Do you need a brake from the canyons downtown, the monotony of glass and concrete, the clogged arteries of the traffic bloodstream?
The nature of human life makes it difficult to satisfy every call within us – we are just way to complex – but maybe it is already enough to admit that it is there. Art is a wonderful way to listen to this call. Get some nature in your home, get one of those fantastic paintings by Bryan Ricci or take yourself out and make a trip to Wilshire to the Lawrence Asher Gallery until May 23. Enjoy nature captured in two different ways at once – with the lens of a camera and through the hand of the artist. In super beautiful pictures of remote landscapes he implants animals as if they have been there to begin with. He offers in his art what a lot of people yearn for when they go for trips into the wilderness. Do you remember the last time when you spotted a majestic deer or have been surprised by raccoon?
At the same time Jennifer Beedon Snow is also showing daily-life symphonies in blue and green – when you look at her scenes it feels as if you were driving home to the place you grew up – very soothing.
Lawrence Asher Gallery
5820 Wilshire Boulevard, Ste. 100
Los Angeles, CA 90036
Discovered: I am on iTunes
Some favorites of mine: ” Random Event in Time Pt.2″ and “Tart” which is from the first album.
If you like it electronic, if you like distorted e-guitars, if you like it all in one track, if you like strong and powerful statements, if you like down beat and speed in a startling alteration, if you like house, if you tend to be the person that gets up, stops any conversation, cancels any orders at the bar to make it to the dance floor on time when you are hit by a certain kind of sound, if you REALLY like synthesizer sounds and you aren’t sure if you felt more drawn to the music or the pictures of all those Sci-Fi movies from the 80ies- this might be of interest to you.
In this context I found some pretty sounds by Reactable.
Minimalism here I come. I was looking for this music instrument that was just a small black stick and would react to any approaching person by giving buzzing synthetic sounds. Once I saw a performance with it in the MAK in Vienna but I just can’t remember the name of the instrument. Something like muk, wuk,wok,mok,… three letters if I recall right. It was so fascinating. If you know what I am talking about please help me out.