From Will Samuels Sent Sat, Apr 10th 1999, 08:33
From Will Samuels Sent Sat, Apr 10th 1999, 08:33
DADA Presents Crosswire: Community Through Art, Architecture and Music In Conjunction with Green Galactic In Downtown Los Angeles On Saturday, April 17th 8:00pm - 1:00am Los Angeles, CA - Digital art and sound will converge at Crosswire: Community Through Art, Architecture and Music, a multi-media event to benefit non-profit community builder and art promoter DADA (Downtown Arts Development Association) on Saturday, April 17th from 8:00pm to 1:00am. DADA is combining efforts with electronic culture promoters Green Galactic to produce this unique and perhaps ongoing digital experience. The all ages benefit will take place at the San Fernando Building, donated by Gilmore Associates, at 400 Main Street at the corner of 4th Street in downtown Los Angeles. "Integrating electronic culture with existing art communities forges a path to hybrids of style, culture and new artforms," explains Amber Pierson of DADA. "We are excited to collaborate with Green Galactic who recently worked with the Getty Center on their "Sounds of LA" series which brought "Vinyl Symphonics", an event designed to explore the sound world of turntablism." Among the various projects DADA is responsible for is the annual "Downtown Lives!" non-juried, all-inclusive exhibition, drawing over ten thousand spectators and up to 500 artists. The multimedia world is pioneering the physical move to downtown Los Angeles in cooperation with developers and property owners such as Tom Gilmore, David Damus and Cheryl Wilson, demonstrating bold moves to reclaim historic buildings as viable parts of the city and lending space to represent future enterprising communions. The San Fernando Building has three large ground-level spaces that the Crosswire event will transform into a bar/lounge area, an ambient gallery and the main music room. The musical guests for the evening will include hip-hop luminary Divine Styler, LA's techno original John Tejada and the rare US/1st time LA appearance by Detroit techno legend Anthony "Shake" Shakir. This diverse line-up represents a multi-cultural/multi-genre approach for this unique evening's eclectic mix of digital media and sound. Brooklyn born; LA-based artist Divine Styler came out with his debut album Word Power in '89 on Ice T's Rhyme Syndicate Records. It included the hit "Ain't Sayin' Nothin'" which went on to become a classic, and is still played throughout the world. He then turned alternative for his next album Spiral Walls Containing Autumns of Light in '91, showing off his Hendrix-influenced psychedelic guitar style. Now with his third album Word Power 2 - Directrix he fuses both styles. The new album is out on his own record label DTX Records. Divine is scheduled to go on at 9:30pm. Please arrive early to catch this rare live appearance with his 5-piece band. With over 40 releases to date, for respected techno labels throughout the world, John Tejada has proven to be one of techno's newest and most significant producers. He runs his own label, Palette Recordings and along with Anthony "Shake" Shakir, also records for the Detroit-based 7th City Records. John will DJ from 10:30pm to 11:30pm. Anthony "Shake" Shakir is one of the original crew of techno producers from Detroit. He was one of the featured artists on the first ever techno compilation, Techno: The New Dance Sound Of Detroit on Ten/Virgin in '88. He also co-wrote the Octave One classic, "I Believe" on Transmat Records. He has recorded for many other labels including Metroplex, 7th City, KMS and Peacefrog. Shakir has also produced local Detroit hip hop acts such as Bombshell, Scarelly Moe, Klout and most recently co-produced the new Urban Tribe album for Mo Wax. He has also remixed many artist's music including Inner City and the Belgium techno pop band Telex. Shake also has a track on the Detroit: Beyond The Third Wave compilation on Astralwerks. He runs his own label Frictional which he started with Claude Young. A wicked DJ, he taught Claude just about everything he knows. Shake will conclude the evening from 11:30pm - 1:00am. In the ambient gallery, composer Frank Rothkamm supplies sound sculptures for the evening. Seated on a pedestal accompanied by an iMac, Frank Rothkamm will unveil his theory of Supermodernism. Rothkamm is an internationally known artist, contributing to the furthering of artistic movements in Germany, Vancouver, San Francisco, New York, and now Los Angeles. Frank has released 15 albums and musical compositions for such labels as Hardkiss, 21st Circuitry, and Knitting Factory Records, as well as releasing material on his own label, Flux Records. Additionally, he has written numerous soundtracks for 3D projection commercials for the likes of Lucasfilms, Phillips, and Levi Strauss. Recently Rothkamm introduced to the world Iform, a new computer language that enables musical composition to take place on the web. Combining his extensive multimedia experience, Rothkamm is helping to define a new paradigm of art called Supermodernism. Headlining the visual enrichments for the evening is Etherealist artist and "Illustrators of the Future" award recipient, Frank Savino. Due to severe visual impairment following his Vietnam War military service, Savino works entirely within a digital environment. Using light in place of pigment, chrome and flesh are depicted in detailed accuracy engaging if not engulfing the viewer into the alternate universe revolving in Frank's mind. In addition to his fine art series, Savino's original art and prop designs have graced over 30 Hollywood blockbuster films including Batman and Robin, Contact, Lost World, Men In Black and Titanic. Other participating artists include muralists Pat Millius and Jeremy Kunckle, graffiti artist Ian "Sonik" Quezadea, digital art by Sherry Mayo and David Barnoff and a Sonopticon exhibition by FAR (Foundation For Art Resources). Sound for the evening has been generously donated by Astro Sound who is currently celebrating their 25th anniversary of providing sound for various events throughout Southern California. Tickets can be purchased at the door or in advance at www.ticketweb.com or at the following retail locations: Room Records 7801 Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles 323-655-1826 Aron's 1150 N. Highland, Los Angeles 323-469-4700 Free Burning Drum & Bass 811 Traction Avenue, #1C, Los Angeles 213-625-5033 Groove Riders 14566 Ventura Blvd., Sherman Oaks 818-981-3366 Higher Source 9122 Adams Avenue, Huntington Beach 714-965-5997 Fingerprints 4612-B E. 2nd Street, Long Beach 562-433-4996 Lou's Records 434 N. Coast Hwy 101, Encinitas 760-753-1382 A minimum donation of $15.00 is required. A VIP reception will be held from 7:00pm - 8:00pm, with food provided by Cyber Java, cocktails provided by DADA and juice bar provided by Jamba Juice. # # # For more information please contact Lynn Hasty at 323-466-5141 or xxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx. For guest list please contact Amber Pierson at DADA at 213-624-1196. As this is a benefit, the press guest list will be reserved for confirmed media placement only. _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com