Ninth Square Report

Silas' Art Across the Street (in the window or in a video) 

You should know that there are plenty of restaurants in the Ninth Square, but there is more to it than just food. The skateboarding expert known as Silas Finch has his art on display across the street from Bentara at 76 Orange, where there will be Pecha Kucha next Wednesday Jan 29, starts at 6:30pm.

Of those presenting at this event, among the most interesting is Eric, a brilliant kid. He developed HandySpeech App (download)

Pecha Kucha is an event where speakers give short presentations illustrated by slideshows that they design. Each slide appears for 20 seconds; there are a total of 20 images per each presenter. Check the lineup.


Pecha Kucha Lineup for Wednesday Jan 29th

Giada at CWOS 2012

Here's the next Pecha Kucha lineup.
1.  Mitz Carr (Trinity Rowing)
Rowing Is Life Well Lived

2.  Patrick Foley (P2 Science)
Flavor& Fragrance through Sust. Chemistry

3.  Giada Crispiels (Italian Artist)
Residencies for Artists

4.  Craig Borkenhagen
Watercolors

5.  Lani Asuncion (Multimedia Artist)
Modern Myth Making (featured at 1:54, her studio at CWOS)

6.  Ray Zhou and Aicha Woods (Musician and Architect)
Beauty in Ice for Us (Aicha featured at 0:11 on left)

7.  Mark Williams (Artist)
Caving’s Influence on his Art (his video)

Screen shot of HandySpeech (Eric Zeiberg) 

8.  Eric Zeiberg (App Developer)
Giving a Voice to People Without One

9.  Daniel Eugene (Feruvius)
Line Drawings and Spoken Word

10.  Gale Zucker (Photography)
The Wonder of Nash Island Sheep

Pecha Kucha on Insta

You can also watch videos of previous Pecha Kucha
presentations on Robert Kalm's Vimeo.

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One of the best features about Instagram are the videos. Check this one out.

This Friday: Breathe on 9

Artspace in New Haven is having an exhibit on Friday as part of the On9 Experience.

This is Pinball Golf.  It's the KidAnalog exhibit which you will see at this event.  Other providers of mini golf courses at this exhibit include Matt Feiner of Devils Gear, MakeHaven, Silas Finch, and several others.  It's best to get there any time after work, and then stay until after it gets dark.

The name of the neighborhood event is "BreatheOn9" where there will also be outdoor tables in the street for Bentara, a fashion show, a mobile bus full of vintage items for sale, and much more.

PKN #15 on Wednesday

Tomorrow at 6pm Bentara.  See Calendar for details.  Limited video coverage to follow.

• Zubin Doshi talking History Told Through Rage Comics,
• Todd Jokl on the Night Rainbow; Celebrating 375th Anniversary of Public Art,
• RJ Mercede on Changing Communities One Meal At A Time,
• Mike Morand’s Not Lions, Not Tigers: some Real Vim from Africa,
• Jessica Sack on art and life,
• Silas Finch on His Groton School Residency and Selected Works,
• Valerie Belanger on the Before I Die project,
• Stephen Dest on The Art of the Indie:  his film My Brother Jack opens next week,
• Dave Coon presents… Blue Sky Bends,
• and Jay Bright on Tripping in Japan.

Silas Finch Sculptures On Display At Hope Gallery

Silas Finch is a local sculptor who grew up in Cape Cod.  His father dealt antiques and Silas was surrounded by strange old objects thoughout his life.  It seems natural that he would learn to build new things with the old stuff.  Materials he likes to use are old newspapers, skateboards, old devices, twine, leather, bones, old wood, nails, musical instruments, type blocks.  If you watch the slideshow, you'll recognize some of these materials in the pieces.

His work is on display at Hope Gallery, which is in Morris Cove.  Check out the slideshow below.



Hope Gallery has a great blog, too.  Check out this article, it's a compilation of tattoos where incorrect grammar and spelling is highlighted.

Different Slices of Orange St.

Video Notes:  Space Cowboy took it a little too far this time... 



outdoors/environmental
Corner of Orange St. and Cold Spring St. 
The Rock To Rock bike ride event this Saturday went great, with perfect weather and amazing attendance. The Environmental community came together for the event, with tables encouraging people to volunteer for CitySeed.  The Regional Water Authority was there to promote, well, water.  The restaurant crowd was there, as well, including Jason from Caseus, Bun from Miyas, and other restaurants around the area.

art scene
Corner of Orange St. and Chapel St. 
Elsewhere on the same street (on the same day), local artists were celebrating Springtime with a festival of music and vintage cars.  Local sculptor Silas Finch displayed his recently award-winning sculpture, made out of 99% bicycle parts.  Rocko Gallipoli  was there, too, showing off his refurbished VW collection and discussing his next art show at the tattoo shop and gallery in Westville, Keys on Kites, where on May 12th he will be displaying some of his latest stencil art, which is top notch, in my opinion.

Total Shout-Outs:  8

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