Summer 4 Ever

As the lingering triple-digit-temperature of summer do their best to make us feel sluggish and clammy, we at Women & Their Work have decided that the only way to beat the heat is to celebrate it—by gathering friends together for our Summer 4 Ever party (in air-conditioning, duh.)

Please come hang with us this at Summer 4 Ever this Thursday, August 28th, as we toast the never-ending summer in Austin. Take a look at Katie Pell’s sculpture exhibition Tiny Acts of Immeasurable Benefit currently on display in the gallery, and then enjoy deluxe entertainment from Austin Video Bee and Tummy Toast.

As the foremost purveyors of video art ephemera in Austin, the multimedia collective Austin Video Bee hardly need an introduction. If you’ve been to one of their events or seen their new DVD Failure, you already know that an AVB reel guarantees the finest in post-millennial multimedia foragings. Closing out the night will be electropop chanteuse Tummy Toast, who fuses impeccably crafted dancefloor-banger beats with enough AutoTune vocals to make T-Pain jealous. Her glam jams are the perfect summer soundtrack!

The party is free, as usual. And of course, we’re going to hit you with some special extra W&TW surprises. Get into this!

http://www.myspace.com/austinvideobee
http://www.myspace.com/tummytoast

Dance Party benefit on Saturday Night!

SATURDAY / AUGUST 16 / 8pm and on…
HOT MAMA’S and Women & Their Work Gallery present:
Remote Assemblies

A DANCE PARTY benefit W/ DJ GAFF
$7 donation

Hot Mamas Espresso Bar
2401 E. 6Th St. @ The Pedernales Lofts

Join us for a special DJ set by Brooklyn-based artist DJ Gaff (a.k.a Angel Nevarez). Come take part in the hybrid sounds of DJ Gaff as he traverses across the Mex-Electro post-border future.

This night will benefit three Austin-based musical acts that have participated in a lyrical and tonal experiment initiated by artists Angel Nevarez and Valerie Tevere – each band produced an arrangement of music to lyrics written by Nevarez & Tevere. Video-taped excerpts of the live performances will premiere in the upcoming 30th anniversary exhibition “The Activist Impulse” at Women & Their Work curated by Regine Basha October 11 – November 15th.

For more information on the exhibition visit www.womenandtheirwork.org

For more information on Valerie Tevere and Angel Nevarez visit www.neurotransmitter.fm

Friday, August 15 – Live performative democracy at City Hall

SAVE THE DATE!! Friday August 15, 2008 // 7-11pm

Austin City Hall Pavilion Stage
301 W. Second Street

Join us for an evening of live performative democracy in musical form.
with:
The Lovers
Najeeb Sabour
The Noise Revival Orchestra Experience

Friday’s event will be a live performance and taping of three Austin-based musical acts that have participated in a lyrical and tonal experiment initiated by artists Angel Nevarez & Valerie Tevere. Sets will include the bands own material along with an arrangement of music to lyrics written by Nevarez & Tevere.

In October, excerpted video documentation of the performances will premiere in the exhibition “The Activist Impulse” curated by Regine Basha at Women and Their Work in Austin. For more information: http://www.womenandtheirwork.org/

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Angel Nevarez & Valerie Tevere are the founders of neuroTransmitter, a collaboration that, since 2001, has fused conceptual practices with transmission, sound production, and mobile broadcast design. The Austin performance evening is part of their continuing investigation of contemporary music, dissent, and public fora.

The Lovers, born from a freaky family of friends deep within the oasis of the Texas Hill Country, are a new, retro-original folk-rock band with a conscience and lotsa love. The band, made up of three singers, electric and acoustic guitars, a lilting flute, imaginative percussion and steady bass, makes for a vibrant, ever changing sound that is both folk and rock and borders on psychedelic.

Najeeb Sabour is a cellist/singer/songwriter from New Orleans that has recently relocated to Austin. He has performed many concerts in the Czech Republic and toured Spain with the Brit pop band, “Capture the Flag”. Now after two years he’s finally back armed with the experiences of different cultures that you’re sure to hear in his unique style of composing and performing.

The Noise Revival Orchestra Experience, a unity of 13, is the latest loose knit line that connects unique styles of chamber music with orchestral compositions like John Corgliano’s, Circus Maximus, and John Mackey’s, Red Line Tango. The Noise Revival Orchestra Experience is currently featured on MTVu Ahead of the Curve and is currently mixing new songs for an upcoming album that builds upon the success of their 5 song E.P. released on USB drive.

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