Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Tuesday, December 09, 2008
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...
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...
Tuesday, December 02, 2008
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.
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.