making love outta trash

OUR LOVE
installation by father daughter team
SHRINE and JESSE

10.14.06 - 11.18.06

Reception:
Saturday October 21, 2006
6:00pm to 10:00pm

my favorite moustached mischief maker...shrine, and his lovely daughter jesse have put so much heart into this show...don't miss it! our love is an installation of shrines and paintings by the duo...proving that you can make love out of trash. if you can't make the reception on saturday night, the show will be at the transport gallery through nov. 18th.

Los Angeles, CA - Transport Gallery in association with Forever's Ghost Riders present, OUR LOVE, an installation by father daughter team Shrine and Jesse Blue Spears. The exhibition will run from October 14, 2006 through November 18, 2006. There will be an opening reception on Saturday, October 21st from 6:00pm to 11:00pm.

Daughter father team, Jesse Blue Spears and Shrine combine forces to lift the veil to the other world. No mercy, full power, no holds barred paint off trash throw down. Come celebrate "our love" for you with this powerful installation.


Regarding the installation: 19 trucks full of forgotten debris collected and transformed into holy relic beauties for you to see and know the secrets of the future. Fingers with their own agenda are painting for pure joy. Transport Gallery has been dipped in special paint and on top of this special paint we hang the so-called art, we call it "Our Love". From the ceilings hang layer upon layer of exotic shrines - seeping down roots, cascading bones and wire. Crying birds will guide ye through secrets we do not understand. Now the journey has begun, constant flowing creation from; paint, trash, pom poms, wire, feathers, leaves, cardboard, glass and wood, everything falling in love over and over again.

Transport Gallery is located at 1308 Factory Place, Los Angeles CA 90013. The gallery is open by appointment only. To schedule an appointment, please call 310-956-5344. To learn more about the gallery and its past exhibitions, please visit the website.

Transport Gallery
1308 Factory Place
Los Angeles CA 90013

*photo by marsi of coachella shrine installation

party people!!

decompressing from decompression here on a lovely sunday afternoon. it was great seeing everyone's glowing faces yesterday and catching up on your post burn happenins. i really felt the playa magic last night while playing amongst the el lay backdrop. unfortunately, i missed the after after party as i'm still in healing mode, but i'm sure you made me proud bringing the sunrise up together.

i want to send a shout out to the decom greening group. they worked hard to offer green workshops and make sure that decom was a leave no trace event. i am proud to be a part of such a consciousness raising community. with this coming years art theme being the green man, i feel positive that we can continue to express ourselves radically, while minimizing our party footprint on the world...here's an awesome example of just that:

last night, another party kicked off in rotterdam at a new club called the critical mass. hyped as the sustainable dance club, the critical mass features organic beer on tap and fair-trade clothing on sale, but that is just the beginning. enviu, an environmental ngo for youth, is working with the architectural firm döll to create a truly sustainable nightclub featuring energy-generating dance floors (excellent way to extract kilowatts from energetic clubbers), toilets that flush with rain water, walls that change colour as a reaction to temperature changes, a rooftop garden and other elements that combine to create a sustainable clubbing environment.

enviu and döll aim to build a club that will be fun and profitable, yet will have a low impact on the environment, while raising awareness for social and environmental issues among the young and hip.

i hope that this proves wildly successful environmentally and financially...and that the concept spreads around the globe! with the way that this community parties, we could probably power most of the west coast with our dancefloors :)

downtown art walk tonight

photo ©Linka A Odom

don't forget the art walk tonight... featuring "Burning Man-Awakening Inspiration," an exhibit of photographs, painting and sculpture and at continental building gallery at 4th and spring.

also! the downtown art ride meets at 5 pm at the downtown art gallery. visit all all the galleries that take part in the downtown art walk (except MOCA grand and the library) by bicycle. bring a lock.

i won't make it tonight as i plan to go to this:

There will be a special screening of The Ground Truth on Thursday October 12, 2006. If you found the movies "Loose Change" and "The Inconvenient Truth" informative and necessary, you will be thankful you attend this event.

Thursday October 12, 2006
7pm (please arrive early @ 6:30pm)
Please RSVP - seating is limited!
first seats will be given priority to seniors.
For your comfort-you may wish to bring a pillow to sit on

Directions:
Sweetspot Studios
2043 Colorado Ave Unit C

Between the intersections of 20th & Colorado and Cloverfield & Colorado in Santa Monica (near where 21st street would have been).

There’s metered parking on Colorado Street which is free after 6PM.
The warehouse is tucked behind the E-Z Storage building across the street from Universal and Sony/BMG. You’ll have to go inside the compound through the alley to the right of E-Z Storage and to the left of Climax Studios, a light blue warehouse. Go all the way down the alley, and we’ll be on your left through the chain link fence.

then the mor bar after for the glitch mobbiness!

events calendar

here are some events of the coming week that i hope to attend (and see you at!)

***current classes***

permaculture design certificate

today i had lunch with larry santoyo of earthflow design works. i took his permaculture design certificate course last year and it changed my life... he has a new el lay class starting up this coming weekend in santa monica and i fully recomend it (i'll be there on saturday). you can register for the full course, or drop in at a daily rate to check it out. for more information and to register click here!

***saturday, october 14***

treepeople's million trees initiative

Join TreePeople on Oct. 14 at the L.A. harbor and help fulfill Mayor Villaraigosa's vision to plant one million trees in L.A. We're helping plant 300,000 trees on city park lands over the next few years. Volunteer or learn more here.

el lay decom

el lay decomWELCOME HOME! The thrill of the playa rises again, this time on the streets of Los Angeles.
This is an annual event to bring the spirit of Burning Man alive in our community.

With the 2007 Burning Man theme being “the Green Man”, We are leaning toward a more conscious event. Expect incredible art work, beautiful art cars, and delightful music - with as much diversity as burners can provide. We’d like to remind you to please CONSERVE and CONSUME LESS for this event! It’s not necessary to use or waste resources such as inefficient lighting just to have fun with us ☺

Workshops will be from 3pm-9pm.
These are the topics we will be exploring:
Organic Architecture and Green Technologies (Geofry Collins)
A Panel Discussion on Sustainable living techniques in an Urban Environment (Sustainable LA, Santa Monica Sustainable Works, Green Drinks, Geoff)
Conscious Consumerism (Cater Green)
Permaculture (Joan)
Solar energy (EE solar)
Bio-diesel and veggie oil (Clean Fuel Caravan and Kalib)
Cob and permaculture within Burning Man (Ray Cirino)
Greening Burning Man/ Recycle Camp (Blue)
Eco Villages

from noon till midnight by blue bongo in downtown la, 1st st. under the 1st st. bridge. and don't forget about the after parties!!!