4th Annual ‘AC/VC' Arts Extravaganza @ AudioCinema | Featuring 24 Visual Artists and Bands
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4 th Annual ‘AC/VC' Arts Extravaganza on Aug. 15 th Featuring 24 Visual Artists and Bands
AudioCinema presents AC/VC '09 — a yearly arts event featuring an eclectic grouping of Portland artistsworking in diverse media. 24 artists and bands will perform and show in a 10,000 square foot warehouseperformance space which allows for installation, performance, and wall-mounted art to functionharmoniously in a single exhibition.
Portland, Oregon (July 30, 2009) – AudioCinema today announced the details of its upcoming 4 th AnnualAC/VC (AudioCinema Visual Collective) show and exhibition. AV/VC '09 will be a multi-media artexperience featuring the paintings, sculptures, photographs, videos, as well as live music and readings ofPortland artists. AC/VC '09 features 12 visual artists and 12 live bands, and is open to the public.
A working artist himself, AudioCinema's founder Ilan Laks is the event curator, and has once againscheduled to fill the 10,000 square foot warehouse performance space with the creativity ofAudioCinema's art-career tenants and some invited artists. "This is the first AC/VC since our size-doubling expansion," says Laks, "and we now have hundreds of talented artists and musicians creating inthis building daily." AC/VC is the event which brings it all out of the studios and into the performancehall to share with fans, friends and the public.
AC/VC '09 is on Saturday, August 15 th , from 6pm to 2am (all-ages are welcomed until 11pm). The visual art show will hang through Aug. 23 rd .
The address is: 226 SE Madison, Portland, 97217 (underthe Hawthorne Bridge). The performance hall is made up of gallery walls and lighting, and threeseparate performance stages and sound systems.
Visual artists include: Candace Gossen (paintings), Dustin Zemel (video), Evertt Beidler (sculpture), IlanLaks (paintings, photos), Cat Coats (paintings), Marian Slakie (paintings), Jacob Perkins (video), MikeAlbano (paintings), Heidi Wirz (paintings), Jennifer Sims (fashion), George Perrou (paintings), MichelleThompson (photography) – Musical artists include: Strangeletter (Lush electronic/ live rock), CasperMaccabee (storytelling rock ensemble), Jacob Perkins (singer/songwriter), Search Party (pop trio),Defeating the Purpose (experimental), Hotter than a Crotch (party band), Drunken Prayer (troubadour,gypsy, blues), Noise (Ambient, electronic soundscapes), Battle Axe Massacre (Metal), Doonevetter(Bluegrass), The WokenBokes (Rock-n-Roll), Julius (Singer/songwriter)
