the mild air

stane and i just went to dangerous curve on sunday
and it was beautiful to be there during the day...

the place is all light and brick and white walls.
from outside during quieter moments
you could hear neighborhood birds.

during our stay we witnessed the mesmerizing installation
where tissue paper flowers bloom connecting to electronic boards
...water circulates thru the geometric frame
and falls into a large shell
the whole thing moves and seems to breathe
i was so glad someone plugged it in between performances.
it is called...(a hymn for world peace) by Anna Kim
it will be there:may 19 to june 23, 2007

stane played with a fabulous trombone player and igor
in igor's project ogogo
tj troy, a percussion player, was accompanied
in some of his compositions by
a reed player and a wind instrumentalist
who filled the room with staggered breaths and resonant tones
and tj played a last piece with loops
of so many cymbals and mallet hits
while live charcoal painting occurred
on three white doors hung near the side

this was pure charcoal, large pieces of burnt, blackened wood
and shards on the floor
by sayo mitsuishi
whose performance with the objects was art in itself....

it was a wonderful afternoon.

we rarely go to other events
because we are so involved with what we do here,
but it was fabulous to go out to dangerous curve,
the people who run it are so generous and kind.
it was nice to talk to them
and hear them say that they don't get to go out much either!

though we had to leave in a hurry to be here for the metal show
(which was populated by some of the most kind people,
hosted by bloodmoney)
i was quite happy with the adventure
from il corral to a more blank spaciousness of an artspace...

i could not live in that all the time,
because nothing i am in will remain white-walled for very long
but i enjoyed the different environment, and the friends there.

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this weekend coming up we have an art opening for wylie,
the maker of much of our resident artwork

wylie will also be playing music that evening
along with other new/new composers so that will be rad.
he is phenomenal on stand up bass
(which i love - those deep low tones...)

after wylie's opening we will be hosting artists
monthly or bi-monthly depending on their whereabouts.
so many of his works i'm attached to now,
and i hope he will let some remain,
but we will be open for another artist
to hang and show for a bit by the beginning of august.

and it looks like there will be more puppetry be presented here...
i have such a fascination with the art...
marionettes, mannequins or fuzzy puppet beasties
they are intriguing to watch
operating as an instant metaphor in climaxes
and a devoted trope thru quiet scenes.

perhaps it is also appealing that it is
performance which completely removes ego self
often even hiding the artist behind the puppet
it has the feeling moreso of a painting in that the artist is concealed...
yet this is live...
there are the hands moving the strings
or sets

when we hosted the sunset chronicles
by the third time i had seen the show
i was focused more on the many people
crossing each other above the scaled down stage
and the looks on their faces,
the movements of their whole bodies
to give life to the characters below them

it is not something i have seen often
but when i have it has surely struck me

like so many things i have been privileged to experience

we may not be free to leave as much as others are
but we can devote ourselves to this building and filling it with sound
with movement and color

i care for little else
but the small part i keep alive
is reason enough

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