First Friday in January
Posted by ben on 04 Jan 2007 at 07:16 pm | Tagged as: upcoming events
OK kids, here’s the rundown on First Friday. We’ll start with the Blue Star complex. Blue Star Gallery itself is (still) showing the “Baroque Visions and Urban Verities: Seven Houston Painters” show that went up in November, along with Sarah Moore and Roy LaGrone. Three Walls is having a closing reception for Luke Savisky’s S/X installation (pictured above – sort of). This is kind of an immersive intermedia video film show (if you know what I mean). I’d highly recommend checking in with this, if you haven’t already. UTSA Satellite Space will be showing Adrien Carin Ryder’s “Thread Bare” and Erin Guy’s “Slip On” – both groups of raiment-related work, with sculptural and flat pieces.
Moving on down to Stieren, Unit B will be having a closing reception for “Once Upon, Ever After”, a group show featuring Seth Johnson, Eric Michaud, and Charlie Morris. Eric Michaud will be performing at 9:15 pm. Across the street, Sala Diaz is showing new work by Riley Robinson.
Well, that’s all I know about for now. If you have info on more shows, post em in the comments.
UPDATE: ElRay just scolded me in comments, so I just thought I’d apologize for my sloppiness – the excellent Luke Savisky show was indeed a film (not video) experience. The show would have been very different had it been done with video. (Check the comments for ElRay’s concise but enlightening description of this distinction.) Sorry about that.
emverging artist bxr bellamy will have new works up at holden’s 101 (across pereida from the flattened pg stand.) dj jester will be lubing up the wheels of steel and probably also looking for turntablist-groupie booty. i believe the joint is open until 2am so it might make a good end-of-the-evening whistlestop. whoot!
Just a minor technical detail to note: Luke Savisky’s installation at 3 Walls was an immersive installation, yes– but it was film, not video. Not a lot of people really know or care about the difference, but I know that the difference is important to Luke on an aesthetic and technical level.
Remember kids: Film is a strip of celluloid with images exposed/projected frame by frame at 24 frames per second that has tactile, physical properties. With video, the image is recorded on a strip of magnetic tape (or on a digital memory storage device), and exists in the electronic aether. Film is gorgeous and will make anything you shoot look sexy, even on 8mm. And unless you can afford to shoot in HD (high definition), the quality of the video image can be a challenge.
xo,
Your Local New Media Specialist
i heart elray video explanation.