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Bottega Veneta + Sam Taylor Wood =

2008-04-10T17:09:49Z

Where does contemporary art and culture connect? Everywhere. For its current season, the Italian fashion house, Bottega Veneta, collaborated with Sam Taylor-Wood (MOCA's current artist on view) for its advertising campaign. Check out the Art of Collaboration video by clicking here. http://www.bottegaveneta.com/Main.aspx?region=US

rock! MOCA: Parts and Labor THIS FRIDAY

2008-03-17T15:56:59Z

Friday, March 21 PARTS and LABOR PTERODACTYL BOLMONGANI (Ryan from PAIK solo) NATIONAL SUICIDE DAY What RA has to say about this bill This is a dream bill, i still can't believe it came together. if you like new music of a louder ilk you cannot find four dynamic bands like these. And now PARTS AND LABOR are a four piece! Parts and Labor Pterodactyl

rock!MOCA:: SAMARA LUBELSKI :: Sunday, March 9th

2008-03-04T19:57:48Z

Sunday, March 9 Samara Lubelski w/ special guests BILL WEITA/ Corrisa (and the Priapists)/ Just Jose link to Clifford Allen's interview with Samara Lubelskihttp://www.bagatellen.com/archives/features/000922.html Samara is on myspace http://www.myspace.com/samaralubelski

MOCA Mix: listen: Beans

2008-02-21T15:17:31Z

Thursday, February 28 BEANS What RA has to say about BEANS the guy is so creative, and so driven lyrically i cannot think of a better mc to collab with any genre. this is going to be fun! About BEANS Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the wonderful world of BEANS, aka Mr. Ballbeam. Hip-hop rebel. Wordsmith extraordinaire. Sonic architect. Fashion renegade. Published poet. Culture star. Raised in White Plains, NY and first picked up on in the mid-90's as part of the mythic Soup / Boom Poetic collective, the word began to spread. Having achieved his widest acclaim as one-third of the legendary NYC progressive rap crew, Anti Pop Consortium, BEANS continues his grand experiments in music and life with releases on Warp and Thirsty Ear. With lyrical virtuosity, vanguard production that straight bangers, and one of the most unique and remarkable live performances around, BEANS harkens back to the glory days when all it seemed to take was real talent, real passion and the desire to actually be real and simply shine. Having shared stages and toured with everyone from Radiohead to Vernon Reid, Prefuse 73, Ratatat, Dabrye, Bill Laswell, The Rapture to Tortoise, The Locust, Battles to DJ Krush, Kool Kieth, Pharoahe Monch to Aesop Rock, DJ Shadow to Cannibal Ox, Attica Blues to Terranova, plus Coachella and DJ gigs at The Guggenheim and with Missy Elliott. BEANS has displayed his multitudinous skills and the response has been astounding. Having first made a solo imprint with "Nude Paper", his 12-inch release on Mo'wax in 2000, BEANS gave us a taste of things to come. All this seems destined to redefine the word "fresh". The latest arsenal in his assault on the senses is BEANS new album entitled, THORNS. This record was written during a tumultuous 2 year period between his last release, SHOCK CITY MAVERICK and ONLY. THORNS is more straightforward and emotional in content yet more textured and dense in production. BEANS is on myspace http://www.myspace.com/mrballbeamakabeans

UPCOMING MOCA MIX SEASON

2007-12-05T18:13:10Z

Our new season begins Friday, January 25 with the Public Opening of two new exhibitions - Sam Taylor Wood(her first solo US museum show!) and Craig Lucas, whose new paintings are truly great works.(well i think so at least, but have your say through our comments page right here on this blog.) I'm really excited about this seasons music programming,and i hope you will make it out to all of these wonderful shows! nuff said, below are video clips of all the great music MOCA is presenting. let us know through our comments page what your thoughts are. oh, be MOCA's friend on myspacehttp://www.myspace.com/moca_cleveland MADAME P Saturday, January 26th (see events calendar for performance times, and opening acts) What RA says about Madame P About two years ago i received this suite of cdr's in the mail from Italy, after a few weeks i popped them in and fell in love with the musics straight away. as luck would have it(since there never alot of money for arts) Patrizia was going to be touring the States. we booked her to plan the now defunct Church space in Tremont. only twenty people came, but it was an amazing show. you will be quite amazed. Madame P is on myspacehttp://www.myspace.com/madamepi What MADAME P says about herself "Madame P is the latest musical incarnation of Patrizia Oliva." In the past I was a co-founder and member of the seminal all-female band Allun. I was also a member of the Rosas Y Tulipanes duo along with Luca Pagani, guitarist of the alternative rock back Viclarsen. In 2004 I started collaborating with Luca Sigurta' in the highly experimental project Macaya, and with Tommaso Rolando and Marco Ravera - guitarist and double bass player of the acclaimed jazz/fusion band Calomito - in the impro/jazzy ensemble called Toba. Some of my self-produced EPs and a long serie of concerts rapidly brought me among the few italian women dealing with experimental music. My official debut album was released in Germany by Cold Coffeine Addict in November 2005. A noisy collaboration with The Afeman, a.k.a. Andrea Marutti, was released in April 2006 on Afe Records. My live sets are focused on the wide range of my vocal techniques: I experiment with my voice sampling it in real time and feeding the result through various effect units. I also use contact microphones and other minimal electronic devices. I never used a laptop and I don't own a computer at all. I also play bass, guitar, mandolin and keyboards. "Spellbound", an album recorded live during a performance in Rome, was released in the U.K. by Curor Recordings last Autumn. In May 2007 I gave life to a new duo called Camusi along with the great italian drummer and musician Stefano Giust; he also run a label called Setola di Maiale. Our first self-titled album was released just a few months ago, it was recorded at "Lab12", my old house/artspace in Italy. During Spring 2007, I composed a soundtrack for the old silent movie "Madame DuBarry", it was premiered live last May in Milan, Italy. Madame P also has an alter ego called Mad Amp, I use to play noise and more electronic-oriented music under this guise. I have been touring through U.S.A., U.K., Scotland, The Netherlands, France, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Switzerland, Slovenja. I improvised with: Andrea Marutti, Luca Sigurtà, Luca Pagani, Roberto Bellatalla, Tommaso Rolando, Marco Ravera, Stefano Giust, Dominik Gawara, Herb Diamante, Jacopo Andreini, Metuo, Stefania Pedretti, Katia Zinichino, A034, Bruno Dorella, Virgilio Villoresi, Blanche, Tommy Greenwood, Paul Baran, Radikal Satan, UR, Alessandro Calbucci, Xabier Iriondo, Sektor 304, Claudio Gavina, Bjerga, Iversen, Serraglia, Stefano Migliosi, Marino Josè Malagnino, Rinus Van Alabeek, Francesco Calandrino, Jeff Gburek, Mat Pogo, Zazie, Alessandro Buzzi, Roberta JD Meatball, Walter Belloni, Viclarsen, Bugo, Nora Keyes, Claudio Parodi, Harshcore, Jeremy Stone, and more. Thursday, February 7 Guillermo E. Brown with jazz great William Parker about Guillermo E. Brown GUILLERMO E. BROWN is a musician (drums, electronics, voice), multidisciplinary performer (text, video, theatre) and producer. He was awarded a 2001 Artist-in-Residence and 2003 Van Lier Fellowship from Harvestworks Digital Media Arts Center. Featured on over 25 recordings, he has performed or recorded with David S. Ware, William Parker, Matthew Shipp, Marlies Yearby, Rob Reddy, Roy Campbell Quartet, Spring Heel Jack, Anti-Pop Consortium, Anthony Braxton, DJ Spooky, El-P, Carl Hancock Rux, Vernon Reid/DJ Logic's Yohimbe Brothers, Mike Ladd, George Lewis, and Vijay Iyer, among others. His albums include Soul at the Hands of the Machine, The Beat Kids' Open Rhythm System, Black Dreams 1.0, and Handeheld. His one-man theatre piece, Robeson In Space, premiered at Luna Stage in Montclair, NJ October 2005. He is currently at work on a new solo record "Shuffle Mode" premiering with a live performance at The Apollo in '08, The Beat Kids' recording Sound Magazine, a large group performance piece Bacchanale, and his ensemble Cut Up Quintet. A graduate of Wesleyan University (BA) and Bard College (MFA), he is an Adjunct Professor at NYU's Clive Davis School of Recorded Music and Gallatin School of Independent Study. Guillermo E. Brown is on myspacehttp://www.myspace.com/guillermoebrown Friday, February 15 Shooting Spires AKA BJ Warsaw from Parts and Labor what does RA say about Bj i think shooting spires give BJ a place to write songs faster than in his band, where he must collaborate, the songs end up being more personal, and slightly more melodic. i'm excited to see the set live, the last time i was on tour we stayed at BJ and Cleveland legends jeff o and erick's loft. as so as the kid gets home he go in his cubby hole and starts working! Shooting Spires is on myspace http://www.myspace.com/shootingspires Friday, February 28 BEANS What RA has to say about BEANS the guy is so creative, and so driven lyrically i cannot think of a better mc to collab with any genre. this is going to be fun! About BEANS Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the wonderful world of BEANS, aka Mr. Ballbeam. Hip-hop rebel. Wordsmith extraordinaire. Sonic architect. Fashion renegade. Published poet. Culture star. Raised in White Plains, NY and first picked up on in the mid-90's as part of the mythic Soup / Boom Poetic collective, the word began to spread. Having achieved his widest acclaim as one-third of the legendary NYC progressive rap crew, Anti Pop Consortium, BEANS continues his grand experiments in music and life with releases on Warp and Thirsty Ear. With lyrical virtuosity, vanguard production that straight bangers, and one of the most unique and remarkable live performances around, BEANS harkens back to the glory days when all it seemed to take was real talent, real passion and the desire to actually be real and simply shine. Having shared stages and toured with everyone from Radiohead to Vernon Reid, Prefuse 73, Ratatat, Dabrye, Bill Laswell, The Rapture to Tortoise, The Locust, Battles to DJ Krush, Kool Kieth, Pharoahe Monch to Aesop Rock, DJ Shadow to Cannibal Ox, Attica Blues to Terranova, plus Coachella and DJ gigs at The Guggenheim and with Missy Elliott. BEANS has displayed his multitudinous skills and the response has been astounding. Having first made a solo imprint with "Nude Paper", his 12-inch release on Mo'wax in 2000, BEANS gave us a taste of things to come. All this seems destined to redefine the word "fresh". The latest arsenal in his assault on the senses is BEANS new album entitled, THORNS. This record was written during a tumultuous 2 year period between his last release, SHOCK CITY MAVERICK and ONLY. THORNS is more straightforward and emotional in content yet more textured and dense in production. BEANS is on myspace http://www.myspace.com/mrballbeamakabeans Sunday, March 9 Samara Lubelski link to Clifford Allen's interview with Samara Lubelskihttp://www.bagatellen.com/archives/features/000922.html Samara is on myspace http://www.myspace.com/samaralubelski Friday, March 21 PARTS and LABOR PTERODACTYL PAIK NATIONAL SUICIDE DAY What RA has to say about this bill This is a dream bill, i still can't believe it came together. if you like new music of a louder ilk you cannot find four dynamic bands like these. Parts and Labor Pterodactyl Friday, April 11 Baby Dayliner Baby Dayliner is on myspacehttp://www.myspace.com/babydayliner About Baby Dayliner "A crooner for our times..."-Wallpaper "Literate and limber...a twilit bridge between sincerity and tounge-in-chic."-XLR8R "A retro romo romp through a New York ghost world that is neither the drainpipe-and-denim sweat pile of CBGBs nor the mirrorball glitz of Studio 54 but somewhere in between."-Uncut Baby Dayliner (AKA Ethan Marunas) was born and raised in New York City, and went to LaGuardia High School of Music and Art, and the Performing Arts, also known as the "FAME" high school. His undergraduate study was done at St. John's College in Annapolis, MD. After varying roles in various bands, Marunas decided to take the stage as a solo act. He became deft at synths, samplers, and recording, and began crafting songs that would come to life as the Baby Dayliner stage show. INFLUENCES: Marunas' first big sonic influence was classical music that his parents and private teachers fed him as a child violinist (age 7-17). Later came jazz and hip-hop records. Strangely enough, his first pop music love was Hall and Oates, which he listened to alongside Kabuki theater music and other diverse sounds. RIYL: Serge Gainsbourg, Frank Sinatra, James Brown, New Order, David Bowie, Daft Punk, The Smiths, Stephin Merritt. THE MOVEMENT (inspired by The Tris McCall Report www.trismccall.net) Baby Dayliner is a performer The crowds at his shows are filled with a variety of night dwellers: curiosity-seekers and punk rockers, the creative and the created, musicians and artists, pop fetishists and thugs. They've watched the previous few acts with their arms crossed in the familiar stand-offish way, but now bodies are in motion. It's involuntary, they're swept away--these are the very last people you'd ever see cutting loose at a show, but here they are not afraid to show they love it. Supremely in tune with his audience, head back, singing with passion, fury, and ruthless intelligence, crossstepping, smiling wide, and squeezing every drop of meaning out of each syllable. All arms in the air now! Shouts and whistles. The crowd is dancing in a frenzy of recognition and pure excitement, and Baby Dayliner is whipping them to do more. He turns, he shakes, he croons and shouts over thunderous beats and bass. One man, one machine in supreme synchronicity. And now everyone is in thrall to the delirium of the moment. Is this the encore? Nah, friend, the show's just started, and it's the closest thing the jaded New York scene will ever have to a homegrown Beatle-mania. Baby Dayliner has arrived. Baby Dayliner is a writer His songs are supremely literate--drawing from a formidable lexicon and an enormous repository of storytelling strategies. His intelligence is never on display for its own sake; instead, it's a tool for communicating sophisticated narratives. Some of the songs are missives, many are descriptive, and almost all contain indelible, inspiring and unforgettable language. He juxtaposes rap hyperbole and the sarcasm of the noveau bohemians with the language common to the New York nightlife--all of it sung to the delight and identification of the local crowd. Baby Dayliner is a producer He understands his machines and knows how to coax out of them maximum excitement. He's a pop song fabricator of discarded parts and pieces, which make his songs continually surprising in their melodicism and composition. There are elements of mid-80s synthpop, European post-punk, 70s disco, top 40 radio, and underground rap. There are hypnotic synth pulses, rafter-rattling choruses, new romantic moods and often a unique, polished style of hip-hop and dance production that could easily earn him rotation on commercial radio. Baby Dayliner is a revelation He plays maximum rock'n'roll hangouts in front of punk crowds, hip-hop crowds, folk crowds, hardcore crowds. He regularly follows bands with formidable wattage (Scissor Sisters, The National, Trans Am). Yet when he opens his mysterious suitcase, turns on his gear, and walks to center stage, he inevitably proceeds to move the crowd, open eyes, and blow minds. He broadcasts tropes and language from rap and disco in settings where neither rap nor disco are typically heard, but he sells it every time, without condescending to either form. He is bravely building bridges, doing profound theoretical work, all the while getting busy and never forgetting to entertain. Fundamentally he is a communicator, one who makes sure you hear every syllable he sings-and his ever-growing audience hangs on every syllable. Baby Dayliner is by no means the only one-person act to come on the music scene of late, but he is by far the most intelligent, the most multi-faceted, the most syncretic and single-minded. By relentlessly challenging his audience, by taking the lead and daring the crowd to follow, he makes a profound impact on every room he plays. But now I've said too much. This act is brilliant, and it encapsulates all the best New York City music has to offer... Come see for yourself. NAMEDROPPING Baby Dayliner is a favorite of some of NYC's best artists. Aesop Rock, The National, Blockhead, and The Giraffes are frequently in the audience at his shows. The Giraffes' guitarist, Damien Paris, appears on several tracks. Actor and musician Adrian Grenier (Entourage; The Honey Brothers) drums on the song "Silent Places." "Critics Pass Away is the first disc in a long time I can listen to front to back with no complaints and no fast-forwarding. No really, this is the kind of record I wanna plagiarize. I have yet to find someone who doesn't love it."-Aesop Rock "Baby Dayliner is a rare fearless original. This brainy record is jammed full of heart and moxie. It's a dance party for sexy intellects."-Matt Berninger, singer, The National

rock!MOCA:: MV+EE and NEPTUNE Saturday, Nov 17

2007-11-08T15:46:22Z

mv+ee have always explored the space between blues and eastern ragga, between grassroots, and wheatgrass - here's a clip from ATP Iconic critic, Byron Coley + Sonic Youth frontman Thurston Moore New music icon, and Cleveland native Albert Ayler is coming back to us in the form of the Swedish Documentary - MY NAME IS ALBERT AYLER showing before the rock! MOCA concert- Saturday, Nov 17 @ 7pm and yes the filmmaker will be in the building!) at the Cleveland Cinematheque. for details check our event listing for Nov 17 on the website. ALBERT AYLER'S SWING LOW- SEND US YOUR COMMENTS, NOTES, OR PROPHETIC NOISE by commenting on this here blog!

Alan Roth's Re/Collecting Memory(part two)

2007-10-26T14:17:00Z

Friday, November 2, 2007 8pm- 11pm moca mix:: Letters to Masumi Members $6 / non-members $10 / students free with ID moca mix :: To celebrate Masumi Hayashi’s spirit, life, and unique artistic vision we will present a multi-media performance entitled Letters to Masumi presented in collaboration with SAFMOD Performance Ensemble and Kiloloarts Media Lab. Letters to Masumi is a suite of four vignettes exploring what motivates our concept of loss, and what informs the eventuality of our healing.

Thursday, OCTOBER 25th @8pm = USAisaMONSTER

2007-10-10T14:56:36Z

Just added to our fall line-up is my favorite two piece from the NYC- no, its not LIGHTNING BOLT, although i love them too. its myth-science rockers, USA is a MONSTER, opening for them is the hard hitting duo CLAN OF THE CAVE BEAR. To be perfectly hopnest with you, i don't know who will play besides that! here's part one of their performance at brilliant corners, limited edition tour posters by the band will be handed out raffle style get here early for this one, i might be over if take your sweet sassy time.

rock! MOCA :: Blake Miller / Julie Sokolow

2007-10-10T14:45:02Z

This Friday we are pleased to have Blake Miller+Julie Sokolow performing in our front commons. Here's some you tube embedded video of both performers, along with interview footage of Blake. Shouts out to EXIT STENCIL RECORDINGS for reaching out to MOCA. Blake Miller "got it going' on" - performed live @ Parish Hall Cleveland interview w/ Blake Miller ****************************************************** Julie Sokolow "violins"

CHARALAMBIDES HEADLINES rock! MOCA Season

2007-09-13T15:58:24Z

November 7th CHARALAMBIDES With Special Guests Alasdair Roberts, and former band mate, Heather Leigh Murray here's a clip of Charalambides @ Luminaire last year. Alasdair Roberts Heather Leigh Murray

What's Good for the City - Notes from the Uptown Launch Pad

2007-07-31T03:34:26Z

by CarlaPasquale Send us a video discussing an issue that concerns you about our city, the best ones will be posted on the MOCAblog for comments from your fellow citizens. Make a video, post it on YOU TUBE, and send us a link. How's that for Public forum? Serious entries only, for more information email rwashington@mocacleveland.org

Architectual Blogs and Related Items

2007-07-26T17:38:14Z

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Panhandle Bandshell, San Francisco

2007-07-26T17:00:05Z

Panhandle Bandshell San Francisco Panhandle Bandshell (detail 1) Panhandle Bandshell (detail 2) Panhandle Bandshell (detail outside) THE PANHANDLE BANDSHELL San Francisco, California A project by Black Rock Arts Foundation http://www.blackrockarts.org/ The Panhandle Bandshell is a full-scale, traditional bandshell constructed out of reclaimed, recycled and repurposed materials, located in San Francisco's Panhandle park, just west of the Clayton Street crossing, where it will be open for non-amplified, acoustic neighborhood performances from June 23 to September 3, 2007. About the Bandshell The Panhandle Bandshell Project is a temporary public art installation made from reclaimed materials and designed to: create a space for non-amplified, acoustic neighborhood performances such as: jazz combos, classical music, spoken word, solo instrumental performances, acoustic contemporary music, vocal and choir performances, theatrical performances, children’s performances, puppet shows, and poetry readings demonstrate through creative reuse of materials that a beautiful structure can be built from material that would otherwise have been thrown away, raising collective awareness of our impact on the environment. provide a place for neighbors to come out of their homes and gather in ways that support the local community and community-building. provide an accessible venue for the many talented performers who live and work in the area. provide a neighborhood place for play and creative expression. provide a place for teaching and learning about how we in our neighborhood can support the environment through recycling, reuse and participation in the new curbside composting programs. The bandshell is comprised of four main parts: a structural skeleton, the skin, the stage, and a back wall. The structural integrity has been approved by a certified structural engineer, and received a City of San Francisco Building Permit prior to construction. Here are some of the technical details about how this structure is built. Structural Skeleton Four cross-braced 4”x4” HSS structural steel arches, 16'8" high at their apex Arches are bolted into trapezoidal foundation of 7 I-Beams, shimmed level with lumber Rear-most I-Beam section acts as "kickstand" uplift and lateral shift protection Skin 65 mid-size sedan car hoods, bolted to each other, and to structural skeleton arches Car hoods undersides are painted with custom-color grey primer, outsides treated with anti-graffiti acrylic coating Arches covered by computer circuit boards attached to reclaimed plywood, painted with "International Orange" latext paint (the color of the Golden Gate Bridge) Stage 45'x20'x18" raised stage 60 hollowed-out French doors, inlaid with reclaimed 2"x6" and 2"x4" lumber, atop reclaimed lumber frame system Includes 30'-long ADA compliant ramp Stage is stained and waterproofed Plinth (stagefront) is reclaimed plywood decorated with reclaimed streetlight lenses and hand-drawn stencil design Back Wall 3,000 16.9oz. (500ml) plastic water bottles glued with clear silicone caulk, reinforced by turnbuckled steel cable braces Wall divided into 3 separate panels, and nestled underneath rear arch

Some details regarding the Yokohoma Port Terminal designed by FOA

2007-07-26T02:36:54Z

Mason's Notes 1

2007-07-17T15:06:21Z

Welcome. Behold MOCA's new blog! For my inaugural post, I would like to start things off generally with some sentiments regarding the tone of Uptown. If you've stopped by and experienced the full spread of Summer exhibitions you are probably aware of MOCA's new building initiative and the Uptown District which will be materialized simultaneously. If you've noticed, most of these initiatives present a strong contemporary architectural bias (with occasional evidence of innovative contemporary planning) emphasizing strategies which connect people and places, rather than separate. For me, this is an extraordinary proposition which, if achieved unspoiled, would create one of the most significant enclaves of contemporary design in the country. At the same, I am mindful that (in practice) such visions are often supplanted by formulas rooted in nostalgia, expediency and myopia. In viewing the contents of The Uptown Launch Pad, I ask myself what more can be done to bolster the momentum of this contemporary mindset? Is gentile advocacy enough? Or does such a remarkable opportunity demand a more aggressive, more robustly sustained form of activism? As Americans, why haven't we seen more unapologetically contemporary environments realized?