Release Party / From Here to the Ocean with Los Super Elegantes / Dec 3
Swiss Institute and Monkey Town invite you to
RELEASE PARTY
COMPILER*02. FROM HERE TO THE OCEAN
with LOS SUPER ELEGANTES & SERVICES
at MONKEY TOWN, Sunday, December 3rd / 8PM
admission: $10
Join the US launch of the DVD-magazine
COMPILER*02. FROM HERE TO THE OCEAN
with live-concerts featuring NY-locals, SERVICES,
and Los Angeles-based LOS SUPER ELEGANTES.
8 PM: doors open; cocktails hour / sponsored bar
9-10.45 PM: US launch of FROM HERE TO THE OCEAN
11 PM: live concert
COMPILER*02 FROM HERE TO THE OCEAN is curated by Daniel Baumann, Switzerland, and Champion Zero, Los Angeles, who have gathered a line of internationally acclaimed artists to participate in the project that is this time focused on ’the sea’ as a place of nostalgia for a pure experience of a perfect nature: a paradise for youth subculture, an abyss for numerous cliches and a space for absolute beauty.
FROM HERE TO THE OCEAN is an homage to George Greenough, a key figure of surf history and its most consequent outsider.
Compiler*02 is made possible by Scheidegger-Thommen-Stiftung, Swiss Federal Office of Culture/Sitemapping, Tweaklab and is co-produced by the Swiss Institute.
The participating artists are: OLAF BREUNING, TRISHA DONNELLY, DREW HEITZLER, EMILIE HALPERN, HANSPETER HOFMANN, MARIE JAGER, SHAUN GLADWELL, LOS SUPER ELEGANTES, HANS WEIGAND/HEIMO ZOBERNIG.
LOS SUPER ELEGANTES, who are also featuring on the DVD, will be giving one of their spectacular live performances. Due to their incredible ability to mix original music with theatrical stage improvisations, LOS SUPER ELEGANTES are among the most sought after live bands in the US.
“Globe-trotting emissaries of trash in translation, a refreshing brand of cross-cultural misprision… Talk about a surprise vantage on the touchy elisions of imperialist modernism!” ARTFORUM
SERVICES is a brand new project from two veterans of the NYC underground and “non” personality superstars of their own right, brought to you from A TOUCH OF CLASS USA that introduced bands such as Scissor Sisters, The Ones and Waldorf.
The party will take place at the Monkey town, Williamsburg that has become known for its unique mix of video art, live performance and experimental cuisine.
With generous support from SWATCH and BELEZA PURA
MONKEY TOWN
58 N 3RD ST (BTW. KENT & WYTHE)
WILLIAMSBURG, BROOKLYN 11211
www.monkeytownhq.com
A SWISS INSTITUTE / CONTEMPORARY ART PRODUCTION
Info at: www.swissinstitute.net