We plan on welcoming these New Yorkers with open arms….as long as they involve either gourmet ice cream or artisanal, handcrafted goodies. These criteria make the Arts District debut of Brooklyn-born craft market Artists & Fleas a no-brainer. Every third weekend of the month, stroll along Mateo St (between 6th and 7th Sts) from 11am to 5pm, for an outdoor weekend event, featuring locally made art, fashion, vintage wares, vinyl, edibles and beyond. Mingle with LA’s hippest while eyeing hand-beaded jewelry or one-of-a-kind reclaimed wood work from 75+ vendors. Including one of our new favorite local vendors Pretty Soap Suds Co. Plus, there’s a “feed lot” each weekend that features five LA-based food trucks; past participants include Coolhaus, Currywurst and Komodo. Admission is free. Check here for more information regarding this months vendors and more!...
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This weekend our very own Los Angeles County Store will be celebrating its one year anniversary with a weekend-long Pop-up event! Carrying goods made only within Los Angeles County, the store has be come a symbol of the local arts and crafts movement, a must-visit for locals and tourists alike. The pop-up will feature 15 outstanding local artists an crafts people, including our FAVORITE Chris Turnham, whose known for his prints of local architecture, Zazu Faure, who crafts stuffed animals out of recycled sweaters, Juniper & Fir with indigo dyed home textiles that are to dye for, and Funsize Ceramics, local maker of tiny ceramic pieces. Join us May 2nd & 3rd from 12-4pm, the Los Angeles County Store is located right up the street from Sunset Junction, across from Dinosaur...
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Echo Park Craft Fair May 9th-10th If you’re looking for some last minute weekend fun or just want to tinker around at another one of Echo Park’s ever evolving carousel of hipster events, head east this weekend to hit up The Echo Park Art and Craft Fair. This biannual arts and design showcase will be taking over Mack Sennett Studio this Saturday May 9th (10-6 pm) and Sunday, May 10th (10-5 pm.) As per the usual, Echo Park Craft Fair’s beautiful and talented creators, Beatrice Valenzuela and Rachel Craven have collected the most impressive roster of creative heads to satisfy any hipsters indie shopping desires. This year the fair will showcase the work of Gabriela Artigas, Dream Collectiveand Objects Without Meaning. Cold-pressed organic juice will also be provided by Moon Juice, hipsters rejoice....
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Silver Lake’s “Bates Motel” — The complete transformation of the dilapidated Sunset Pacific Motel (Bates Motel) into a conceptual art piece is in process as a French artist, Vincent Lamouroux sprays the entire building – as well as the adjacent palm trees and billboard – in a thick coat of opaque limewash. Projection, which is described as a “temporal intervention into an iconic piece of LA’s architectural history and urban lore,” will last two weeks, with an opening date scheduled for April 26. The two-week long project was conceived by Vincent Lamouroux, who used a similar concept in a Paris park where a grouping of The owners of the three-story motel at the corner of Sunset Boulevard and Bates Street plan to follow up the art exhibit by demolishing the structure to make way for one of three apartment towers. But an official for the developer said they have given Lamoruoux permission to use the property as an art project as long as the necessary permits are obtained. What’s the point of Projection? Says the press release: Just as the Silver Lake neighborhood itself has transformed radically in recent years, an continues to evolve, so to will the artist’s iteration of the motel embody a transformation, surrendering and passage; the white surface of its facade will be a symbolic invitation to project our ideas about both its mythic past and its indeterminate future. The limewash is described as an “ecologically safe” material that will eventually erode and fade away. You can check out Vincent Lamouroux’ recent work here ...
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We’re totally obsessed with pretty much everything that Materials & Applications does, but this month is different. If you haven’t checked out their current exhibit in Silver Lake you’re totally missing out. Take a break one evening or night this week to check out DOMUS an installation by D.V. Rodgers and team. DOMUS is experimental anti-seismic architecture incorporating spatialized seismic sound and light that challenges our response to and perception of earthquakes. What: DOMUS by D.V. Rodgers – Materials & Applications is an outdoor exhibition space that is visible from the street 24 hours a day. Entry is free but donations are appreciated! When: Literally 24 hours a day Where : 1619 Silver Lake Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 9026 DOMUS an installation by D.V. Rogers and team On view until Spring 2015 DOMUS DOMUS is an experiential, anti-seismic architecture installation that challenges our perception and response to earthquakes in Los Angeles. The project is currently exhibiting at Materials & Applications (M&A) in its outdoor exhibition courtyard and is open free of charge to the public from 10am – 10pm every day of the year. DOMUS is constructed from a low-cost open hardware Hexayurt shelter system designed by Vinay Gupta and utilized heavily in Black Rock City during the annual Burning Man Festival. DOMUS is constructed from THERMAX (CI) insulation panels and bi-directional filament tape, a temporary construction technique durable up to 12 months. As with all M&A installations, this two story high extended Hexayurt design was constructed with a team of volunteers. Suspended in the center of DOMUS is a matrix of undulating lights and sounds that pulse, retreat, tremble, and vibrate in response to two curated seismic databases, creating a stunning visual and aural immersive experience. DOMUS submerges visitors into the sensorial datascape of two historical events: Haiti’s 7.0 earthquake on January 12, 2010 and the 6.3 earthquake in Christchurch on Feburary 21, 2011. The LED chandelier centerpiece suspends from an 18’ tall ceiling as the structural ribs taper into eight points, suggestive of gothic arches. Compositions performed in DOMUS are created by Ryan McGee in collaboration with D.V. Rogers, and use seismic recordings to translate waveform data to the compositional data collected by IRIS Wilbur. Visitors...
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Silverlandia would like to take a moment and thank the readers and contributors of Silverlandia. Last weekend Silverlandia was presented an award by the Silverlake Chamber of Commerce for the Best Of Silverlake Awards. We’re very happy for the recognition, as we walked away with the award for “The Best Way to Get The Word Out About Your Business”. Accomplishments in such a historic and iconic neighborhood as Silverlake, Los Angeles is no easy feat. We love to serve our community, and promote local business. With our passion for marketing, branding, publication, and general information we hope to make the next year even greater. Thanks again!...
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