Louis M. Schmidt + Cornhole Tournament

Saturdays in November, 6-10pm
At Amy Adler's Echo Park studio
1296 Sunset Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90026
Free admission
Free drinks and snacks (you bring, OK?)

Related programming:

November 21
Cornhole Tournament. We had a blast at this unauthorized, non-sanctioned, high-impact sidewalk game among friends. A fall chill was in the air as Louis measured and marked off the court. The platforms that Louis and classmate Vince Manganello made and often use at the Visual Arts Facility at UCSD were freshly painted with sharp looking racing stripes. As the first guests arrived, we were heating apple cider with allspice, cardamom, cinnamon and orange slices on the campstove (thanks Ananias!). We even made stovetop JiffyPop, which brought back fond childhood memories of sitting in front of the big, clunky VHS machine with my family to watch rented movies. The first cornbag tossers got the games started and it went nonstop until 10pm. Champions were challenged, challengers became champions. Cornbags were declared dirty for touching the ground before hitting the platform. Cries of defeat and victory were sounded in the night. Meanwhile, Louis snuck back into the studio to install two brand new large scale drawings. Still not sure what cornhole is? Check out http://www.playcornhole.org/index.php

November 28
‘Zine release party. Move Along People Nothing to Feel Here #5 by Louis M. Schmidt and the as-yet-untitled ‘zine that you contributed to on November 14. DJ Trickmilla (aka Patrick Miller).

November 29
Special Sunday viewing hours: 12-6pm. Join us in celebrating work conceived, created and contemplated this month by Louis M. Schmidt.

Louis M. Schmidt + 'Zine Fest 2009!

November 14
‘Zine Fest 2009! In keeping with Louis's 'zinemaking practice (he spent the last week creating 3 brand new 'zines!), we hosted local ‘zine makers and independent publishers who showcased and sold their wares. We inserted cardboard boxes into Louis's cityscape sculptures and used them to display the 'zines. Participants included Eden Batki, Encyclopedia Destructica, eohippus labs, Eve Fowler, Darin Klein, Christopher Kardambikis, Louis M. Schmidt, Sumi Ink Club (Luke Fischbeck & Sarah Rara), Sweaterqueens, Aaron Guerrero, Elysa Voshell, Cathy de la Cruz, Jen Smith, Joshua Ploeg, Ted Chung, Kiyoshi Nakazawa, Micki Davis, Robin Eisenberg, Christopher Russell and Rich Bott. Plus: many people created work on the spot to contribute to an as-yet-untitled 'zine using markers, glue, scissors and collage materials. We'll distribute this 'zine on November 28, along with an all new issue of Louis's Move Along People Nothing To Feel Here.

Louis M. Schmidt + Beach Jazz Noir performance by Rich Bott

November 7
Opening night! Louis spent the week installing a massive black hole voidspace, creating large-scale drawings of despondent humans and assembling a modular cityscape in cardboard and spraypaint. Rich Bott performed Beach Jazz Noir to a packed house. The performance was a live audio visual chronicle of toe rings, day cruises, sea food restaurants, landlocked artificial island suburbs, the cries of seagulls, scuba dogs, shells, tanning zones, specialty coffee drinks and cell phones in tandem, lighthouses and more. Check out more of his work here: http://www.animalcharm.com/

Darin Klein & Friends Present: Louis M. Schmidt

Darin Klein & Friends embark on an experiment in transparency that questions and examines accepted modes of presentation and representation. By temporarily re-purposing the studio of an already established artist, an emerging artist is given a platform for the expression of their own ideas. Possibilities for intervention and creative collaboration are expected to be explored within the walls of the studio. For the first in a series of exhibitions and related programming, Darin Klein & Friends will touch down at Amy Adler’s Echo Park studio for the month of November 2009 with work and projects by Louis M. Schmidt.

During his month-long residency, Louis M. Schmidt will be installing, exhibiting and creating works on paper, producing a brand new issue of his ‘zine Move Along People Nothing to Feel Here, hosting parties and community-driven get-togethers, educating and learning from friends and strangers, and shooting for the stars – all before your very eyes. He will be joined by a selection of artists and peers using vocabularies complimentary to his own. We invite you to drop by and see how it all plays out.

Louis M. Schmidt
Born and raised in rural Illinois, Louis M. Schmidt earned a BFA in Studio Art (graduating Summa cum Laude) and a BA in Art History from the University of Colorado in Boulder in 2004. Louis is currently completing his MFA at UCSD. His drawings, ‘zines and installations deal primarily with a dialectical tension between epiphanic moments and existential void space. http://bridgethevoid.blogspot.com/

Amy Adler
Amy Adler currently lives and works in Los Angeles and is Associate Professor of Visual Art at the University of California San Diego. http://www.amyadler.com/

Darin Klein
Collaborating with an ever-expanding network of friends, Darin Klein curates and organizes exhibitions and arts programming, simultaneously producing, collecting and promoting artists’ publications and independent media. Darin is the Programs Coordinator at the Hammer Museum, where he also curated his first museum exhibition, Hammer Projects: Christopher Russell (January – April 2009). http://www.darinklein.net/