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Beyond Paris MWBITS SnapFlash in LA
Beyond Paris MWBITS SnapFlash in LA
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The evening begins with a preview of the exhibit from 4:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. There is a $5 suggested donation during this period and kids twelve-years old and younger are allowed free entry before seven o’clock. Parents are encouraged to bring the whole family during the preview hours and take advantage of the Kids Kreativity Zone (4 - 7 p.m. only). Overflowing with art supplies, the Zone provides a supervised space where youth can dive into their own expression while parents explore the evening’s exhibit. Samy’s Camera (http://www.samys.com), a major sponsor of Create:Fixate’s 2009 all photography show, will take over the upstairs loft space at SnapFlash. The Samy’s Camera Loft will feature the work of rock and roll’s legendary photographer Jim Marshall (John Coltrane, Thelonious Monk, Miles Davis, The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Cash… http://www.marshallphoto.com). For over 30 years, Samy's Camera has been the leader in sales and rentals of the highest quality imaging products and the ultimate resource for the professional and amateur photographer. Samy’s Camera’s main location is on Fairfax Boulevard in Los Angeles with four floors brimming with the latest and most exciting selection of photographic equipment available. Proceeds from the sale of Loft prints will go directly to Create:Fixate's nonprofit outreach programs helping at-risk youth and other youth-related community projects. As an addendum to the SnapFlash event, Create:Fixate and Samy’s Camera will host a Canon “Explorers of Light” photography workshop on Monday, September 28, 2009 entitled “Adapting and Thriving in the Current Market” with renowned photographer Nick Vedros [http://www.usa.canon.com/dlc/controller?act=GetArtistDetailAct&artistID=74&imageID=1434]. From 7:30 - 9:30 p.m., soak up invaluable knowledge from this award-winning photographer whose studio was named “Studio of the Year” by American Photography Magazine. Primarily a commercial photographer, Vedros has been producing mind-blowing work for such clients as Apple, Coca-Cola, IBM, and Kodak, from his Kansas City studio since 1977. In this workshop, Vedros will present a program on advertising, commercial, and personal photography by examining dozens of projects while sharing methods, tips, and money saving tricks with the audience. See choice Nick Vedros photographs on display at the main event on Saturday in the upstairs Samy’s Camera Loft area. Come learn from the best thanks to Samy’s Camera and Canon Explorer of Light Workshops. Admission cost TBD. With this, Create:Fixate’s 38th event, it introduces the debut of the Create:Fixate Podcast! The organization is taking its mission of elevating the importance and accessibility of art and music to a global audience. Each podcast will include original music and interviews, and will serve as a constant line of communication from the C:F family to its patrons. The first podcast is expected to be released mid-September and will be available on the Create:Fixate website. SnapFlash will also feature the work of approximately 30 local photographers. Brion Topolski’s detailed and colorful panoramas transport the viewer to the ethereal, nearly otherworldly landscapes he has visited. His work span our coasts as well as London, Central America, and South East Asia. Jens Lucking composes the various figments of his photographs in irreverent, sometimes unbelievable scenes that include everything from the mundane to the intriguing. Led by influences of taste and color, personal intrigue or interest, and the unusual in the everyday, Javiera Estrada is a fine art photographer who believes, “Every image is a self-portrait, a physical expression of that inner world that is nameless; a part of us that goes beyond our thought and our self-created paradigms.” Motivated and influenced by the fluidity of time, light and space, Estrada brings you to a place “between reality and the ethereal” that is an absolute treat to visit. In the center of it all attendees will find “Color Wars,” a contest hosted by Live Action Art (LAA) who have a continuing partnership with Create:Fixate. LAA is an art collective that encourages competition amongst artists while enabling audiences to witness closely the process of artistic creation. LAA events are unique, positing artists head to head within different thematic competitions including painting, graffiti, ice sculpture, tattoo and, of course, photography. For more information on LAA please visit http://liveactionart.com. Besides the live Color Wars contest, Polite in Public, the folks redefining event photography, will encourage the audience to step in front of camera. Polite in Public has hosted event photography for the likes of as Samuel L. Jackson, Paris Hilton, and the Barack Obama Campaign. Founded by Joe Rubinstein and Joe Miller, Polite in Public will invite the audience to leave a digital postcard for Create:Fixate with memorable snapshots finessed in front of sometimes elegant, sometimes playful, and always exciting backgrounds. For more information on Polite in Public please visit http://politeinpublic.com Not to be outdone, the 'Audio Lab' portion of the evening promises to impress with a collection of Los Angeles’ best up and coming musical talent. Some of the aural highlights for September 26th include The Collab Project, a live electronic trio from LA and San Francisco, who infuse live instruments with self produced electronic beats. They have performed at Disco Biscuits gigs and opened for Vibesquad, Mimosa, and Blvd., among others. Adam Matta, a beatboxer and vocal performance artist, will join the musical line-up all the way from New York City. He has appeared with Bobby McFerrin at Carnegie Hall, been featured on PBS, Showtime, and NPR, and headlined the 2009 UK Human Beatbox Convention. Kid Infinity, one of the hottest electro-pop acts blowing out circuit breakers in the bowels of LA's downtown music scene, will bring his “audio ecstasy,” according to Urb.com, with “a beat that should be a fire hazard around dance floors.” The venue is located at 613 Imperial Street, Los Angeles, CA 90021. Admission is $15.00 before 10:00 p.m. and $20.00 for the remainder of the night. All ages are welcome. For more information please call 310-590-7199 or visit www.createfixate.org. Create:Fixate is a successful arts organization in Los Angeles in its 8th year running art/music events that bring together emerging artists and musicians, along with 1500+ art lovers and party goers in a 15,000-square foot downtown warehouse location on a quarterly basis. Founder Michelle Berc curates, produces and hosts these stunning group art shows that present creative people from around the globe with an emphasis on the local talent of Los Angeles. The production team also includes music coordinator Andrea Giardina, and a core team of volunteers and dedicated advisory board members. Awe-inspiring painters, photographers, sculptors, and multi-media artists exhibit alongside an equally impressive array of Los Angeles’ finest DJs and musicians. Each event’s aural artists are poised to create a soundtrack for the night that transforms this from a simple ‘art show’ into the city’s most anticipated Art Event.
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Arts organization Create:Fixate will host its sixth annual all photography show, SnapFlash, on Saturday, September 26, 2009 from 7:00 p.m. - 2:00 a.m. Over forty top local artists, DJs, and musicians will fill the Premiere Events Center (PEC) in downtown LA with vibrant artwork and music. The array of images presented at SnapFlash will adhere to the premise that life can reside in a single moment in time - and in that mile-second a whole story can be told.
