Sound Affects Art Show at Think Tank Gallery in LA

We had a WONDERFUL time at the Sound Affects Art show at Think Tank Gallery in downtown Los Angeles! It was a really cool scene that had amazing art, killer music and an all around great energy. I was really thrilled to be a part of it and liked the whole concept of art and music together in a cohesive environment....

Here is a photo of 5 months pregnant me next to my painting "Of Chimneys and Crows"

And here is a photo of my buddy and my husband (hubby on the right) in front of my painting "Symphonie de la Lune"

Now, the one thing about this show that I maybe DIDN'T like was the fact that they didn't really think through the whole music and art thing. They had all of us artists submit MP3s of the specific songs we listened to WHILE we painted the actual paintings in the show. Upon arrival at the gallery guests checked out MP3 players and headphones and were able to listen to the songs while viewing the paintings - each painting had an assigned number that corresponded with the correct song number in the playlist. A cool idea...EXCEPT that they ALSO had a live band playing. This totally interfered with the music on the headphones! It was really kind of lame, to be honest. I couldn't concentrate on any of the music in the headphones, or the art. When the live band took a break I was super stoked, but then a live DJ started spinning! Again, it completely interfered and really made it hard to get into the art. For me anyways.

So, all in all, a cool night that I was glad to be a part of, but a slight disappointment in the execution.

MM