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Two great speakers, two great exhibitions!
Josiah McElheny. The Last Scattering Surface. 2006. Handblown glass, chrome plated aluminum, rigging, and electric lighting. Collection of Phoenix Art Museum, courtesy of the artist and Donald Young Gallery. Photo: Tom van Eynde Art Dialogue: John Kaufmann on Josiah McElheny’s The Last Scattering Surface Thursday, July 24, 7 PM East Gallery FREE Writer, actor, and director John Kaufmann leads an informal conversation in the Henry’s East Gallery about Josiah McElheny’s representation of the Big Bang. Kaufmann’s production of Starball married astronomy, poetry, science, Jungian dream analysis, and improvised Irish drinking songs. Join us for what is sure to be a lively discussion of Josiah McElheny: The Last Scattering Surface. The Last Scattering Surface is on view at the Henry through August 17, 2008.	Jen Liu. The Brethren of the Stone: Comfortably Numb (still). 2006. Single channel video. Courtesy of the artist and Lizabeth Oliveria Gallery. Music Lecture with Mike McGonigal: Blow, Gabriel: Music of the Apocalypse Wednesday, July 30, 7 PM Auditorium FREE to members; $5 general admission Tickets available at the Henry Admission Desk beginning July 23; seating is limited. What is the sound the world makes as it ends — a whimper or a bang? YETI editor and eMusic gospel music columnist Mike McGonigal presents a multimedia look at music and the idea of apocalypse in popular culture. This talk will cover many bases, from a look at gospel songs that celebrate the apocalypse to the music made by modern cults, including Jim Jones, Charles Manson, and (the allegedly apocalyptic) Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh. The ways that music figures in apocalypse-themed films will be looked at, as well as musical responses to the atomic bomb, from the infamous “Duck & Cover” PSA to Pere Ubu’s “30 Seconds Over Tokyo” and the Swan Silvertones’ “Jesus Hits Like the Atom Bomb.” The lecture will end with Pierre Henry’s musique concrete works Le Voyage and L’Apocalypse de Jean, two thrilling and visceral looks at the end of the world as we know it. Mike McGonigal has written about music since 1984, when he started the fanzine Chemical Imbalance. McGonigal lives in Portland, OR, where he oversees editorial for YETI publications. His books Buked & Scorned: The YETI Guide to Sanctified Blues & Gritty Gospel and In Love With Those Times: The Chemical Imbalance Reader (Verse Chorus) will both be published in 2009.
But wait, there’s more! Film Rap this Saturday: An afternoon with… John August – Free Saturday, July 26, 2008 – 12:00 PM, discussion at 2:00 FREE to Warren Report and Henry members, RSVP required: rsvp@thewarrenreport.com. John August’s feature directing debut, THE NINES, premiered at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival. As a screenwriter, John’s credits include CORPSE BRIDE, CHARLIE AND THE CHOCLOLATE FACTORY; BIG FISH and both CHARLIE’S ANGELS movies. He wrote and co-produced GO, which debuted at the 1999 Sundance Film Festival. Don’t miss exhibitions Matthew Buckingham: Play the Story, and Somebody. Save Saturday, August 9 for Rock, Paper, Scissors, a special summer “crafternoon” with record-spinning, an art talk and brainstorming session with local artists, and fabulous independent vendors.