Our friends at STRANGEco are releasing a series from Gallery1988 called Vivisect Playground. This one here by Amanda Visell. They are having a launch party tomorrow at Munky King. Saturday, January 26 2008 - 6-9 pm, Gallery 1988 Los Angeles, 7020 Melrose Ave. (@ La Brea), Los Angeles, CA

Our friend Michella over at the Center for Asian American Media (CAAM), formerly know as NAATA, is holding a contest for their upcoming San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival. The SFIAFF is the nations largest showcase of Asian American and Asian Films for the past 26 years. Hands down, one of the best film festivals out there! They are looking for a festival blogger. You can be chosen for an all expense paid trip to SF, free passes to the festival, and stay at the Hotel Tomo. To enter, you must create a 26 second video on why you should be their festival blogger. More info here.

Chris Pew will be showing with Alex Lukas and Amy Casey at White Walls in SF tonite. Chris always blows me away, look forward to seeing his new work.

Right down our street in Silverlake… music, food, shops will stay open late… good time for the xmas shoppin’. Be sure to check out Johnny Ryan’s show at Secret Headquarters. From 7pm to 10pm, Saturday December 8th.

Poketo will be available at Miami Art Basel with HEIST, a multimedia art, music, and retail space at the Miami art fair, Wed Dec 5 - Sun Dec 9 (10am-6pm). Poketo will be represented there and you can pick up some goods to take home! Sponsored in part by BlackBook and Miami’s own MAP magazine, Heist provides a free five-day multimedia experience in a combined art gallery, music venue, and retail space. Located right across from the PULSE art fair, in a stunning, decked-out Wynwood warehouse (there’s even a mini indoor pool!), this is the spot to kick back and take in art with likeminded aesthetes. Featured artists include California-based Madsteez, the iconic Bigfoot, and Motomichi Nakamura — whose video and animation has earned him multiple performances at MoMA and projects with bands like the Knife.

This show at La Luz De Jesus Gallery is great. Mark Todd has some big pieces on wood, smaller framed pieces, most are reinterpretation of comics in his very spontaneous style. Catalina Estrada also showing very beautiful, detailed work. While you’re there, get lost in all of the stuff at Wacko’s…. get lost in the toys.

Allow me to get some of my film nerd out of me, Beautiful/Decay Magazine is presenting a collection of experimental films at New York’s Anthology Film Archive. The above music video by Whitest Boy Alive, animated by Geoff McFetridge will be shown. It’s rad. Beautiful/Decay, Brand New School, The Happy Corp and coolhunting have carefully curated a selection of innovative new media. Wish I was there, let me know how it is.

Good friend Chris Bettig will be showing work, along with Rachel T. Robertson, opening this Friday at Harmony Gallery in Los Feliz, Los Angeles. I guess it’s a bit of preview of a bigger show that will happen in 2008. Harmony Gallery, 5911 Franklin Ave. Hollywood, CA 90028
7-9 PM Friday November 16, 2007