FreeWaves: Broadcast A Collective Remix

FreeWaves: Broadcast- A Collective Remix

September 2, 2011 6-10pm

FreeWaves creates a collective reflection of the past decade in image and sound. The community was asked to submit images, impressions, found sounds, songs, maps, text, clatter, photos, poems, headlines, ideas, quotes, inspirations, verse etc.

What we had in mind was to see how virtual community could overlap with physical community. How can content from the digital cloud connect to real space?
Can that connection build community?

The first interactive community event at Art Produce happened spontaneously several days after 9/11/01. The community was invited to come in and make art. The results were exhibited in the gallery window. Without any email newsletters or social media, folks found out there was a place to go. They brought in photos, souvenirs from New York, memories to share.
9/11/10 was the first public event in Art Produce Garden, David Krimmel’s whEAThARvesT. We grew wheat in empty lots and in people’s yards, harvested it and flash mob danced it to the garden where it was processed by the community. We thought we should mark the decade after 9/11 with an interactive community event.

We asked for content thru emails, social media sites and word of mouth. People sent in stuff. Not all of the stuff got shown that night, as was intended. And not all of the content was mixed live, as was intended. We had some technical glitches.

We did have the community come thru with generous donations of time and equipment and technical skill and artistry and documentation and beer and wine and goldfish!
As someone has said- it takes a village.
And as I like to suggest- we are the village people!

Many thanks to all who came and especially to those who contributed. We hope to use some of the content in the next project.

Lynn & David want to thank: Animal House, Mosaic Wine Bar, Alchemy, Mother Earth Brew Co., FoodFarm food truck, The Linkery, North Park Main St., Pixellava, Sun & Moon Vision Production, Eveoke Dance Theatre, Brent McGrath, Josh & Zack Wheeler, Terri Oelrich, & Manny Pantoja.

If you missed the Freewaves Broadcast event, make sure to check out the video below to see the content presented.

Copy and paste the link below to see the full album of the FreeWaves event on the Art Produce fan page on Facebook. Become a fan and "Like" us. www.facebook.com/artproduce

Posted on Mon, July 25, 2011 by Lynn Susholtz filed under

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3 comments (Add your own)

1. Rick wrote:: Went to an art show at Lynn's Art Produce gallery last night in North Park. It was a 60's style happening. A camera at the top of a skeleton teepee was focused on a large glass bowl containing 100 goldfish. the live video of the wriggling swarm was projected onto an outdoor screen. Beat heavy synth electronica was provided by 2 six and a quarter foot young dudes in black who worked the 'sizer, keyboards, guitar and percussion. The Icabod Crane string bean nodded to the beat, a giant wind whipped reed. His white Connies completed the look.

There was of course the political theme- call a number and describe how 9-ll affected your life. For broadcast later in the evening. Then there were all the people. The attractive president of the North Park neighborhood association who grew up 6 blocks away and has come home to make her community- and therefore the world- a better place. Who, in previous lives, taught 1st to 3rd grade and was a political operator. Her organic chemist boyfriend, the cool nerd with the black rimmed glasses that are 1 shade south of Buddy Holly. The young female couple with their beautiful 3 month old blonde baby. On her second day with us they learned she was deaf- a correctable condition, thank God. Their tall, blonde Viking princess friend held the baby lovingly. Everybody was getting some of the love and magic from the baby girl. I made sure to rub her little head vigorously. Several times. Auntie sells paint and objects made from recycled materials. "Who do you sell to?" I asked. "Mostly to my neighbors," she said. She celebrates her 3 year anniversary this month.

The female art broker who manages a 33,000 sq/ft art building on India Street and deals in art internationally. Her most recent tenant has been there 8 years. "They never leave," she said. Kind of like the Hotel California.

Yuko, the 60'ish Japanese born woman in the traditional garb of her homeland with the Frank Sinatra felt hat who likes to sing and compose and play the piano, who is giving a recital today at 10:00 in the Dr. Seuss Room at the UCSD space ship library playing her toy piano. She was married to a computer scientist professor who died a few years ago. They were together 7 years. He spoke no English. No matter. "The only Japanese word he knew was sushi," she laughed. "We did not have to talk. We understood each other completely." As she does not drive (she takes the bus, walks or rides her bike) we were happy to take her to her home by the soccer field by the university. She and Lynn met at the Buddhist meditation center. The Buddhists are her tenants. How cool is that?
Tue, September 6, 2011 @ 4:01 PM
2. bob wrote:: It's more than a gallery can do, artproduce, it's more like
a corner in its city open to any walk-ons. A big environment
as much defined by the people in it as by the light that drew
them and seemed to come from nowhere to play on walls
and sheets. Open City.
Tue, September 6, 2011 @ 4:03 PM
3. Manny wrote:: What do you get when you combine social media websites, the community, projectors and an amazing artistic concept by Lynn and David?; Freewaves-Broadcast: A Collective Remix. As an intern at Art Produce Gallery, I assisted with this project not knowing what to expect, but boy was I surprised at the end result. The entire process for this project was amazing. What I loved about it was the fact that it was quite experimental, mysterious and creative. Whether it was checking the websites daily to see if the community had uploaded pictures, sounds and text, or informing strangers about this project, I enjoyed every step of the process.
The idea of bringing the community together in one place to share memories, laughs and good times is priceless. Freewaves definitely succeeded in accomplishing this. What I enjoyed the most about this night was seeing how people were interacting with the many surprising objects that were laid out to be played with (the fish bowl with a live camera feed or the funky pianos with toy attachments) and the projections that were painted across various walls. In all, Freewaves was a project that made me realize how important it is to have a relationship with your own community where you can collaborate to make surprising artworks and have a great time together.
Fri, September 16, 2011 @ 11:55 AM

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