Brightest Young Things

This Saturday, June 20, a quite bizarre festival will take place at The Velvet Lounge, which I wish I could take credit for. However the thing was curated by Brown University's professor of electronic poetry:

Justin Katko, who has invited a whole gang of artists of various media, from around the world, to come and participate in a once in a lifetime kind of inter-media art jam.

it will feature DC artists like:

Adrian Parsons (of the band Exactly) ,

Chris Grier (of To Eat and Shave in LA w/ Thurston Moore and Andrew WK, and The Ultimate Vag),

as well as yours truly

Andrew Bucket

and my old band mate

Haley Dolan Katko

Descriptive word combinations aside, one obstacle is chief when attempting to describe what Praxis Dudes Fest will be:

* no one quite actually knows what is going to happen during this inter-media art jam.

In my best effort to give an impression, or-- as I have titled this assemblage of moments-- a premonition of what is to come; please accept this brief  memo. of video, photography, poems (electronic and spoken) and some other things as well, and try to collage it all together in your own personal i-movie of the mind.

Meet the performers and their respective works:

Nour Mobarak of Portland (film, music)

Here are some short films by Nour.

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green cop

light canon

Adrian Parsons of DC (performance art, music)

Here is a piece from Adrian.

adrian snip

Chris Grier of DC (music, performance, sound)

Here is To Live and Shave... LIVE!

TLASILA in detroit, fuck.

Andrew Bucket of DC (film, music, poetry, performance)

This film contains an original score and concept by Andrew Bucket

fruit and meat

Haley Dolan Katko of DC (music, tape collage, illustration, paper crafts, film)

This film contains an original score and concept by Haley DK.

jiggasaw puzzaloo

AND

NOW!

FROM ENGLAND!

Jow Lindsay of England (poetry, performance)

Here is an intimate performance by Jow

jow lindsay

Keston Sutherland of England (Professor of poetry at Univ. Sussex, poet, performer)

Here Keston performs his piece Hot White Andy.

keston

BACK TO AMERICA!

The man who made it all real:

Justin Katko of Providence (professor of electronic poetry, music, poet, publisher, performer, film)

Here is both a live performance as well as one of Justin's electronic poems.

justin

aubade

Praxis Dudes Fest will take place @ The Velvet Lounge (915 U st NW)

Saturday June 20- doors @ 730pm--$5 w/ deejays downstairs