There is usually not much going on this time of the year. The following list of events proves that an exceptional summer in Seattle can also lead into an exceptional party October. This week we are recommending Roq la Rue, Bemis, and the Degenerate Art Ensemble's benefit party. PV's Golden Lemon of the week goes to Seattle SketchFest. We are also presenting our submissions to Vital 5's Arbitrary Art Grant.
Friday 10/10
5:00 PM Katy Stone's DEGREES OF APPEARANCE @ Suyama
6:00 PM New Works by Leiv Fagereng
6:00 PM "Grave Matters" @ Roq La Rue
7:00 PM humans super structure (part 2) @ SAW
9:00 PM Annual Stranger Genius Awards Party @ ConWorks
9:00 PM Tablet's FREAKY FREAK SHOW / 3rd Anniversary Show
Saturday 10/11
noon? Vital 5's ARBITRARY ART GRA! NT 2003: DIGITAL GRAFITTI
noon Bemis Building Fall Art Show (1st day)
7:00 PM Magda Baker Print Show Opening @ Sev Shoon Arts Center
8:00 PM BOLLYWOOD @ Baltic Room
9:00 PM BENEFIT PARTY For Degenerate Art Ensemble's 2003 European Tour
Sunday 10/12
noon Bemis Building Fall Art Show (2nd day)
Monday 10/13
8:00 PM Fusion @ Baltic Room
9:00 PM Moonday: The High Priestess @ The Fenix Underground
9:30 PM Kinky @ Chop Suey
Thursday 10/16
7:00 PM 5th Seattle SketchFest @ Broadway Performance Hall
Friday 10/10
Katy Stone @ Suyama Space
The very talented Katy Stone has a new large scale installation showing at the Suyama shop. Stone will also be giving an artist’s lecture on Sat at Noon.
Her work is wholly original, very beautiful and well worth checking out. After stopping by Stone's opening on Friday, you might want to head over to the Roq la Rue opening, also in Belltown. Here’s how the press release describes her work:
Through the accumulation of multi-layered, configured and painted acetate sheets, Seattle artist Katy Stone combines a delicate, ephemeral presence of light, shadow, and air with the gallery's contrasting surfaces of decay and renewal. The installation creates an environment filled with both color and transitory presence. The extending components of the sited piece are evocative of organic movement, and suggest many forms such as water, clouds, roots, falling petals, sprouting shoots. The continuum of appearance and disappearance between one essence fading into another, one form into another, one season into another is the basis for this artist's work.
Suyama Space, 2324 2nd Avenue, Artist’s Opening Reception on Friday 10/10, 5 pm to 7 pm. Artist’s lecture on Saturday 10/11 at Noon. Free.
For examples of Katy Stone’s work: http://www.gregkucera.com/stone.htm
New Works by Leiv Fagereng
If you used to go to Vital 5 openings then you will probably remember Leiv's
paintings. He had a show at Vital 5 focused on airplanes - that was before 9/11 I should add.
Opening reception at Gulassa & Co, 10 Dravus St. 6-9pm. Free.
"Grave Matters" @ Roq La Rue
This is probably my favorite for Friday. Wearing black is easy. Roq La Rue Gallery presents:
"Grave Matters"
a dark and elegant group show about death and the afterworld
Opening Friday October 10th 6-10pm - Oct 31st
Charles Krafft, Kris Kuksi, Art Garcia, Stephen Kasner, Wayne Martin Belger,
Brent Golden, Daniel Martin Diaz, Brent Torvik, Scott Saw, Dan Brereton, Dan
Schwarz and H.R. Giger
For October Roq la Rue offers up a group show of artists working in dark imagery or subject matter. Featured art includes Charles Krafft's "Spone" (human bone china), Daniel Martin Diaz's Catholic inspired drawings, Wayne Martin Belger's pinhole photography of roadside alters, including the completely handmade working cameras he creates for each series (one featuring a small formaldehyde tank with a human heart!)....plus more thought-provoking and spine tingling works...Coffins! Reliquaries!
Tombstones! Hot Vampire chicks! Not For The Faint-Hearted or those with a
conservative constitution!
Special Opening Party!!
"Fete Noir"
Oct 10 6-10pm
Opening reception and party featuring macabre amusements such as a hearse
lineup, live music from members of the Black cat Orchestra, your own "memento mori" photography session, Beverages, snax, and more art than you can shake a shin bone at !
All Are Invited BUT!~
Dress code STRICTLY enforced...Fancy, creative, gothic, victorian, fetish,
or just all black clothing.
That's not enough for ya? Well then, we will have JOE COLEMAN in the house
on October 25th signing copies of his new art book "The Book Of Joe" 5-7pm
Roq La Rue Gallery, 2316 2nd Avenue, 6-10pm.
http://www.roqlarue.com/frame/frm-upcoming.html
humans super structure (part 2) @ SAW
I was not too impressed by the first part of humans super structure.
But every part is different. PAN is probably more famous for his Butoh
performances. I am willing to give it a try:
October 10, 11, 12 an installation by dk pan
'there is no there there here where you left her bare' -
materials include salt, q-tips, video projection, garlic peels.
Secluded Alley Works, 113 12th Avenue.
Artists' reception: Friday October 10, 7 - 11 pm.
www.secludedalleyworks.org
Annual Stranger Genius Awards Party @ ConWorks
I think The Stranger's Genius Awards is a great idea and it looks like they will repeat it next year. Amongst the winners are Susan Robb (co-founder of Party Volcano) and Greg Lundren's Vital 5. I don't think that anybody is disagreeing with those excellent choices. Of course there will be a party. The Stranger writes:
To celebrate the geniuses, you're invited to come down to Consolidated Works
this Friday night, October 10. The event is free, doors open at 9:00 p.m.,
and the Helio Sequence, Lifesavas, and DJs Are Not Rockstars (Princess
Superstar and Alexander Technique 2x4 DJ set)--all geniuses in their own
right--will perform. There will be an installation featuring art and
ephemera highlighting the careers of all six Genius recipients, a cash bar,
and a party that should last all night long.
Congratulations, you are fucking geniuses!
Consolidated Works, 500 boren ave n., free.
http://www.thestranger.com/current/feature.html
Tablet's FREAKY FREAK SHOW / 3rd Anniversary Show
TABLET NEWSPAPER IS PROUD TO PRESENT THE FREAKY FREAK SHOW AND THIRD ANNIVERSARY PARTY!
ADMISSION: Suggested donation: $6 or pay $10 and get a Tablet T-shirt designed by renowned graphic designer Andrio Abero.
To celebrate three years of independent publishing, Tablet Newspaper is throwing a party entitled the FREAKY FREAK SHOW. Hosted by local comedian Cathy Sorbo, the evening will be a menagerie of terrorizing clowns from the Temple of Necronomiclown and the Kook Club, an assortment of Bizarre Freak Films curated by Jon Behrens, the spooky accordion music of Amy Denio, Winston Winthrob the Hobo Clown will delight the audience with magic, the sweet and lovely Burning Hearts Burlesque and Salon Dewi will provide live Brazilian waxing. There will also be organ music provided by Ryan Hink. Special appearances will also be made by the infamous Guerrilla Masquerade Party and Santarchy.
In addition, The Popular Girls’ columnist, Miranda Pinero and local practitioner of the art of magick, Aisling Ireland, will tell your fortune, interpret your dreams and read your tarot cards. And if all that weren’t enough, you can have your photo taken at the Spanking Photo Booth with Spanky the Clown.
Rendezvous 2320 2nd Avenue,
Friday, October 10, 9:00pm
Saturday 10/11
Vital 5's ARBITRARY ART GRANT 2003: DIGITAL GRAFITTI
Vital 5 is not dead it just smells funny - and they just won The Stranger's
Genuis Award! They closed the gallery at the corner of Westlake and Denny a
year ago but they are keeping the tradition of Vital 5's annual Arbitrary
Art Grant alive. Today is (or probably yesterday was) the deadline for Vital 5's 4th Arbitrary Art Grant. This is how it works this year:
1) Take a picture of a billboard, commercial building or mass transit (i.e.
bus, train, airplane, etc.) and drop the image into the graphics program of
your choice.
2) Introduce graffiti of some nature (i.e. writing, artwork, alteration)
ontop of the building,billboard or vehicle to the best of your ability, so
it actually looks like the graffiti is real. You will not be judged on
technical skill, but hey, give it a try.
3) Email us a small Jpeg (100K or less) of your finished image to:
info@vital5productions.com. Include your name and address so we can send you
the money in the random event you win. You can send as many pictures as you
like but only one image will be eligible from each person/address.
4) We will print a hard copy of each image, and on October 11, line the
floor of a living room with all of the entries. We will then set a parakeet
free in the room, and wait for it to take a crap. The first crap to hit a
printed image will be the winner and we will promptly inform you and send a
cashiers check in the amount of $500.00 US to the contact information
provided.
Since Greed should be stronger than Fear The prize has been set to $500. Here at Party Volcano's Graphic Design Labs we were wondering: What are the odds of winning Vital 5's Art Grant twice in a row? There is only one way to figure that out!
We have submitted the following 7pictures for Vital 5's 4th Annual Art Grant (see links below): "Always Use Seat Belt", "Can You Hear Me Now?", "INB at Paramount", "Madrona Hates You", "Popcorn Squirrel Combo", "Simple Math", and "Six Hundred Bucks".
According to the rules only one photo per person can enter the contest. We asked Vital 5 to pick the one they like the best - as long as they will print it out on a the biggest sheet of paper!
AAG 2003: http://www.vital5productions.com/aag/arbitrarygrafitti.html
V5 are geniuses: http://www.thestranger.com/current/ex9.html
PV wins V5's AAG 2002: http://www.thestranger.com/2002-06-27/art_news.html
PV's Digital Grafitti:
http://f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/partyvolcano/vwp?.dir=/Invitations&.dnm=AlwaysUseSeatBelt.jpg
http://f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/partyvolcano/vwp?.dir=/Invitations&.dnm=CanYouHearMeNow.jpg
http://f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/partyvolcano/vwp?.dir=/Invitations&.dnm=INB_Paramount.jpg
http://f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/partyvolcano/vwp?.dir=/Invitations&.dnm=MadronaHatesYou.jpg
http://f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/partyvolcano/vwp?.dir=/Invitations&.dnm=PopcornSquirrelCombo.jpg
http://f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/partyvolcano/vwp?.dir=/Invitations&.dnm=SimpleMath.jpg
http://f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/partyvolcano/vwp?.dir=/Invitations&.dnm=SixHundredBucks.jpg
Bemis Building Fall Art Show
Once a year the Bemis Building opens its doors for the public audience. I can highly recommend this opening. Even if you don't like the art you'll have the chance to see an interesting historical building from inside. I would also give three Snack Stars to Bemis. There is always a keg of beer somewhere on the third floor and some of the studios offer excellent refreshments. Like every year I would expect an after hour party at the Bemis on Saturday hosted by the folks that have the show. Normal people like you and me are
not really invited. But now that you know about it you might be able to sneak your way into the party. Good luck!
Here is a little bit more about the event:
The Bemis Building is a 100-year-old industrial building that is the live/work home of more than 30 working artists. Ten previous shows have been presented, growing into a juried exhibition that focuses on displaying cutting edge artists. The past two themed shows "Germinate" and "Consequence" drew crowds of nearly a thousand people and presented between 35 to 50 artists each.
The Fall show will be a juried, non-themed show. It will be presented in conjunction with Art Detour administrated by COCA(www.artdetourseattle.org) and juried by Robert Brunz from the Brunz - Rosowsky Gallery in Las Vegas,Nevada (www.brunzrosowsky.com). Submissions will be juried on the basis of command of the medium, originality and distinction in the artistic voice.
Bemis Building, 55 S. Atlantic St, 10/11 - 10/12, noon - 8pm.
www.bemisart.com
Magda Baker Print Show Opening @ Sev Shoon Arts Center
A friend of mine has a Madga Baker print, and every time I happen to look at it, I’m drawn in by the sense of line, texture, color. There’s a certain flattened perspective and wobbly balance going on that makes it fascinating to study. Baker’s latest work takes her wonderful off-kilter sense of composition and applies it to images inspired by everyday aphorisms. For example, the saying “Cut off your nose to spite your face” is paired with wonderful rough images of severed noses. The result is weird, funny and morbidly wonderful.
Sev Shoon Arts Center, 5206 Ballard Ave. NW (across the street from the Tractor Tavern), 7 pm to 10pm, during Saturday’s Ballard Art Walk, Free. (Yes, I know it’s in Ballard—which PV has severely downgraded in the past—but Baker’s work is enough to draw me there nonetheless.)
http://f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/partyvolcano/vwp?.dir=/Invitations&.dnm=MagdaBaker.jpg&.view=t
BOLLYWOOD @ Baltic Room
Ike writes:
Hi,
This is a reminder for the Bollywood party at the Baltic Room this Saturday.
Come over to enjoy the best in Bhangra and Bollywood music.
Recommended: Come early to avoid the big line and to get parking, as there
wasnt any for nearly 3 blocks at the last Bollywood party.
Cheers,
Ike Singh
Evite:
http://www.evite.com/pages/invite/viewInvite.jsp?inviteId=EQLZJASVABQCYQXJOOSV
Pix from previous parties:
http://groups.msn.com/ILOVESHIVABHANGRABOLLYWOOD/pictures
BENEFIT PARTY For Degenerate Art Ensemble's 2003 European Tour
JEM Studios is an excellent choice for this kind of event. It's only five bucks, it's for a good cause, and it will go until 4am. This is the best "value pack" we can offer you for this week! PAN writes:
Hey friends, please come to our fabulous benefit on October 11th.
It will be a wild time, with much merry-making and good music.
If you haven't seen us yet, this is the time before we head out
for 2 months. we're raising money for our european tour this winter!
see you there!!!!
ps please forward to all your peeps!
Here are the details:
BENEFIT PARTY For Degenerate Art Ensemble's 2003 European Tour
featuring:
KULTUR SHOCk
CIRCUS CONTRAPTION
DEGENERATE ART ENSEMBLE
BUTTER SPRITES
SCAPE
DJ K.O.
DJ GOATMAX1
DJ'S HIDEKI, KAMUI, BUMBLEBEE
SATURDAY OCTOBER 11th
9pm - 4am only $5
JEM STUDIOS
6004 12TH AVE SOUTH
INFO: (206) 736-7722
On Saturday, October 11th at 9:00pm at JEM Studios in Georgetown, Degenerate Art Ensemble will throw an amazing benefit party to support their coming 2003 European Tour. The party will include performances by the Balkan rock super-band KULTUR SHOCK, the amazing nasty klezmer trouble makers CIRCUS CONTRAPTION, the punk-jazz-freak-groove orchestra DEGENERATE ART ENSEMBLE, the asian girl-band BUTTERSPRITES, SCAPE, Dj's, and more.
There will also be a sushi bar, buffet, musical chairs with live music, an art auction, a raffle including chances to win dinners for two at some of Seattle's best restaurants and much more! All proceeds will go to support the 13 member
performance group's performances in the Netherlands, Italy, Slovenia, Czech Republic, Poland and Germany.
JEM STUDIOS, 6004 12TH AVE SOUTH, 9pm - 4am only $5
SHOW INFORMATION LINE: (206)736-7722
DAE INFORMATION: (206)547-3855
Go to www.degenerateartensemble.com /music, photos, more!
Monday 10/13
Fusion @ Baltic Room
This is organized by the same people, who do Bollywood:
Come down and groove to sounds from Spain to India. A night of Ancient Music
with Modern Beats. Join DJ Peter Madril and Belly dance group Hipnotica for
one of Seattle's most unique dance nights.
Evite:
http://www.evite.com/pages/invite/viewInvite.jsp?inviteId=EQLZJASVABQCYQXJOOSV
Moonday: The High Priestess @ The Fenix Underground
From: The House of the Fenix
Location: The Fenix Underground 109 S Washington St., Seattle, WA View Map
When: Monday, October 13, 9:00pm
It's time for another Moonday! The theme this time is The High Priestess, so don your costumes of sorcery and magic, let your intuition guide. Remember plain clothes are always taxed at these events. The cover is $5.00 with costume and the doors will open at 9pm. If sorcery is not your thing the Mr. & Ms. Gothic Seattle Contest will be happening at the same time so find your moodiest dark clothing and crawl out! This event is 21 and over and is a photo event. For additional information check out the website at www.fenixunderground.com. Feel free to pass this evite along!
Kinky @ Chop Suey
Chris (UFO) writes:
This is a little different from the usual "mod" shows you have seen us
involved with. But this band is so exciting and tore it up so much at
Bumbershoot that we are most honored to be involved. Some of you may
remember these guys as the opener of last year's Unlimited Sunshine Tour
featuring Cake and The Flaming Lips. Fun and energetic are understatements
for this band. Kinky is going to blow up - check them out on October 13 so
you can say you saw them before anybody!
Hot off their spectacular performance at this year's Bumbershoot Festival,
the Mexican band Kinky will return to Seattle to play a show at Chop Suey on
October 13th. Details are below.
Monday October 13
KEXP's Wo-Pop & UFO present:
Nettwerk Recording Artists - Direct from Mexico
KINKY
with guest DJ Darek Mazzone
$12.00 advance
$14.00 at the door
9:30PM Doors
Tickets are available at Sonic Boom locations and www.ticketswest.com.
For more information on Kinky, please check out the Nettwerk Records website at www.nettwerkamerica.com.
Thursday 10/16
5th Seattle SketchFest @ Broadway Performance Hall
I would classify this event as "risky" - there is a good chance that you'll regret going after realizing it's crap:
North America's original sketch comedy festival celebrates its Fifth Anniversary! Seattle SketchFest continues its tradition of promoting the art of sketch and showcasing the next big things in the world of comedy, and this year is bigger than ever. SketchFest 2003 promises to be a unique opportunity to see this continent's best and brightest emerging sketch comedians all under one roof. Troupes will be assembling from cities such as Portland, Los Angeles, Chicago, Vancouver BC, and beyond! "The last few years have seen an evolution from a Seattle-centric event to a competitive nationally known festival attracting more out-of-towners than homegrown comedy groups." (Eastside Journal, 2002) Check out the list of amazing performers at www.sketchfest.org!
WHERE: Broadway Performance Hall at 1625 Broadway on Capitol Hill
WHEN: Thursdays-Saturdays October 16, 17, 18 and 23, 24, 25
TICKETS: Tickets and passes available now at
www.ticketwindowonline.com
or(206)325-6500! MORE INFORMATION: www.sketchfest.org or (206) 444-4294
Cold Lava
Das Experiment (10/3/2003)
db writes:
Thanks for making Das Experiment a smashing success!
Pictures are online.
USERNAME: photo
PASSWORD: archive
http://www.dblock.org/index.php?section=pics/index.php&directory=pics/partie
s/10-03-2003%20Das%20Experiment%20@%20JAG
(or go to dblock.org and click on party pics)
cheers
dB.
Party Volcano: Events For 9/26/2002 to 9/30/2002.
Last year we hit a party/event hole around this time. Given the lack of events that weekend we concluded that we hit that time of the year when you want to stay at home and read Rainer Maria Rilke. We offered you the following poem for your reading pleasure.
Autumn Day
Lord: it is time. The summer was immense.
Lay your shadow on the sundials
and let loose the wind in the fields.
Bid the last fruits to be full;
give them another two more southerly days,
press them to ripeness, and chase
the last sweetness into the heavy wine.
Whoever has no house now will not build one anymore.
Whoever is alone now will remain so for a long time,
will stay up, read, write long letters,
and wander the avenues, up and down,
restlessly, while the leaves are blowing.
- Rainer Maria Rilke
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