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Bardo Pond at Little Berlin’s first birthday party

1:18 sec. We stopped at Little Berlin last night for their first birthday party. artblog pal Anabelle Rodriguez dj’ed three hours of music, everything from 60s psychedelic to 2008 beats. We missed that — boo hoo — and arrived just as Bardo Pond began to play. Go to their sexy psychedelic website if you really want to hear them. The clip above has horrible audio, sorry. Little Berlin co-founder Martha Savery was hostessing, selling beer, filling beer cups from the keg and giving away the free 1 year birthday zines. It was a truly classy birthday party. The art on ... More » »

First Friday ramble

Beth Brandon, Clearing, 8.5″ x 11″, 2008We headed out to Old City and Chinatown last Friday and saw some stuff worth seeing. TOPSTITCH Beth Brandon‘s show at Topstitch was our first stop. Her small eco-drawings showed a seriousness of purpose with their intense mark-making. The woodsy iconography floating on a sea of white is familiar (Justin Witte, Ben Volta, Robyn O’Neil, etc) but the dreaminess and the fashion sensibility (a series of drawings show a line of balaclavas made from leaves) give it a little surprise. Brandon will be in a two-person show at Copy Gallery in September. That show’s ... More » »

So you want to make a robot…

image of Chromelodeon, a Don Miller Nintendo-based fast-moving projected graphic, made for a concert in April at the First Unitarian Church in Philadelphia. The musician is named Eddie. (downloaded from www.no-carrier.com/) There’s a special place–actually two of them in Philadelphia–where the techno-geek tinkerers and artists find common ground. That’s MakePhilly and The Hactory. They are the product of a network of people who who have an urge to solve technical problems–from harnessing LEDs to using robotics. This Sunday’s MakePhilly meeting just might be your cup of tea, when guest speaker Don Miller (aka NO CARRIER), will be sharing DIY info ... More » »

Exxcapes This Friday at !

! Gallery, 727 Oak Lane in North Philly, on a sunny Saturday afternoon during their first exhibition. Beautiful light coming in the storefront gallery space. Here’s an email Q&A I did with Austin Lee, one half of ! Gallery’s team of artist-curators (the other team member is Katrina Mortorff). The gallery’s new show opens tomorrow, Oct. 26,reception 7-10 pm, with a show, Exxcapes, in which landscape is the theme — but don’t expect conventional landscapes to appear. Here’s photos from their first exhibit on the theme of the end of the world. How big is your space, roughly? either sq. ... More » »