We just received a new, colorful batch of vases from Jess Wainer just in time for Mother’s Day! Each hand blown glass vase is slightly different in shape and size and come in a beautiful array of colors. She makes them entirely by hand here in Los Angeles without the use of mold or other reproduction tools so every one is special and unique. They’re more than perfect for a single succulent cutting or a few of your favorite flowers.
As an added bonus the fun, bright colors go great with the new vintage jewelry we have in the store and would look even better on your coffee table/shelf/desk/etc. Please stop in soon and pick one up for yourself and your mom!
Weekend Window Shopper: What You Need Now In April
By Kate Mulling
Spring fever is quickly descending upon L.A., which means we’ve got plenty of reasons to go out and play all weekend long. And since you want to look your best without spending your downtime rummaging through retail racks, we’ve gone ahead and done all the heavy lifting for you. Whether it’s the ultimate printed skirt, an effortlessly edgy ring, or some seriously chic sunnies, you won’t want to miss our rad roundup of the goods L.A.’s best boutiques have to offer this week!
Kerry Tribe’s pieces tend to be sort of like a bunch of really enthralling academic essay about rad, obscure historical figures. She’s both a story teller and a disseminator of a ton of meticulously researched information, but instead of reading these essays, the audience experiences them, generally via video, sound, and installation. This feeling carried over into her latest performance, Critical Mass, a live restaging of Hollis Frampton’s 1971 film of the same name, at The Hammer on April 7.
Frampton expanded a few minutes of footage into a 25 minute film via sound and video editing. Kerry Tribe used actors with commendable memorization skills to perfectly reenact the audio, along with the expected motions of a couple’s fight that will never be won by either side. Though this seems like it might be incredibly frustrating to watch, certain repetitions seem to emphasize the actors’ points, while others repeat the ridiculousness of this fight (both the fight itself and the phrases that date the original piece - “far out” and “hippie colony” were two stand outs). Pretty much everyone in the audience cracked up at least once. In fact, the few points at which the fight is allowed to continue uninterrupted by the editor’s hand, while they give the audience more information as to what is potentially going on, were sort of, well, boring; the stutters and repetition actually added a certain amount of raw emotion and frustration that feels very real in the situation being staged.
…Sound like something you’re bummed to have missed? Well, you’re in luck! Tribe will be restaging her restaging at LA>
