Screams and Screens + Velodrome = Closing Party this Friday

So, we at Velodrome like music.
Surprisingly, we also like art.

In an effort to combine these two subjects of our affinity, we're teaming up with Civilian Art Projects to throw an excellent closing party for the Screams and Screens gallery that has been going on for the past month.

We've enlisted the help of the following musicians:

ILYA MONOSOV (Planaria / Holy Mountain / Drag City / Language of Stone)
http://www.myspace.com/ilyamonosov
DUANE PITRE (Important Records)
http://www.myspace.com/duanepitre
PREE (May from Le Loup)
SCOTT ALLISON (of Kohoutek)


They will be opening up the night and playing till a reasonable hour. At which point, Velodrome will commandeer the space for our usual shenanigans (italo/post-punk/disco/house/80s hold the cheese).

Four bands and DJs= $5.

There will be booze for low prices and videos and things.

There will also be really awesome screen printed art for your enjoyment. Civilian describes the exhibit as such:

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This summer, the galleries at Civilian Art Projects will be overflowing with unique and distinct approaches to screen-printing. The artists curated by Panache -- Bert Bergen, Alexander Campaz, Brian Chippendale, Rob Corradetti, Nat Damm, Sohale Darouian aka 333, El Jefe Design, E*Rock, Jesjit Gill, Gunsho, Kayrock and Wolfy, Jason Killinger, Planaria Designs, Seripop, Urban Inks and Zeloot approach the print from an individual perspective, bringing to the work a unique “eye burner” aesthetic (a phrase used by Urban Inks, one of the design groups in the exhibition), as heard by the curator.

According to Panache, “the vibrant colors and bold contrasts compounded with multiple layers of patterns and screens, adds a discombobulating visual effect on the viewer. Each poster ‘pops’ or ‘screams’ out at you, and is unique from the next print because each one is individually produced through its own screening process. This creates a freedom in the work that lends the artist a medium that has no boundaries, limitations or defined lines. Hopefully making you stop and think or at least take a second glance at what's in front of you and the world around you."



The space is at 403 7th St NW, 3rd Floor. That is four blocks down 7th from the Chinatown Metro stop. This means you can come to the party, and then catch a bus to NYC afterwards to catch DFA presenting PS1 on Saturday, if, of course, you don't stay in town for Audrey's Covers Coffee House party and Nouveau Riche. So. many. choices.

Think of the possibilities.


http://www.civilianartprojects.com
http://www.planariainc.com