Quest of the Sun Key-a few left

Quimby's got a few of the remaining Quest of the Sun Key Modules that were made for the Rollin' Hatin' show. There was a price mark up so the artists could get back the little fraction of the time and materials cost they put in to this project, and it is truly amazing. So grab one while you can it will never be reprinted-I've been told, and despite what it says in the description at Quimby's there are only three of these left at the store as I type this right now and I doubt they will be here by weeks end.

MORE SHOW PHOTOS

we shot some more photos of the art in the space and posted them on a flickr page.

you can check them out here.

Unofficial Art Fair Weekend Happening

10 PM @ Co-Prosperity Sphere
32nd Place and Morgan St.
$10 donation

Extended gallery hours during the We’re Rollin’ They’re Hatin’ exhibition makes this a perfect place to stop by after the NFO EXPO, Art fairs, photo shows and whatnot to enjoy some advanced performances by today’s now people.

Performance Program:

Aleks and the Drummer
Farfisa, drums and love. Miles Raymer of the Chicago Reader says, “(Deric) Criss favors Krautrock rhythms cranked up to punk-rock speeds, and (Aleks) Tomaszewska likes elaborate minor-key melodies and ethereal, abstract vocals.”

Beau Wanzer
Immensely danceable beats, minimal synth sounds and
playful analog wankery.

Mbulu (waterbabies)
The Baron of St. Louis collaborates with members of Chicago’s avant-jam band Waterbabies. Electrosynth sounds, abstract noodling, spacy reverb and African rhythms all get in a big drunken agrument and get loopy.

Triangle
Triangle began in Minnesota, with Amanda W, a Fargoan on upright bass, garage-sale keyboards and a yellow jumpsuit; Brian T on synthesizers and unloved electronics and various questionable ideas about how to make it all talk and Susan L, another Fargoan with a taste for nice BMX bikes and a happening record collection. Since, they’ve reloacated to Oakland CA, where they’ve added additional members. The Triangle ship, rolling through seas of gnarled electronics, forgotten waves off the AM dial, shanties of 70s freak Germany, and scratchy transmissions from 80s Detroit, took on a few old salts, namely Jon Otto Schroeder on music box and Mark Treise on tenor bass and Elias Reitz on percussions. They all help to bail.

the Dolphin
The Dolphin creates dynamic music based on minimal improvised structures and a growing library of sounds and loops. Recorded tracks are usually performed differently live; songs transform in color, direction, and tone. Due to the large amount of live processing that occurs, the tracks are never quite the same. The Dolphin is subject to the will of the three individual band members that are aggressively attacking each other’s sound. Tense. Upon hearing their performance at Version>06, Peregrine Kodiak commented that they sound like Konono, but it was probably just the drugs talking.

DJ Clent, DJ Spinn & DJ Scrabblor
This is the real deal. Get droked out with a crazy juke dance party with these three South Side DJs. Watch my feet!

Chicago Reader is down to roll too!

Wow, the dragon has been slayed, here is some more random web action about the show:
Chicago Reader article about Todd & Nates Project for the show!

more to come.

MORE FLICKR ACTION

mccrowds posts some opening photos on flickr.

IT'S GETTING BLOGGY IN HERE

nice write up by Leah Pietrusiak on the timeout chicago blog.

the Little Friends of Printmaking

the wonderful peoples from the little friends of printmaking have 3 great screen prints in the show. they came down on friday to install and check out the show. they shot some good photos of the show and posted them here.

A FEW PARTY SHOTS...

had to drop a few party shots on here, more coming soon........


dj logan bay takes his job serious


warhammer48k kicking some ass


party peoples

MORE INSTALL PHOTOS

were still in the process of getting some good final photos of the show so for now check out some more photos from the installation process....






paper rad


rob doran


cody hudson



french & dan grzeca


french


noah butkus



chris uphues window action

OPENS TONIGHT!

the show opens tonight. scroll down for more info on the events. also peep a few preview install photos...

RPG OG'S: Take Two: David C. Sutherland III

Next up in our salute to RPG OG'S in David Sutherland III. David's early art was an integral part of the D&D aesthetic. His drawings were at times crude and amateur but that is what gave them their charm. David's work made D&D feel accessible and imaginative. As the game became more mainstreamed and commercialized, his work was down played and overall the character of D&D became more and more of Frazetta clone style with buff men and air brushed poses. David passed away back in 2005, but the effects he left on early gaming continue to this day.

THE ZINE

we are printing up a limited amount of 17x22 newsprint zines for the show featuring artwork by 17 of the artists in the show including maya hayuk, french, kevin hooyman, jessie rose vala, the little friends of printmaking and others.

the zine will be available for free at the opening weekend cermonies.

the image above is a preview of Seripop's page in the zine.

FRIDAY APRIL 20TH DETAILS

Program of events

7pm “Nothin’ Special”
A video screening curated by Jacob Ciocci of Paper Rad

One hour of videos from the sad lands of post-internet contemporary USA. Some of these artists I have met, others are YouTube apparitions, and others are complete mysteries, discovered, re-discovered, and lost again inside the internet’s caverns. Original or stolen footage, homemade or mass-produced, monumental or completely boring, there is no difference. A magical moment becomes meaningless, then rediscovered as a powerful ghost, then buried again-- all in the blink of an eye. Banal vs. Extraordinary, Derivative vs Original, Insane vs Normal, Real vs Fake, these distinctions don’t exist because we walk with all these spirits simultaneously.

Including work by:
John Michael Boling and Javier Morales (New York), Jesse Hulcher (Pittsburgh), John Kilduff (Youtube/California), Jesse Mclean (Pittsburgh), Shana Moulton (California), Nanny Lynn (Michigan), Happeh (Youtube/California), Guthrie Lonergan (California), Kathleen Daniel aka Silicious (Youtube/Germany)

8pm Performance Program

Dungeon Majesty
Dungeon Majesty is a cable-access show where 4 girls play D&D and act out some scenes in front of a green screen with super-cheesy special effects and pen-and-paper animations. Its creators will be appearing live unveiling a new episode for the first time.

Paper Rad
Everyone’s favorite Providence psychedelic neon art troupe returns with a new installation and performance freak out.

E*rock
Portland-based multimedia performance-artist does it all. A graphic designer, founder of the Audio Dregs record label and publisher of Thumb zine, he also knows how to turn a party out.

Warhammer48k
New Orleans-bound heavy psych-rock powerhouse emerges from the woods of Missouri to rattle your brain and buttfuck your dreams into oblivion. You’ll never get to heaven if you’re scared of getting high!

Copy
Fuzzed out synths, layered melodies, drawn out bass sequences, and drum machine generated handclaps get the party moving PDX-style.

Ride the Snake Down to the Lake
A five minute performance by Jeffrey-Elaine Shotzenberger

DJ Logan Bay

DJ Ben Fasman

event opens at 6pm ($10 donation after 8)

SATURDAY APRIL 21ST DETAILS

We follow up the opening of our group exhibition with an encore night of action and adventure.

Performance Program

8pm Video shorts program curated by e*rock
Portland and more scene videos featuring advanced animation.

9pm Performance Program

Mayor Daley
As-yet undisputed heirs to the Chicago noise-rock throne. This three-piece combines vocals that aren’t words and noises that aren’t sounds to enable the sonic boomboxing match.

Cave
A Terry Plumming CD release show for this Columbia MO epic psychedelic noise prog-rock ensemble.

Juiceboxxx
Milwaukee’s teen heartthrob party rap superstar returns for his first Chicago show of the year. Do you want to do it?

Panther
Panther’s music is a hard match of damaged soul, falsetto disco and broken synth fueled freakouts tainted with throbbing bass, minimalistic hooks and jittery dance routines.

Soft Serve
CD release show for Eleanor Balson’s fourth album, this time on No Sides Records. Noisy beats and retarded melodies dance backwards around surrealist imagery and trip up while riding down the escalator backwards.

DJ Lord Drol

doors open at 6pm ($10 donations after 8)

ALVARO ILIZARBE

not only is alvaro ilizarbe one of my favorite miami peoples but he also makes lots of great stuff. here is a preview of some wallpaper he made for our infinity room bandshell in the back of the performance area.

got some great pieces in the mail today from maya hayuk, andrew jeffrey wright and daniel st. george.

heres a little preview of one of daniels pieces....

ONE LAST ARTIST

were are pleased to announce a last minute addition to the show. chicago based christine tarkowski will be showing one of here amazing installation in the front room.

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NOAH BUTKUS

a little sample of some of the work of Noah Butkus. he'll be arriving in chicago next week to start working on a wall painting at the space....

RPG OG'S: Take One: Erol Otus

Who better to start out a series of posts on the OG's of RPG than legendary D&D artist Erol Otus. Erol has to be one of the craziest game artists out there, some how capturing the epic fantasy and lunacy of never ending adventure in every single image. He is probably most noted for his cover paintings ( D&D Basic Set, Deities & Demigods) and the illustrations he did of Cthulhu characters found only in the highly sought after Cthulhu Mythos section of the first printing of Deities & Demigods, legal issues caused those characters to be removed in future editions.

This guy Jeff has a good collection of his images up on his Erol Otus Shrine. Glyn also has a nice Erol Otus Gallery up. And lucky for us contemporary module makers Goodman Games have recognized his genius and hired Erol to do some art for recent projects. Check out his newer stuff if you are still a non believer. So in conclusion Erol Otus we salute you!

opening weekend ceremonies

opening ceremonies
friday april 20:
paper rad
e*rock
dungeon majesty
warhammer 48k
copy
dj logan bay
dj ben fasman
video program by jacob ciocci
opens at 6pm ($10 donation after 8pm)

saturday april 21:
mayor daley
cave
juiceboxxx
panther
soft serve
dj lord drol
video program by e*rock
opens at 6pm ($10 donation after 8pm)

sunday april 22:
darkon the movie
screening
8pm - free

We're Rollin',They're Hatin'

April 20 - May 20, 2007

We're Rollin',They're Hatin' is the flagship exhibition that opens up the internationally acclaimed Version Art festival in April 2007. The exhibition will be displayed and experienced in the new gallery of the Public Media Institute and will be accompanied by live performances, film screenings and interactive projects. The space host the grand opening of the exhibitions as well as a series of film screenings musical performances, workshops and parties. The show coincides with the annual Chicago Art fair season, and is also part of the larger VersionFest 7 media festivel. (see www.versionfest.org for more details on the larger festival) and will be open to the public from April 20 through May 20, 2007.

About the exhibition

We're Rollin',They're Hatin', is a large-scale contemporary art show that examines the role of Dungeons and Dragons, Escapism and Fantasy in contemporary art and culture. The exhibition is an art show and interactive platform to explore how artists are influenced by fantasy and roll playing games. Over 30 artists will create work for the show and dozens more will perform. The show includes several elements and project rooms that will create an unforgettable, hopefully magical, experience for visitors and attendees.