Saturday, March 21, 2009

New CultureSurfer videos & pics for March15 through March 21

All on the homepage of http://culturesurfer.com

ART
Naughti Gras artists (an erotic art show)
In this final interview from Naughti Gras, John Webster talks about his phenomenal “paintings” that are actually created with a ballpoint pen. And yes, the man is sane.

The Sketchbook Project
If you missed the on-day only opening of The Sketchbook Project at the the Soulard Art Market, check out this inteview with the adorable duo of Shawn & Steve. These two hail from the Art House Gallery in Atlanta where they came up with an innovative idea of sending out about 3,000 sketchbooks to people around the world.

Rock, Paint Scissors (Interview #1 of 3)
Photographer Bob Reuters is the rock of Rock, Paint, Scissors, a new exhibit at Soulart Art Market. Talk about eccentric characters in St. Louis.

DANCE/MARTIAL ARTS
Pandora’s Matchbox
Check out the fire dancing at 3rd Degree Glass Factory. So cool it’s hot.

Indian dance #1
Traditional Indian dance at the Southeast Asian Heritage Fair last year. Bet you didn’t know there was one, did you?

Chinese Martial Arts
This little kid can kick some butt!

MUSIC
Chinese New Year 2009
Need to brush up on your Chinese? Check out “Moon Gazing Song.”

Fresh Heir
That is some funky rap/saxophone/all kinds of stuff indie music. Performed at Off the Wall at City Hall.


What’s CultureSurfer filming next?
· I can’t wait to see what Typewriter Tim is all about at Third Degree Glass tonight. This guy does WHAT with moleten glass and typewriters???
· And I get to check out the Barbie exhibit (Long live, Barbies!) at Bruno David Gallery.
· And do some Bad Housekeeping at the Flax Gallery.
· And last but not least, it’s time to get my fashion fix at Saint Louis Fashion Week! If I could only have the clothes!!!!

Monday, March 9, 2009

AWESOME article about CultureSurfer.com

Thanks, Maria!

Riding the TUBE with CULTURE SURFER
Written by Maria Guadalupe Massey
Monday, 02 March 2009

Doing a lot of living in the brain these days, working at home while the two big kids are in school and the toddlers play, I greatly crave my connection to the creativity, excitement and underground connection to the St. Louis Art scene and the thriving international culture. I find through reading calendars, press releases, that I am able to explore the arts of our metro-area vicariously. I help keep the flame of creativity burning bright and stay in touch with creative friends and events through myspace bulletins from friends like Zed Naught, Chris King, the Way Out Club or St. Louis SLAM poetry, announcements from the Eugene B. Redmond Writers' Club or First Civilizations announcements from Ira Jones or e-mails from La Morena or the Angel Heavenly Breeze.

Still with all these wonderful venues for discovering and viewing the fabulousness of the Metro-Area, from the Mississippi Valley to the foothills of the Ozarks, I am so delighted when I discover something on the internet that helps me applaud and enjoy the creative world outside my own little sanctuary, have something wonderful to share and pass on to friends and a way to support it with my cyberspace clicks. So in case, you all haven't already found this wonderful cyberspace hangout, I highly recommend you visit CULTURE SURFER . com with the fabulous videographer Naomi Silver.

Just yesterday having joined her growing number of fans, I was able to prowl the St. Louis multi-cultural art scene and feel a vibrant part of it all. I caught interviews at this years Naughti Gras with artists Rich Brooks and Melissa Schramm while viewing his creation, a multi-color torso & tits bejeweled in glowing lights, and I could sense the vibrant energy of the crowd in the background. I also viewed one of Schramm's photographs of a lovely nude showing only the piercings she'd acquired at ChpTrx; the silver rings ran along her spine on both sides so that with drawstrings they created the effect of a corset on the skin.

Later I visited a Chinese New Year celebration "Dance on Clouds" for the year of the Ox, a fashion show called "The Plastics" from 2008, a Latin fashion show benefitting LA CLINICA, and a glass pull demonstration at 3rd Degree Art Factory. Silver also shared a short film with us by Romanian artist Balanescu "Luna Asleep" choreographed with haunting strings & bells to music by Yann Tiersen, "Amelie". Before my tour of St. Louis was over, I even got to meet Australian graffitti artists who while passing through St. Louis held an art show and had a few moments for a frank exchange with her about grafitti in the suburbs of Melbourne and a concert of sacred music from the Choir of the St. Louis Bosnian Islamic Center of South County, Ferhadija, Harun Mehmedinovic directing.

I know I barely rode the wave with Culture Surfer with these few offerings; as she has an archive of St. Louis footage covering celebrations from all over the metro area going back at least as far as 2007. I highly recommend you look her up on myspace or the web and follow her colorful coverage.

http://www.incitynews.com/wordwitch-/wordwitch-/riding-the-tube-with-culture-surfer-3.html