Our friend and writer Julie Wolfson invited us out to this event. I’m so glad I had the opportunity to see this first show at Sonos Studio. The space will hold events, lectures, listening parties, sound installations, and music performances. First Jimmy Cliff, up next is music by Bleached and a dj set with Questlove. I have a feeling there is going to be some great stuff happening at Sonos.

Also coming up is an opening for Luke Fischbeck’s interactive, sound installation. Below are images of the installation. Each of the ropes trigger sound when you touch or move through them.

Peter Coffin neon installation (above)… I want this room.

Ben Jones fully immersive video installation. Blown… Away. Here is a tour of the Cartoon Network Studios I got with Ben Jones, John Pham, and the Problem Solverz crew last year.

Jim Drain and Ara Peterson. Probably the most photographed in the entire show.

Tom Sachs soundsystem.

Takeshi Murata

The show was sponsored by Mercedes Benz… the installation was the advertisement of the show… but, seriously, amazing. You put on the headphones, music plays and lights pulsate to the beat on the MBZ concept car. Loved it.

It was so inspiring visiting the Broad Contemporary collection at LACMA yesterday. There are pieces we’ve seen many times, but, for some reason, I found myself snapping away, getting excited all over again. Maybe it’s the time of year, the symbolic time of renewal as we head into the new year, the idea of new things to come, and fresh starts.

Something we’ve been doing a lot of this year is going to the museums, becoming members, and supporting the arts. Museums like LACMA are established, but, these institutions, along with independent galleries need our support to survive. We can support through memberships, donations, attending a special event, checking out an exhibition, telling friends and spreading news. Supporting and contributing to the arts and creative culture continues to be a mission for us in 2012. This doesn’t just mean becoming a member of your local museum, but, it’s also about patronizing creative, independent business’, buying works from your favorite artist, attending a gallery show, going to a music show and buying the record. After all, the artists, makers, designers, collectors, enthusiasts, the fans… we are all the same, we all need each other, without one, there is not the other.

The very photogenic, “Urban Light” by Chris Burden.

Larger than life sculptures by Robert Therrien.

Andy Warhol… need I say more?

Our friend and artist Miki Amano is out here visiting us. She’s an inspiration alone.

Jeff Koons is part of the permanent collection at the Broad Contemporary wing of LACMA.

One of the current exhibitions at LACMA, Glenn Ligon.

One of forefathers and pioneers of experimental video arts, Nam June Paik.

The famous Tomato Soup can, Andy Warhol.

Actually, full of ideas… John Baldessari.

Below is one of the most exciting, fun kinetic sculptures at LACMA called “Metropolis II” by Chris Burden. Certain times of the day, the metropolis is in motion… hundreds of toy cars and trains move through the city guided by magnets and gravity. Check LACMA’s site for times, you don’t want to miss it. It was a kids dream come true. Amazing.

See her bracelets on Poketo.
More of Tanya Aguiniga at Aguinigadesign.com.

Our good friend and long time Poketo collaborator Heisuke Kitazawa (PCP) will be exhibiting new work at GR2, Los Angeles. You’ve seen Heisuke’s work here on Poketo for years now, we’ve collaborated on tons of products, artshows, you name it, we’ve done it. Heisuke sent us a few preview images from pieces you’ll see at the show. As always, fantastic and mind blowing.

We had dinner the other night and he was telling me about all of the new work, the frames he was custom building, the pieces he was still inking up until yesterday, the posters he was getting made, the pins he had for the show…. all of this over Korean BBQ…It was a good night. Heisuke Kitazawa at GR2, Saturday, July 30, 2011. Here are the details.