Gene Pendon and Brian Armstrong will be at the Voodoo Festival in New Orleans representing HVW8 with a projected multi-media installation. Lil Wayne, N*E*R*D, R.E.M., Erykah Badu, Sharon Jones and the Daptones are just a few of the many performers at the 3 day festival.
Grand Opening of adidas Originals
South Coast Plaza
Come meet pro skateboarders
Jake Brown and Rob Gonzales
with special Live painting by
dstrbo HVW8
who will paint a Skate inspired mural
http://www.hvw8.com/
Music by the
Hawthorne Headhunters Live
http://www.myspace.com/hawthorneheadhunter
DJ Wendy City
Hosted by Love Made.
Gifts, prizes and skate decks will be raffled off throughout the day.
South Coast Plaza
(located on level 3 of the Crate and Barrel wing)
Saturday October 25, 2008
11 – 7pm
Kimmers and I got to goto a fundraising Dinner with Joe Biden on Thursday — Must say he’s a real good guy. The world will change with these 2 in power — or at least America and her interaction with the world …. also go see the movie “W”!! Crazy!
Respect to Levi Stubbs, lead vocalist of the Four Tops, who passed away this week at his home in Detroit.
Here is a recent article with Dan Buller and Gene Pendon in Format Magazine.
Went to a next level listening party of Kanye West’s 808s & Heartbreak last night. This was a collaboration between Kanye and artist Vanessa Beecroft, produced by Kanye’s creative man, Willo Perron. It started off with everyone being lead from a waiting room to the second level of a parkcade type structure ( the unfinished new Ace Gallery), where the artist had about 40 women standing naked in a heart-shaped formation. There was a large, diffused lighting screen behind the women that would change in synch with Kanye’s new album tracks. Pretty cool! It was kind of a surreal environment to be watching/listening to this while hip hop celebrities (jay-z, mos, rick ross) and curators (getty) intermingled ….. kind of on a Warhol factory type vibe. Wasn’t a place to take photos (I’m sure they will be online soon) but did kind of remind me of an Yves Klein “happening” from the late 60’s.
New West Coast mixtape from our NY friends DJ Lindsey and Myles. Their weekly party, the Hump, features flyer artwork from Brooklyn based graphic designer Grotesk. Look for Grotesk and the Hump to come to the HVW8 Gallery in the upcoming year.
Princeton and NY Times columnist Paul Krugman just won the Nobel Economics prize.
HVW8 has always been a fan of Paul Krugman and his views. We have included him in our Political Minded shows since 2004. Respect where respect is due.
Rock Steady pioneer, Alton Ellis, passed away Oct. 10th, but his music will live on.
Alton Ellis – Joy in the Morning
Original HVW8 member Brian A, aka Sleepy B, is working towards an exhibition based on his recent travels to Benin, Africa. Here are a few words and photos from the artist:
“Much too burned out to pack myself, running on 2 hrs sleep and failing reserves of nervous adrenaline, I made a furious break for the airport in full evening rush-hour traffic; A perfect way to say goodbye to the bustling metropolis of Montreal before my voyage into ‘the birthplace of voodoo’. ‘The doorway to the South’ for the Europeans, certainly the ‘Porte de non-retour’ for the slaves bound from the colonies to the occident, I was heading to the Republic of Benin, on the west coast of Africa.”
Photos and text from a young Canadian’s journey to the Motherland: Discovery, displacement, a whirlwind love affair and an unexpected twist forcing him to confront the wide world outside his home and his place within it. A realization that voodoo is not intangible, it lives in the everyday interactions between people, and in the basic motivation that drives them to do sometimes unimagineable and incomprehensible things.
Look out for an exhibition of Brian’s artwork at the HVW8 Gallery in 2009.
CAAM as a couple good shows —
Black Chrome — about black biker culture in California since WWII.
A Moment In Time: Bingham’s Black Panthers — photos by Howard Bingham for Life magazine of the Black Panthers.
Thanks to Kimmers for the photos!
Then got to lay down some tunes at the Do-Over with Rich Medina ……
Master Killa got on the Mic …..
Fat Lip laid an acappella on top his own verse when Rich laid down Pharcyde’s “She Said”
Good times …… Big Up Henri Tdot, Rich Medina, Aloe Blacc, Jamie, J-Logic, Mona Lisa …
Ty G will be at the LA’s most infamous party this weekend, the Do-Over. Found this recording from the summer of 2005 with host/MC Aloe Blacc.
Ty G live at Do Over 2005 (MC Aloe Blacc)
Since 2002, HVW8 has been involved with Candela Arts and Music Festival in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico.
It’s a great time for art and music, past performers have included; Lee Quinones, Doze Green, Dzine, Jose Parla, Dzine, Rafael Vargas-Suarez, Rostarr, Ricky Powell, Jeff Zimmermann, Bobbito, Neil Aline, Nickodemus, Tyler Askew, Dustin Ross, Karl Injex, Chad, Aaron, Josh Deep, Dom Ritmo, Orin, Dixon, Gerog Levin, Local 12, Garth Trinidad, Osunlade, Quantic, John Arnold, John Beltran, Busquelo, Rich Medina, Matthias Heilbronn, Jephte Guillaume, Jaymz Nylon,Andy, Karen P, Queen Majesty, Carol C, Karla Calderon, Jerome D, Ausubo, Max, Miles, Has, Dj Cute, Mode 2, HVW8, Swifty, Mitch, Swoon, Shepard Fairey, Bast, Faile, David Ellis, Chris Mendoza, Damon Bell, Valida, Jamie Strong, Eddy Plenty, Captain Planet, Ernesto Vigo, Probe, Seiji, Desmond Wiiliams, Vikter Duplaix, Infraganti, Thomas Ryan, Sean Holland, Cliff Scott, IG Culture, Mark Force, Calvin, Louie Vega, Joe Clausell, Boozoo Bajou, Os Gemeos, Bebel Gilberto, Nina, Pablo Aravena, Paul Bradshaw, Adam Glickman, Anicee Gaddis, Lee Harrison, Knox Robinson, Diana Mclure, Mammamess, SBTG, Dennis Perez, 4rmula, Maya Hayuk, Yuri Shimojo and that’s not everyone!
Here are some photos from previous Candela Festivals –
First Candelafest, 2002, with HVW8 and the Barnstormers.
Puerto Rico Candelafest 2003 with HVW8, Straight No Chaser, Mode 2 and Doze Green.
Dustin Ross’s Candelafest photos 2005 with HVW8, Bobbito, SSABTG, and Rude Movements.
HVW8 Puerto Rico Candelafest 2006.
More photos HERE
A new track from Proh Mic featuring Jimmi James. Have a listen and let him know what you think.
Proh Mic – Still In Your Heart Ft. Jimmi James
Big Ups to Scott C, Andy Williams – the Goods, Adam, Eric, Zattar, Memetic – Timekode , B-boy Pablo, Big daddy Sacha, Thau, Kiethy, Maude, K-riminal, dstrbo, Claudia, Mossman, Roadsworth, Nikoo, Kobal and the whole Montreal fam for rolling thru … and my man DâmFunk for bringing the funk to Canada. Good times!
Eugene R. Coles is a poet and artist born NYC and based in Baltimore. Best known for some of his album artwork, like Gil Scott-Heron/Brian Jackson’s 1973 epic ‘Winter In America”, he has continued painting over the past 30 years. His materials range from oil paints on canvas to white pencil on black paper creating abstract paintings and collages.
Ty G’s Steady Bloggin is now in effect. Cheeky points of interest, artwork and other random travel photos like the above “Cognac Thieves” wanted poster. Updated daily!
Checked out futura’s opening last night at the pop up Mad Krunk space in Downtown Los Angeles. The paintings looked amazing – I believe created right on site or at the framers and most of the pieces sold (30 – 75k).
A la Damian Hirst’s recent pop up – the show is open for 3 days.
