I modified my entries to give all the SF events their own home. I'll be in California on Friday for my brother's high school graduation. Hopefully I'll catch some of these:
- Shepard Fairey of Obey Giant fame is publishing a new magazine, Swindle Quarterly. The kickoff party/art show will be at Club Six on Friday, June 11. $5 or free if you get there early and camp out.
- Pop_Remix at SF Camerawork features works by Cory Arcangel/BEIGE, Matthew Biederman, Anthony Discenza, RSG, Jennifer and Kevin McCoy, and Paul Pfeiffer. (thru June 12)
- McSweeney's related:
- Issue 13 is brilliant. It's edited by Chris Ware and features R. Crumb, Art Spiegelman, Daniel Clowes, Lynda Barry, Los Bros Hernandez, Adrian Tomine, Julie Doucet, and on and on. The issue also includes essays from Michael Chabon, Ira Glass, John Updike, Chip Kidd, and others. It's hardcover, clothbound, with a signature unbelievable fold-out Chris Ware dust jacket. The Release Celebration is on Sunday, June 13, at Mama Buzz Cafe in Oakland, CA. 5:00pm. Adrian Tomine and other contributors will be present and available for signing, smiling, and/or chitchat.
- Our Insular Puerile World: Original Artwork from McSweeney's Issue No. 13 at Jack Hanley Gallery features works by Chris Ware, Daniel Clowes, Richard McGuire, Adrian Tomine, and others. (thru July 31)
- Dave Eggers wrote a play! Sacrament! at Intersection for the Arts , Thursdays - Sundays, 8pm. $9-$15. (thru June 28)
- 2004 AVIT North America International VJ Conference and Visuals Festival will be holding events throughout San Francisco, June 10 - 12.
Thursday, June 10, AVIT Theater, a perfomance by The Light Surgeons at the Academy of Art Auditorium, preceded by Scott Pagano (!!!) and Christopher Willits. 7:30pm. $10. (wish I could have gotten to SF a day earlier for that one, wharg)
Friday, June 11, lightrhythm:R2, Lightrhythm is a new VJ label. They're having a release party for their 2nd DVD (of visuals prepackaged for projection in the clubs) at Cellspace. 8pm, $15
Saturday, June 12. Workshops, including a MAX/MSP + Jitter workshop on building your own AV Instruments. - Power Tool Drag Races, June 12 and 13 at the Ace International Speedway. Like Robot Wars, but different. QBOX also runs classes on topics like flame effects (Q and A on regulation of liquefied petroleum gas, propane properties, pipe and hose fittings, safe distance, correct types and uses of fire extinguishers, high volume techniques, etc.) SF Weekly article. (via Boing Boing)
