Watch This Space presents First Friday event, VIP Lounge (Video Installation Performance) Series.
Watch This Space will present a series of multi-media art events in conjunction with the First Fridays. Titled VIP Lounge (VIP for Video Installation Performance), these events will present video, installation, and performance art, for a small “cover charge” of $5.00, which includes admission to the event, and a complimentary “virgin” cocktail, hors d’oeuvre, and a small event related souvenir item.
WATCH THIS SPACE owners Tom and Lisa McElroy (aka Atomic Elroy and Zelda Bubbles) have developed VIP Lounge for First Friday art crowds. “We wanted to do something for First Friday, our work is generally not static art, but time based media, so we’ve come up this VIP Lounge, which will not be a lounge in the traditional sense, were using “lounge” as a metaphor. ” Said Tom McElroy, “We also know that the art opening crowds are not used to paying an admission, so we’ve made it affordable”.
The VIP Lounge Series will create a place where you can experience an original Video Installation Performance, which will start just as the First Friday openings are winding down. The overall experience will be that of a “happening” instead of a gallery opening or a show, more like a hybrid of both.
The inaugural program will take place Friday September 4, 2009 at 7 pm and be titled “ Obscure Occurrences” which will have a decidedly David Lynch feel, and include an exclusive showing of video art by Atomic Elroy and an original dance/performance by Lisa McElroy. There will also be several installations pieces in which action will occur. A cast of interactive characters will intermingle with the viewers.
The newly formed Button Monkey Orchestra will provide experimental audio styling with just the push of a button.
Subsequent VIP Lounge events will be on Oct. 2, Nov. 6, Dec 4, 2009 and Feb 5, Mar. 5, April 2, May 7, and Jun. 4 2009.
WATCH THIS SPACE is a performance, dance, and multimedia art space located in the Depot Arts Building, under the Colorado Avenue Bridge at 218 W. Colorado Avenue, Suite 102, in Downtown Colorado Springs.
