Panman Arts has been entrenched in the world of art in more ways than one. We have been diligently working this rubix -cube from the corners inward. Our roles span the gamut of Artist(s), Documentarians, Curators, Art Dealers, Art Collectors, and Art Theorists. We feel that the art community is a living, breathing organism that must be approached from all sides at once. Here we have laid out our map of approach and interaction.
What an amazing prompt to sing along at Lily’s in Midtown Manhattan. The Roger Smith Hotel is the twitter hot spot in New York. @BrianAugust plays Sweet Caroline @RShotel with @db @leoraisrael @bsimi and @adwal. Bohemian Rhapsody at the Roger Smith Hotel!
“When he was on his game you could smell the smells, you could hear the snow crunch under your feet, you were there…” – Paul
Come to Lily’s for the happy hour cocktail, “The Jack London”. Vermont Mapple Syrup, Fresh Lime Juice, Mount Gay Rum, on the Rocks.
NYC Open Casting Call – Union and Non Union Short Film
Roger Smith Shorts (Festival Workshop)
Date: June 30th, 2009
Time: 11:00am-5:00pm
Location:Â Roger Smith Hotel Penthouse, 501 Lexington Avenue, NY, NY 10017
Project: 6 Short Films by emerging filmmakers
Description:
Casting open to all. Actors MUST have availability from August 17th – 21st, 2009 for filming.
6 short films will be developed and shot as part of Roger Smith Shorts ‘09 (Festival Workshop). Additionally, auditions will be streamed live and the recorded auditions will be individually profiled on the Roger Smith Shorts website for casting.
A couple of days before the Elemental Experience music extravaganza Matisyahu gets ready in a studio in Brooklyn. He will be the headliner for a great charity that keeps the youth off the streets in San Diego.
Stay Classy San Diego!!!
Experience The ELEMENTAL EXPERIENCE
May 2, 2009 · San Diego · California
De Anza Cove in Mission Bay Park. www.stayclassy.org/elemental
Matisyahu, Mason Jennings, Bassnectar and Pinback all on one stage in downtown San Diego all to help raise money for a great cause. The goal of this event is to expose the issue of youth homelessness in San Diego and raise $500,000 to build a shelter. We’ve partnered with our friends at San Diego Youth Services to help make it happen.
This is a chance to have fun and help out a great cause at the same time we call it a Party With a Purpose. Were bringing in some of the countrys greatest bands, and putting them onstage in the beautiful and picturesque Mission Bay Park for a full day of fun in the sun!
The Penguins are loose! You better watch out for Penguins in Pancity! Live Art Broadcast Wednesday June 24th, 2009. 2:30 pm start. Brought to you by Panman Gallery.Â
Everyday I ride the train into the city. Here is a tapestry of what that journey represents within my psyche. Back and Forth, we go…My objective to make a panman mixtape. What is Pancity? Where is Pancity? These are the questions I am thinking of as i ride the tin can that takes me farther away, closer. Panman said that the explosion must happened outwardly. I believe that two explosions must happen to balance each other: implosions to explosion. Wait for the ending please.
Tommolino said that he would let me do the studio visit under two circumstances: one, that we drink a bottle of fine brandy together, two, we play chess. Being an obligatory creature I had no objections to Damons clauses. Then he smiled. That’s what Damon Tommolino is like: a morsel of truth encased in an even finer casing of truth, which is always humor, the heart of the Universe. There was an even more exacting truth all of this that I was aware of. If I stood to produce any coherent work myself I would need to seek out the visionary eye of somebody who I trusted. That’s where Abi Prince came in. Abi is a Panman Production colleague, but more importantly a visionary filmmaker and editor that I knew could handle the surreal nature of this encounter. Regardless we were not about to take any chances so Damon made sure to keep filling Abi’s glass with fine African Shiraz. What was recorded that evening was the delicate, unadulterated, result(s) of the incident of three artists coming together to make sense of the world around them through each others eyes.
I remember one night I had my camera with me at one of Pedro’s parties. Damon was playing on a stand up piano and singing. He looked like he was a world onto himself. Like a moth to light I whipped out my camera and began filming him. I don’t think he knew at that time. Later he asked if I had the footage of that night. Sure I did. Damon laughed. The synesthisthetic events of an artist existence are perfectly matched with the color of music. Are the colors coordinated with the notes? There is very much a musical composition that Damon is painting. Every time, every canvas there is rhythm, there is tonality. Some are solo performances and in others there is an entire orchestra playing. When you look you can see the sound, you can hear the color. That is a relevant accomplishment.
Ill just say it once and then we can all forget about this. Behind every man, this time there being two, there is a great woman. That’s it, now to the main program. Damon, like the line he employs so masterfully in his paintings and sculptures has a tenderness to him. He paints it how he wants it to be. There is a softness to a very harsh exacting structure. There is a cradle for the universe that is not asleep, as maybe you would want it to be. Damon will be the first to admit the aesthetic polarity of his own workings, be they inner and outer. For one thing, he is not a person who is at all afraid, but at the same time he is one of the most hospitable and inviting blokes: who has allowed me the pleasure of dreaming on their couch.
