Red Box = Big Fun

July 22, 2007

The Red Box events are a great example of where club culture and art collide. Carlos Gibbs, the guy behind Deep House Project and Red Box, pulls together killer DJs, VJs, painters, photographers, sculptors, etc and throws them all in a room for the evening, with the image of a Red Box as the common thread (add your own symbolism here).

HYPTYO faves, Rimpa Eshidan were there, too (you may know them from their intro to Youtube Japan.). I wondered how they would translate their sped-up painting exercises into a live performance. So what did they do? Red Boxes, of course. BIG ones:

These rotated throughout the evening, taking on different images and patterns. Great stuff. Only problem was this jackass wanted to perform with them.

Everyone tried to avoid the guy (he started hugging people), but it was unavoidable that someone got house paint on their clothes. Myself included (and on my favorite shirt, dammit). Once they got under control, the painting continued:

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