Interactive Lecture Series by OJO @ MOCA LA

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Interactive Lecture Series by OJO: #3 Science Fictions
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OJO Founded in 2005 by visual artists Joshua Aster, Justin Cole, Eamon Ore-Giron, Chris Avitabile, Moises Medina, and Brenna Youngblood, OJO is formed around a mutual interest in experimenting with acoustic guitars, electronics, musical spontaneity, freeform improvisation, and the boundaries between audience and performer. The group uses a wide range of instruments—drum machines, basses, guitars, synthesizers, salt, cars—as well as their own bodies and those of their audience, clapping, chanting, stomping, and singing to generate sprawling improvisations.
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MOCA LA

Interactive Lecture Series by OJO @ MOCA LA (more coming)

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Here is just one of the short video excerpts I took while at the OJO Science Fiction (9:30-10pm) performance/screening at MOCA tonight. More pics and video excerpts to come!

Rock, Paper, Scissor (suicide?) @ Robert Berman

Wow. What's not to love about this show....it's got rock stars and big name artists and that's all I need to motivate me to put on my fedora, step out of my hollywood hills home and hang out drinking saketinis while listening to surf rock. Ugh.
Don't let these images scare you—no, all LA openings aren't like this but people do really eat 'em up!




and don't forget the brofest outside with Shepard Fairey spinning:

Parking couldn't have been more of a nightmare too!
I think I chose scissor and got crushed by all these awesome rocks! ha.

Rock, Paper, Scissor
Raymond Pettibon, Daniel Johnston, Ron English, Thurston Moore, Kim Gordon, Lee Ranaldo, and Gibby Haynes
Curated by Jon Cournoyer
February 28 - March 21, 2009

Robert Berman Gallery