Friday night at 7pm marked the start of LE FLASH in Castleberry Hill. Although some light precipitation moved into the city, attendance was considerably high. During my time attending LE FLASH, I grabbed some photos of people interacting with the installation of THE WALL from both inside and street-side of Art House Gallery. The external experience of THE WALL is the ultimate use of the concept, as it is from the vantage point of the sidewalk that it becomes a public community billboard. THE WALL had its night of glory, and from the looks of the image archive, got quite a bit of use. It’s great to see this idea come to life!

Some other interesting installations and street performances can be seen after the jump. Thanks again to Steve and Shane at Art House Co-op for being hosts to THE WALL for the night. If anyone would like to be hosts of your own version of THE WALL, let us know!

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From the producer who brought you Lil Wayne’s A Milli - Bangladesh’s new artist Muffy Mommy hits you with her new single, DopeBoy. I feel like the overall concept of this song is a similar effort to Estelle’s American Boy except it’s an ATL girl singing about how she is in love with dudes with fresh sneakers from the mall. Very deep stuff. At the very least, it’s original, local, and not another M.I.A. rip-off.

Download: Muffy Mommy - Dopeboy

I was recently lucky enough to receive a copy of Ponderosa’s newest album to preview. All I have to say is it’s great to know that there’s a band from Atlanta that is holding down the rock and roll scene with some class and authenticity. The track I’m posting is one of their slower/softer songs, but the breakdown in the middle that slowly builds back up is really one of the best uses of musical rests that I’ve heard in ages.

I know you can pick up their EP, and possibly this new album at their next show in town at the Star Bar on Saturday, November 1st. Do yourself a favor and go see Ponderosa.

Download: Ponderosa - Girl I’ve Ever Seen

Name:
Ryan Acker

Aka:  
Mr Ryan

Website:
StreetLocal404.com
StandardATL.com

Where are you from?
Born in Auburn NY, moved to Chicago when I was 13, moved to Alabama when I was 17, been in Atlanta for 6yrs now. Wow its gone fast!

Who do you work for? 
Im a member of the Standard Crew!

What are your Current Project(s)? 
Getting Street Local off the ground and helping Standard take over the world!

Who would you love to work with?
This is a tough one, so many great minds in the world, but Ill keep it local here and name a few, Dax on the art tip and Zach Wolfe on the photography tip!

If you had to give all your sneakers away to charity except for one pair, which ones would you keep? 
My dirty ass Vans with the holes in them, I figure give the super expensive ones away and the grimy ones for myself (I would hate to be the dude who got my shitty Vans lol)

What’s on your iPod right now?
Jeezy (The Recession), Best of Joy Division, Ghostface (Ironman), Anything Gucci Mane, Best of Death Row, Nirvana (Nevermind), Mr Ryans Case of The Mundays Mixtape, Broken Social Scene, The Beatles (Abbey Road and the White Album), always Black Sabbath.

What’s your Favorite ATL food?
This one is real tough, love La Fonda’s (Candler Park) but Bookhouse is creeping up on it fast!

What’s your Favorite ATL hangout?
EL BAR and my couch!

What are your Pet Peeves?
Tardiness and Bullshitting

Shout outs?
Farshad and Decatur Dan from Standard, Tim Haught (StreetLocal), King Alga (StreetLocal), Myk Pate (StreetLocal) The Joneses, Process, Rob Wonder, Chris Black, Done to Death, Dax, Zach Wolfe, Sumner, El Bar, Senor Kaos, Brave Bernard, OverRaided, Vik, Rubix The Mayor, Stratosphere, Slugger, Cristo, Coach K, Ariel Weeks, Grip, Hoes in Chokers Blog, Tall white guy Jeff, No Brakes, Lavish Life and of course the Epidemik Coalition for putting me on!

A revised version of my technology mash-up project called THE WALL will be installed at Art House Gallery @ 309 Peters Street this Friday October 24, 2008. It is part of a nighttime event called LE FLASH, a night of light taking place in Castleberry Hill consisting of over 30 installations, street performances, and exhibitions using electricity, light, and sound. It promises to be a sight for the eyes.

THE WALL is more than an electronic billboard, it is a social tool. It combines multiple existing technologies to put the power of large-scale public imagery into the hands of the local community. With it, a neighborhood can instantly share user-defined content with each other in order to communicate, inspire, and build a sense of community.

Email a photo from phone or computer to [email protected] Your photo will appear on THE WALL within 20 seconds

Visit http://thewall.arthousecoop.com to see THE WALL for yourself. Click the THE WALL icon to view the archive of all past submissions. As always, submissions are anonymous but fill-in the email’s Subject line to identify yourself. For more info, contact [email protected]

photo by Larry Luk

Georgios and I were lucky to score some press credentials to the Rehab show at the Tabernacle this weekend. One of the opening acts was none other than hip-hop legends, 8 Ball & MJG. I was able to snap a few decent photos from the evening that I’ll post really soon. But first, here’s one of the tracks 8 Ball & MJG rocked with a live band!

Download: 8 Ball & MJG - Clap On [feat. Yung Joc]

If you came through El Bar tonight for the PROCESS x ThoughtMarker event, you probably talked to Cory and Slugger about the Atlanta Falcons and their Dirty Bird mentality at the front door. If you were able to score yourself one of our Limited ATL tees, consider yourself lucky! Lots of photos after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »

So I have to admit.  I’ve been super busy this past week!  Not only mourning the Cowboys loss on Sunday (don’t worry Larry, its only one game) but being busy in general with work.  Just to give you peoples out there a little insight, I work as a freelance photo assistant on a full time basis.  It is an awesome job and I get to see something new almost ever week.

But that’s not what I’m here to talk about this week.  This week I want to fill everyone out there in on a pretty big even going on here in Atlanta right now.  This October marks the 10th annual Atlanta Celebrates Photography Festival.  I seriously can’t tell everyone out there how awesome it is to have something like this at your fingertips, especially if your passionate about photography.  Last year Alec Soth rolled thru and gave a pretty amazing (and FREE) presentation at the High Museum. I would highly recommend everyone who is reading this now to watch this little video of Soth before his speech last year and if you like it then take the time to check out the schedule and go to some of the events they have coming up.  Not only are most of the events pretty quality but almost all of them are FREE!

The PROCESS x ThoughtMarker tees are ready for Thursday night’s event at El Bar. Remember to come out and say the password, “Dirty Bird” to score yourself one of these, especially if you rep ATL hard.

PROCESS x ThoughtMarker Event at EL BAR
939 Ponce De Leon Ave NE (Behind El Azteca)
Atlanta, GA 30306
Thursday, October 16th
11pm

photo by Ted Ullrich

Name:
Rebecca Serna

Aka:
RCSW

Website:
www.atlantabike.org

Where are you from?
Born in Lexington Kentucky but have lived here since I was a year old (or, what passes for native in Atlanta)

Who do you work for?
The Atlanta Bicycle Campaign

What are your Current Project(s)?
A Bike Valet parking service available for Atlanta’s many festivals and other great events; Bike Buddies on request (learn to ride more confidently with help from our experienced mentors); Confident City Cycling classes that teach people to ride safely, legally, and assertively on Atlanta streets and trails.

Who would you love to work with?
Everyone in Atlanta from the grassroots to elected officials to make our city a happier, healthier, wealthier place to live…through the bicycle!

If you had to give all your bikes away to charity except for one, which one would you keep?
My Miyata 100 LT - it’s an older Japanese touring bike with biopace rings intact and I love it!  I’m going to spend my maternity leave fixing it up.  

What’s on your iPod right now?
My ipod broke about a year ago, which is good because I’m not tempted to listen to it while I’m riding. But right now I’m listening to the Gnarls Barkley and HEM. 

What’s your Favorite ATL food?
The vegan Caribbean place downstairs from our offices, Calabash.  Vegan BBQ and mac’n'cheez, yum!

What’s your Favorite ATL hangout?
Tilt Coffee Shop in Castleberry and the Cascade Springs nature preserve. I also spend an inordinate amount of time at the Goodwill in the West End.

What are your Pet Peeves?
Hmm…the term “pet peeves” really bugs me. 

Shout outs?
All the energy at the college level for better biking - students starting bike sharing at Georgia Tech, organizing a bicycle advocacy club at Georgia State, and Bike Emory getting people out of their cars and bicycling around campus. I’m inspired to think the next generation of Atlanta graduations won’t get stuck in pattern of thinking they have to buy cars to live happily and well in the city after they graduate

Sopo Bikes‘ have uploaded their TV show’s first episode, called This Bike Could Be Your Life. This episode features local musical act,Batata Doce jamming out in the Sopo Bike shop. Also check out the show’s opening theme song by Judi Chicago. I’ll try to post the MP3 soon!

We got together with ThoughtMarker art blog to create a graphic tee that represents Atlanta to the fullest. We chose ATL-based artists, businesses, streetwear labels, galleries, and individuals that we mutually love working with to be represented on this tee. We’ll be giving them away for FREE at El Bar, Atlanta on Thursday, October 16th around 11:30pm. All you have to do is show up and say “Dirty Bird” to score your very own PROCESS x ThoughtMarker tee.

Thanks to King Screen for helping with this project’s production.

Name:
EVEREMAN

Aka:  
Caterwaul, Clawed Reality
 
Website:
www.evereman.com

Where are you from?
Appalachian foothills Shelby, North Carolina

Who do you work for? 
I’ll tell ya some jobs I’ve had: Glass Bottom Boat Skipper, Chimney Sweep, Apple Picker (Wisconsin), Movie Projectionist, Short Order Cook, Tilt-a-whirl operator, Tree Planter (Texas), Baker, Midnight Shift Sprout Waterer, Carpenter, Late night DJ at an automated radio station (not much to do, I used to spray paint the cockroaches in the breakroom. Those rascals look good when they scatter all Day Glow), Made belts out of Alligator skin (ATL) a while, I was a Bean Man at The Frij, Hotel Maid, Janitor at McDonalds. I have been self employed for a while now, Designer of Goods. I teach part-time to help fuel my art with cash money. Actually, I have three distinct artist personalities that I split time with. I prefer to keep my Enonymity so as to be able to do my E-thing UN-hindered. 
EVEREMAN is not about me, it’s about all of us. I feel sure that whatever people have in mind about EVEREMAN, it’s more intriguing than I am. EVEREMAN is a beautiful idea, it is not an individual.

What are your Current Project(s)? 
I’m painting some orange and black Hallerween EVEREMAN tiles for the season, Got my eye on a nice, visible, accessible bill board that screams out for EVEREMAN, just printed some skate decks with Danger Press, some group shows coming up. Also, I am in the market for some chunks of busted concrete, lots of it. Anybody know of a pile of busted concrete chunks laying around, let me know there whereabouts, will ya? Recently finished refurbishing a broken city bench E-style then replaced it for folks to use at a Marta stop.
 
Who would you love to work with?
Well, I gotta tell you, I am enjoying answering these questions with you, Larry. I’d love to work with any good-hearted ATLien.

If you had to give all your sneakers away to charity except for one pair, which ones would you keep? 
I got a sweet pair of black leather Converse hightops that they don’t make any more. I’m trying to take extra good care of them now.

What’s on your iPod right now?
Woody Guthrie, The Carter Family, The Black Lips, Vietnam,  Ralph Stanley, The Upsetters, The Delmore Brothers, Anna Kramer, Judy Chicago,  Jimmie Rodgers,  High Grade Ganja Anthems Vol. 2. Ennio Moricone.

What’s your Favorite ATL food?
My favorite chef, hands down, is Linton Hopkins. I still haven’t had one of his 10 pm limited edition hamburgers, but I’m gonna git me one. On a daily basis there is Fellini’s Pizza, Willy’s Mexican, Carol Street Cafe, Six Feet Under, Figo, West Egg, Noni’s, Brick Store (did you say beer?)

What’s your Favorite ATL hangout?
My back porch, come on over.

What are your Pet Peeves?
People who are inconsiderate of others. Gonna reap what you sow.

Shout outs?
Mom, wife, son, dog, Ryan,  Beep Beep, Young Blood, AM 1690 The Voice of the Arts, Thoughtmarker Blogspot, Scared Records, Brad Jones SPMD, Criminal Records, Aurora Coffee, Wayne Boone, Katie (who knows how to place an EVEREMAN tile), Stanley, Adam, Basilius, Kool Korner, Clark and Julie, Grace and Eve,  Blue Rats,  Joe and Kate, Greenville Walter, Margie and Vegetable Husband, Nicholas and Miriam and their new daughter, David Dean, Ken Shenck, Zod, Stan, Laurie G-force, Rabbit Hole, Bill and Carol, Big E, James, Sylvia, Ben “B.nasty” Gallegos, Matt “enchanted rod” Goldman, Alex M., Marissa, The Chowder Shouters, Liquid Wrench, 86, Pillowtexans, Steve Beach, Brian Boggs, Phil Tenant, Stephen Proctor, Brian Lilje, mATT, Mr. Chris Hamer, Amber, Southern Drawl, Metatronic, CIVIL, Sorry, Arson, Hense, Julio,  Dosa Kim, Maple Street Guitars, Standard, The Frij, T.V. Dinners, The Briar Patch, Ed Allen, Cowboy, Birdman, Kavarna, Bob Childs of Flemings, Def Mute, Charstar, Atlanta Bench, M-1, Lerch, my dopalganger.

We just got back from Chester French’s in-store performance at Standard. They’re in Atlanta for their second time ever to rock the stage with N.E.R.D., Common, and Janelle Monae tomorrow night at the Tabernacle. Their first visit was spent at Jermaine Dupri’s studio and Magic City, as they mentioned during their acoustic performance tonight. Thanks to Ross Martin of EC for taking photos tonight. If you want to see the rest of the batch, head over to Standard’s blog. But first, check out their new single, She Loves Everybody.

Download: Chester French - She Loves Everybody

This photo was taken in the voting office at 141 Pryor Street in downtown Atlanta this afternoon, as I waited to cast my first-ever vote for an elected official in the United States. It couldn’t have been more satisfying. Well, actually, I was expecting to use a stylus and punch paper ‘chads’ out of a voting card, but these days its all done through fancy touchscreen terminals. Despite ‘tapping’ in my vote, the buzz in the room was inspiring. It’s clear, people want change.

In any case, Georgios was able to drop off all the forms of voters who registered at our EL BAR Registration Night event last week. Those folks will be set to vote on the November 4th national election day. Viva la vote!

Thanks to Zach Wolfe for emailing this photo over.

I “like it a lot” that Bubba Sparxxx is a fan of PROCESS. It is inspiring to know that our graphics have resonated with some of the Dirty South’s best. Here’s a small taste of what’s to come on Bubba’s new album, The Impolite Gentleman, coming out in early 2009.

Download: Bubba Sparxxx - I Like It A Lot

After a week of concern about the state of the country, this morning was spent enjoying the hopeful local life of Atlanta’s downtown area on foot.

It began with a morning walk to my new favorite local coffee joint, Tilt in Castleberry Hill, across the bridge from our Mitchell Street studio. After a series of random happenstances, including heading to an ATM in Five Point for some cash, I stumbled upon some friendly people downtown along Auburn Ave. heading to the Sweet Auburn Heritage Festival. Music, food, crafts, and local folk abound. There was also a large presence of Obama merchandise and Voters Registration volunteers.

After talking with one of the registration volunteers, I learned that although she had only registered 1 person by that point during the day, everyone else she had talked to had already been registered. It was to those individuals, and everyone else reading this, that this worker encouraged to vote early. That’s right, you can vote early and avoid the long lines on election day! Head down to the third floor of the Fulton County Government building at 141 Pryor Street to vote early and/or register (and come back the next day to vote) if you haven’t already. More photos of my day after the jump, including a GIANT chess game at Five Point’s Woodruff Park, an impromptu photoshoot on Auburn Ave. with models, and some graffiti. Downtown Atlanta lives today.

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It was great to see people enthusiastically registering to vote! People came out to discuss the Vice Presidential Debate and dance the night away. Here’s the unofficial “song of the night” as deemed by DJ Cristo Disco:

Download: Young Jeezy - My President (feat. Nas)

Check out pictures from the event taken by Georgios, Decatur Dan, Ted, Rosa, and myself after the jump.
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Lately, everyone I’ve spoken to has been upset with the state of our country. Gas crises, the Dow plummeting, and banks calling it quits should be enough to scare any American. I’ll admit that I feel helpless and fearful of what’s to come. However, I’m not just going to sit around and complain while playing video games and eating Chik-Fil-A (that’s so last century). I’m afraid that too many young people would rather sit on their laurels and bitch than taking action. I’d like to be proven wrong…

After talking to Ted and Georgios for a week or so, we’ve decided to get together with our friends with El Bar, Standard, Streetlocal, Decatur Dan & Thoughtmaker to organize a Voter Registration Night at El Bar this Thursday [10.2.08]. Enough of us feel the urgency to incite people to fulfill their civil duty by voting for our next President. Here is your chance to do something!

***If this is your first time voting in Georgia, you need to bring a photocopy of your ID to register***

We’ll kick it off around 10:45pm on Thursday. We’ll have the registration forms ready to rock and DJ Cristo Disco will keep us entertained into the night.

Name:
Kevin Byrd, Jr.

Aka:
BYRDHOUSE

Website:
http://kevinbyrd.com
http://byrdhouse.com

Where are you from?
Charleston, SC.

Who do you work for?
Armchair Media

What are your Current Project(s)?
We’re working on something top secret with Fusion Brands right now. We just launched the site not too long ago.

I’m working on fabricating a few NOT-A-CLOCKs this month too. It’s a light display for 35mm slides. I’m hoping to do an artist series with them.

There’s also a project Im doing called ”The people I work with, Everyday.” It’s for a group show in Castleberry Hill this month based around the theme of fashion. I’m documenting Farbod’s and Marta’s (and possibly Stefan’s) fashion choices each day at Armchair. I’m then printing those out with that new polaroid printer pogo. It makes 2×3 inch prints. Im adding one each day of the show. The piece is finished once the show ends. It runs Oct 2-Oct. 22nd at the granite room. Sorry for the plug.

Other recent projects include a Chicken and Waffles book, a painting of my dog Gigi, and a halloween costume, rough mock-ups seen here.

Who would you love to work with?
I’m loving who I’m working with at Armchair. I love working with my brothers. I think generally, modern dance choreographers would be really great to work with. I’m really in awe of these people. Their kinetic and spacial intelligence is like WOW, man. I took some modern dance classes for a while. I was like that sweaty 6′4″ guy in the back of the room. I was terrible. Ultimately I knew it was time for me to leave when the instructor wouldn’t help me arrange a solo recital.

If you had to give all your sneakers away to charity except for one pair, which ones would you keep?
I only have one pair of sneakers. This makes me question my quantifications for being an interviewee.  Was I suppose to have as a sneaker obsession? I think if I were to choose I’d have to say those, because it’s my only choice. They are Tretorns.

What’s on your iPod right now?
Oh man. I’m working on a new CHIRP for this coming month, so I’m on a pretty heavy diet of new music. Its funny how quickly you can burn through stuff. The bands I cant get enough of are normally the most recent: Thao, Noze, Panther, TV on the Radio, Annie, Bug, Fujiya & Miyagi, Tussle, Rodriguez, Bon Iver, Epstein y El Conjunto, Takako Minekawa.

What’s your Favorite ATL food?
Chicken and Waffles hell-yo.

What’s your Favorite ATL hangout?
I don’t really hangout. I mostly drive around staring at fixies. I swear Im gonna get into an accident soon if I dont pay better attention to the road. 

Which method would you use if attacked by an alligator on land?
a) cover the alligator’s eyes 
b) get on the alligator’s back and put downward pressure on the neck 
c) bend the alligator’s tail at an upward 45 degree angle 
d) try to keep the mouth clamped shut
I would do d).
 
What are your Pet Peeves?
People who talk to cats and think they really care.

Shout outs?
My wife Florrie and my daughter Annabelle. Also: Aaron and Grayson Byrd, Farbod Kokabi, Stefan K, Marta Czosnowski, Nate Steiner, Drew Dominey, Bernard McCoy, Justin Van Hoy, Gabriel Ricioppo, Will Hays, John Ferguson, Roberto Lange, Mary Stanley, Wade Thompson, Hadi Seyfi, Tak Masuda, Larry and George, Ted Ullrich, Travis Ekmark, Raymond Forbes, Jessica Tillyer, Witt Langstaff, Jorge Menes, Luther Lotz, Matt Hutchinson, John Malone, Lauren Jung, Michelle Haft, Elise Mattingly, Josh Tuminella, Mason Poe. Also, my mamma.