weekend of curatorial bliss

this past weekend was a series of brilliant reunions for il corral/zero-point devotees!

bavab bavab had two shows at echo curio, one curated by dustin (actuary) and one by dung mummy, and we joined the first experimental music day fest at evocal (also curated by dustin) - unfortunately it is also the last because evocal is shutting down for lack of funds...

this spot was so great, it reminded me of zero-point in all the best ways, and bret, the guy who runs it, did a wonderful job at sound, very devoted, and what a challenging lineup...! a real heart stopper for the folks running a place!...i empathized truly..! it was a fabulously harsh show...

east hollywood music festival

zero-point is doing sound for the east hollywood music festival which has been moved to september 12th & 13th (the weekend after classes start at l.a.c.c.)

the area that is east hollywood is a relatively new distinction...when we were first at il corral we didn't know where we were and called the area koreawoodlake (between korea town, hollywood and silverlake)...then one day i received a very nice email from the head of the business association of east hollywood or something and he politely told me that the place we were in was called east hollywood,...so i should have known then that it would diversify then eventually gentrify - and it has done so pretty fast....

but who doesn't love pure luck - the vegan options there on heliotrope have expanded, first including scoops as the place of the most creative gelato on the planet...and the bicycle kitchen and darma punx (which i've never been into) it even has a unique full-sized lingerie shop...and the mandatory tattoo parlor...there are a lot of spots there now that have changed...of course my favorite place in the neighborhood is definitely synchronicity - which i found thanx to pizza paul and some very earth-shaking events!

when il corral was reviewed in city beat long ago the spot we were at was called the 'wonky' part of melrose...meaning it was far from being the notoriously hip strip of buying odd and rare things...and i remember one day i realized that more distinctly: these two fashion divas drove up in a flashy car and asked where melrose was...they were on melrose but they meant where was the famous buying grounds known as melrose by the general public, so we just pointed west....

this music festival is a great idea, but funding ran short recently so the city has had to try again in the fall. the 2 day fest : when it does go off : at the ukranian center - a huge venue - it will go off!

nomadic transmissions jawbone canyon

can't wait for the next one....***
love & ruckus.

NOMADIC TRANSMISSIONS

this weekend was incredible. the sounds were fantastically resonant and the performances were stellar, as bright as all the '''i never knew there were so many stars''' sky.

thanx to all who came, played, adventured, absorbed.

i felt a great release as soon as we returned, and i wish i could've kept it longer, but life calls out, shouts, orders for order...and we obey...

but that weekend was a challenge to the self who obeys, it was freedom.

there is nothing greater than freedom, except perhaps love.

there was plenty of both out there, and the connections and experiences will last...
can't wait for the next one~!

offerings to the sunrise

DUNG MUMMY's NOMADIC TRANSMISSIONS:

OFFERINGS TO THE SUNRISE

May 29, 30 Fri-Sat
THEE DUNG MUMMY CAMP
Jawbone Canyon, Ca

A campout beginning with an all night collaborative devotional drone on Friday the 29th of May, SUNDOWN-SUNRISE, and culminating with performances beginning at dusk on Saturday.

Saturday 5/30 Performances began at dusk with:

C.O.T.A., Amps For Christ, Between Ravens & Crows, Ain Soph Aur, Hop-Frog's Drum Jester Devotional. Catastrophic Mermaids on Parade, +DOG+, Actuary, Cold Grey Eye, Super Novaz, Oscillator & Bavab Bavab (MORE TBA)

DIRECTIONS:

From Los Angeles:

Take the I-5 North

To the 14th North (Northeast)

46.2 Miles Past Lancaster off Hwy 14

Turn left on Jawbone Canyon Road (just past the convenience store)

To map the turnoff point use this address:

28188 Jawbone Cyn

Cantil, Ca 92519

Entire Trip is apx. 115 miles from LA Proper.

Head down Jawbone Canyon a couple miles until you see a some type of sign for the dirt road turn off (ie: marker/sign/candles)

It will be on your right. We’re about a mile before the road ends.

INFO: 562-209-0896

Carl Off.

URCK Records, www.urckrecords.com

"Smashing the Iron Ears of Oppression, One Tribe at a Time!"

hop-frog kollectiv www.hop-frog.com

LISTEN-> http://www.myspace.com/urckrecords

BLIPVERT blasts synchronicity!

synchronicity may 1st

ABIKU - baltimore BLIPVERT - oakland BOORBAAR BAVAB BAVAB visuals : FRANZ KELLER at SYNCHRONICITY 4306 melrose la. ca. 90029
friday may 1st

doors open 7pm
$5 donation please

zero-point (archives)

may 1st zero-point curates at synchronicity!

may 1st

a celebration from the working artist
for international worker's day

at synchronicitywww.syncspacela.com

performing live:ABIKUwww.myspace.com/abiku

BLIPVERTwww.myspace.com/blipvert1

BAVAB BAVABwww.myspace.com/bavabbavab

visuals:FRANZ KELLERwww.myspace.com/franzk

....more artists and special guests to come...

doors open 7pm
$5 donation please
to help the touring acts and the space

{ the show will be super fun...thanx...! }



-- love & ruckus.***christie.

sub-avant-garde curating and performance

bavab bavab live at the hive doing our new improv collab game. for this performance we had dustin and bill h. sitting in with us.

feminine oddities shows are fantastic and working at the hive is aesthetically and philosophically nourishing. these involvements in changing group performance environments, and curating shows at synchronicity.

we're also part of the crew putting on the east hollywood music festival in our old il corral neighborhood, and we'll be working on noisepollination for this year as well!

lots going on. i apologize if now my personal life and public life are completely integrated, so things of my existence continue on as the 'we' of zero-point, while simultaneously i am simply one of many artists that come together to make events happen.

much love to all artists.

evolutionary ether ...and ...zombies at the hive gallery...

Feminine Oddities Artists: Debra Haden, Mary Macker, Emily Steigerwald, Joe Holliday, Debra Bianculli, David Foto, Nikki Windham, Donna Lettrese and more....

Performances: the Red Velvet Cupcakes
bavab bavab http://myspace.com/bavabbavab

Freak show Performances:
Senor Stretchy Skin
~ in all of his deformed glory! You don’t want to miss this!

Burlesque Performances:
Feminine Oddities
~ sexy 1950’s housewives, and Bombshell pin-up girls baking cookies in lingerie

(above : christie as a zombie)...

THE LATEST IN ALL THINGS ZERO-POINT
now we are on hiatus from a place
and are curating sub-avant-garde in local artspaces...

i am going to devote myself to this documentation
and continue to cultivate this vision here
instead of moving to yet another space online...

the goings-on of process to work toward non-profit status,
the general performances and recent changes of life at zero-point
(being moreso a zero-point than the previous incarnation of it)
will find life here...

so kathunk! theres the latest:

and this weekend!~...feminine oddities!

please join us for:
BOMBSHELL-TER
at the hive

www.feminineoddities.com

March 27th, 2009
doors open at 8:30pm- Midnight.
Performances start at 9:00pm.

$8 at the door,

*$5 if dressed as a Pin-up, Military Man, or Mutant*

The Hive Gallery
729 S. Spring St.
Los Angeles, CA 90014

www.thehivegallery.com

In the heart of downtown Los Angeles, the Hive has become one of the hottest
galleries in town. With a large front gallery space full of featured artists
works, a performance room, and the second half of the space for resident
artists, it’s no wonder there is such a buzz about the Hive Gallery!!


--
love & ruckus.
***
christie

***
www.lotusalley.org
www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1306809477
www.zeropointspace/blogspot.com
www.myspace.com/bavabbavab
www.zeropointspace.org
www.myspace.com/zeropointspace


whatever you need is already there

MELANGE march 6th at SYNCHRONICITY

ZERO-POINT
curating sub-avant-garde
presents:

MELANGE
friday march 6th

a showcase of experimental music

visuals :
franz keller

performing live:
+dog+
whale
hop frog kollectiv
almighty opp
killsonic

SYNCHRONICITY
4306 melrose
la, ca. 90004

syncspacela.com

doors open 7pm
$5 donation please

lotusalley.org

march 6th at synchronicity

experimental experimental fun.

long live noise!

who will join? i already have dreams...

ahhh...

lovely.

KARMA ::: energy cannot be destroyed it only changes form

KARMA appropriately has been moved (in that it is the continuing of energy despite change of form)

things have a way of always working out....i think that is called synchronicity...

we are sad that the breakfast club has closed, but i guess they have been
cracking down on clinics...so we went up the street and the folks at
SYNCHRONICITY offered to host us tommorrow : saturday jan. 10th.

They are a relatively new gallery a few stores east of old il corral
on melrose :

4306 melrose ave.
los angeles, ca. 90029

www.syncspacela.com

we are very sad for the loss, but are grateful that this door has opened with our new friends.

hope to see you there!

sorry about tonight, much love to all

love & ruckus.
***
christie.

KARMA fri. jan. 9

cultural resistance reader

i have much to research and go over.

my plans to return to running a space
have now come to form through simply educating myself

about all that is...of importance,
i am in a strange mood,
i can only read the myth of sisyphus and hope...

KARMA fri. jan. 9th

what fun, for the new year we have a show at 662 n. heliotrope (previously il corral)

the name KARMA came from our dear friend borris - who is currently curating in the space - now called 'the breakfast club'

we left il corral's space in dec. 2007 and had our opening at zero-point jan. 2008

since that time i had not been back to heliotrope (our past east hollywood / koreawoodlake / bike district neighborhood)

half a year later - the exact day i gave our notice to leave zero-point - we visited the old il corral, and there was borris in charge of the space!

he had stayed with us often at il corral, then left for the east coast, and we hadn't heard from him in half a year, then it turns out he had returned and had this gig hosting art.

so this show : with live painting, experimental music showcase, dj and general festivities, is a reuniting and feels like especially since we have had to close zero-point)there is so much life and such abundance,you just have to see it, and that is the hardest part.

KARMA is about reunions, about the ether and ultimate connectivity.

KARMA celebrates the time and love put forth, by coming around to a fabulous reality.

i have been joyously working on my site: lotusalley.org, it has been so good to have more time to work on things...it is hard to be on all the time...perhaps i too see this as a dream coming to fruition,in the sense that i can co-curate and not worry about everything else.

it was funny, when i returned to our previous artspace, borris said, "i know why you guys looked like that all the time" he is dealing with many of the same dilemmas we faced, so that is another affirmation that our situation was so challenging constantly.

i don't think people know what the last four years have required. it's just not something people would necessarily think about. at least that seems how it was for most of the shows.

the people who helped us know...without them nothing.

regardless the suffering i survived, we survived and are thriving, on the way to the next manifestation...

and i am so happy, my heart is warmed, my sorrows eased by the thought of seeing so many friends for 2009.

love & ruckus.
***
christie.

zero-point crew returns to il corral site for a little collab night

K A R M A experimentalism
friday jan. 9th
doors open 7pm
live music showcase
and painter,
environment,
video installation,
harsh noise,
&
vegan treats...
so much more...
lovely.

662 n. heliotrope dr.
(previously il corral)

love & ruckus
***
christie.

zero-point closing end of july! re-opening as a non-profit.

going on hiatus until further notice.

to submit mail art / lexical evidence (zine) / artists submissions for future projects:

zero-point
p.o. box 292109
los angeles, ca. 90029

love & ruckus.
always.
***
christie.

LEXICAL EVIDENCE

PLEASE SUBMIT NEW WORDS THAT YOU THINK SHOULD BE ADDED TO THE LANGUAGE AND THEIR DEFINITION.

FEEL FREE TO DECIDE WHAT WORDS MIGHT NOT BE THE BEST TO KEEP - OR HOW THEIR DEFINITION CAN CHANGE TO BE PUT TO BETTER USE.

WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF STORY?

HOW HAVE YOU LEARNED ABOUT YOURSELF FROM STORIES PASSED ON TO YOU?

WHAT STORY WOULD YOU GIVE YOURSELF LOOKING BACK ON YOUR HARDER TIMES?

WHAT STORY HAS GIVEN YOU HOPE IN TRIAL / COURAGE TO CONTINUE, TO BE BRAVE.

WHAT WOULD BE A GOOD WORD FOR A NON-GENDER SPECIFIC PRONOUN: there is "he" and "she" but not her/him word that isn't it (which is considered inanimate)...many people have pondered on that one...seems like a great thing to accomplish.

other things: stories that you have written that you want to have passed on.

how things are transferred. what is the belief we hold as history. what is the scientific language, the language of politics and law, the language of every specific study - perhaps too many - that lack integration and holistic understanding of their impact on each other...

all these are thoughts.

how do civilizations retain life - when the language is spoken, active, empowered, meant to give options not shut down exuberance or experience.

these are some thoughts.

right now i am in a great state of upheaval...
i had such lovely visions for LEXICAL EVDIENCE.
i hope that some of that can translate here...

the benefit of benefits

we have two benefits this weekend, one for an orphange playground & the other for a dog named jones who is dying of cancer. very different causes, but compassion.filled and important.

there is an immense amount going on right now. i wish for the days to be filled with shady place from the heat and the nights made loud without a sound complaint.

i wish for all things to manifest to support and encourage such endeavors.

GEOBIOTIC april 26th

treasure mammal and bavab bavab

treasure mammal will be playing NOISEPOLLINATION this year on sunday, june 8th.

bavab bavab will be playing the DUNG MUMMY FESTIVAL this year on friday, april 4th.

open call for artists : GEOBIOTIC april 26th

o p e n c a l l:G E O B I O T I C
group show for single full art experience

zero-point's monthly 13 moon series

experimental music showcase
interactive environments
april 26th (7pm - 2am)

GEOBIOTIC:

symbiosis between geologic and biotic,
us and the environment, us and ourselves,

micro biomes, inextricably interconnected

all media welcome:
video & sound

2d / 3d / installation
words
dance

please submit links to your work and a max. 250 word response

explaining your works connection to the theme.

also please chose three images for the book.

there will be a single collective book compiled
for the evening
comprised of these submissions


online submissions welcome

or mail to:
zero-point
1049 e. 32nd st.
los angeles, ca. 90011

email for details:

zeropointspace@gmail.com


zeropointspace.org

***

dreams are our weapon hope

dreams are our weapon hope

dream as a definition is many things:

1.a succession of images, thoughts, or emotions passing through the mind during sleep.
2.the sleeping state in which this occurs.
3.an object seen in a dream.
4.an involuntary vision occurring to a person when awake.
5.a vision voluntarily indulged in while awake; daydream; reverie.
6.an aspiration; goal; aim: A trip to Europe is his dream.
7.a wild or vain fancy.
8.something of an unreal beauty, charm, or excellence.
9. to have a dream.
10. to indulge in daydreams or reveries:
He dreamed about vacation plans when he should have been working.
11. to think or conceive of something in a very remote way
(usually fol. by of): I wouldn't dream of asking them. –verb (used with object)
12. to see or imagine in sleep or in a vision.
13. to imagine as if in a dream; fancy; suppose.
14. to pass or spend (time) in dreaming (often fol. by away) : to dream away the afternoon.
15. most desirable; ideal: a dream vacation.
16. dream up, to form in the imagination; devise:
They dreamed up the most impossible plan.
joy, mirth, gladness,

the following are some of the dreams attached to the circle
during DREAMTIME zero-point's 3rd of 13 moon series

the beginning...

i chose these pieces
and tried to accurately place
the words as they were written

they are anonymous

the water was rushing in
on a ship and i was stranded in the hull.
as i began to drown
i noticed that i had grown gills,
and swam to the surface
only to descend again
to a new life
as a new creature.

all this climbing
these winding
long roads
steep staircases
does eveyrhwere
lead to nyc?
i have been
hovering over nyc
in my dreams since
98. and i've never
even been.
dream of stairwells
and rooftops and all
my neighbors there.
dream scheme to get
me out of this hot
town to another.
i want wet warm
sweet coastal love.
living in wood and
treehouses and full
plates and wine
stained glasses.
i want my face
stained with
happiness
from my
lovers face.
i want
this loneliness
to fade into
a city of my
possibility.
my owned
heart.
my
self.

i dreampt i was at
a punk show and
the band started by
playing the first set of
chords from some really
early era song,
then there were some
rad lyrics
i don't remember them...

b-movie dream

it
looked familiar.
it was
clearly mine
but i hadn't
been there before.
it held
many of my
things. suddenly
my bicycle
is missing, stolen
by a bunch of
flower face kids.
how will i get
to the garden
now? will i have
to steal someone
else's ride? all
of the panic and
terror over take
me and pulsate

there was
a midget chasing
me -- and a bunch
of my friends - he kept
trying to get us to go
on a scavenger hunt and
drink a potion - we
told him no - and i
said i was bigger
than him and he
couldn't make me -
he kept trying to
scare us and i
was laughing
at him

i dreamed my legs
were all purple from bruises,
and i couldn't remember
how i got them, but it scared
me - they didn't hurt but i
was afraid i might die from it

my dream is to create a
platform from which other dreams
can take flight. these dreams
are those which uplift others
and connect us to our
better selves

to have
only more
of what
i only
am.
only.

health & happiness
for my beauty &
myself etc.

may happiness appear in
both romance & music &
let the love over-vibe all
shades of pain.

i dream of the
connections between
us eliminating the
need for the word
"evil" to exist in
our collective
vocabulary, to
be eliminated
from the
lexicon.

i'm in my parent's dining room,
daytime, and hear a
shotgun accompanied with
a scream from my mother
and / or sister.

everyone was a zombie - souls eternal
but dead walking
an old friend
still had his soul
and he protected me

i was an
animal
i was
eaten
then
born as
a
human

dreampt of hanging upside-down from the rung of a fire escape ladder on the top floor of a brick
high rise in nyc. after testing the rungs for stability & hanging for a moment, the ladder gives way
and i fall, expecting certain death due to the height of the building. but in mid-fall, a caucasian
guy flies to my rescue, robing me in a white quilt-like gown (and textured like styrofoam balls),
which seems to slow my descent. it is understood that the guy was an angel, who then brings
me to this ritzy blue-blood party where an older, sophisticated woman comments on the
fashion forwardness of the white quilt gown. i laugh inside at the comedy
of it, and that's all i remember...

i hope that all the vulnerable
creatures will be free from
suffering. only when mankind
realizes that they are not superior
beings, will this happen...

a dream is
a dream
because -
flying on a
small chair to
another dimension,
i met the others
but eventually
i left, went
back to the earth
dimension and became
paralyzed.
until i
woke
and could not
move. until the
sun rose next in
the sky

a powerful magician
leads me through solid stone
we were walking inside solid
stone, two evil ones tried to stop us
on our journey, but we just kept going.
the sensation of walking inside solid stone
through solid rock, was different than air, we
moved slowly, like through really heavy water,
but nothing could stop us, and i could feel
that i was protected and safe.


the end...

pretty amazing.
gratitude to all participants

DREAMTIME was created.

april 4&5 DUNG MUMMY 5th anniv. festival of experimental music

this weekend we are hosting two days of an experimental music showcase
celebrating a five year anniversary of shows.

APRIL 4 - 5
STEVE MACKAY (of the Stooges) (acoustic)
BETWEEN RAVENS & CROWS
HOP-FROG'S DRUM JESTER DEVOTIONAL
+DOG+
ANDORKAPPEN
DESTROY DATE
SWORDS OF FATIMA
SMGSAP
PHAUL
LIQUORBALL & STEVE MACKAY
COTA
AIN SOPH AUR
METAL ROUGE
SAN KAZAKGASCAR
HOWARD AMB
THOUSANDS
AMPS FOR CHRIST
CATASTROPHIC MERMAIDS ON PARADE

Hop-Frog Kollectiv presents Dung Mummy 5 year Anniversary
Post-Asiatic Festival
Zero-Point
1049 East 32nd Street (at Central)
downtown Los Angeles, CALIFORNIA 90011

A F T E R D R E A M T I M E

after dreamtime

tonight DREAMTIME: GEOBIOTIC - april 26th - next full art experience

this is an open call to artists of all mediums
for our 4th of 13 moon series
GEOBIOTIC

us and the environment.
us and ourselves.
GEOBIOTIC
is a geologic and biological symbiosis

within this macro theme the concept of
SMOG AS PIGMENT

the theme for this coming month's event is DREAMTIME
we are going to open the collage for written comment on the piece,
(we have already constructed a collective collage at the previous month's event OPPOSITE OF WAR)
and with the concept HOPE IS OUR ONLY WEAPON
we will have people write their dreams on pieces of torn gold paper and they will be attached to the dream circle.

our next event is GEOBIOTIC
it is the idea of : us and the environment.
us and ourselves.
GEOBIOTIC
is a geologic and biological symbiosis.

this stage will follow the event tonight: DREAMTIME

tonight:
by forming our wishes for change
with words making a collective art piece
we will be ready to understand ourselves as actionaries in our own world,
GEOBIOTIC
where the dreams we have
are made into pedestrian walkways
and we are our own solution...
this

is to tantalize

love & ruckus.
***

ROOM AVAILABLE 11X17 APRIL 1ST AT ZERO-POINT

our recent roommate has left for a new private life,
and we are seeking artists interested in a studio here.

you can schedule to view it,
or email for details.

zeropointspace@gmail.com

love & ruckus.
***
christie.

requested manifesto

in a trance
before the electronic world
points, whirrs and clicks
tricks us into distance
yet brings new definition to what is close

we are the flowering cerebellum
hatching anew everyday
dancing in the rubble
still with cracks and dreams
of many lives
strands that pull the psyche back
to past ephemera : was / been
the not now

now this
this is the loud aloud
the noise of industry and circuitry
the ruckus of undergrowth
close to the roots
below the soil
in our own caverns and tunnels
excavated from a culture consumed
with consuming itself

now this
the sounds of central avenue jazz
resonant in the broken concrete
we complete some cycle of culture
and call you sodo
south of downtown
as some destined explosion of sound
underground
in the cool depths away from prying eyes
yet undisguised
open to the elements
but only to a certain few
you who come:

come! the new media circus!
the circle acts of light!

mark the walls!
plant seeds, caught thought, in this garden.
graffiti here on the body of zero-point,
the prophecies and profanities cultivated...

this is entwined manifest
every part and person strung together
in invisible ether
palpable - tangible through experience in the immediate

we make our now
from the burst of thought
given to another
given and shown
grown from indomitable chaos
wrangling the unseen into art
giving voice and validity
to periphery
that needs hearing
that feeds and clears the air

we.

making stories - our own origins
locating the soul on maps we craft
giving generously to the impossible
allowing expression to shape the moment
the movement

here at zero-point
all is one
lines are drawn and undrawn
lives are done and undone
but we will thrive
we are the strong
chosen by our own hands
creating!

this is a manifesto written to the world
this is a stream of a gathering entity
personhood confirmed through collective making
space as place for magic to occur
our new culture...

these are the mantras
the chants, the songs...

the world is ours too
and we are part of it

dreamtime march 22nd dream log please add your dreams

3rd of 13 full art experiences at zero-point :
march 22nd dreamtime.

the collective began discussing
what dreamtime feels and looks like.
i decided to try to keep a log
of what my dreams are until the event,
to help guide us in the
direction it will take aesthetically and in purpose.

we will have a dream circle,
which visitors can write their dreams
and attach them
which will then be suspended from the ceiling
at the finish of the evening.

dress as if you are in a dream,
as if you are a dream
come with thoughts and recollections.

this is the beginning of a dream documentation:
feel free to add yours as comments.

beginning of zero-point - the graffiti garden is born

 the graffiti of il corral:

catalyzed the graffiti garden at zero-point, our opening was a grand success,
the energy of collaboration was born of this make your mark bathroom graffiti event.

from that we have begun a 13 moon cycle of full art experience. a monthly series.
improv collaborations, art, dance, poetry, spoken word, experimental music, installations...

zero-point's ethos:
we are interested in hosting / fostering experiments in the expressive disciplines: the visual arts, music / sound, and word-based arts form the three ring ‘circle acts’ the structure for the new media ‘art circus’- salon style rowdiness -growing / showing the deliberate dreams at the core of us all.

there are more photos of the opening at zeropointspace.org

boxes, gratitude, amazement

today it happened, we completely moved out of il corral
it is over,
the new thing has begun,

we are surrounded by it though,
now we must sift and sort and decide importance
in keeping with what the space wants,
zero-point is a mantra,
it is so different here,
it is open and bright.
it will have a great future.

today thank you so much so many times over...
we even moved the piano.

the moving...