Corporate imagery surrounds us, especially in LA, so it's a pleasure to find great big moving pictures made by artists on the walls and screens usually dominated by advertising. Projections on Lake brings artist-made videos outside as projected images on a giant wall on Lake Avenue in Pasadena, and tonight's screening features a live performance by LA artists Anne Bray and Jon 9, who will mix their visuals live through the inspiration of music by Eve Beglarian. Bray is the founder of LA Freewaves, a 20-year-old media arts festival, as well as an artist who often works with video. "The arts are a place to experiment," Bray said two weeks ago at a seminar at USC. She went on to explain that she's interested in the ways in which art can communicate ideas and get people to think; in her own work, she functions primarily through right-brain provocation, using the senses and bringing together personal and political notions in spellbinding performances. Jon 9 also works with video, and describes himself as a multi-screen video designer and technologist. Together, the pair will liven up Pasadena tonight - don't miss it!
the details:Saturday, September 12, 2009
8:00pm - 11:00pm
413 South Lake Ave, Pasadena
(between California and Del Mar)
Free
Projections on Lake
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On the rare occasion that I see a striking piece of artwork on public display, I can't help but conjure up an imaginary world in which hideous corporate billboards are cut down, only to be replaced by art that would more adequately represent the people living within our urban space.
Instead, the city continues to only seem more cluttered with ads for products I don't need. Oh well. Good on these artists for trying to combat such an imposing force.