Written, performed, and recorded by A.T. Vish, Carol Blaze is created within a world of cyber-space, analog performance, and dark imagination. Originally conceived as the soundtrack to a fictional character by the same name, A.T. Vish set out to create music filtered through his own musical sensibilities and limitations. Spanning psychedelia, goth, darkwave, and rock, the music is the product of a confused sexual relationship between Nick Cave, The Sneaker Pimps, Bowery Electric, Tangerine Dream, Peter Gabriel, U2, and Monster Magnet.
In the summer of 2003, A.T. Vish was the drummer in Pittsburgh City Theater's and Hartford Stage's production of Hedwig and the Angry Inch starring Anthony Rapp (A Beautiful Mind, Road Trip, Dazed & Confused, X-Files, Law & Order, Rent, etc.), and most recently, the drummer in Rapp's, Without You at Pittsburgh City Theater. He was also the drummer in Pittsburgh bands, Thickhead Grin and Projekt recording artists, Lowsunday (www.projekt.com). Projekt records is an NYC based label distributed by Ryko Distribution. Lowsunday was named by Alternative Press as one of the "Top 100 Bands You Need to Know of 2002" (March 2002 issue), was featured on MTVs, The Real World , (Back to New York), and on the Pandaimonium Records , Songs of Pain comp, etc.
A.T. creates/collaborates via his recording studio, All Terrain Vehicles. He has recorded/produced many musicians including Peace Project, Between the Waters, Debutante, Boxstep, The Drag Strippers, Violaria, Freddy Hall, and others.
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Wishful Thinking Paintings by Victoria Cessna and David Wallace
Opening Friday, August 7, 2009. 6-10pm. Zombo Gallery. 4900 Hatfield St., Pittsburgh, PA 15201 www.zomboworld.com With live music by Slim and George Cessna with Rob Loveclutch. Showing through Friday, August 28.
With great excitement and a touch of wise doubt, local painters Victoria Cessna and David Wallace present ‘Wishful Thinking’ at Zombo Gallery on August 7, showcasing works that were completed by the artists over the past year.
Both artists have an affinity for using found imagery from bygone eras as inspiration for their work.
Cessna’s paintings explore the mysterious allure of the random snapshot and capture the quality of a long-forgotten photograph in paint. Her work takes these photographs out of their original context and suggests that there is more than meets the eye in these seemingly tranquil domestic environments.
As a graphic designer, Wallace has always been interested in the power of images and words in advertising. The pairing of innocent, naïve images from mid-century home magazine ads with more modern, direct text create a more complex world than those ‘50s magazines imply. New meanings are derived and questions are posed. As in Cessna’s work, things are not always as they seem or as we wish they could be.
Just as the phrase ‘Wishful Thinking’ can either cheerfully conjure a joyful hope or sarcastically imply a skeptical doubt, the work of Cessna and Wallace explores the duality of meaning inherent within mundane, everyday imagery.
‘Wishful Thinking’ opens Friday, August 7 at Zombo Gallery in Lawrenceville and continues through August 28. For more information on Zombo Gallery visit www.zomboworld.com To view David Wallace’s artwork visit www.salaczar.com To view Victoria Cessna’s artwork visit www.vicskitschn.com
Come and party with Squonk Opera on Friday May 22nd at 8:00 pm at the Pittsburgh Filmmakers’ Melwood Screening Room for the Galaxy Premiere of Astro-rama!
Astro-rama is a joyous large scale outdoor event that unifies an audience in creating humanity’s message for far-flung galaxies. The show features live music, dynamic video, 3 stories of scaffolding, a 40' radio telescope, cherry pickers, scissor lifts and a giant robot. Astro-rama was filmed over 2 chilly nights in October 2008 at Pittsburgh's Schenley Plaza.
Astro-rama premiere and party with the Squonkers. Friday, May 22, 2009 at 8:00 p.m. for $25 Pittsburgh Filmmakers’ Melwood Screening Room 477 Melwood Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Hand to Hand - the coast to coast collaborative collage of Rebecca Trawick and David Wallace
Over the course of two years, Rebecca and I traded collages back and forth through the mail, adding to each work as it changed hands. Throughout this process, we never met in person - I live in Pittsburgh, and Rebecca lives in Southern CA. We found that working together was a way to communicate on a purely creative level. We weren’t interested in becoming “pen pals,” but rather in seeing how our two styles could combine to create work that was not completely me, not totally her, but something new and surprising to us both. The work debuted at Moxie Dada in Pittsburgh in January 2007 and has since been shown at Phd Gallery in St. Louis and Tangent Lab in Wichita, working its way across the U.S. in much the same way the pieces themselves traveled between the two of us.
"This beautiful collection of collages holds no specific thematic intentions; there are no hidden messages to interpret. Each piece offers its own vocabulary, images for which viewers can create their own meanings. Or one can simply appreciate the image for its aesthetic value as a beautiful work of art." - Janera Soloman, Pittsburgh City Paper
'Hand to Hand' February 11 – March 13, 2009 Hub-Bub 149 S.Daniel Morgan Ave. Suite 2 Spartanburg, SC 29306 864-582-0056
Opening reception Wednesday, February 11, 2009 7:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m.
just wanted you to know that I put that drumstick under my pillow so I can have pleasant dreams. FUCK, I'm making myself feel uncomfortable with comments like that. anyway, Cheers
