Artists: Ellen Nguyen
Ariel Pink Kate Hall
Emily Ryan
No Age
Kate Stewart
Tall Paul
Andrew Arduini, aka Vibe Central
Conor Thompson
Jason A Grier
Julia Holter
Geneva Jacuzzi Garvin
Ramona Gonzalez
Drew Denny
Jason Yates
Matt Fishbeck
Courtney Garvin
Oscar Vardi
Emily Kuntz
Cole Grief-Neil
Rachel Detroit
Sam Cooper
Cali DeWitt
Claire Cronin
Kevin "Spanky" Long
Jerry Hsu
Brocc Potucek
Jesse Spears
Pocahaunted: Amanda and Bethany
Crops and Rawbers
check out this footage of Ariel Pink playing the opening of the Fast Friends Inc art show!
And this is the Holy Shit performance at the closing of the same show!
Please make donations to tiny creatures
or by paypal @ janet@tiny-creatures.com
BY A RAFFLE FOR $5 and support Tiny Creatures!
Influences
The Shadow Ring, Sarah Records, What's Your Rupture?, Dada, Rimbaud, the war on terror, Baudelaire, homelessness, Ariel Pink, Benjamin White, Korea, the Kim Family, immigrant mentality, Young Nak Church, the Bible, esp. Ecclesiastes, Montebello, WNUR, Tender is the Night, It's War Boys, Dry Leaf Discs, the Homosexuals, Sara and Amos, The Smell, Jimbodini, Part Time Punks and it's jukebox, Siltbreeze, Andy Warhol, Existentialism, Situationists, F Scott Fiztgerald, Romantics, Pete Doherty, John Cage, Classical Music in general, esp 20th century classical music, AP Art History senior year of high school, my piano teacher, Northwestern, winters in Chicago, mushrooms in Amsterdam, my first acid trip, a summer in Beijing and Southwest China, interesting drugs, loneliness, mr. bear, Donkey.
to share our lives, our pain, our talents, our thoughts,
to capture a moment in time that will be lost or forgotten,
and to package it with beauty, love, pain and all that we can feel as humans.
with tiny creatures,
we are making this small community of los angeles artists available
to the wider world,
or perhaps, the wider world
available to us.
TINY CREATURES ZINE out NOW!
They are available at Ooga Booga, Family, Skylight, and Tiny Creatures!
Pick one up and read it! More info at www.tiny-creatures.com!
SUMMER RETROSPECTIVE SHOW Going on now until September 15th, 2007
make appointments at janet@tiny-creatures.com
also, purchase your raffle ticket and support Tiny Creatures. Over 25 prizes are to be raffled away. More details in blogs on how to purchase and participate and support!
Closing reception will be September 15th, 2007
7-11pm
With performances by Tall Paul and others TBA, along with our one year zine release!
Raffle draw at 8:30p
A Section of our Manifesto:
Tiny Creatures is not a gallery. It is Tiny Creatures.
Tiny Creatures is not a venue. It is Tiny Creatures.
Tiny Creatures is a label. Tiny Creatures is a people space. Tiny
Creatures is a community center.
Tiny Creatures upholds expression as a neccissity to human life and
human existence.
Tiny Creatures glorifies expression and communication, not the ego.
Tiny Creatures is not to be used to commodify art or music, but to be
used as an instrument of communication.
Tiny Creatures is to be used as a way to get the piece of art or music
from your bedroom, home, or studio, to the wider public world.
Tiny Creatures Presents
"Can't Help It!"
Pieces by young aritsts born in 1984 living in the community of Echo Park. All have immigrated here inspired by the burgeoning echo park culture, influenced by those already raised or living in the area and by the Tiny Creatures space itself. These young artists have conspired to focus on the non-self, thus commenting on space, environment, and ideas of displacement. Artist include Drew Denny, Courtney Garvin, Ramona Gonzales (curator), Kate Stewart, and Oscar Vardi.
Opening Reception
May 26th, 2007
6p-midnight
Closing Reception
July 7th, 2007
7-11p
*Artists Presentations, Poetry Readings, and Movie Screenings to be announced.
"The most interesting part of this show to me is to see these young artists previously overshadowed by their predecessors now coming into light and having a chance to express themselves uniquely and individually. The process of growth and community encouragement and the influence they have on each other is very interesting. It's also interesting to see how the opportunity given by a space such as Tiny Creatures can encourage such growth and creativity in people." - Janet Kim, owner of Tiny Creatures
PAST EVENTS
Closing of Art Show No. 4 with Jason Yates
with performances by Holy Shit
May 12th, 8pm
Screening of OFF THE CHARTS
Thursday, February 22nd, 8pm SHARP!!!
Make reservations now at janet@tiny-creatures.com
only 20 seats available
special presentation by Ariel Pink
ABOUT US
We are a Label in Echo Park, Los Angeles
We have released one 7 inch so far this year:
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti My Molly EP
Our next release will be a Softboiled Eggies EP or the Holy Shit EP
We are also a venue/space located on 628 N. Alvarado St.
We present art and bands here.
Bands: Holy Shit, Maria, Jeremy Jay, No Age, Softboiled Eggies, Devon Williams, Mountain Party, Abe Vigoda, the New Motherfuckers, Ariel Pink, Bubonic Plague
Artists: Matt Fishbeck, Ariel Pink, RabiezandRubiez, Nick Amato, Vibe Central, No Age, Kate Stewart, Oscar Vardi, Emily Ryan, Kate Hall, Jennifer Clavin, and more
We carry records by: PPM!, OlFactory, Tiny Creatures, What's Your Rupture?, Human Ear, and a few rarities here and there.
Booking information!
Please email janet@tiny-creatures.com for booking info.
We are not booking ANY SHOWS for the summer of 2008
We rarely have any music or art shows at Tiny Creatures
All shows must fall on Saturday Nights.
Quiet shows can happen Thursday Evenings or Sunday Afternoons
We'd love to help you out, but because our schedule is very sparse,
please understand that we don't have very many shows ever!
la obra de fernando corona trae tu cheve (no vidrio)/ b.y.o.b. (no glass) all ages!/todas las edades.... acceso gratuito/free art show
direcciones: baja el 2do puente de la zona centro/chinesca donde se encuentra el tradicional karate y departamentos de la chinesca sobre el rio nuevo mantente en tu carril derecho al bajar el puente y a 3 cuadras y media esta el espacio mexicali rose!!!!!!
PLAY PLAY PLAY presents soft boiled eggies and part time punks at KIMOS San Francisco JULY 12th Sat.
take lsd and get lost in the music
1351 Polk St.
San Francisco, CA 94109 415-885-4535
KIMOS .. sf ca (in the tenderloin) this SATURDAY NIGHT...
SOFT BOILED EGGIES
HAWKEYE
Mi Ami
with DJ's Benny Shambles and Micheal Stock ... and special guest from Human Ear Music playing solo
.
afterward crash a fararri party just down the block and catch primo
PART TIME PUNKS is a club that takes over The Echo on 1822 Sunset every Sunday night. The club was started by Michael Stock and Benjamin White - who DJ, promote, book bands, and project visuals along with Samuel Cooper.
(this time its in san francisco at KIMOS)
1351 Polk St.
San Francisco, CA 94109 415-885-4535
The night focuses heavily on obscure and classic music coming out of America, the UK and Europe from 1977 to the present: Punk, Post-punk, Punk-funk, New Wave, No Wave, Indie-Pop, Twee, Grunge, Electro, Minimal-Synth, Shoegaze, Baggy, etc.. Bands that are booked to play are mostly up-and-coming and unsigned (from LA and elsewhere); all of whom draw their influences from the same creative pools.
The purpose of PART TIME PUNKS is to promote an inclusive atmosphere where
Gary War "New Raytheonport" LP Gary War wins the "where did this come from" award for this set of reviews, for me. Some unassuming guy walked into the store with his new LP. When I saw it, I remembered, "Hey, this guy's playing with Blues Control this weekend." So, we listen to it, and oh man, it's so goooood. Written and recorded between 2005-2007 on a 4-track, "New Raythenport" is a great melding of psychedelia and post-punk, yeah, we've all heard that many times before, I know, but don't let my lazy and limited reviewing talents dissuade you, this record needs your attention. It's just that I immediately recall the fragile pop songs of Nick Nicely and Legendary Pink Dots, and how those records managed to be psychedelic with typically non-psychedelic instruments like synthesizers and drum machines, all layed with dreamy, effected vocals and lots of echo. But don't fret, there's plenty of guitar on here as well, at times recalling those two Bobb Trimble records, another thing that pops in your head at first listen. "Edge of Mess", the closer, is a brilliant track and an internet search for "Gary War" will lead you to it. If you like it, then buy this record. I'll be listening to this a lot in the near future. How is there a version of "Eye in the Sky" that I like? Now what am I supposed to do?(MS) (SHDWPLY Records // www. shdwplyrecords. com) $10. 00 FREE SHIPPING PAY PAL
“The Dangerous Science of Young Gentlemen,” Featuring new works by Alexander p. E . DIY Gallery is pleased to present “The Dangerous Science of Young Gentlemen,” featuring new works by Alexander p. E . Through written text, spoken word, and found object sculpture, Alexander produces a radical critique of historical and modern culture, rejecting dominant trends of commodification and detachment. Instead, the artist rearranges the banal objects of everyday life into forms vibrant with theory and thought. What results is a snapshot of history quite unlike what you may have been taught – and a glimpse of the future, shaped by freedom and the creative will. “The Dangerous Science of Young Gentlemen” opens Saturday, June 28th with a reception from 7-11 P.M. 1218 W Temple Street, 90026
Little Utopia Closing Reception - Saturday June 14 7-11 p.m.
DIY Gallery is pleased to present “Little Utopia,” a new installation by Chris Avitable, James Fish, and Mario Richeda. Combining collage, painting, sound, and sculpture furniture, the artists share a vision of Utopia / Dystopia. Drawing inspiration from literature, sci-fi movies and music, this exhibit makes an effort to redefine a contemporary vision of Utopia. In this “perfect world” functionality meets simplicity, and mutates the familiar everyday surroundings. The result is more than just perfect. Come dream with us…if only for a little while.
<3 <3 <3 Issue 10 OUT NOW!!! <3 <3 <3 pictures up soon!
limited 50 copies
words on: Anni Rossi Voice on Tape She Sells Sea Shells Tik///Tik Small Breed Talbot Tagora "To The Contrary"
1 page of drunken art [each art piece is hand done and different from one another so its like each zine is one-of-a-kind] current obsessions from jon, des, crow, and ricado +news, things we're looking forward to, ports o call bedroom schedule 5-6 or 7 pages each. 5 pages of content but some kinkos copy mistakes happened. There's always one EXTRA LARGE copy with each issue that contains everything left over.
comes folded and bound with green yarn or rubberbands [like 7 in rubberbands cause we ran out of yarn] NEWS- we put it together literally the day of the Captain Ahab/IE show sadly cause it took so long to put together we completely missed the show but we have them made and we'll bring them on our trip to the Turtle Shouse today! : )
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