EMERGENCY : Massive Art + DJ's : Friday July 7, 2006

In this era of inconvenient truths we find ourselves torn
in a battle of the Land vs. the Sea. This Friday you are
invited to participate in an art and performance benefit
event that explores the state of our nation in this era on
the brink.

EMERGENCY
Friday - 7/7 – 9pm until late
547 W. 21st St. at 11th Ave
http://www.emergencyarts.com/july7/

This journey is built of live performance fused with
epic-scale sculpture, DJ's alongside candlelit artifacts
and the eternal comforts of shelter, sustenance, music,
drink and dance.

The gallery space of Holasek Weir Projects has been
transformed into an immersive art landscape featuring a
central shelter and the village of Land vs. the village of
Sea. Upon entering you will be offered the scent of the
earth, the taste of the sea and immaculate/delicate makeup
art by Chiho Omae.

In the Village of Land: Debonair creates a cozy lounge of
mint tea, earthen edibles, and future-telling. In the
Village of Sea: The Miss Rockaway Armada offers watermelon
shots, guitar songs and sailor blues along with oceanic
video projections.

At the center of the gallery Thomas Beale presents a
massive sculpture sheltering tribal performance by Akim
Funk Buddha featuring a kinetic opera of aerial acts, body
balancers and Brazilian drums by Seceda of the Urban Roots
Project, Blumuse Dance, body-poet Kazuma Motomura, Roela
LaMazing, and Akiko the funky geisha. The late night is
consumed with world-music beats and eclectic dance
featuring dj's $mall (c)hange, Darya Roquette, Gopal and
Johny B. Plus earthen video projections by TheDanger.

This event is a benefit for Emergency, a collective of
artists responding to environmental and political crises
in society. Based in the heart of the Chelsea art market,
Emergency's mission is to reintroduce a social conscience
and the concept of community in an artworld flush with
wealth and egotism. Monies raised by this event will pay
for the construction our 40,000sqft. studio work space.

This is one night of hope and possibility in this
time of Emergency.

EMERGENCY
$10 – Cheap Drinks
Friday - 7/7 – 9pm until late
547 W. 21st St. at 11th Ave
http://www.emergencyarts.com/july7/

Presented by Holasek Weir Projects, Thomas Beale,
Complacent Nation, Emergency Arts, TheDanger.com
and the Miss Rockaway Armada.

Official Website: http://www.emergencyarts.com/july7/