The Flux Screening Series at The Hammer presents innovative short films, music videos, feature films, filmmaker retrospectives and the most interesting visual work from around the globe. Tonight special guests Syd Garon and Sam Spiegel will discuss their artist/animation collaboration for the band NASA. Participating artists in the project include Sage Vaughn, the Date Farmers and Shepard Fairey. Tonight they will present the world premiere of their latest video made in collaboration with artist Marcel Dzama. Try to make it. There are multiple ways to enjoy the show. Come join the party.

Chris Betting aka The Moutnain Label has a solo show tonight (thurs) at The Candy Store which opens in a few hours, so hurry up and cancel your plans and head over there. The opening runs from 6:30-8:30 (3153 16th street between gestalt and that giant bagel sandwich...)

Tomorrow (fri) night in San Francisco (its a busy one): Ryan Mcginley (!) @ Ratio 3 (1447 Stevenson Street, 6-8 pm) Michael Sieben & Nat Swope @ Fecal Face Dot Gallery (66 Gough @ Market, 6-9pm) and there is also a big zine release at the luggage store. (also 6-8 pm)

Saturday in San Francisco there is some kind of book arts fair at fort mason. Could be ok, could be a crafty snore fest... 9am-4pm. Anyone know of anything else going on this saturday?

and just in case you haven't yet, i highly reccommend checking out Scott Barry @ Reciever & Geoff Mcfetridge @ Mollusk while you still can.

The definitive guide to visual art in New York and baby sister to insane D.I.Y. mega-project Tokyo Art Beat has launched!

This Thursday, Justin Fines, Dan Funderburgh and Kevin Devine are going to be showing some new work at Rivera in Brooklyn. This show should be good. Opening reception starts at 7pm. 

Tonight: A celebration of ten years of LOST, L.A.'s primero graffiti magazine, celebrating the anniversary and the release of the new LOST book. 

The book contains highlights of the past decade editor/designer EyeOne has spent documenting LA writing. Includes imagery by Atlas (if you haven't caught the documentary on his work, watch it now!), Pale, Cab, Haeler, and more. Screenprinted board covers, numbered limited edition of 2000.

Even if you are not a graffiti fan per se, the LOSt book is a musthave for folks interested in Angeleno culture. More about LOST here. 

LOST is a picture-perfect example of designer as author. 

Thursday, May 1 the CalArts graphic design T-Shirt Show. T-shirts designed by design students, faculty, and alumni will be sold to raise money for the CalArts AIGA student group, for workshops, shows, and other events for the students.

Where: CalArts, Tatum coffee shop
When: May 1st, 7:30pm - 11pm

The shirts are always super-rad at this event. Go early to score new designs from famous alumni!

CalArts' graduating graphic design MFA class  is selling sets of the visiting artist posters on ebay. There are a few sets of all 24 posters and several sets of 6. The auctions will be going up throughout the week, so check back often.

They are selling them to raise money for a class trip and for the AIGA student group.

Own a piece of history. 

AtRandom #3: Public Libraries<
Personal Libraries Made Public,
Public Libraries Made Personal
May 31th, 6:00 ~ 10:00 pm
Lectures begin at 7:30

A temporary library and panel discussion about books

Presentation and Panel discussion will include:
Stuart Smith (Getty Publications)
Willem Henri Lucas (Willem Augustus, UCLA DMA)
Tahli FIsher-Harkham (Family Bookstore)

The "Temporary Library" will include over 60 books curated and donated by Anne Burdick, Emmet Byrne, Simon Johnston, Victoria Lam, Gail Swanlund, Alex De Armond of the Werkplaats Typografie, Michael Worthington, Martin Venezky, and many more.

AtRandom #3 is inspired by the past of the historic building that we’ve held our events in for the last 2 years. For one night, we will turn the Eagle Rock Center for the Arts back into a public library. Designers from around the globe have offered us, for this one night, access to a selection from their working library. We have assembled these titles into a public library available for this one time.

To cap the event and place the library firmly in a contemporary context we have invited 3 fantastic designers who will give presentations on their recent book design work and a group panel discussion on their aspirations for design and the book.

AtRandom #3
May 31th, 6:00 ~ 10:00 pm
Lectures begin at 7:30
Price: FREE (donations always welcome)

Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock
2225 Colorado Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90041

Tentacles, Horns, and Scales
April 19th Thrash Out in Koenji, Tokyo.
Artshow, toy release, sneak  attack.
Featuring all new works by Koji Harmon , Bwana Spoons, and Martin Ontiveros.
Sponsored by Dekline footwear.

 Come join us for good times, art, toys, prizes, and a few big suprises.
Thrash Out is the Flagship store and gallery of mind bending vinyl pioneers Gargamel.

Gargamel makes toys that look like Jolly Rancher coated diamonds.

Koji, Bwana, and Martin make art and toys that explode with color, depth, and endless imagination.

Collector and fan Takaomi Fujiki put it best when he said “Happy Beam Discharge!”

For more info as it becomes available,

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The seventh annual Portland Documentary and eXperimental Film Festival (PDX Fest, for short!) is just two short weeks away! This year the festival will be taking place at the historic Hollywood Theatre from April 30 – May 4, 2008.  We will also be hosting an exciting sidebar program of video installation work and multi-media performances at galleryHomeland. This year's festival is easily our biggest yet featuring five jam-packed days of provocative, artistic and firmly uncompromising films and videos from around the globe.  The full schedule is now up for your eager eyes at www.peripheralproduce.com. Check it out!

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Barack Obama taking in a little bit of Breaking Away. Bloomington Indiana, 2008.

On April 8th (Tuesday), Tokyo super-designer Chris Palmieri will be hosting the next TAB Talks, featuring a presentation and Q&A with type designer Christian Schwartz. Christian has created custom typefaces for publications and companies like Esquire, Wallpaper*, The New York Times, Bosch and Deutsche Bahn. His typefaces for the Guardian were an integral part of the newspaper’s acclaimed redesign in 2005.

The talk will be held in English with Japanese translation, at Gotanda Sonic in Gotanda. Hope to see you there!

 

Tonight in San Francisco: Feral
Swoon and Monica Canilao at The Luggage Store (1007 Market st. @ 6th, 6-9pm)

Tomorrow in San Francisco: The Out of Towners
Cody Hudson, Christopher Chin, Anthony Lister, Kieth Shore, Travis Millard, Corey Arnold, Mel Kadel, Tessar Lo, and Erkut Terliksiz at the Fecal Face Dot Gallery (66 Gough street @ Market 5-8pm)

Last night in San Francisco:  Fairfax + Haight
Cheryl Dunn, Cleon Peterson, David Ellis, Deanna Templeton, Faile, Jeff Soto, Jung Hong, Kelsey Brookes, Megan Whitmarsh, Sean Cassidy, Swoon and The Date Farmers at RVCA VASF (Haight & Ashbury)(this was a fun show as all of the RVCA shows have been so far. I apologize for the lateness of the announcement.)

Sunday in San Francisco: Steak Sunday BBQ in Dolores Park!
Just a small get together some friends and I are having to enjoy a beautiful day with lots of meat, but hey, everyone needs more friends and aqcuaintances and fat bellies! Send me an email if you are in sf. (veggies welcome too)

 

Mike Mills book signing at Ooga Booga
this Thursday evening
for his latest book "Fireworks"
as part of the ongoing Nieves exhibition at the shop!

Thursday March 13th, 7-9pm
with snacks provided by Salty and the Swede!
Free, everyone welcome!

Ooga Booga
943 N. Broadway #203 (upstairs)
Chinatown, Los Angeles
213.617.1105