Beautiful Losers celebrates the spirit behind one of the most influential cultural movements of a generation. In the early 1990’s a loose-knit group of likeminded outsiders found common ground at a little NYC storefront gallery. Rooted in the DIY (do-it-yourself) subcultures of skateboarding, surf, punk, hip hop & graffiti, they made art that reflected the lifestyles they led. Developing their craft with almost no influence from the “establishment” art world, this group, and the subcultures they sprang from, have now become a movement that has been transforming pop culture. Starring a selection of artists who are considered leaders within this culture, Beautiful Losers focuses on the telling of personal stories…speaking to themes of what happens when the outside becomes “in” as it explores the creative ethos connecting these artists and today’s youth.
And speaking of Aaron Rose’s Don’t Move Here shot by the nicest cinematographer on Earth, Tobin Yelland, do something nice for your eyes today and check out Tobin’s latest DP reel:
From Tobin:
“Hello I am a DP based in New York City. I got my start making skateboard films. Here is my most recent Reel. Beautiful Losers feature Doc. Heloise and the Savoir Faire Shot on RED Camera. Apples and Stereo video Directed by Elijah Wood. High on Fire music video. Intros for MTV High School Stories and MTV Made. I shot the Nick Tunes spots with a still camera. I like how that looks. Etnies Verte spots shot on 16mm. Coventry fashion look book shot with two cameras in HD. Sony commercials for Sony Power PC computers. Stereo Video with Jason Lee’s last video part. Also Nike 6.0 Commercials I directed.”
BONUS: Check out Tobin taking kids through documentary boot camp for the Make Something!! program we did with Nike Sportswear:
Inspirer, collaborator, curator, director, painter, publisher, music maker, Beautiful Loser and friend, Aaron Rose is many a thing. And right now that thing is a director of television projects for one of the most creative ad agencies in the world, Wieden+Kennedy. Having recently left Los Angeles to basically pursue an offer he couldn’t refuse, Rose now resides in Portland, Oregon still doing what he does best: creating good shit with good people. Here’s the teaser trailer for Don’t Move Here, one of the first of many “experiments in television” directed by Aaron and beautifully shot by the trusty Tobin Yelland.
“Don’t Move Here is a new series that focuses on the fertile music scene in Portland.
Using a combination of interviews and live footage we will explore some of the bands, record labels, and venues that make Portland’s music scene so unique.
Featured guests include YACHT, Grouper, Explode Into Colors, Libretto, Rev. Shines, Mississippi Records, Marriage Records, and more.”
Directed by Aaron Rose, hosted by Shayla Hason.
Music for trailer: Strike Zone by Atole, out soon on Community Library.
Executive Producers: Aaron Rose, Janice Grube, Bill Davenport
Executive Creative Directors: Mark Fitzloff, Susan Hoffman
Camera: Tobin Yelland
Editor: Justin Lowe
Content Producers: Ava Hegedus, Shayla Hason,
Tech: Jason Roark, Mison Henly
Films about an inspirational pop art nun (including ours), a Karaoke dance party, Muppets and more Muppets, and of course art openings highlight this weekends highlights.
Pocket wallet pioneers Poketo take over Royal/T’s this summer with their storefront pop-up shop. Tonight they transform the joint into a Karaoke Dance Party with our fun Fluxer friends Jonathan and Meg Wells on an esteemed panel of judges.
Poketo Karaoke Dance Party at Royal/T Friday July 10th, 8 PM - 1 AM
Royal/T
8910 Washington Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232
Free, RSVP at rsvp@poketo.com
The Cinefamily at the Silent Movie Theater on Fairfax has Muppets on the mind once again as they bring back last year’s sold out showings of Jim Henson’s mind-blowing collection of shorts, crazy commercials, and other rarities including the not-be-to-be-missed Oscar winning Time Piece. Bonus: midnight screening of Henson’s feature film The Dark Crystal!
Printed Matter
Opening reception: Saturday July 11th, 6:30-10pm GR2
2062 Sawtelle Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90025
Show runs from July 11 through August 5, 2009
Desert Sexy
Opening reception: Saturday July 11th, 6-8pm
The Constant Gallery
2673 S. La Cienega Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90034
Show runs from July 11 through August 15, 2009
Girls go wild as the Honor Fraser Gallery opens Bitch is the New Black, an all women art show featuring “fourteen Los Angeles-based women who are all emerging or established artists from roughly the same generation and are bright lights on the local scene.”
Bitch is the New Black
Opening reception: Saturday July 11th, 6-8pm
Honor Fraser Gallery
2622 S La Cienega Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90034
Show runs from July 11 through August 29, 2009
And finally end your weekend inspired as our short film (Become a Microscope: 90 Statements on Sister Corita) about the life and art of Sister Corita Kent will be screening at the Silent Movie Theater Sunday night alongside two other films by Corita’s friends, Mary’s Day (1964) by Baylis Glascock, and Survival With Style (1966) by Cal Bernstein, Alex Singer and Haskell Wexler. Both of these rare films will be screened from their original 16mm prints, and Mary’s Day will feature a live score by special musical guests!
Last year we created the Make Something!! workshop series through a partnership between our film Beautiful Losers and Nike Sportswear where artists and filmmakers from the film taught classes to high school kids in Tokyo, New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Miami on the D.I.Y. (do-it-yourself) aspects of art-making. The results were as inspiring as they were rewarding (Check out video and pics from the classes we taught,and my editingworkshop too). The initiative, created by Aaron Rose and teacher Stefani Relles, was such a success that Nike has continued to keep the programs going across the country. And now what was once supposed to be on the hush hush is now made public as Kanye West has joined in on the educating of today’s youth and tomorrow’s artists.
“I believe every child is born an artist. That ability to express ourselves freely is inherent in every child, whether it’s through singing, dancing, drawing or playing. Somehow as we get older society and culture dampen that spiritmaking us self conscious about expression. I believe Programs like Make Something!! help to keep this creative spirit alive as well as show kids that being an artist is a viable career path. As public funding for schools and artsprograms continue to be cut, programs like Make Something!! are critical to breeding future generations of artists who can contribute to the greater cultural fabric that keeps America forward thinking and progressive.”
“In October 2009 Spike Jonze’s feature film rendition of Maurice Sendak’s classic story Where The Wild Things Are will hit movie theaters worldwide. The film represents years of work from hundreds of different artists, writers, photographers, musicians, actors, and creators of all degrees. This place has been established to help shed some light on many of the small influences that have converged to make this massive project a reality.
Simply put, this a place to learn about things we think are great and to share with you the things those things helped make. Wild Things indeed… And also probably a lot of other randoms things that catch our eye along the way.
Old friends and good peoples get together tonight at FAMILY bookstore on Fairfax as artist/director/musician/graphic designer/writer Mike Mills and artist/director/musician/curator/publisher AaronRose launch Mills’ retrospective book GRAPHICS/FILMS published by Alleged Press. More from the one and only A. Rose:
“Please join us this Thursday at FAMILY (7:30) for an intimate evening with Mike Mills in honor of the release of his new book GRAPHICS/FILMS. A short presentation of retrospective films, videos and graphics will be followed by an informal conversation about his work in all mediums.
Sorry for the late post today, I was a bit busy rejoining the human race again. The last few days have just about been the hardest I’ve ever pushed myself finishing a film, and I’d def do it all over again. Working with the dedicated members of our Corita film crew in finishing the edit, finalizing the animations, listening to the sound mix, coloring the film, and conforming the entire thing to be ready for last night’s Flux screening tallied me a new personal work record: work-90 hours, sleep-6, from Sunday up until the show on Wednesday. But with a drive to finish fueled by the work of Sister Corita and with the payoff of how well our film was received, I have to say it was all so worth it. Big thanks to Jonathan and Meg Wells for organizing another fun Flux screening and to all who came out and checked out our film, Become a Microscope-90 Statements on Sister Corita! Many more screenings to come soon!
On top of our film showing alongside a multitude of amazing music videos and short films, the LA Ladies Choir headed by Becky Stark performed as well. The lovelies were captivating with their two songs in this their second performance.
And here’s another film that screened last night, a supremely crafted short directed by Ace Norton and his new ’stache that left me sonically blown away:
Whoa…another sleepless day/night/day as we put the finishing touches on our film, Become A Microscope-90 Statments on Sister Corita. Making it’s Los Angeles premiere at the Hammer Museum as part of Flux’s first show of the year, the day has finally come to let friend, family, and strangers take a look at just what has been keeping us all so busy and inspired (also special encore musical performance by Becky Stark and the Ladies Choir!)
So tonight, I hope you all…
and…
as our film will leave your eyes, ears, and brains…
with…
lenny
Become A Microscope - 90 Statements on Sister Corita
A film by Aaron Rose
Produced by Jon Barlow, Edited by Lenny Mesina, Original Score by Money Mark and Becky Stark.
Flux Screening Series
February 25, 2008
8:00 pm screening, 10:00 pm after-party
Hammer Museum
Billy Wilder Theater
10899 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90024
310.443.7000
Clear your schedule for this Wednesday cause the year’s first Flux Screening Seriesat the Hammer is coming and our Sister Corita film will be making it’s Los Angeles premiere! If you missed the CSUN screening and art opening (a must see!), this is your chance to check out what we’ve been giving our all to. Also part of 2009’s inaugral program will be two new music video from the N.A.S.A. crew, this time featuring Kanye West, Santogold, Lykee Li, Sizzla, Amanda Blank, with art by The Date Farmers, directed by Logan and Three Legged Legs. The short film project PSST! 3 and a new short by homey Ace Norton will also be included in the program.
Make sure to RSVP and arrive early as the two theaters are always over flowing and people are unfortunately turned away once filled. But if you can’t get in, there’s always the courtyard reception primed for drinks, djs, and drinks.
Become A Microscope
90 Statements on Sister Corita
A Film by Aaron Rose
Produced by Jon Barlow, Edited by Lenny Mesina, Original Score by Money Mark and Becky Stark.
Synopsis:
Sister Corita (1918-1986) was a teacher, political activist and possibly one of the most innovative and unusual pop artists of the 1960’s. She was also a Catholic nun. Become A Microscope is a 20-minute art/documentary film celebrating the life, work, and teachings of this incredible artist. The film was shot on location on the campus of Immaculate Heart in Los Angeles, the same place where most of the film’s story happened. It serves as a living, breathing document of the inspiration she spread to so many people throughout her life…and as the title suggests, the importance of looking at the world “small pieces at a time”. Through the use of interviews with those who knew her, we tell Corita’s story in an abstract way. Using archival images from the Corita archive along with visual effects created specifically for the project by some of the most talented animators working today, we have created a colorful visual montage. The film reveals itself as a living, moving, graphic and musical artwork.
Become A Microscope is produced by Blacklake Productions, in conjunction with The Directors Bureau, with special cooperation from The Corita Art Center and the Art/Film Departments of Cal State University Northridge.
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