Tomorrow Night ⊗ Lies Are Fine

Tomorrow night (Friday the 20th) we're having our third gallery event featuring three impressive young artists. The show will be in the middle room on the third floor of 288 Norfolk, a beautiful big room that used to be a dance studio. The IL has expanded onto the third floor and this is the first event that we'll be holding there.

Our last event, Not This Side, drew an audience of about 200 people and went late into the night, lubricated by our open bar and music from Industry Lab resident DJ, DJ Franky Needles. This time will be similar and different. We have three artists again, two of whom will be presenting perfomance works and the third a photographic installation. It will not be boring; it will be epic, as art should be.

You can learn more about the artists on the our gallery page and on their sites: Sean Joseph Patrick Carney, Matt Glass, and Trisha Holt. Once again, the show is curated by Emily Hurley, Jordan Wayne Long, and me.

Everything kicks off at 7:30, see you there.

next gallery event: Not This Side

The Industry Lab Gallery's second event will be on Friday, May 18th. We're hosting an evening of performance and installation from three Cranbrook Academny alumi: Beverly Fre$h, Emily Hurley, and Jordan Wayne Long.

Details about the show and the artists are available on our gallery page. 

New Floor Open House: Friday, May 11 (6–9pm)

We are pleased to announce that the Industry Lab will be expanding into a new, 2,500 square-foot room on June 1st. That means we have room for new, amazing residents. If you happen to be a potential resident, please come visit us on Friday, May 11th between 6pm and 9pm for our open house. 

The new room, seen in the panorama below, is on the 3rd floor of our building. It will share all of the resources available to the rest of the IL and is connected to our original space on the 4th floor by a freight elevator and two staircases. To learn more about us, read our about page or send us an email, we're happy to field questions.

The interior of the room will change when we move in, seen here it is in its prior form of a dance studio.

Plebian Fiasco, Call for Proposals

Announcing Plebian Fiasco!!!! (Numero Uno)

Plebian Fiasco is a 3 hour event with a variety of activities for human beans. We guess 50-150 attendees.
An experiment for groups of people. Messterpiece theatre.
A fogging of the line between performers and audience.
A plurality of perspectives.

When: Tuesday, May 8th, 7-10pm
Where: Club Oberon in Harvard Square, Cambridge

We want your proposals for activities. What to propose:
A 5-30 minute activity.
For the entire group to do together, or for a bunch of small groups to take on separately.
This might be song, movement, drawing, words, games, or other.

Social or asocial (group brainstorm vs meditation)
Electronic or analog (mobile phone light show vs painting)
Parallel or serial (pub song vs game of telephone)
Specific timing or evening-long installation (dance routine vs photobooth)

Most importantly, things you haven't thought of yet.

Please submit ideas by email to plebian@plebiandesign.com by April 8, 2012
Include timing, materials, logistics, track records, etc.

Thanks! Please forward along.

Introducing the Industry Lab Gallery

The Industry Lab has happily, clumsily, simply, and with earnest delight started to host, show, sell, and celebrate the creative work from our favorite artists, designers, makers, thinkers, and whatevers. Starting tomorrow, we will be hanging, installing, positioning, and displaying work on a continual basis. There will be wine. There will be cheese. 

We've created a new top-level page on this site, the Gallery, where we will post information about current and upcoming shows. Sign up for our mailing list and watch your inboxes. Then, carefully read our mutterings and book direct flights to attend our openings. We'll see you there.