This week, FALCONATOR FILMS visits Tucson, AZ and artist Adan de la Garza's exhibit "Steal My Art!"

Directed and Edited by Bryce Myhre
Hosted by Danny Martin
Featuring Adan de la Garza


From the Tucson Weekly, July 9, 2009:

Adan De La Garza hasn't had much luck selling his art.

"If people are interested in my work," he says in an e-mail, "they don't want to pay for it. I hear a lot of, 'I like it, but I just wouldn't want it in my house.' Which is fine, because I don't see many drapes that match my art."

The problem is, he's moving to Colorado for grad school in about a month, and he doesn't want to take his archive with him. He'd rather have people take his works for free, and he'd rather have his art displayed somewhere other than his room, even if he doesn't make any money off it.

"It's amazing how interested people are once they think they can get something for free," he says. And so, the Steal My Art exhibit was born.

Guests at the event will be able to actually rip his work off of the walls and take it home—if he doesn't catch you. That sets up an interesting dynamic, "because you'll have me trying to prevent it and encourage it at the same time," he explains.

De La Garza believes that the event will let people interact with the art in a way that isn't sterile or stagnant, as galleries often can be. "I wanted to provide a chance for people to interact with the art, but think on their toes at the same time," he says.

The event, which De La Garza calls "an exploration through the archives of unsellable work and failed ideas," will feature a collection of photographs, screenprints, zines and other work spanning the last six years. The event (and whatever you can grab) is free, but remember—think fast!

Carillons (Mitch Manger, Brandon Kreitler, Eric Graf) perform in the New Mexico desert with over a dozen stereos surrounding them with tape loops. The material comprising the loops is taken from Carillon's recently completed first LP. A short version of the film is soon to be released.

Carillons by Bryce Myhre is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.

“Stepping outside into a flood of ultra violet rays, it occurred to me that I had no intentions of going anywhere at all. Regardless, my feet moved involuntarily and I followed them faithfully. Underneath the highway overpass and into a soaring cement empire, I followed. Skyscrapers reached their needy concrete fingers into the sky, towards God. They’d already succeded in coming closer than most, “God fearing” humans ever would. The streets, buildings, and faces that passed were washed with grey, as if a light soot had settled over the entire city. People herded themselves along deep, worn paths in the sidewalks and I felt blissfully alone in my variance from it.” -Excerpt from the short story Janie by Carla Vargas-Frank (2003)

music: Michaela Pentacoff

Filmed at the PLOY HQ BUNKER

Shot and Edited by FALCONATOR FILMS

Camera Operators - Ryan Frieden and Jason Aragón
Editor - Bryce Myhre
Music - Written and Performed by PLOY

Release Date: 04/17/09
Available at: PLOY.BANDCAMP.COM and YAMAMA.COM
Record Label: YAMAMA

Sandy Duncan is the first transmission from PLOY on the YAMAMA label. This Detroit-influenced Acid panorama has plenty of bouncy bass, synthy strings and infectious, cheeky vocals that are guaranteed to make it an instant classic.

PLOY assembled a team of elite underground heavyweights Tommy Walker 3, Carlton Banks, and Josh Patrick to assist in their covert dance floor operations.

Tommy Walker 3 [UK] (Human Shield, Rottenrow, Dissident, CyberDance) reworks this track into a catchy, stripped-down hypnotic acidic electro workout. This is going to set your legs on fire!

Carlton Banks [NYC] (Whatever Whatever, Rong, DFA, TommyBoy, PeaceBisquit, Coco Machete) gives Sandy Duncan a top notch Electro bionic technology transplant truly fit for robot ears!

YAMAMA’s own Josh Patrick [LA] treats you to some supreme Indie-Electro big room peak time floor filler action!

Finally, PLOY themselves completely remake the track into a full-on Samba assault with the help of their 14-piece Batucada Corps™.

Available in 3 formats:

Extremely rare 12″, only 323 available on white vinyl. Hand signed.
Cover is 3 PMS colors + spot UV varnish.

Standard Issue CD featuring a bonus Tommy Walker III track.

High Quality Download available in any format you can imagine: 320k, VBR High, or VBR Low mp3, High or Low AAC, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC or Apple Lossless. Sure to satisfy even the Audiophiles and Nerds.

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Demo video created for Spooky Tooth Cycles.

music: Lynyrd Skynyrd