{"id":540,"date":"2009-11-30T23:27:05","date_gmt":"2009-12-01T07:27:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.postdiluvianphoto.com\/blog\/?p=540"},"modified":"2010-03-21T19:12:43","modified_gmt":"2010-03-22T03:12:43","slug":"frisbie-street","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.postdiluvianphoto.com\/blog\/2009\/11\/30\/frisbie-street-540\/","title":{"rendered":"Frisbie St."},"content":{"rendered":"
I forget now how I heard about Frisbie St. That’s the problem with procrastinating two months before writing\u00a0this blog. I guess I saw the poster somewhere in Alameda. I probably noticed the photo of the woman first, then the fact that it was advertising a photography exhibit. That’s the problem with being a guy.<\/div>\n

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I plugged the address into my GPS, and a\u00a0photographer friend and I headed over on opening night, Friday, September 25. We were in downtown Oakland, near the heart of Art Murmur<\/a>. And then we were in a residential neighborhood.\u00a0Where’s the gallery?!? My GPS announces, “your destination is on the left.” We were outside a house just 350 feet\u00a0from where I use to live back when I taught high school in Oakland.<\/p>\n

Frisbie St.<\/a>\u00a0is an alternative art space formally launched in May 2009. Located at 204 Frisbie Street in Oakland\u2013in the Oakland Avenue\/Harrison Street neighborhood\u2013it’s a residence where the occupants move their furniture upstairs during events. But once you get inside you forget that.<\/p>\n

Photos\u00a0by eighteen artists hung on spacious white walls. Work which stands by itself yet worked as a cohesive whole. A crowd of interested, engaged artists and art lovers. Watermelon. This was more than a house party. The curators done good.<\/div>\n
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Mercy Calman "Steel Bars"<\/p><\/div>\n

“Still (In) Motion,” photography by women exploring stillness and motion, was curated by Lanell Dike and Becky Jaffe.\u00a0Highlights included\u00a0Argentina’s translucent azure glaciers\u00a0by Perrin Elkind. Closer to home, abstract fine art\/landscape pieces by Mercy Calman display beautifully complex patterns in rippling water.\u00a0And portraits by co-curator Jaffe\u2013including the image that drew me to this show\u2013consistently but ambiguously convey their subjects’ emotional intensity.\u00a0What are they feeling?\u00a0Bliss? Passion?\u00a0Pain?<\/p>\n

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Becky Jaffe "Taggert"<\/p><\/div>\n

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Eventually we migrated to the backyard, where Adrienne Shamszad<\/a>\u00a0was performing an absolutely amazing acoustic set. She’s a twenty-something (maybe. barely.) Blues singer and guitarist who describes herself in one song as being “ancient by 21,” and you readily accept that. We were sitting around in lawn chairs barely believing how good she is. It was like going to 49 Geary and finding Jewel playing on the 3rd floor.<\/div>\n

It’s too late to see “Still (In) Motion” which, regrettably, ran for a single weekend. But check out their next exhibit, “Illuminating Shadows,” scheduled for January 2010. With great artwork, people, and music, Frisbie St. is\u00a0a fine addition to the neo-hip Oakland art scene.<\/p>\n

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\nMichael Singman-Aste
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