On paper, the Silver Lake Jubilee looks rad. Forgiving the fact that neither Warpaint nor Local Natives will be there, there are more than 20 local bands in the lineup. There will be art and literary installations by local curators. It’s kid-friendly (children’s village), gardener/hippie-friendly (eco-village with a temporary xeriscape garden) and lush-friendly (two micro [...]
Author Archives: Jemal Young
4 x 4
May 14, 2010 – 10:33 am
The Paul Kopeikin Gallery is showing “4 x 4,” an exhibit of photographs by Alison Brady, Mandy Corrado, David Schoerner and Martynka Wawrzyniak, through June 5. “I would have to say all the work is based on the idea of the unconventional portrait,” Alison Brady said. “My work questions the state of normality. What I [...]
Sounds Like
May 13, 2010 – 9:02 am
Cork and Baltic birch are not typically associated with speaker systems. Then again, the Ceramic Speakers released by San Francisco native Joey Roth are hardly typical. Made from untreated materials, the speakers are intended to convey the beauty of ritual by taking on a personal finish through regular use. Whereas conventional speakers kowtow to the [...]
DIY: Zero Film Festival 2009
November 26, 2009 – 9:41 am
My friends and I made a film once. It was a short film, and by short I mean under five minutes in length. We shot for ten hours and we ran out of money, even though nobody got paid and the set was mostly duct tape. And we never finished it. And it sucked. The [...]
Hot Coals Only: Interview with Peter Sutherland
May 28, 2009 – 12:16 pm
Blink and you might miss Hope Gallery. Like a geode whose common outer surface hides crystal formations, the tiny storefront on Echo Park Avenue seems ordinary enough, until you peer inside. This month through June 10, Hope Gallery is host to Hot Coals Only, a stunning exhibition of photographs, video and other media by New [...]
A Companion Painting: Nickas on Nickas
April 15, 2009 – 3:21 pm
In an interview with independent art writer, curator and index Magazine founder Bob Nickas, Neo-Victorian time traveler David McDermott pictured himself and collaborator Peter McGough as “decorative oddities” — not so much accepted as tolerated in the art world of the 1980s. McDermott’s description said something about Nickas himself, whose admitted attraction to periphery genius [...]
Tracking the Elusive Engine
March 13, 2009 – 4:25 pm
As film projection systems come, the Engine is weird. A spindly, menacing apparatus of oxidized steel, it could easily have doubled as a prop in David Lynch’s Dune if not for the 17-by-10-foot movie screen it supports. The product of 4,000 hours of labor by Silver Lake-based filmmaker Burke Roberts and his Bizzurke Army collective, [...]
212box Designs Christian Louboutin Showroom
January 21, 2009 – 9:33 am
New York City design partnership 212box is anything but orthodox. Its stated intent to produce “works of architectural rigor and impact” drives an exhaustive methodology which, when combined with an eye for overlooked design opportunities, has made 212box a force behind revolutionary design research. Another innovator—famed French shoe designer Christian Louboutin—recently tapped 212box to design [...]
Ceja Vineyards at Ruth’s Chris
January 13, 2009 – 5:03 pm
Ceja Vineyards, a family-owned winery founded by Mexican American immigrants who settled in California’s Napa Valley, sits on coveted acreage. “For wine growing, it’s Eden,” said Amelia Ceja, president and owner. “Napa commands attention all over the world.” Last month, the attention was on Ceja Vineyards wines from Napa and Sonoma counties at a private [...]
