October 7, 2006

21 Grand's 'Illuminated Corridors' project demonstrates an Oaklandish vitality that the recent Yerba Buena exhibit didn't quite capture. Multiple simultaneous projections and musical ensembles (coteries?) set up in a very DIY fashion, showing video against the backdrop of city buildings and transmitting sound waves down 25th for all to hear. The mission statement reads guerrilla: "the Illuminated Corridor is always seeking to collaborate with intermedia artists and engage with communities in the reclamation of public space." Engaged, inclusive, creative re-use of urban resources.

Or you could pay $20 to go to Burning Man's 'Decompression 2006' in San Francisco tomorrow where the back of the postcard doubles as a rule book: "Dont bring renegade sound systems or unauthorized fine art. None!"