Mississippi Records on tour: 'A Cosmic and Earthly History of Recorded Music according to Mississippi Records' (A film & talk presentation)

This is a trailer for a show that I suspect will be rather wonderful. The comments explain it in detail but this phrase stands out for me -

"The ultimate intention of this travelling exhibition is to give the audience a sense of wonder; that anything is possible and art is worth doing."

That is true.

Also features

MARISA ANDERSON

LORI GOLDSTON (Nirvana Cellist)
DRAGGING AN OX THROUGH WATER
Monday 15 September
Café OTO, 22 Ashwin Street, Dalston, E8 3DL

7pm | £10 | http://www.wegottickets.com/event/279340 

Sunday 14 September
Sage Gateshead
Northern Rock Foundation Hall 7.45pm £10
https://tickets.sagegateshead.com/booking/production/bestavailable/32398

Art - Kev Munday - The Way I See Things

First met this guy at a childrens festival day last year. The gallery walls had huge (I mean VAST)sheets of paper stretched across them, and then he popped up one or two of his creations to start people off with drawing their own things, or just doing whatever the heck they felt like. The idea is it's a lovely thing for parents to do with their kids - a shared period of creativity. However, reasonably quickly the space took on it's own gravitational pull and EVERYONE was coming in to the Centre to draw something whether or not they had kids! And the staff and volunteers could just not stay away it was all so exciting! Someone found a sketch on the floor that someone had made of me, and I'd only popped in with a tray of teas!

Anyway, the point is that this unassuming chap generates energy with his work, as you're about to see...

 

vintage organ pipes which were sold at Sothebys I believe 

 

Stairway to Heaven 

and I haven't even got to his paintings, prints and stunning guitar and violin creations! He just seems to wander through the land making it a better place. And when you look at his work, there are generally a load of characters looking back out at you.

Anyway the show is in the Gallery at The West End Centre Aldershot 3-28th February. It's free, there's a bar in the evenings, etc...

Now here's the jawdropper for me - I only met this chap for a few minutes during that fabled day. After the event he went home and the following day he sent in a picture giving his impression of the Centre and what it achieves. Here it is. Look very closely...can you see... 

...to the right of the sewing machine it's ME!

Links

http://www.kevmunday.co.uk/

http://www3.hants.gov.uk/westendcentre

Art - Funns & Kazland - how nice of you to ask

This show continues to run until the end of the month. In Aldershot! For those who have been to The West End Centre - these two are the geniuses that converted the 'stonehenge' furniture into a timberhenge of multi-dimensional wonderlands and dribbles; suns and smiles...I can't really do their shows justice in writing other than to say it usually appears as though the Jabberwocky has swept through the space! Luckily I have found a promo for a previous show which gives a fair indication of what has happened at The Westie



Collectors be aware - the work is selling!

Links

http://www.funns.com/paint/

http://www.kazland.co.uk/
http://www3.hants.gov.uk/westendcentre.htm

Rosamaria Montalbano - Locrian - Two Moons

Just a gorgeous video. Put on full screen for a total bliss-out

 

directed by Rosamaria Montalbano. So I had a hunt around and lo and behold-

Well that was beautiful!

Short Film - Kusama's Self-Obliteration (1967)

Yayoi Kusama does the art direction and CLA. Change do the music in this mega-trippy film about her work at the time. Outdoes Warhol and his factory, and pre-empts all the euro and krautrock art and music. I liked the part where fruit becomes spaceships. 24mins of brilliance. Beware, some gentlemens' 'unmentionables' start flapping around near the end...

The Beauty of Washing Lines

Soul feeling a little blackened? Lost hope? Can't see the good for all the bad?

 

This is a good place to visit (I love it there).

 

http://bowlartsmagazine.tumblr.com/

 

and here is the type of thing you will encounter-

 

 

On a Skag Breeze

She stots in a

Figure-tight, hugging

Pocket-battleship, red

Dress with the family

Around Lidl car-park then

Back again

The smell the smell

Of skag on their breeze

-They`re in their borrowed morning birthday suit

Top hats, bow ties shewiffy

The platinum blonde extensions bride is mobbing

Her mates

Skag stink on the breeze

Skag stink skag stink on their breeze

The sexy teenager cousinish not bridesmaid stands

On impossibly high

Move the mountain to Mohammed

Heels,

White legs untanned, lovely

Skag, skag

Skag on their breeze

Across Lidl carpark

Amongst the SAT-NAV

Shoppers and back

Again.

Great-granny goes past

On her mobility

Fag-mouth lit up look no hands!

Skag skag wedding

All the best

Skag skag on their breeze