released soon after the tour. The single "Stilyagi," which loosely translates to "outsider" in Russian, featured Ariel Pink on backing vocals, and an easy, swirling chorus. In support of the Headbangers LP, Puro Instinct set out on an American tour with John Maus and Geneva Jacuzzi in 2011. The sisters brought their sound to Europe shortly after.
House producer SFV Acid joined the group for a brief period, and French electro producer Strip Steve invited the sisters to guest on a 12" single, "Astral Projection," in 2012. Pharaohs' Alejandro Cohen produced a balearic new single, "Dream Lover." Puro Instinct took this new confident sound to Australia in 2012, where they toured, and played This is Nowhere Festival in Perth, to great acclaim. The sisters ended up spending a month in Australia, where they began recording their latest album Autodrama.
During this period, Puro Instinct was reborn, reenergized, refocused. "Headbangers-era was about being sucked into the flames, and Autodrama is about rising from the ashes of that experience, with the lessons in tact and our 'demons' working for us, instead of against us," says Piper.
Autodrama sees Puro Instinct return to their roots, telling the story of a youth spent in the decay of Hollywood. "The infrastructure of Hollywood that people have known for years is this inflated egotistical, hedonistic wasteland," says Piper. "There's an awareness of our responsibility to create more meaningful works of art that don't satisfy the immediate thirst of Hollywood popcorn. Lyrically, one of my goals is to get into that psychology, to push myself to talk about all the things that hurt me about living in Hollywood. I've never allowed myself to play along because of my values, for better or for worse. What we're going for is pop music to not be about vanity and wealth, but still pop music nonetheless."
For Skylar, the album's recording coincided with her graduation from LACHSA. "As soon as I was out of school, I found that I was inspired by sound in an entirely new way," Skylar says. "We decided to spearhead the production of the record ourselves and it was interesting how the arrangements helped convey aspects of ourselves that weren't easily expressed through language. I was drawn to the spatial relationships between the sounds, the warped rhythms, the melody ideas. It was important to produce everything in a way that felt all encompassing, like peering into a diamond of our truths, recollections, worries, fantasies."
The results are a purified, more self-assured Puro Instinct. Featuring instrumental performances by Ariel Pink, Franco Falsini of Sensations Fix, and Richard "Sax" Ross, Autodrama is not only lush, but danceable. Skylar's guitar skills have been given the room they need to create the shimmering planes and ringing angelic textures they always needed. "Six of Swords" is spacious, space-age pop, like Kylie Minogue in zero gravity—but with cryptic, vulnerable lyrics not usually imbued in pop music. "We're using the vernacular of pop," Piper says, "but with our values and our soul."
Embodying their vision, the song "Babylon" touches on Puro Instinct's desire to be a ghost in the pop machine. "We want to change the rules of what the pop world would want from us," says Piper. "The sound is inspired by this whole rebirth of values within us, which is a result of us dying in 2011 and having to rebuild everything. Everyone was telling us what to do, we were really young, and we were trying to take it to extremes to please everyone else. No more." No more indeed. Autodrama is defiant, bittersweet, strong, otherworldly, and perhaps the most surprising album of 2016. The sights and sounds are but a spec of time, yet the dream is forever. The quest is eternal.
Over their career, the band has received praise and features in the pages and on the websites of Vogue Italia, French Vogue, Teen Vogue, GQ, Flaunt, Interview, Dazed, NME, V, Paper, Nylon, Spin, Rolling Stone, Fader, and Pitchfork Media.
Learn how to improve the health and productivity of fruit trees. Portland Fruit Tree Project's hands-on workshops are fun opportunities to learn basic methods of organic fruit tree care. Workshops are open to anyone, but pre-registration is required.
Click here for Workshop contribution & cancellation policy
Cost per class: $25. Scholarships are available.
Tree care workshops are free of charge for those who have fruit trees registered with us, though contributions are gladly accepted!
Please visit www.portlandfruit.org/tree-care-workshops for detailed descriptions of these events.
Mightykat
https://soundcloud.com/mightykat
MightyKat was born with a sixth sense for rhythm. A native Montrealer, she launched her career in 1998 and released her first mix CD "Confidence" in 2001, earning her praise both at home and abroad. Since then, she’s become a player on the international scene while continuing to organize and promote local events. She is also label partner of Pronto Musique and Release The Pressure with producer, Miguel Graça.
Counting her main influences as jazz, disco, and soul, her unique sound bridges eclectic house and the funkier side of techno. Her sophisticated style, refined track selection, and tight mixing skills define her signature sound, while her love of the dance floor drives her musical intuition wherever she plays.
A veteran of the Montreal electronic music scene, Mighykat is now working as musical director for the "Village Éphémère" and "Hivernal" two seasonal festivals base in Montreal. From 2003 to 2007, she founded with Vincent Lemieux, the wildly successful “Dizzy” night, at Salon Daomé, introducing to the city Ricardo Villalobos, Luciano, Zip, Sammy Dee, Junction SM. In the past decade, she’s held down several residencies at local
clubs such as Stereo and also played alongside with M.A.N.D.Y, Matthias Meyer, Atish, Thugfucker, Cassy,
dOP, Droog, Lee Foss, Richie Hawtin, Derrick L. Carter, Doc Martin, and many more...
Octo Octa
It shouldn't be surprising that Brooklyn-based producer Octo Octa (née Maya Bouldry-Morrison) had already logged tireless years as a fringe IDM artist and sound designer before her debut EP Let Me See You lasso'd a mighty wave of international house-heads to the dance-floor and helped push underground house label 100% Silk onto everyone's radar in 2011. Seven records later, which include a misty deep-house slow-burner in the Where Did You Go/Through The Haze 12" for Chicago-based, Smartbar DJ Steve Mizek's Argot imprint and the soaringly luxurious More Times EP for German powerhouse Running Back, Bouldry-Morrison's finely-tuned marriage of exquisite compositional flare, meticulously-sculpted sonics, and primal dance-floor functionality has earned her a Red Bull Music Academy residency in Manhattan, which found the producer working closely with Harald Bjork and Throwing Snow, as well as tours across the world that included coveted gigs at Berlin's Panorama Bar, Frankfurt's Live At Robert Johnson, and Barcelona's Sonar Festival.
Fresh off of having SPIN Magazine herald percussive floor-burner "Cause I Love You" as one of the 50 Best Dance Songs Of 2014, Octo Octa currently has forthcomiing coming 12"s prepped for DeepBlak and Stay Underground It Pays and is preparing for another year of pushing her unique sonic perspective and shimmering club-ready earworms through soundsystems across the world.
Every even year, Disjecta Contemporary Art Center presents the Portland Biennial, a major survey of Oregon visual artists who are defining and advancing the state’s contemporary arts landscape.
Thirty-four artists and artist teams have been selected by Curator Michelle Grabner for Disjecta Contemporary Art Center’s Portland2016 Biennial exhibition.
Michelle Grabner, co-curator of the 2014 Whitney Biennial, reviewed over 400 artist submissions and conducted more than 100 studio visits across the state—perhaps the most extensive outreach to Oregon contemporary artists to date—prior to finalizing her choices. As a result, Portland2016 includes 13 artists from outside the Portland metro area, more than all previous biennials combined.
“From La Grande to Ashland, I was looking for work that addressed global realities as much as it embraced radical regionalism. By listening attentively to the language that frames artists’ imaginations while witnessing the space of making, my 105 studio visits yielded a treasure of exhilarating work. It was a privilege to transverse the state of Oregon and to meet with artists and arts professionals who are enthusiastically committed to fostering a spirited culture in the region,” Portland2016 curator Michelle Grabner says.
The thirty-four artists selected range from emerging to mid-career and work in a variety of media from installation, film/video, painting, craft and social-based practices, to site-specific works that challenge the viewer’s contemplation of space. They include:
Avantika Bawa, Portland
Carla Bengston, Eugene
David Bithell, Ashland
Pat Boas, Portland
Mike Bray, Springfield
Bruce Burris, Corvallis
Julia Calabrese & Emily Bernstein, Portland
Cherry / Lucic, Portland
David Eckard, Portland
Tannaz Farsi, Eugene
Jack Featherly, Beaverton
Howard Fonda, Portland
Julie Green, Corvallis
Midori Hirose, Portland
Jessica Jackson Hutchins, Portland
Colin Kippen, Portland
Anya Kivarkis, Eugene
Michael Lazarus, Portland
Charlene Liu, Eugene
Giles Lyon, Portland
Ellen McFadden, Portland
Whitney Minthorn, Pendleton
Donald Morgan, Eugene
Brenna Murphy, Portland
Julia Oldham, Eugene
Rebecca Peel, Portland
Lisa Radon, Portland
Jon Raymond, Portland
Jack Ryan & Chi Wang, Eugene
Heidi Schwegler, Portland
Rick Silva, Eugene
Storm Tharp, Portland
Weird Fiction, Portland
Ryan Woodring, Portland
“Michelle is an artist advocate. She places preeminent value on the studio practice—and conversations in, and about, the studio inform her curatorial interest,” says Disjecta Director Bryan Suereth. “Portland2016 will undoubtedly reflect the candid and engaging process Michelle favors.”
In addition to those artists selected for the Biennial, the 71 artists who also received a studio visit have been invited to participate in Salon: Portland2016 Biennial, The Studio Visits, a curatorial index that celebrates the broad spectrum of art-making in Oregon and illuminates the research and selection process of the curator.
Portland2016 is the fourth Biennial presented by Disjecta, and, for the first time, the exhibition will extend beyond Portland, activating locations around the state and making the exhibition available to a larger and more diverse audience. Confirmed sites are in Pendleton, La Grande, the Umatilla Indian Reservation, Bend, Madras, McMinnville, Astoria, Roseburg, and Ashland, with more venues planned.
Portland2016 is supported by the Oregon Cultural Trust, the Andy Warhol Foundation, the Robert Lehman Foundation, as well as our partnering venues.
ABOUT MICHELLE GRABNER
Incorporating writing, curating and teaching with a studio practice grounded in process and productivity, Grabner has created a multi-faceted and dynamic career. She is founder and co-director, along with her husband Brad Killiam, of three artist spaces that embody new models for facilitating and presenting artists’ projects: The Suburban, in both Riverwest and Walker’s Point, WI; and The Poor Farm, a year-long exhibition space at the former Waupaca County Poor Farm in Little Wolf, WI. Her criticism and essays are published in Artforum, Modern Painters, Frieze, Art Press, and Art-Agenda, among others. In 2014 Grabner was one of three curators for the prestigious Whitney Biennial.
As an artist, Grabner works in variety of mediums including drawing, painting, video and sculpture. Over four dozen solo exhibitions of her work have been organized by galleries and institutions including the Indianapolis Museum of Art; Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland; INOVA, The University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee; Ulrich Museum, Wichita, KS; and University Galleries, Illinois State University. Her work is in the collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; Milwaukee Art Museum; DaimlerChrysler Collection, Berlin; Musee d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxembourg; Mudam Museum, Luxembourg; Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; and the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
Grabner joined the faculty of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1996, becoming Chair of its Painting and Drawing department in 2009. She has taught at Yale University, Bard College, The Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, the University of Wisconsin, the Cranbrook Academy of Art, and the University of Pennsylvania. Grabner holds an MA in Art History and a BFA in Painting and Drawing from the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, and an MFA in Art Theory and Practice from Northwestern University.
As David Norr writes in the introduction to her solo exhibition at MoCA, Cleveland, “All of Grabner’s activities are driven by distinctive values and ideas: working outside of dominant systems, working tirelessly, working across platforms and towards community.”
ABOUT THE PORTLAND BIENNIAL
A major survey of work by artists who are defining and advancing contemporary art practices, Portland2016 will include exhibitions, events and performances in multiple locations from July 9 through September 18, 2016. Disjecta’s 6,000-square-foot exhibition space in north Portland’s diverse Kenton neighborhood will be the central venue for Portland2016. And for the first time, Portland2016 will include venues across Oregon in addition to satellite locations in all five “quadrants” of Portland. A full list of partner locations and the artists exhibiting at each will be released in April.
Portland2016 continues the tradition of the Oregon Biennial, begun by the Portland Art Museum in 1949. With the end of the Museum’s Biennial in 2006, Oregon artists lost a longstanding platform for career advancement. In 2010, Disjecta reintroduced the Biennial, curated by then-Linfield College Gallery Director Cris Moss. The exhibition spanned nine venues throughout Portland and included 19 Oregon artists. Portland2012 presented the work of 24 artists at five venues and was curated by Prudence F. Roberts, former curator of American Art at the Portland Art Museum. Portland2014 was curated by Amanda Hunt, Associate Curator at the Studio Museum in Harlem, and included 15 artists.
For Biennial artists, Portland2016 offers opportunities for critical response from media and peers, and exposure to new and national audiences and patrons. This use of multiple venues will allow artists the space and flexibility to develop work specifically for this opportunity. A catalog with essays by visiting and local writers will support the exhibition.
ABOUT MICHELLE GRABNER
Incorporating writing, curating and teaching with a studio practice grounded in process and productivity, Grabner has created a multi-faceted and dynamic career. She is founder and co-director, along with her husband Brad Killiam, of three artist spaces that embody new models for facilitating and presenting artists’ projects: The Suburban, in both Riverwest and Walker’s Point, WI; and The Poor Farm, a year-long exhibition space at the former Waupaca County Poor Farm in Little Wolf, WI. Her criticism and essays are published in Artforum, Modern Painters, Frieze, Art Press, and Art-Agenda, among others. In 2014 Grabner was one of three curators for the prestigious Whitney Biennial.
As an artist, Grabner works in variety of mediums including drawing, painting, video and sculpture. Over four dozen solo exhibitions of her work have been organized by galleries and institutions including the Indianapolis Museum of Art; Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland; INOVA, The University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee; Ulrich Museum, Wichita, KS; and University Galleries, Illinois State University. Her work is in the collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; Milwaukee Art Museum; DaimlerChrysler Collection, Berlin; Musee d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxembourg; Mudam Museum, Luxembourg; Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; and the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
Grabner joined the faculty of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1996, becoming Chair of its Painting and Drawing department in 2009. She has taught at Yale University, Bard College, The Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, the University of Wisconsin, the Cranbrook Academy of Art, and the University of Pennsylvania. Grabner holds an MA in Art History and a BFA in Painting and Drawing from the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, and an MFA in Art Theory and Practice from Northwestern University.
As David Norr writes in the introduction to her solo exhibition at MoCA, Cleveland, “All of Grabner’s activities are driven by distinctive values and ideas: working outside of dominant systems, working tirelessly, working across platforms and towards community.”
ABOUT DISJECTA
Disjecta Contemporary Art Center builds ambitious programs that promote artists and engage communities.
These programs present forward-thinking work from visual and performing artists, provide crucial resources so that artists can realize their best work, and fuel collaborations between artists, curators, and viewers. Disjecta exacts equal rigor from local and national artists, while keenly recognizing and supporting the talent of the region.
Press List
- March 9th, 2016 | Writer Jon Raymond’s 20-Year Portrait of the Portland Art Scene, Willamette Week
- February 3rd, 2016 | Disjecta Announces Artists For 2016 Biennial, Oregon Public Broadcasting
- February 3rd, 2016 | Artist List Announced for Portland2016 Biennial, Artforum
- November 30th, 2015 | Michelle Grabner at PNCA, Temporary Art Review
- November 19th, 2015 | Michelle Grabner gave a talk at PNCA. Here is a recording.
- June 15th, 2015 | Michelle Grabner Named Curator of Portland’s Contemporary Art Biennial, Artforum
- June 15th, 2015 | Michelle Grabner Announced as Portland2016 Biennial Curator, Artnews
- June 15th, 2015 | Disjecta Recruits a Distinctive National Curator for its Biennial, Oregon Artswatch
- June 15th, 2015 | Disjecta Announces Big Deal Curator for Portland2016 Biennial, Portland Mercury
It's beer for dessert.
Craft beer is a perfect ingredient for sweets, so Portland Brewing is teaming up with Friendly House to host a beer-infused cupcake competition. Family fun and live music from The Beacon Street Titans.
Photo booth, face painters, games & giveaways provided by SELCO Community Credit Union, Fantastic Food from Portland Brewing. cupcakes from Piece of Cake Bakery, Fat Cupcake and Bella Cupcake.
You will have the chance to crown the Best Portland Bakery. Taste Test the four cupcakes for $10.00 or for $16.00 receive the pairings of beers used in each recipe, proceeds to benefit. Supplies Limited, so get there early.
All bakeries will also have non-beer infused baked goods available for purchase, with a portion of the proceeds to be donated to Friendly House Inc.
Join thousands of Oregonians and tour lavender farms throughout Oregon on July 9 & 10. Grab some friends and begin your tour! Start with Norwood Farm!
Norwood Farm will be open 10am-5pm. We have U-cut opportunities, vendors, lavender fudge, lavender popcorn and so much more! We can give you a map of all participating lavender farms to see.
You can see more about Norwood Farm at www.norwoodlavenderfarm.com
You can find all participating lavender farms on the tour, including Norwood Farm at http://oregonlavenderdestinations.com/
Gate is a free noise project of New Zealander Michael Morley, which began in the mid-'90s. Morley, who has also played in Dead C. and Precious Metal Inc., performed the thick, sonic improvisations that are characteristic of Gate on a tour with Keiji Haino and Thurston Moore in 1994. One of Gate's more widely available recordings, Live in Boston/NYC 1994 (Poon Village), comes from that year and features Lee Ranaldo and Zeena Parkins. Ranaldo and Morley also recorded in the studio, although this material has yet to be released. Gate has several subsequent releases on the Table of the Elements label, including Monolake (1997) and The Wisher Table (1999), as well as other releases on smaller independent labels such as Go For It and Siltbreeze.
Grouper is the solo project of musician and artist Liz Harris. After releasing material independently beginning in 2005, Harris released the critically acclaimed Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill (2008), followed by four more records, including a two-part concept album, A I A. Her tenth studio album, Ruins, was released on October 31, 2014. Harris' music, described as "ethereal" and "hazy," often consists of guitar layered with vocals and tape loops. She has collaborated with a number of other artists, including Xiu Xiu, Tiny Vipers, Lawrence English, and Jefre Cantu-Ledesma. She resides on the Oregon Coast.
Gabie Strong is a California artist and musician exploring spatial constructions of degeneration, drone and decay as a means to improvise new arrangements of self-reflexive meaning. Strong uses sound performance, radio broadcasting, environmental installation, photography and video as a mediums for experimentation. Her work has been presented on Kchung TV at the Hammer Museum’s Made in L.A. 2014 biennial exhibition, Pasadena Armory Center for the Arts, Knowledges at Mount Wilson Observatory, Pitzer Art Galleries, University Art Gallery UC Irvine, and LAXArt amongst others. Strong has performed at MOCA, the wulf, Los Angeles Contemporary Archive, Printed Matter’s LA Art Book Fair, Art Los Angeles Contemporary, Human Resources, SASSAS, LACE, High Desert Test Sites, LACMA, the MAK Center for Art and Architecture, and Jabberjaw. In 2010 Strong founded the all-female free-psych group Lady Noise, concluding with a series of durational performances for Dawn Kasper’s installation in the 2012 Whitney Biennial. Currently she is performing solo, free-noise music under her own name. She is releasing two eps this summer.
Christopher Reid Martin is a multidisciplinary artist, currently residing in Los Angeles. He first began working with sound in Orange County in 2004, layering sounds from various field recordings of daily life which convey living truths and over processed instrumentation as the reactionary expression. These expressions came to birth the solo project known as of Shelter Death, as it has evolved into numerous projects in which performance and sound interplay to make for a personal reactionary dramatization.
18+, $8 door
ADA Accessible
~Free entry for $10 members http://s1portland.com/membership
Named from a phrase in a Shakespeare sonnet, Those Pretty Wrongs is a collaboration between Big Star founding member and drummer Jody Stephens and Luther Russell of roots rockers the Freewheelers. The duo got together when Stephens asked Russell to join him in performances of his former band's songs at screenings of the 2012 documentary Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me. They soon began writing songs together, signed with Burger Records, and released a 7" in the spring of 2015; the nostalgic jangle ballad "Lucky Guy" was recorded in Memphis using late Big Star co-leader Chris Bell's guitars from the band's 1972 debut album. It was accompanied by B-side "Fool of Myself." ~ Marcy Donelson, Rovi
Women's Beat League Presents:
Lena Willikens
https://soundcloud.com/lenawillikens
"Nothing trains a DJ more than a long lasting residency. A truism that the Cologne based musician and DJ Lena Willikens always proves when she spins her vinyl. Since more then five years, she has been in charge of long and sweaty Friday night parties at Düsseldorf’s free-spirited club/bar Salon Des Amateurs. She is also a dedicated member of the Cómeme records tribe and all its missions: her name is frequently on the label’s party bills and she runs globally famed the monthly radio show “Sentimental Flashback” for Radio Cómeme, that UK-based Juno records elected to the best podcast/mix of 2014. As a DJ, radio broadcaster and producer, Lena is never committed to one style, all is welcome as long as it is twisted the in a one-of-a-kind way. As a producer she arranged a very special ghost wave track “High Holes“, that was released by the Düsseldorf based label Slowboy Records via the vinyl only sampler "Kingii” in 2012. Early 2015 she released her first solo EP “Phantom Delia” on Cómeme. Therefore she produced six mystique tracks between droning EBM, ghost-house and no-wavish outernational grooves.
Not only in her productions, also when she spins records Lena likes to let her self go in the name of dance and free thought. Her unforeseeable selections are pooling obscure proto-techno, jacking spirits, industrial boogie, synthesized disco, raw house and other outernational rhythms. So far she cheered clubs like Golden Pudel/Hamburg, Corsica Studios/London, Panoramabar/ Berlin, festivals like Nachtdigital or Nuits Sonores and toured through UK, Spain, East Europe, South and recently North America. Wherever she performed she surprised the folks and left them amazed about how expanded a crowd can let go and how far a DJ can move a dancefloor into unknown and bizarre spheres that stay catchy, while being edgy." RA
Isabella Live Hardware (Boston - Börft/Jacktone)
http://soundcloud.com/networkerror
Natural Magic (Portland)
https://soundcloud.com/thenaturalmagic
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21+, $10adv/$15 door
~Free entry for $10 members http://s1portland.com/membership
ADA Accessible, Cash Bar
TRAP PARADISE a multi-experiential art installation by Chris Dxwsxn. The showcase includes a collection of large canvas paintings, sculpture work, interactive art displays and other mediums. With sounds for evening provided by VirtousVice, Timothy Bee, & QUAZ. Koi Fusion food trucks more.
Old Grape God will be repping new EP Calmanac with right hand Skelli Skel https://droppinggems.bandcamp.com/album/calmanac
Daniel Rafn single release for new song Shalom, the first single off forthcoming album due later this fall http://danielrafn.com/
Sustentacula is a soul-crunk trio, which includes multi-instrumentalists David Rafn & Ryan Stuewe, and dancer Alyssa Reed-Stuewe https://sustentacula.bandcamp.com/
Eric Fury will be the disc jockey for the night, holding it down on the decks & providing strictly the funkiest of vibrations.
hq is proud to present Slip Cast, a new video work by Portland dance collective sub.set with original score by Maddy Villano.
In reference to the molding of persons and behavior, both conscious and unconscious. The manufacture and slippage of self dependent on biological, environmental, and interpersonal factors.
We are in the space. Now that we are here we try to figure out what we are composed of and how we compose the room. The site specific video installation is an incomplete catalog of the things we are made of, including our hereditary biology, interpersonal relationships, media consumption, and the room.
Reception: July 3rd 6:30PM - 10PM
Exhibition: July 3 - August 14
A night of live music organized by Freeform Portland, with:
Opals // soundcloud.com/opalsmusic
Bobbi Wasabi // soundcloud.com/bobbiwasabi
Tig Bitty // https://tigbitty.bandcamp.com/
$5-10 sliding scale cover / 21+.
Proceeds will benefit Freeform Portland, a local, independent and freeform radio station. For more information about the station, visitfreeformportland.org!
Bugs is the first feature-length film by Canadian artist duo Life of a Craphead. (aka Amy Lam and Jon McCurley).
“Bugs is a satire about a bug society and its most successful family. The Bug Prime Minister, Shay (Gerry Campbell), has ruled the Bug Garden for many years and is finally, reluctantly, retiring. He’s chosen his niece, Gaston (Liz Peterson), to take over -- but Gaston, who is plagued with ambitions to be the Bug Garden’s most respected politician-architect-filmmaker -- is folding under the pressure. Dan is his other niece, but she’s a dreamer and can’t be trusted; she’s full of conflicting ideals and tries to act on all of them."
Bugs is premiering in the U.S. at Night Gallery in June, with a subsequent U.S. tour to S1 in Portland, Spectacle in Brooklyn, The Crown (with Wham City) in Baltimore, and PhilaMOCA in Philadelphia.
www.bugs.world
The screening will include a live Bugs intro and Q&A.
Bio:
Life of a Craphead is the collaboration of Amy Lam and Jon McCurley since 2006. Their work spans performance art, film, and curation. Projects include The Life of a Craphead Fifty Year Retrospective, 2006-2056 (Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, 2013), an fake career retrospective of all the work they will ever make; Double Double Land Land (Gallery TPW, Toronto, 2009), a play interrupted by a staged wedding; and Free Lunch (2007), a public, anonymously-advertised free lunch serving everything on the menu of a restaurant. Life of a Craphead also run and host the monthly performance art show Doored, which recently toured to Showroom MAMA, Rotterdam; Flux Factory in NYC; and the Lodge at LACA, Los Angeles. They performed frequently on live comedy shows including at Laugh Sabbath (Toronto) and UCB Theatre (L.A. & NYC) between 2006-09. Life of a Craphead have been artists-in-residence at the Macdowell Colony, U.S.; the Banff Centre, Canada; and Wunderbar, U.K.; and their work has been featured in Canadian Art, C Magazine, and Art in America. They are Chinese and Vietnamese and live and work in Toronto, Canada.
www.lifeofacraphead.com
Co-presented with Stand Up Comedy
All Ages, $5-8 Suggested - no one will be turned away for lack of funds
All proceeds go to performers and S1's future programming. Become a member for free entry to events http://s1portland.com/membership
ADA Accessible
chill ambient evening with friends. quad sound, quiet room.
w/
neglect
mike jedlicka
dennis childers
wndfrm
bring a pillow or two, and ears for contemplative listening. bring some cash for merch.
5-10 sliding scale at the door. all ages, no drinks.
The last session of home school's first semester: an artist talk by Jasmine Nyende! There will be beer and snacks for everyone, and the talk will be streamed for those who can't be there IRL!
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"Art in relation to earthquakes
Find a new pedestal for the vase
Destruction and shared information surrounding damage
Carbon dating
Chronology of damage, craftsmanship
Impulses and repression
Distressed and damaged and put back together for authenticity
I've been making work about this vase destroyed from an earthquake and want to do the talk about that."
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Jasmine Nyende is a new media and performance artist based out of South Central Los Angeles.
Celebrate 2 years with:
Coast2c https://soundcloud.com/coast2c
DJ Rafael https://soundcloud.com/deejayrafael
Golden Donna (LIVE) https://soundcloud.com/goldendonna
Nishkosheh https://soundcloud.com/nishkosheh
Orthographic Figure (LIVE) https://soundcloud.com/orthographicfigure
Sebastian Ruslan (Vancouver BC, LIVE/DJ) https://soundcloud.com/immunitybug/sebastian-ruslan-folding-earth
21+, $10
Cash Bar, ADA Accessible
Free Entry For Members http://s1portland.com/membership
All proceeds go directly to the performers and S1's future programming. If you cannot afford ticket costs, please contact S1 for volunteer opportunities.
LETS CELEBRATE 10 AWESOME B-SIDE YEARS!! WE'RE BLOCKING OFF 7TH AVE.
B~SIDE BLOCK PARTY!! OUTDOOR STAGE, AND BARS.
GET HERE EARLY. THIS WILL SELL OUT!
SAT. JUNE 25TH NOON-10PM
RED FANG
BIG BUSINESS
HELMS ALEE
RABBITS
GAYTHIEST
COUGAR
THORNES
SUICIDE NOTES
FRUIT OF THE LEGION OF LOOM
FULL CREATURE
Sponsors
PBR
POINT BLANK
XRAY FM
Important info:
21 and over. Bring ID.
Doors at noon.
Music ends at 10.
Tickets at the door day of event only, no pre-sale.
GET HERE EARLY.
Cash only. (we have an ATM)
This is a block party on 7th ave, enter through the bar.
B-Side Tavern
632 E Burnside St
This is going to be fun, y'all.
The 2016 Playground Park Party is celebrating 10 years of the best free summer park party in Portland.
Many of us hold a special place in our hearts for this gathering. In many ways, it is an expression of our unique community, our love for dance music, sunshine, family, friends, and beautiful vibes. We look forward to gathering once again, all of us under the same bridge, to laugh, play, dance, soak up some sun, and celebrate life together.
Music will be House, Disco, Dub, Boogie, Balearic, Tribal, Techno, Electro, and all things groovy, provided by Portland's finest, and some very special out of town guests.
Lineup and schedule:
Yo Yo Yoga led by Datza, with music by Recess (Shameless,
Seattle) - Noon-1pm
https://www.facebook.com/events/1414686618545374/
Ginkgo - 1-2pm
Daniela Karina - 2-3pm
El Residente - 3-4pm
Audioelectronic - 4-5pm
Natural Magic - 5-6:30pm
Ben Tactic - 6:30-7:30
Laura Lynn b2b The Perfect Cyn - 7:30-9pm
Sound by Kraken Audio
Please remember Portland City Park laws: No alcohol, no smoking, dogs on leashes, no stakes driven into the ground. Please respect the rules. Everyone's behavior in the park reflects on the event as a whole, and we want to keep doing this.
Playground Phenomenon is supported entirely by the community, and has always been a free event. Please show your support by contributing whatever you can on the GoFundMe page.
Online Donations: https://www.gofundme.com/2016playground
What to bring: Blankets, sunscreen, picnic food, snacks, water, hula hoops, frisbees, games, toys, bubbles, fun stuff. Bring the kids. Bring mom and dad. Grandma & grandpa. Carpool. Clean up your own mess. Recycle.
Blankstairs ALL NIGHT in PDX
06.24.16 / 11:00pm (PST)
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with
Carly Barton [Blankstairs / PDX]
Scott Murakami [Blankstairs / Lost Soul Enterprises / NYC]
Kristen Dalen [Blankstairs / TUF / SEA]
Archivist [Blankstairs / secondnature / SEA]
+ www.blnkstrs.com/carly-barton
+ www.blnkstrs.com/scott-murakami
+ www.blnkstrs.com/kristen-dalen
+ www.blnkstrs.com/archivist
$15early / $20adv. / $25door
Tickets: https://goo.gl/md4UoK
(Includes digital copy of BST014)
RSVP for address: blnkstrs@gmail.com
Complimentary Tangerines
www.blnkstrs.com