Brooklyn Bailout Burlesque
Featuring
Jon Burgerman (UK)
Jim Avignon (Germany)
Roman de Milk & Wodka (Switzerland)
Ema (France)
Asuka Ohsawa (Japan)
Daniel Dueck (Brooklyn)
Christine Young (Brooklyn)
Friday, August 14th 7-10pm
Show runs till August 30th, 2009
The art world, global companies, complex societies and every
small individual all have one problem in common: how to deal with
the crisis. When money goes wrong nothing goes right.
Many in
the high society of art dreamt the dream of instant
success and
big overnight money, but the awakening was rough and
most of
the ambitious collectors had gone with the wind.
So how can one
stay in a market that barely exists in
this time, where money
displays a rather strange behaviour.
Jim Avignon, Brooklyn-Berlin based artist, musician and
hopeless
bohemian curated a show with 7 young artists
from Brooklyn and
Europe,which might have some answers for
you. They throw their
skills together and create a
panorama, where strange and funny
characters inhabit a
peculiar zone somewhere between realist
figuration.
cartoons, messageboard-doodling and pure fantasy.
Expect everything from unsentimental portraits, vibrant
colors,
playful items
contemporary weirdness with a good old
anti-establishment
vibe.
Between high art and crumbling economy there is a common
ground for inexpensive works, keenly tailored for broad
appeal.
The show must go on.
Live Music Special
August 21st, 8-11pm
Bands Playing:
Anxieteam (the new jim & Jon supergroup)
Anxieteam are here to fill the void left by the recent passing of the King of Pop; They are are pale faced, look weird, don’t move as well as they used to and enjoy the company of primates. Through the magic
of electronic sounds and fumbled strumming on the ukulele Anxieteam will transport you to a dreamy, low-fi, blip-bloopy pop world of anxiety, heartbreak and salads.
My Favorite Things is Dorothea Tachler and her songs plus a fine selection of Brooklyn musicians. Take half a cup of indie, a spoon full of folk, 2 ounces of shoegaze and a dozen melodies, add some classical flavour, mix it with delay, distortion, shakers and recorders until you start feeling the comfort.
Larry Bang Bang (Switzerland) is an international cowboy from salami, texas. on his extended rides, he collects songs from all over the world. Fines in country trash comedy since 2003!
www.myspace.com/countrypsycho
Neoangin Jim Avignon, cartoon poet and performance genius, regards himself a modern storyteller. With his 1-man-band NEOANGIN he sings charming electronics-gone-mad-jump-and-sing-alongs about the nowheres and noones in this world. BBC legend John Peel loved him and you will like him too !
Kim Boekbinder of Vermillion lies
Kim Vermillion Boekbinder is one half of the internationally acclaimed band Vermillion Lies, and one whole of herself. She plays retro-electric snap/crackle/pop and makes you forget where you are. www.kimboekbinder.com
Sponsered by:
Special Thank you to the Factory Fresh Team Members Christine, Emmy, Meghan, Iris & Chris. Photos by D. A. Stover & Elaina Bensen.