On the block of 47th and Lexington there is a vortex spinning into different realms. An angry man loses an arm as he punches a hole in the gallery window. A pool of blood leaves everyone in shock and awe!
The heat is finally broken!
Wedding seasons sour truths bring bitter realities. A tough week ahead will add character to those who are down.
Meanwhile there s no rest for the weary! “Strait Cents” is a wild unexpected bit of success. Progress is made in small steady steps. In September we will unify and conquer fashion and film!

Helping you grow, turns us on!
Like fireworks, the sparks are crackling at our feet. With patience we anticipate the larger explosion.

Shooting shotguns is a very therapeutic past time! Great times were had in New Port Rhode Island for Becks Bachelor Party. My hats off to you John Jay! What a great weekend.

The end of the Phish Tour at Jones Beach brought together the best of the best. The Party Bus is the only way ride. New friends! Great adventures and more fun on to be had!

Silent in the morning was epic!

If you have missed the Panman Mixtape VJ experience, No. 61 will be done in front of a Live audience. Date (tbd).

Stay tuned for more to come very soon.
Thanks for watching!
Panman

August 2010

The show Soundstorm at the Lab Gallery is filled with mystery, power and magic. It has endured the strongest heatwave of the summer and acts as a breathing force in the gallery space on 47th and Lexington. The evolution of the show has been intense. It has channeled massive amounts of energy in its existence and continues to surprise me. On a steamy Friday night in the beginning of its installation a street viewer coming from LQ (a Club on Lex), in a fit of rage with his girlfriend put his fist through the front window. Unfortunately the gentleman lost his arm in the process and created a peculiar dynamic to the development of this installation.

I find the show to be the strongest installation that I have seen in the Lab Gallery in years. The layers of intent behind the show by Daniel Rothbart and Maia Anthea Marinelli go back further than you might realize. On April 24th, 1995 Lisa Paul Streitfeld curated a performance installation in the Lab Gallery where different artist participated in a Meditation / Mediation ceremony where consecutive artists projected their intent on the vessels that are consistent elements in all of Rothbarts installation work. Among the artist who participated were Max Blagg, Anthony Haden Guest, Valery Oisteanu, Bettina Sellmann, L. Brandon Krall, Larry Miller, John Perreault, Francine Hunter McGivern, and Abraham Lubeslki.

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These vessels hold the intent of the space and all who have participated along the way. The potency of the experience for me seems to heighten the current experience of Soundstorm making it a charged experience.

Instinctually I tagged different Roger Smith personalities on facebook as represented in different vessels layering the intent and contributing to its charge. As if the walls a being pulled inward by the pulley systems controlled by the weather the amount of energy and tension in that space is fascinating. I believe the show is a conductor of emotions and energy! It has brought much to the surface, not all good, but most certainly necessary. I believe all installations in that space should be marked as an experience. In the context of provocative art, I am thoroughly stimulated.

I look forward to seeing what kind of aftermath is to be experienced. Bravo Daniel Rothbart!

This blog post is a response to an inquiry on The Lab Gallery Facebook Page by Danika Druttman. I encourage anyone who has experienced the Soundstorm Installation at the Lab Gallery to post a response to it. It can be a video, an essay or even a picture post. Lets keep the dialog going. Let me know what you think.

Feedback is always appreciated.

John Knowles

The Roger Smith Hotel and Blip TV Present a Roger Smith Round Table and World Premier of Status Kill a new web series by Jesse Cowell.

About the event
In conjunction with the Roger Smith Hotel and Blip TV will be hosting a Live Round Table Discussion in the Starlight Ballroom at the Roger Smith Hotel hosted by Jesse Cowell. Following the round table we will host a networking cocktail hour and world premier screening of Status Kill a new web series that will be released in the Fall of 2010.

When; September 1, 2010

Roger Smith Round Table with Jesse Cowell ; 5:30 – 6
Networking Cocktail Hour 6 – 7
Screening of Status Kill and Discussion 7 – 8
Networking 8 – 9

Where;
The starlight ballroom at the Roger Smith Hotel
501 Lexington Avenue at 47th Street
New York, NY 10017

About Status Kill
I go to my favorite social networks everyday. Every hour. I can’t stop. Follow my Twitter.  Become my Facebook friend.  Like me! This is the world we now live in. We are all stars in each other lives via sites “like” Facebook, Twitter, and many others.  We comment to impress and love to know we are heard.  You love/hate these things, and so do we.  You find the ever changing rules of communication maddening and so do we. You wish you had more time to do it (and more will power to quit it) and so do we.

http://www.statuskill.com/?page_id=2

Join us! Follow us! Become part of the conversation!

The Panman Report; Spain Wins the World Cup!

Roger Smith News; The Panman Report
During my last trip to Spain I learned of the oracle octopus, Pulpo Paul. Apparently a german octopus predicted the victors of every game in the German bracket and eventually predicated Spain to beat Holland in the finals. It was mayhem in Spain as this was their first ever World Cup victory.

“Shoot, for all I know, animals all over the world have always been calling the games….. Pulpo Paul is the man”
Phoebe Knowles

The owner of Pulpo Paul would not sell his golden goose but would the clairvoyant Octopus to a Spanish citizen with the understanding that his transportation costs would be covered and that they would not prepare “A la plancha”.

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What is the strangest Sports tradition that you know of? While in Spain, I purchased Spain World Cup Soccer limited edition Tshirts that I will present to the first five people who share their story in the comments section of this blog.

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Looking forward to hearing your stories.

Panman