Project Bandaloop
If you pass by the Great Wall in the next couple of days and see some people bouncing to and fro, you are not going crazy. Project Bandaloop, the local award-winning aerial dance troupe, is preparing for it’s next installation and using the Great Wall as a rehearsal space.
If you’d like to see them in action, here is the tentative schedule:
Tuesday – Aug. 10 – 4:30-7:30PM
Wednesday – Aug. 11 – 4:30-7:30PM
Saturday – Aug. 14 – 9-12PM
This Friday, you’ll have not one, but two opportunities to enjoy cutting-edge, large-scale video art from around the world. In addition to the “Menage a Music” screening on the Wall, we’ll also be showing some Great Wall of Oakland art at a satellite screening in Jack London Square for the Best of the East Bay 2010 Party. Be hip and check out both.
The Great Wall is pleased to announce Art Murmur was recently named “Best Homegrown Cultural Scene” by The East Bay Express. Thanks everyone for voting for us! We’re honored to be part of such a crowd. 
| August 6, 2010 | ||
| 6:00 pm | to | 11:00 pm |
We’ve got an
incredible line-up of music videos and videos about music for the August 6th show on the Great Wall.
Most of it will make you want to groove your pants off while hanging out at Art Murmur.
Actually, we’re pretty sure an impromptu dance party is going to break out on West Grand, stopping all the cars. So, don’t miss out. Come, be a part of the fun.
If you can’t make it to the show, check out the “Featured Video” to the right to see what we’re talking about.
| July 2, 2010 | ||
| 7:01 pm | to | 11:01 pm |
"Summertime" by Amos Mulder
The days are longer, the hustle and bustle has slowed and summertime is definitely here. For the July show on the Great Wall, we’ve asked artists around the globe to share their plans and ideas about this time of year. Check out the show on July 2 (or by the links below) and maybe come away with an idea for next weekend.
Summertime by Amos Mulder, the Netherlands
Fluffy McCloud by Conor Finnegan, Ireland
Pacific Star II by Colin Rich, California
The Kite Runners by Taras Gesh, Russia
Serfomay 2010 by Zweizwei, Republic of Belarus
Bassoforte by Diego Stocco, California
It’s Working by So-Me, France
Salvation Mountain
Artwork by Barry McGee
The Great Wall of Oakland would like to thank OMCA’s Senior Curator of Art René de Guzman and New Media Producer Stijn Schiffeleers for putting on such an incredible show in May. In case you weren’t there, here’s what you missed:
THE LINE-UP
Animation from a Barry McGee mixed media installation
Excepts from the Embrace of the Irrational, 2009 - Produced, written, and directed by Jonn Herschend - Filmed in part on location in OMCA’s Natural Sciences Gallery
Time lapse of Michel C. McMillen’s mixed media installation Aristotle’s Cage filmed in OMCA’s Gallery of California Art
Animation from a Barry McGee mixed media installation
Documentary on outsider art masterpiece Salvation Mountain, Niland, CA with creator Leonard Knight and OMCA Chief Curator, Phil Linhares
Kota Ezawa - “Color Combination”
Time-lapse of the installation of Barry McGee’s commissioned new work at OMCA filmed and edited by Jeff den Broeder
Will Rogan - ”One Thing I Can Tell You is You’ve Got to be Free”
| June 4, 2010 | ||
| 7:00 pm | to | 11:00 pm |
On June 4, the Great Wall brings you, “In Search of Happiness,” a collection of video art pieces all attempting to discover and capture that elusive state.
What makes you happy? Long walks on the beach? This month, we’ve got it. Cupcakes shot out of a cannon at someone’s face? And, we’ve got that too.
With so many great artists presented in this series, maybe watching the show in full will bring a smile to your face. Check us out on June 4th or wait patiently for the show to be uploaded here.
Screenshots (right and below): ”Cupcake Cannon” by Kamp Grizzly
"Djemba, A Boy from Kibera" by Jason Taylor
"Djemba, A Boy from Kibera" by Jason Taylor
"Greedy Boy" by Kim Young Ha
"Sea of Glass" by Sean Vicary
| May 7, 2010 | ||
| 6:30 pm | to | 11:30 pm |
Artwork by Barry McGee
In celebration of the grand re-opening of the Oakland Museum of California on May 1, Senior Curator of Art, René de Guzman, and New Media Producer, Stijn Schiffeleers, are stepping-in as guest-curators for the May show on the Wall.
We are extremely excited to host the museum folks and honored to have the opportunity to screen some artworks from the permanent collection.
So far, the OMCA curators have kept the show largely under wraps, but the line-up is rumored to include artworks by Will Rogan, Kota Ezawa, Barry McGee, Michael McMillen, and some behind the scenes videos from the museum’s new interactive media.
This is a must-see show, so mark your calendar for May 7th!
| April 2, 2010 | ||
| 5:00 pm |
"Iceland" by Gunnar Konradsson
Over one billion people celebrate Earth Day, or so they say. It is the largest secular holiday in the world, which is kind of a big deal. Wouldn’t it seem with all those people celebrating the earth, we’d be in a better shape?
Without too much doom and gloom, the Great Wall brings you ”Views of Earth,” a show with many perspectives about this place we call home.
Ten video artists from several different continents bring us both jaw-dropping, awe-inspiring panoramic views of our planet, as well as, some slightly more apprehensive, a few comic, outlooks on the subject.
The Show:
Iceland by Gunnar Konraddson
Sea of Glass by Sean Vicary
Times by Vincent Urban
Djemba, A Boy from Kibera by Jason Taylor
My Tokyo by Romain Alary
Metropolis by Rob Carter
Greedy Boy by Kim Young Ha
The Bumblebeez “Misfit” by The Glue Society
Ataque de Panico by Fede Alvarez
Step-O-Tron by Markus Hofko
Recycle Invaders by Thiago Maia
