Come join us on Saturday for July's backyart! (and info about participating artists)

 

backyart 
summer series

July 25, 2009 

6:30pm-11pm

649 Metropolitan Avenue

Brooklyn, New York 11201

(L train to Lorimer)

 

Art Opening w/ complimentary hors d'oeuvres and music 6:30-7:30pm
Performances Start @ 8:00pm.  

$10 entrance/$5 unltd. beverages.
Snacks and more also available.
And with our new tent, don't let bad weather deter you from coming out!

 

FEATURING:

"Thru", a short film written and directed by award winning Christopher J. Ewing 

An agoraphobic musician cures his fears via a relationship with a conceptual artist, until she creates an art piece out of his past tragedies.

Christopher J Ewing is a director and screenwriter living in Los Angeles with a girl and a 13-pound dog. In addition to his film work, Christopher is a published author and journalist

For more info, go onto the film's official website:www.wastedpotentialproductions.com

“Beating the Blank Page” an interactive writing workshop presented by Int’l playwright Mike Poblete 

New York bred and Dublin based playwright Mike Poblete takes his celebrated crash course in writing across the pond to Backyart. Within minutes he will surprise you with the volume and complexity of writing any person can generate. Bring pen, paper and something hard to write on: this is art at its most interactive. 

The cross-disciplinary musical stylings of KMBS 

Kate Logan, Matt Logan, Ben Deibert and Sarah Valeri are "kate, Matt, Ben & Sarah," or “KMBS” in short.  Joining forces over the course of 2005-06 the group began blending poetic lyricism, acoustic guitar, cello and visual art into their own brand of independent expression.  

Drawing inspiration from such diverse subjects as Greek drama, nervousness, and leukocytes, singer, lyricist, and guitarist Kate Logan approaches songwriting in a way that is at once uniquely complex and poignantly straightforward. 

Cellist Matt Logan adds classical sensibility with a modern twist to the material.  His cello is not merely a pretty background, but a driving force, fueled by the wide scope of Kate's songwriting.  At times, it sings; and at others, it growls and rasps.  

Rounding out the high end is guitarist Ben Deibert, whose intuitive simplicity complements the melodic nature of the backing instruments.  

In addition to the world of aural expression, KMBS also encompasses visual art.  At all live performances and in rehearsals, NYC artist Sarah Valeri draws and paints her unique artwork, a process in which the two art forms are mutually inspired. 

"Chapter 7: Independence Day," the seventh segment of Backyart's year-long reading of Belated Apocalypse by NYC author Anthony Roman

Previously on Belated Apocalypse: Father's Day

Mikey visits Aunt, who shocks him with their opinion that their lifestyle is not going to last forever. She also recounts the day his father Michael dies, we travel back to 1988 where we follow Michael on his deliveries, trouble with Leah, and ultimately, his assassination at the hands of a local crack head.  On his way home, Mikey attempts to write down everything he can remember from his aunts story.  

To learn more about Anthony, you can click on www.janthonyroman.com

The poetry of Grace Jung

“Poetry for me is like journaling. It whittles down or expands my day then melds fiction in certain areas with or without my knowing.”

Lives in New York City. Will be researching abroad for a year in South Korea on a Fulbright Grant starting this fall. Hopes to continue being a part of backyart.

The audience revving music of backyart vet, Mauricio Alexander

Mauricio Alexander is a Brooklyn-based producer, director, writer and performing artist whose work has been featured at Southpaw, the US Social Forum, Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Studio Theater,

Theater J, Young Playwrights' Theater, Arts on Foot, D.C. Hip-Hop Theatre Festival, Puerto Rican Traveling Theatre, Nuyorican Poets Cafe, Symphony Space, Center Stage, and the Joseph Papp Public Theater. He has appeared on stage with performance artists Rebel Diaz, Tahani Salah, Climing Poetree, SOUL Purpose, DAM (Palestine), K Salaam, Hassan Salaam, Open Thought, Akim Funk Buddha, Mental Notes, Red Clay, Mind Spray, and Caridad de la Luz (La Bruja) and also continues to work as a commercial, voice-over and film talent, most recently with John Leguizamo, Edgar Ramierez, John Ortiz and Rick Gonzalez. Mauricio is a graduate of Oberlin College, and a former student at the School for Film & Television and the LAByrinth Theatre Company.  For more about Mauricio, click on: www.mauricioalexander.com

Art Installations by:

Stephany Cardet 

“ink blot”, paintings and photographic slideshows

California native Stephany Cardet currently resides in Brooklyn, NY where she pursues her love of adornments. Whether you hang it on your wall or wear it around your neck, Stephany finds her inspiration in the organic and abstract to create unique inkblot paintings and natural gemstone jewelry. Launching in September 2009, you'll be able to find her at scardet.etsy.com

GJ Lee, 

"Reconstructing the natural landscape with large scale outdoor imagery"

gj lives in jersey city. animation and comics are her main sources of inspiration. in her work, bits and pieces of shapes come together and form environments to reflect in or escape to. she doesn't like referring to herself in third person but finds that it makes writing a bio a little bit easier.

Janine Wallach

Mustache extravaganza interactive installation

Steve Paylovsky 

live projected light show

Steve Pavlovsky is a musician and visual artist from Queens, NY. He first began doing liquid light shows for bands after finding digital projection equipment to be too costly and the results unsatisfactory. "Digital projections look cheap" he says, "you almost always end up seeing pixels, and the images lack the variation and fluidity you'd want to go along with live music". He decided to begin experimenting with old-school overhead projector and colored oil techniques used in the 1960's during the psychedelic era. With little information available as to how to put together these types of light shows, Steve has developed his own style, absent of any mentorship, which provides a stunning level of organic brilliance rarely found in today's hyper-technological world.

Douglas Ljungkvist 

urban photography

I’m a self-taught Brooklyn based photographer, originally from Sweden.  Photography for me is all about self expression.  My personal work is more about feeling and mood than a decisive moment.  I strive to make the ugly beautiful through my appreciation for the ordinary and keen sensitivity to natural light.  

My color photography studies the urban landscape.  I search for scenes that appeal to my eye or invoke certain feelings, including, familiarity, alienation, or eeriness.  My work is mostly void of people.  Attributes to describe my photographic voice include intuitive, urban, graphic, vernacular, and quiet.  

Lara Goetzl

self portrait series

Lara Goetzl was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY where she currently resides, pursuing photography. She graduated from the Institute of Collaborative Education in 2007 and headed for art school at The Fashion Institute of Technology. In 2009 she received her Associates Degree in Arts and Science and decided to continue her educational pursuits and is now currently enrolled in the BFA program. Lara works with many NYC based artists, and, has had her worked published and shown all over NYC. She is currently a contributor at Chief Magazine. She is proud to be a part of Backyart.