Yet another electronic music event this Friday. For those of you that are West Philly geographically challenged, the Rotunda is right across the street from the Slought Foundation. That's two electronic music events next to each other on the same night. (I {heart} Philly)

Here are the official details of this GatePhilly event:

Friday, April 18, 8pm:
Brown Wing Overdrive, Mikronesia, Myo, live visuals by Marge

Free admission

The Rotunda
4014 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA

BROWN WING OVERDRIVE: Chuck Bettis, Mikey IQ Jones, and Derek Morton are mad jugglers of oddly-shaped musical eggs. Processed banjo, shamanistic chants, and fried electronics set up against lattices of stuttered beatboxing and found-object percussion to confound and delight.

Friday, April 18, 2008; 6:30-8:30pm With live electronic music improvisation by bilwa at 7pm

Free admission (Reservation not required)

Slought Foundation is pleased to announce 239 years (divided by 12 artists), an exhibition in the Slought Foundation galleries of new faces on the contemporary art scene, on display April 18 - May 18, 2008. The artists featured in this exhibition include Marisa Baumgartner, Mariya Dimov, Donovan Entrekin, Lily Gottlieb-McHale, Faye Kendall, Joyce Kim, Kai Pedersen, David Romberg, Laura Velez, Billy Dufala, John Greig, and Lauren Comito. Each are working across media such as photography, painting, sculpture, and video, and are based primarily in Philadelphia, New York, and Berlin.

Click here for more information about the Slought Foundation.

Our friend Gabriel is organizing another Hack-a-thon. Here are the details:

Hack-a-thon VIII
Thu, Apr 24, 2008 06:00PM (~2 hr)
Bear Rock Cafe, 192 W. DeKalb Pike, King of Prussia, PA
Minimum people needed: 3
Guests are OK.

Click here to join this group.

So many openings so little time ...
Click here for the full list of Second Thursday openings.

This image is from Todd Keyser's opening at the Rebekah Templeton Contemporary Art opening. Here are the details:

Rebekah Templeton Contemporary Art is proud to present The Truth About Maximilian, an exhibition of new paintings, collages and installation by Todd Keyser. In this exhibition, visions of science fiction fantasies and borrowed architectural forms meld together forming a disjointed layer of modernist constructs mirroring the present philosophical chaos of our contemporary lifestyle. In the light of our experiences today, these models of utopian ideals and the boundless assumptions concerning the progress of humanity appear foolish and shortsighted.

Thanks to a generous grant from the LINC Philadelphia we are now offering this course at half price ($100) to five qualified artists. Artists working in any performing field or physical media will be accepted.

To apply submit:

1. A one-page concept proposal for a project that combines digital media with your current practice. Include a proposed description of the work, and a description of the interaction between the artist or audience and the digital media, whether it is audio, video, or a computer controlled devices.

2. A short one page bio. Please include a summary of your most recent public performance or exhibition with its date and location.
There will be no expectation that the project is completed within the scope of the workshop. Additional support, or a request for future exhibition or performance may be proposed to the successful applicant.

Vox Populi OPENING RECEPTION: FIRST FRIDAY, APRIL 4 FROM 6-11 PM

Vox Populi gallery link.

Check out Nadia Hironaka and Matthew Suib's Black Hole impressive video piece there. Here is the description from their press release.

Shot on hi-definition video and incorporating a surround soundtrack made in collaboration with sound artist Eugene Lew, Black Hole presents an occluded view of confinement and isolation that rests uneasily between noir and horror film genres. Cinematic conventions and motifs are employed as metaphors for current and historical political discourse, highlighting the construction and subsequent control of narrative that lies at the intersection of moving image culture and the exercise of political power.