Hustler of Culture

SM - "Made In America" Screening (12.04.08)

Stacy Peralta will be screening "Made In America"
Thursday, December 4, 7:30 pm

Stacy Peralta (with Zandie Brockett) , Mother's and the Names of Their Mudered Children, South LA, CA
(from the film Made In America)

FREE EVENT WILL BE HELD IN OUR LOBBY GALLERY, 1629 18TH STREET

PLEASE RSVP BY WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3
BY CALLING 310-453-3711 EXT 103 OR VIA EMAIL OFFICE (AT) 18THSTREET.ORG

London - "Puppenspielerei" (12.04.08)

Puppenspielerei: Daniel Lehan, Julia Moore, Nicholas Morgan, Wiebke Morgan
4 December 1pm – 9pm

Join us for a day of artists’ approaches to the puppet show. Daniel Lehan presents a disturbing piece of ventriloquism which may not be suitable for children, Nicholas Morgan finds dramatic possibilities in miniature magnetic puppets, Wiebke Morgan investigates her lifelong love of ‘Puppen’, while Julia Moore provides idiosyncratic finger puppets and a set of rules for visitors to create their own performance.

Work will be shown on video in the afternoon, with live performances following in the evening 6.30pm to 8.30pm.

Wiebke Morgan
6 Cyprus Street
London E2 0NN
Tel: +44 (0)20-8983 0708
info@wiebkemorgan.com
www.firstthursdays.co.uk

LA - "Illuminate (12.02.08 - 12.06.08)

SF - "Paperback Dreams" Screening (12.01.08)

PAPERBACK DREAMS
screening Paperback Dreams
Monday, December 1 at 7:30 pm

Are independent bookstores still relevant in the 21st century? If you've ever wondered about this question, we invite you to join us for a screening and discussion of a powerful new documentary Paperback Dreams. The film is the story of two landmark independent bookstores - Kepler's and Cody's - going back to the days of the paperback revolution. The film traces the bookstores' history as cultural institutions and explores their community relationships. It also includes interviews with several well known authors, publishers, and booksellers, including Salman Rushdie and Michael Powell.

Paperback Dreams is a co-production of Alex Beckstead, the Independent Television Service (ITVS), and KQED Public Television. Alex lives in San Francisco and is a Booksmith fan. His films have screened at the Sundance Film Festival and Public Television Stations across the US. Alex will join us for Q&A after the film screening.

The Booksmith
1644 Haight Street
San Francisco, California 94117

Happy Thanksgiving!

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Bjork on Televisions

It's reassuring to know that real life pixie Bjork has been true blue after all these years. Wow, what a special lady. I wish she were my friend so I could ask her serious questions about nature and technology. Look at her tights! I think they're currently available at American Apparel and this video's gotta be at least 20 years old! Look at the young whiz explain televisions! Bjork says the innards look like "a little model of a city." And closes the show with such genius: "You shouldn't let poets lie to you." Well, I'll say! [Thanks Evan]

Uncle Mike's Pecan Pie

November 26, 2008 - 5:56 p.m. - Santa Monica, CA

My Uncle Mike is from Macon, Georgia. Every Thanksgiving he bakes dozens of pecan pies for family and friends. It is as tasty as it looks! Om, nom, nom, nom!

LA - Swap Meet (11.29.08)

Swap Meet
Piracy - Karaoke - Birthday Partytime... in the FUTURE

Saturday, November 29, 2027
10pm until late

Good news!

The Swap Meet team has finally discovered how to open the temporal portal down at Betalevel!

We’ve of course always known that our basement redoubt was coincident with a major rift in the space-time continuum, but we were never quite sure how to overcome the issues with our maximum power load (remember Bootylevel?) to generate the necessary 1.21 gigawatts to pry it open. However, recent developments in cold fusion technology coming out of Europe, along with our own research into harnessing the power of crystals, got us thinking that maybe we were going about it all in the wrong way...

Long story short: the future is awesome.

And this Saturday, we’re throwing the doors open for a public test, setting the dial to 2027, so we can celebrate Sean’s 50th birthday. Trust us when we say that you won’t want to miss it. This is the Swap Meet your kids will tell you stories about!

Silvio's Birthday Dinner

November 24, 2008 - 10:39 p.m. - Santa Monica, CA

We celebrated Silvio's birthday with a small group of friends at neighborhood resto, Via Veneto. Italian food for an Italian boy. Happy Birthday Silvio!

NYC - "Giftland" (11.28.08 - 12.23.08)

GIFTLAND IX
BLACK FRIDAY

Exhibition on view from November 28 – December 23rd
Curated by Olivia Shao and Jay Sanders
Opening Reception begins on November 28, 6:00 AM

Printed Matter is happy to announce the return of its annual holiday show GIFTLAND. This is the ninth year for the group exhibition, which features affordable and cheap art to counter the gross and over-indulgent consumerism that typifies the holiday season. Please join us for our early morning opening on November 28 at 6:00 AM! Printed Matter is located 195 Tenth Avenue in New York City.

LA - The Left Over (11.28.08)

Berlin - "Sonne, Mond und Sterne" (11.27.08 - 01.31.09)

PETER FISCHLI / DAVID WEISS
‘Sonne, Mond und Sterne’
27/11/2008 – 31/01/2009

Monika Sprüth and Philomene Magers are delighted to present an exhibition of a new work by Swiss artists Peter Fischli and David Weiss. ‘Sonne, Mond und Sterne’ is a gallery-scale presentation of a project which originated in book form as a commission by the Swiss media conglomerate Ringier AG, to customise their annual report and turn it into a work of art.

Happy Birthday Gen & Silvio!

November 22, 2008 - 9:42 p.m. - Santa Monica, CA

We celebrated Genevieve and Silvio's birthday at the Ramada Inn in KoreaTown. Before you throw your head back and laugh, stop. This place has an insane dance floor. Go check it for yourself. It's party central. Stealth style. Happy Birthday troublemakers!

Happy Birthday danah!

November 21, 2008 - 8:46 p.m. - Venice, CA

Sick with the flu, danah was surprised for her birthday by friends from all over. It was quite a shock! I was hoping she would throw up from all of the excitement but she kept it together. Happy birthday danah!

London - "War Problems" (11.25.08 - 01.24.08)

London - "The Collection" (11.25.08 - 01.10.09)

The Collection, Maurice Broomfield
25 November 2008 – 10 January 2009

“Maurice Broomfield’s photography captures the real heart of what was a booming but harsh time for the UK. Finding inspiration and creativity in gritty surroundings of every day work is inspiring in itself.” – Sir Paul Smith

In November 2008, HOST gallery presents the first retrospective of the work of British photographer Maurice Broomfield. Maurice Broomfield’s photographs document three decades of post-war heavy industry and urban regeneration in Britain. Broomfield is recognised as one of the first industrial and architectural photographers to use his corporate commissions to make visionary photographic studies of the workers and the environments in which they worked, his motivation stemming from a curiosity in the diversity of industrial occupations.

Arkitip No. 0049: Peter Saville

Arkitip No. 0049, Peter Saville from Arkitip, Inc. on Vimeo.

Visual communicator Peter Saville probably better expresses what he's thinking through his work than words.

Arkitip No. 0049 will be a virtual catalog of Peter’s work including essays from Saville’s colleagues throughout his career. It will also include two original prints from the designer. The prints will be 12 x 12 In. on 100 lb. archival stock and will sit on top of the magazine inside a custom designed box carefully encasing the magazine and prints.

Available November 20, 2009. Don't miss it, subscribe today.

Save the Videogame

Richard Lemarchand from gamecity on Vimeo.

There's no question, videogames have influenced my life. I fondly remember spending many hours with friends and family hovering over the Atari 2600, Atari 5200, and the Commodore 64 growing up. Many allowances and after school hours were spent at the arcade. I often took ideas from the computer to the real world -- completing virtual adventures, outside. I married a game developer over 10 years ago and we've since hosted hundreds of game nights together. We have nearly every major game console launched in the past 30 years gathering dust in our garage. I was once a games journalist. Our cat's name is Atari. Videogame royalties bought our home. We have been hosting an annual post E3 barbecue for the past six years. Some of our best buddies, like Richard (above) we met through the interactive entertainment industry. Without games I'd be without a lot.

Tell people about the National Videogame Archive and register to help save the videogame today. Please spread the word. Thanks!

Brooklyn - Jessica Lange Book Event (11.22.08)

Brooklyn - "Forth Estate" (11.21.08 - 12.21.08)

FORTH ESTATE EDITIONS
November 21 - December 21, 2008
Opening Reception: Friday, November 21, 7-9PM

Glen Baldridge, Ian Cooper, Alex Dodge,
Angela Dufresne, Matt Keegan,
Sara Greenberger Rafferty, Joseph Hart,
Paul Pope, Phil Sanders, Molly Smith,
Will Yackulic, Kevin Zucker