The home of "Freelance" "Curator".
We are a free-floating curatorial concern dedicated to bringing the highest quality contemporary arts programming to whatever community we happen to be in at the time... or something.
"Freelance" "Curator" is run by its founders, artist-curators Bernie Brooks and Kristen Gallerneaux.
Wayne State University in Detroit, MI, brought us in as visiting artists / critics this week. It was a really great, gratifying experience. So thank you to everyone who made it happen, who came out to our talk, and let us into their studios. It was the best. We could do this sort of thing every day.
We are in San Diego now. Getting settled. Getting done being ill. Getting right with God. THIS is in Oregon. The show is FREE. GARDENS are friends of ours, so, if you are in the area, don't bone them. Go to this and buy a record. Help these scruffy psych-garage punks get to Missoula and beyond. If you are not in the Willamette Valley they are playing many more shows in many more places.
Gardens will be playing at the Axe + Fiddle in Cottage Grove, OR, on Wednesday, Nov 2nd. The show is free. Starts at 8 PM.
It's been a while since we rapped at you, but you know how it goes (probably). And we thought it might be a good idea to let you all know what we've been up to lately, what projects we've been working on, etc. We're back home in Detroit (finally!), for the time being at least, and busy working on a number of things. Though most are related to our personal art practices or academic research, and only tangentially connected to our "Freelance" "Curator" endeavors, it's possible you might still be interested? I hope? More after the cut.
If you are in the Detroit area tonight, Sonny & The Sunsets and The Sandwitches are playing the Pike Room in Pontiac. Doors are at 7:30 PM, which probably means The Sandwitches will be on a bit after 10? It will be amazing! FOR REAL.
So the last 6 - 8 weeks have been spent in a frenzy of stress and logistics helping Sonny and Mark and Perry bring the show to the Islington Mills Arts Club in Salford, UK. There were artwork surgeries, shippers bailing on us--it was gnarly. But we did it, and when we found out that the work--and the newly redesigned jukebox!--reached greater Manchester safely, rainbows shot out of our eyes and we levitated off of the ground about 3/4 of an inch.
Anyways, the show is open right now, and it is as good a way as any to celebrate the royal wedding. 100 Records is also a part of Sunday's Sounds of the Other City Festival, which is sure to be awesome. There are dozens of bands, including Sonny and the Sunsets, who are playing the Comfortable On A Tightrope stage at 7:45 PM.
You are cordially invited to attend the closing reception of Sonny Smith's 100 Records. If you happen to be in the Eugene area tomorrow night, why not stop by from 5:30 - 8:30 PM and have a gander at some amazing artwork and listen to some tunes on the jukebox? If you live around here and haven't seen the show yet, don't be a sucker! Tomorrow is your last chance, dudes. Then it is off to Manchester, England (England!), across the Atlantic Sea. I mean, seriously, when was the last time Ed Ruscha had a piece in a show in downtown Eugene? Never? Probably. Will he have a piece in downtown Eugene ever again? Never? Probably. And that's just one example. Last chance, guys. It'll be fun. We swear.
Warmest regards,
"Freelance" "Curator"
P.S. Here is a new jam by Sonny and the Sunsets. It will be on their new LP Hit After Hit. It is a reworking of an Earth Girl Helen Brown track of the same name, and equally rad, though in a different way. Enjoy! Sonny And The Sunsets - "I Wanna Do It" by forcefieldpr
100 Records will be open today from 12 PM - 5 PM. The closing reception will be tomorrow during First Friday Artwalk, from 5:30 - 8:30 PM. As always we are at 942 Olive in the old "Musique Gourmet" space. We still have some 100 Records related stuff for sale, too. Check out previous posts for details on all that.
