Rise Industries

Perhaps everyone should read Sharon Olds’ eloquent refusal to attend the National Book Festival in Washington D.C.

Nothing like a poet for saying what needs to be said.

Bring ’em all down!
Why has Bush not been impeached yet? I have been asking myself this ever since he was not elected the first time.

Ok, wait a minute… no one sees a problem with this? A halliburton subsidiary wins another no bid contract to rebuild the hurricane stricken gulf coast? Kellogg Brown and Root is now headed by Joe Allbaugh, who managed Bush’s campaign for Texas governor in 1994, served as Gov. Bush’s chief of staff and was the national campaign manager for the Bush campaign in 2000. Along with Karen Hughes and Karl Rove, Allbaugh was one of Bush’s closest advisers. What? So what the hell are we supposed to do to fight back?

I really hope this is the beginning of something big.

I have a few video works in Traffic, Exit Art’s Biennial show. If you are in New York, be sure to stop by and check it out. Looks like it is a massive show. It’s up from Oct. 01 – Dec. 23, with a reception Saturday the 1st from 7-10 pm.

Info:
Exit Art
Invite Flyer

I’d like to welcome Solange to the Rise Industries/Art in Ruins blog. She is a friend of ours from LA, and will be posting news from around Europe, starting with Paris, as she travels.

Je souhaite que j’aie été là.

Can’t wait to watch the Dylan documentary, No Direction Home, on KCET tonight. Its probably superflous to mention that no matter how much I love New Order, Black Sabbath, Super Furry Animals, or Death Cab for Cutie, he is the best songwriter, songplayer, guitar-strummer there ever was. Not virtuoso best but down to earth, feel life through the songs best.
But then, most everyone knows that.

I am very excited to learn that there will be a Wallace and Gromit feature lenght movie soon. Oct 6th cant come soon enough.

I put up a little page for the video installation I have at Dis/Connect, What holds us together. If you click on Current on the sidebar, you will find it.

Also, since we are so busy this month and next, I made a calendar with upcoming art shows. Thats is also over in the sidebar.

The Dis/Connect show opens tonight in Inglewood, 7:00pm – 10:00pm:

Los Angeles, CA – South La Brea Gallery is pleased to present “Dis/Connect,” an exhibition of video works curated by artist D. Jean Hester. This group show will run from September 16 – October 9, 2005 with an opening reception on Friday, September 16th from 7:00pm – 10:00pm. The exhibition will feature work from five video artist including Michele Jaquis, Wendy Mason, Julie Orser, Jeremy Quinn and Hester. “Dis/Connect” focuses on human interaction; the messy, incomprehensible, exhilarating, unpredictable, frustrating, and inspiring moments that happen between people. The exhibition stems from Hester’s fascination with how we create, sustain, and fail in our associations within society.

South La Brea Gallery is located at 208 S. La Brea in Inglewood, CA (90301).

For more information visit the gallery’s site
or visit the Dis/Connect page.

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