Tickets available online at http://www.oddsac.com/

:::This event is ALL AGES:::

ODDSAC is a feature film collaboration between the band Animal Collective and filmmaker Danny Perez that was co-conceived by and stars Animal Collective, whose 2009 album “Merriweather Post Pavilion” was named album of the year by SPIN, Entertainment Weekly, and Pitchfork, and topped critic’s end of year lists worldwide. ODDSAC is a dense and surreal layering of audio and visual elements that eschews conventional narrative to create a visceral, immersive experience.

ODDSAC features an original score with new songs from the band and complex digital manipulation by Perez, a debut filmmaker and visual artist known for his concert projections with musicians such as Black Dice and Panda Bear. ODDSAC represents a new synthesis of music and film, a “visual album” whose songs will not be released in any other form. ODDSAC is the result of over four years of intense collaboration between Perez and the band.

:::After Party:::
Immediately following the screening of ODDSAC.

DJ Set by:

B.Cos – http://www.myspace.com/bryancosgrove

Tech SubPort – http://www.pcm3music.com
& VERY Special Guests

Trespassing, defacing property and jail have kept me out of the graffiti game…can you blame me?!   I’ve tagged and doodled every spare inch of my notebooks as far back as I can remember, and if I wasn’t so anti-poe poe I’d already have bombed several walls.  Needless to say my inner-creative beast has been caged up far too long. 

I reacently stumbled across WALLS NOTEBOOK…basically the coolest sketch book to date.  WALLS NOTEBOOK is a coffee table quality, hard cover, sketch pad filled front to back with different pictures of untagged walls in NYC. 

What I like most about this book, aside from the obvious, is that you don’t have to be a graffiti grandmaster to enjoy this book.  Diary entries, lyrics, hell even grocery lists can be documented on the pages of WALLS.  I just ordered 2 copies of this book and I plan on sticking one of them on my coffee table for all to enjoy.  What better than having a grand collab effort of all my friends/guests. 

WALLS also has a couple really hip features on their website.  One of which is an interactive gallery where you can create your own digital masterpiece and email it to friends.  Below are a couple examples… 

To order your copy click here

I had the pleasure of chatting over a beer with Thomas Noll, founder and creator of Creative Bone Artworks.  Conversation sparked over arguably one of the best painted canvases I’ve ever seen.  Pause, let me preface, I am extremely bias when it comes to Phish (Trey especially) and with good cause being a product of Groovy UV (U of Vermont).  So it shouldn’t surprise you that I was obsessed with Thomas Noll’s canvas of Trey.

A key ingredient of art is perspective.  It defines the artist as well as provides a point of reference for the audience…whether your audience is 10,000 screaming fans or a pair of naked eyes staring at a painting.  Either way, Creative Bone has mastered the art (no pun intended) of capturing the peaking moment in music.  Tom’s unique use of color provides a vibrant energy that you can almost hear, and yes I said hear.  Now that I think about it, Creative Bone is the closest thing to scratch and listen art I’ve ever seen.  Tom there’s an idea for ya.

For more info: Thomas Noll and Creative Bones

Definition Gallery is a product of a much anticipated merger between Foundation One Gallery | Atlanta, Georgia and DB5K Gallery | Baltimore, Maryland. Definition Gallery is a modern art space located in Baltimore, Maryland showcasing emerging and nationally acclaimed artists with roots in contemporary culture.  At Definition Gallery they strive to exhibit unique works of art that demonstrate skillful craftsmanship and emphasize on individual vision of each artist.  Definition Gallery works closely with both collectors and artists to provide a relaxed, yet professional environment where art education and appreciation take precedence over other aspects of the business.

Artists include:

Justin Bua; Jerry Garcia (Grateful Dead); Bill Kreutzmann (Grateful Dead); John Entwistle (The WHO); Tico Torres (Bon Jovi), Ron Wood (Rolling Stones); John Kahn (Jerry Garcia Band); Baltimore’s own Dale Ihnken; Daniel Johnston; Thomas Noll; Stanley Mouse; Peter Max; Ralph Steadman; Sam Holden and special TBA musical guests!! 

It gives me great pleasure to announce that Dale Ihnken will be featuring the Electronic Snowball & Phobia paintings for this exhibit.  If you didn’t get a chance to see them being created live I strongly encourage you to come out and see them first hand. 

Doors open at 7pm and the gallery will be open till 11pm.  Make sure you swing by, you won’t want to miss this!

F5F will be there holding it down and so come out and get a lil taste of  our own “crab cake”..wink! wink!

see you there…

The poster, which reminds me of a “Where’s Waldo” of Baltimore, features everything from ‘Boh to the harbor police surrounding Domino’s sugar. I, being a tech crunchy web-designer and developer, had to get a copy for myself. It’s hanging in my office space located in Canton, Baltimore.

For those that may be interested, I work with a bunch of other independents at Beehive Baltimore. From their website:

“Beehive Baltimore a community of freelancers, independents, entrepreneurs, and artists who want to augment the work-at-home lifestyle by working and participating in a community that’s designed to support and encourage people who make a living doing what they love.

Well TAG is the answer and the selection goes from the Bold to the B.E.A.Utiful and all sorts of in between. This Maryland born reproduction studio takes artists from all over the country and reproduces their work on canvas and high quality posters, thus making it affordable for my fellow B.O.B.s. After walking in and gawking at the walls for a while, myself and some of the Fortune5Fifty crew knew we needed to spread the word quicker then an Essex chick’s legs at prom. Not only is the gallery located in easy to get to Fells Point but you can always order straight off the Internet at www.TAGGalleries.com. Where not only can you check out what they’re working with, but can do it while sitting naked on your roommate’s couch. So simple to do that I heard Lenny from Of Mice and Men even copped some art from these guys. Head on over and let the Baller on a Budget that is in you break out and pick something up, Tell ‘em Fortune5Fifty sent you and we want the naked picture of Sheila Dixon back, we miss it.

The Top Six Hank List:

To read Voser tell it like he sees it, head over to the Interview section and be on the look out for VOSER Painting Live at Fortune5Fifty events in the near future.

Rarely in life do we get the opportunity to meet someone as prophetic as Alex Grey.  I was lucky enough to spend time with him Dec 18^th & 19^th as he was in town for an art opening to kick off his new book Art Psalms (which I have read 3 times cover to cover over the past 2 weeks). 

Have you ever met someone who seems to be associated with a higher plane of existence?  As we exchanged words, I could feel energy unlike any other.  His aura had a pleasant glow and his words were filled with wisdom far beyond the human imagination.

Assuming you’ve had any entry level college art course you would undoubtedly know Alex Grey’s artistic legacy.  Alex Grey is a living legend amongst modern artist.  His roots grow deep.  Born into an extraordinary setting, his parents collaborated to illustrate Grey’s Anatomy which is known in the health industry as the medical bible.  He graduated from Boston Museum College and went on to study at Harvard Medical School.   Where he later became close friends with Harvard’s professor Timothy Leary who opened his mind to psychedelic drugs.

Alex has prided himself on expanding his parent’s legacy by adding a much needed third eye, which he describes as the creative link to the holy creator.  Much of his art infuses anatomy and spirituality revealing an element of life rarely captured in art.  His work is nondenominational and more often then not connects several conflicting religious views on one canvas as a way of preaching one universal god. 

Whether you are religious or not you can certainly feel a spiritual presence by his body of work.  For more info on Alex Grey check out http://www.alexgrey.com/