Summer COLLABO Happenings

I swear this blog isn't devoted to club events, though it is starting to look like it. COLLABO is simply nailing some big events, we finished our residency at CONTROL and we also visualized HARD 13 in March, see video below.

COLLABO video mixing at HARD 13:


COLLABO at HARD13 from Collaboratory on Vimeo.



Oh... and another thing. If you haven't already check out the COLLABO website, the COLLABO Myspace, and follow us on Twitter.

COLLABO was also recentley featured in the online Japanese design magazine, Shift, as seen here.

HARD 13 and Control

Busy as shit, so I'll be brief. COLLABO has a lot action lined up this month, including a residency at the Avalon for CONTROL, which can be read about in the previous post below.

However, we are also slated as the sole visual crew for HARD 13, this weekend, Friday, March 13. See flyer for the line-up or visit the website here.

While most of the group will be at HARD, I'll be at the Avalon for CONTROL, we are double-booked for the night.











And some weird Joshua Tree footage of my brother running around below:

Upcoming COLLABO Events

Alright, 2009 is here and draining my sanity. Still designing my portfolio website, though I have finally made some progress with it and hopefully I'll be able to go live with it kind-of soon.

In the meantime, COLLABO has several events lined up for this month of February, including an event being organized by my friends Chris Laughter and Skwerl, from Enjoy Human and Antiquiet respectively.



The Enjoy Human / Antiquiet launch party kicks-off this Saturday, February 7th, and includes musical performances by 8MM and Pop Levi. There will be an open bar, free food, no cover charge, and some fresh new visuals by COLLABO to accompany the DJ sets following the main performances.

If you can't attend the Antiquiet / Enjoy Human event, which you definitely should (it's fucking free), COLLABO will be performing every Friday night, until March April, at the Avalon in Hollywood for their CONTROL events. I'll also be helping out where I can.




Some footage I have been working on for the upcoming events:

Goodbye 2008

The year 2008 has consumed a lot of things in my life, including updates to my own personal website and / or blog. It is annoying that it has been nearly 2 months without any blog entries, but this obviously isn't because the year has been uneventful, quite the the opposite actually.

I am currently in the process of redesigning my main portfolio website, thewaxgrid.com. I might even migrate this blog over to WordPress, still researching that a bit. More importantly, I have just completed my final term at UCLA in the Design | Media Arts program, which has resulted in the arduous task of getting my head straight and my portfolio materials in logical order. Important tasks that were slated to be finished by year's end have been pushed to 2009, but for good reason. There are couple events coming up during this last fragment of 2008.

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One event is a fundraiser for "medical, educational, vocational, and nutritional support for HIV+ orphans, vulnerable children, and pregnant women in Zambia". The event is being organized by my friend Mike Avesar (amongst others), with all proceeds / donations going directly to Tiny Tim and Friends, an non-profit organization focused on these life-saving aims. Along with two other artists, Ryan Chin and Charlie Carroll, we are providing some art for this venue. I will specifically be exhibiting a retrospective of some graphics made during my studies at UCLA, including some new photographic pieces. The event will be held on December 27th, 1:00 PM - 6:00 PM at the Avesar Residence.

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Lastly, COLLABO is preparing for a massive New Years' event in Downtown Los Angeles, called GIANT Maximus. We will be doing our usual intense visuals and will be sharing the Destructo stage with Mickey Avalon, Dirt Nasty, and other electronic artists. Musical tastes aside, we should have some cool visuals in a very large space. If everything goes as planned, I'll be contirbuting some footage and will probably be mixing that night.

Vote NO on Prop. YES

Don't forget to vote "No" on Proposition Yes, the American way of life is at stake.

Psychic Bitch

I forgot to mention that since the completion of Garbage In Garbage Out, I updated my online music project, Psychic Bitch, with some new work, etc. I play all the instruments and handle all the production, especially as the most recent compositions have been accompaniments to my experimental videos.

Some semi-recent tracks:

Garbage In Garbage Out

As mentioned in the last post, I have uploaded my experimental film to QOOB, titled Garbage In Garbage Out. It has a running time of about 3 minutes.

In addition to the people thanked in the credits, I would also like to thank Chris Laughter and Jeremy Azevedo at CraveOnline for allowing me to borrow the Panasonic DVX-100. And thanks Megan.