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MOFGA poster contest

July 16th, 2009 · No Comments · Art, Artists & Ideas, Out-There, Uncategorized

Our friends at The Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association (MOFGA) are looking for art submissions for their 2010 fair.
Each year, MOFGA hosts an artwork contest to find an illustration that captures the essence of the Common Ground Country Fair. The winner gets $1000, as well as the satisfaction of seeing her/his creation on posters [...]

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New American Dream

June 24th, 2009 · No Comments · Out-There

The New York Times ran an op-ed this spring about artists buying $100 houses in a depressed Detroit neighborhood. Turns out one of the artists is SPACE alum Jon Brumit, who entertained us with his impromptu residency “Vendetta Retreat” back in the Summer of 2005. Jon has written on his website about the experience and [...]

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Twitter chat with the director of Food, Inc.

June 18th, 2009 · No Comments · Art, Artists & Ideas, Out-There

Our friend Wendy posted on takepart.com about a chance to chat live with Robert Kenner, the director of Food, Inc.
She says:
“It is simple to participate. At 10am PST on Friday 6/19 login to twitter and put #foodinc in the search bar and hit enter. You are now following the conversation. If you have a question, [...]

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Swimming Cities updates

June 10th, 2009 · No Comments · Art, Artists & Ideas, Out-There

We’re really excited that Swoon will be making a stop here in the fall, and so in the meantime we’re vicariously floating along with the Swimming Cities of Serenissima fleet via Tod Seelie’s blog and whatever other postings we find, such as this one. Flavorwire just ran this interview with Swoon a couple of weeks [...]

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Found Footage Festival II

May 11th, 2009 · No Comments · Events At SPACE, Out-There

Joe and Nick, curators of the Found Footage Festival, return to SPACE this Friday, May 15th with a whole different batch of off-the-hook found videos that will melt your face with laughter.
Here’s a preview:

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Having Technical Difficulties With Our Web Server

May 6th, 2009 · No Comments · Out-There

Hello Have Faith In Worthless Knowledge fans, I apologize for the interruption of our blog and the current lack of images. Our web server suffered a fatal error and we were down for about 24 hour, rats and damn rats again.
Anyway, things are getting better and we should be normal tomorrow, I hope.

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The Music Tapes Return for Caroling Tour!

November 22nd, 2008 · 1 Comment · Out-There

But they need your help to know where to go! Julian Koster and co. had a great time here on the Elephant 6 Holiday Surprise Tour and will be back to Maine to wrap up the upcoming caroling tour! Read on for details about how you can vote YOUR HOUSE on the list (and don’t [...]

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Video Junk Drawer

November 10th, 2008 · No Comments · Events At SPACE, Out-There, Uncategorized, streams/downloads

What do you get when you take a couple of guys who’ve worked for The Colbert Report, Late Show with David Letterman and The Onion and send them on tour with a much beloved collection of some seriously warped found videos? Why, The Found Footage Festival!
We’re all gushy about hosting Nick Prueher and [...]

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FREE FIRE ON FIRE

October 9th, 2008 · No Comments · Events At SPACE, Out-There, streams/downloads

The Time of Rivers Festival is upon us. Three nights, two days, all weekend, all good.
The Phoenix wrote a great piece about it.
We might post some artist primers if there’s time, but we have to get things set up. I mean, this is big!
Did we mention we got media sponsorship for the festival from the [...]

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Goodbye Weekday Concert Series, For Now

August 21st, 2008 · 4 Comments · Out-There

Through July and August, SPACE Gallery and Portland Downtown District put their heads together to come up with the fun-in-the-sun afternoon concerts of The Weekday Music Series. Aside from one show being canceled due to weather, they all went off without a problem and pleased the audience – whether they were fans, passersby, or workers [...]

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