EPISCODISCO JUNE 25 2010
Paradise Now and the Reverend Bertie Pearson present EpiscoDisco
Friday, June 25th || 7pm to 10pm || Grace Cathedral
This month’s ‘Disco brings you artist Oliver DiCicco‘s mythological machines, the technicolor future-scapes of Ellen Black, strange basslines and feverish beats from Broker/Dealer and Disco Shawn and the lovely Chelsea Wolfe wailing dark and dreamy folk sonnets – all under one gothically vaulted roof
THE ART
San Francisco artist, experimental musician and craftsman Oliver DiCicco imbues life into his primal machines with a strange and masterful harmony of form, sound and motion. DiCicco’s “Loose Cannons” will take up temporary residence over the labyrinth in the nave of Grace Cathedral.
We are also pleased to announce the addition of digital work by San Francisco artist Ellen Marie Black. Black’s cybervision seams together real footage with computer generated imagery, assembling new and beautiful worlds with mystical portals to unreachable futures and artificial pasts.
THE MUSIC
Kicking off the night right is Disco Shawn, one of the globe-trotting beat aficionados responsible for San Francisco’s favorite club nights Tormenta Tropical and Icee Hot, and who in his own words is not as lame as his DJ name would lead you to believe. Having very little to do with financial services and much more to do with subterranean basslines, ambient synth pads, dubby beats and interlocking pop melodies, San Francisco musical duo Broker/Dealer‘s will also be DJ’ing porous and punchy tracks into the fold.
Deep yearning with dark undercurrents wrapped in warm analog makes the harrowing goth-folk of Chelsea Wolfe, whose church bells, moaning guitar and haunted lyrics will be floating past the buttresses around 9pm.
PARADISE NOW
Theology, music and art all share the aspiration to transcend the borders that language cannot. Paradise Now is a nondenominational curatorial duo that is exploring this commonality by showcasing artists who engage the awe-inspiring space within Grace Cathedral through multi-media installations and performing arts. Paradise Now is Eve Ekman and Jean Cooney.
EPISCODISCO
Recently voted one of 7×7 Magazine’s 250 Things To Do In San Francisco Before You Die and anointed “unusual fun” by the SF Chronicle, EpiscoDisco is a monthly event where community congregates to enjoy contemporary art installations, live performance, drinks and DJ’ed music at Grace Cathedral. EpiscoDisco is hosted on one Saturday of each month by Reverend Bertie Pearson and curatorial duo Paradise Now.
GRACE CATHEDRAL
“Great buildings are outward expressions of the human spirit…which speak to the human urge to transcend the mundane and commune with the divine”. A San Francisco landmark, Grace Cathedral is also home to a spiritual community that has continuously enjoyed relationships with contemporary artists, most notably Ansel Adams and Keith Haring, and currently forges new connections with Bay Area Artists though the Reverend Bertie Pearson and Paradise Now. These alliances are enabled by the openness at Grace to “embrace innovation and open-minded conversation where inclusion is expected and people of all faiths are welcomed.”
