I curated for 6x6 Media Arts Events in Athens, GA on
December 1, 2010.
6x6 Media Arts Events Athens, GA
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Friday, November 12, 2010
Soul Spectacular Dance Party Athens, GA 11.19.20
SOUL SPECTACULAR DANCE PARTY! FRIDAY 11/19/2010 ATHENS, GA! from Ryan Lewis on Vimeo.
The Soul Spectacular Dance Party finally moves downtown!
If you ever came to one of the amazing dance parties @ Ben's Bikes, then you know what to expect:
DJ KURT WOOD & DJ MAHOGANY take charge of the turntables and dig out the best '60s soul jams from their vast vinyl archives for your dancing pleasure. And guest DJ from Atlanta Fringe Factory's Suzy Q!
You'll hear everything from gritty, raw, southern-fried classics (James Brown, Wilson Pickett, Otis Redding) to smooth Motown and obscure Northern Soul sides (names like Betty Harris, Willie Mitchell, Gloria Jones that make record collectors drool).
Also, please welcome special guest DJ SUZY Q, representing Fringe Factory, Atlanta's grooviest dance party! She knows how to keep the dancefloor packed, and that's a fact, she ain't holdin nothin back.
Feast your eyes on amazing psychedelic visuals, with the EYE GATE crew dazzling your retinas with an authentic '60s lightshow complete with pulsing multi-colored oil blobs, rotating optical illusions and 16mm projections.
Video artist Sabrina Cuadra (aka Whistling School for Boys) will be adding to the trippy weirdness by showing some of her surreal short films via LCD projector, creating an experience your eyeballs won't soon forget! Prepare to have your mind blown!
Also, just like the old Ben's Bikes parties, a FREE HOME-COOKED DINNER will be available shortly after doors open @ 9:30pm. First come, first served!
Finally, gotta mention that a portion of the SOUL SPECTACULAR proceeds will be going to The Greater New Orleans Foundation, to assist with Gulf Oil Spill clean up efforts.
Come dance, hang out, have an awesome time and help support a good cause!
See you on Nov. 19th!
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Video Installation
Whistling School for Boys (Sabrina Cuadra) will be showing a video installation during the "Everybody, Everybody" Reunion Show tonight at 8pm @ the Secret Squirrel in Athens, GA.
Psst!: The occasionally reuniting dance band Everybody Everybody will perform Thursday, July 29 at a “secret location,” but considering that the show is being run in conjunction with the new location of vintage shop Ohh, Boy! (766 W. Broad Street), my suggestion to those scratching their heads is to go to Ohh, Boy! and follow their ears. Drummer Laura Swindall is in town visiting from San Francisco, so that’s why Everybody Everybody (whose other members are Nate Mitchell, David Specht and Melissa Colbert) can get together and play. The Eye Gate Light Show will handle visuals and so will Sabrina Cuadra (Whistling School for Boys), and DJs will begin spinning records at 8 p.m. Ohh, Boy! will stay open late this night for browsers and shoppers. Also, HHBTM Records is releasing a very limited (100 copies) cassette tape of Everybody Everybody that is to be available this night. Check out www.myspace.com/evrybdyevrybdy to hear what you’re in for.
Thursday, May 6, 2010
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Whistling School For Boys Pictures of Live Shows
Detroit Summer Smash 2008 Picture by Ellifont
Detroit Summer Smash 2008 Picture by Ellifont
Athens, GA Audience at the Flicker Bar
Detroit Summer Smash 2008 Picture by Ellifont
Athens, GA Audience at the Flicker Bar
Reviews
"...Whistling School for Boys is all about the aural collage, noisy hook-flirting experimental tinkering. It's playful and hypnotic and analog and homemade..."
Chris Handyside for Detroit Metro Times
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"This set was the second strangest show I have ever seen in my entire life...during her show passed out bread with sugar on it (and I’m pretty sure about seven people now have diabetes), and then proceeded to launch loads of stuffed animals from the front and back of the bar...the videos would fit quite nicely with the music (or the music fit the videos, I’m not quite sure). I respect Whistling School for Boys for doing something different from anything else we’ve seen so far. I admire her effort in coordinating the timing on that amount of video and audio, and most of all I really liked her music."
Jaime Henson for Athens Exchange
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"...there’s a woman sprawled at the foot of the stage. Clad in a white slip and surrounded by an array of stuffed animals, she begins to writhe around while ambient music sounds from the speakers and a video screen displays a single circle pulsating a spectrum of colors. The din from the set change has not yet subdued. Few have gathered closely to view the twisting silent female in a kitten mask – an expression of confusion adorns their faces. This is the Whistling School For Boys. The music shifts between experimental electronica to typical techno as performer Sabrina Cuadra dances briefly in a normal but somehow unsettling way. The video screen displays images varying from Cuadra cowering in the woods, sliding down stairs and slowed footage of a Latin-esque disco(?) ballroom dancers. Cuadra moves about confidently as she distributes slices of bread around the room. Back on stage she stands to the side of the screen as she repeatedly lines her arms with clear lipgloss or perfume. Returning to the floor she tosses her stuffed animals with goodie bags crammed in the mouths out into the audience. Some are caught nervously, some left to the floor, others are played with. With an armful of toys Cuadra moves to the entrance of Little Kings where she begins to hurl her playthings back at the audience. The audience is flatly confused by what’s happening. Some simply appreciate and respect. Some are amused by the feeling of absurdity. Some are perplexed to the point of annoyance. Yoko Ono may have been more expected. You have to give it to Cuadra, her deadpan face fringed with childlike innocence never faltered or belied anything non-performative. The set lacked a whimsy that would have made Whistling School a Bjork cliche. At some point a bit of reflection could be lent to the consideration of Cuadra’s performance... Notions of "musical" performance is stretched – if not obliterated – since the music itself was not actually performed in the moment. Was it simply performance art? If so, what was Cuadra expressing?"
Casey DeHoedt for Athens Exchange
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Chris Handyside for Detroit Metro Times
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"This set was the second strangest show I have ever seen in my entire life...during her show passed out bread with sugar on it (and I’m pretty sure about seven people now have diabetes), and then proceeded to launch loads of stuffed animals from the front and back of the bar...the videos would fit quite nicely with the music (or the music fit the videos, I’m not quite sure). I respect Whistling School for Boys for doing something different from anything else we’ve seen so far. I admire her effort in coordinating the timing on that amount of video and audio, and most of all I really liked her music."
Jaime Henson for Athens Exchange
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"...there’s a woman sprawled at the foot of the stage. Clad in a white slip and surrounded by an array of stuffed animals, she begins to writhe around while ambient music sounds from the speakers and a video screen displays a single circle pulsating a spectrum of colors. The din from the set change has not yet subdued. Few have gathered closely to view the twisting silent female in a kitten mask – an expression of confusion adorns their faces. This is the Whistling School For Boys. The music shifts between experimental electronica to typical techno as performer Sabrina Cuadra dances briefly in a normal but somehow unsettling way. The video screen displays images varying from Cuadra cowering in the woods, sliding down stairs and slowed footage of a Latin-esque disco(?) ballroom dancers. Cuadra moves about confidently as she distributes slices of bread around the room. Back on stage she stands to the side of the screen as she repeatedly lines her arms with clear lipgloss or perfume. Returning to the floor she tosses her stuffed animals with goodie bags crammed in the mouths out into the audience. Some are caught nervously, some left to the floor, others are played with. With an armful of toys Cuadra moves to the entrance of Little Kings where she begins to hurl her playthings back at the audience. The audience is flatly confused by what’s happening. Some simply appreciate and respect. Some are amused by the feeling of absurdity. Some are perplexed to the point of annoyance. Yoko Ono may have been more expected. You have to give it to Cuadra, her deadpan face fringed with childlike innocence never faltered or belied anything non-performative. The set lacked a whimsy that would have made Whistling School a Bjork cliche. At some point a bit of reflection could be lent to the consideration of Cuadra’s performance... Notions of "musical" performance is stretched – if not obliterated – since the music itself was not actually performed in the moment. Was it simply performance art? If so, what was Cuadra expressing?"
Casey DeHoedt for Athens Exchange
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