We're not sure about your shady uncle, but we're pretty certain that the guys behind the collective Eighteen-Thirty are the latter. At least we hope, because we're packing up a sleeping bag this weekend to attend their first annual Thank Tank event, which is a "hands-on, concentrated" 48 hours of workshops, lectures, questions, probably delirious joking around and likely rooftop slumber party madness.
Set up in six-hour topical blocks, the series of sessions calls upon artists and "cultural creatives" to explore the conundrums of transport, relationships, building a lean-to fort in Echo Park (!) and all the other sticky little topics that come up when you're struggling to feel humanity in a huge and often impersonal metropolis. There's also a karaoke extravanganza Saturday night, and a symposium titled "Uses of Food in Performance Art." Click here for the full schedule, and take notes.
You can pop in for some or all of it: they're providing sleeping areas for people willing to stick the whole thing out. We're not sure about controlled substances; that may be your own deal, man.
This group of forward thinkers—Michael G. Bauer, The New New School, Ryan Kuhlman, and Eighteen-Thirty (behind those bitchin $3 rooftop screenings in Echo Park)—are doing some pretty worthy shiznit these days. Keep an eye on them. Second thought, stalk them.
When: September 1-2
Where: Eighteen Thirty
1830 Sunset Blvd., Echo Park
Why: We guarantee you'll meet some interesting folks, and have a good story to tell later.
Alie Ward is Events editor for Metromix Los Angeles.
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