Friday, April 18, 4pm - 2am
Saturday, April 19, 12pm - 2am
Sunday, April 20, 12 - 5pm (highlighting communities outside C-U)

late night spACE

40 North | 88 West - Champaign County Arts, Culture & Entertainment Council - presents the 2008 Boneyard Arts Festival Late Night spACE, sponsored by Krannert Center for the Performing Arts.

Friday and Saturday, April 18 & 19, 9pm-2am

Habitat for Humanity ReStore
119 East University, Champaign, IL

Tickets
$7 ($10 for two – bring a friend!)
Available at the door & at Boneyard Arts Festival Information Station.
Cash bar for those with valid I.D. (water and soda also available)

Curated by Jason Finkelman, late night spACE is an immersive arts event encompassing a wide variety of work - interactive video installations by Psymbolic Visual Communications, sculpture by Derek Winstanley, dance by Anna Marks and K. Qilo Matzen, sound installation by Edli B'n Hadd and Jason Finkelman, music by Vernon Reid, Yosef Ben Israel Duo and many others, non-native indigenous art by David Wilcoxen, and more.

MUSIC:
(on two stages)

Friday, April 18

9pm: vonFrickle - progressive rock theatrical experience (main stage)

"Hearing a vonFrickle album will never be the same as seeing a vonFrickle show. The white suits, the expressionless masks, the video projections – signaling the audience from the balcony - it's a theatrical experience" - Jeremy Berg, The Hub

10pm: Jane Boxall - marimba virtuoso (2nd stage)

"A diminuitive performer who harnesses the sound of a 500 pound marimba like a lion tamer." - www.smilepolitely.com
"A quintessentially natural performer. Her body sings with movement and pure joy" - The News-Gazette

11pm: Verntronics featuring Vernon Reid (main stage) - Vernon Reid's solo beats, atmospheres, and guitars with visual excerpts from "Artificial Afrika" and "Lapses, Fragments."

"Vernon Reid is a true artist, one whose work is forever in progress, from his formative years on the downtown New York jazz/funk/punk scene to his leadership of the pioneering rock band Living Colour, to his collaborations with creative spirits ranging from Carlos Santana to Salif Keita."

12am: Yosef Ben Israel Duo - jazz (2nd stage)
1am: CU Jazz Crusaders - funk/jazz/soul (main stage)

The C-U Jazz Crusaders was formed to feature the music of "The Jazz Crusaders" and the "The Crusaders," a popular hard-bop, blues, and funk band that featured Joe Sample, Wilton Felder, "Stix" Hooper, and Wayne Henderson, Randy Crawford, B.B. King. Vocalist Darden Purcell was added to the C-U Jazz Crusaders to sing on some of their songs.

Saturday, April 19

9pm: Antioquia - afro columbian (main stage)

"The drive pulse of the tamboras, the hard swish of the maracas, a screaming guitar and funky slap bass that would make Les Claypool perk his ears create the sound that can only be described as Antioguia."

10pm: Subrata Bhattacharya - indian tabla (2nd stage)

Classical Indian percussionist. Subrata Bhattacharya's talent and skill has enthralled audiences the world over.

11pm: Andreas Kapsalis Trio – world/jazz (main stage)

"Andreas championed the two-handed guitar technique gaining inspiration from keyboard players like Jimmy Smith and Dave Brubeck."

12pm: Gwenzi Bros. Mbira Trio – zimbabwean pop/traditional african (2nd stage)
1am: Tree Thump – didjeridu jam band (main stage)

"Tree Thump combines the haunting sounds of didjeridu with scorching fiddle, driving drums and thumping bass to lay down some sweet grooves."

EXHIBITS:
(both nights)

Derek Winstanley, Boneyard Featured Artist

“There is the common thread between being an artist and a scientist. A research scientist creates new knowledge, understanding and order from rough material. A sculptor creates a new form from rough wood. The intensity of concentration and expression in sculpting is similar to that in conducting scientific research. The real challenge in sculpting is that it is subtractive and mistakes usually are fatal.” - Derek Winstanley

John Jennings, Graphic Artist

Jennings frequently lectures on visual literacy, popular culture and the visual communication found in Hip Hop culture. Jennings is also the co-author of the graphic novel The Hole: Consumer Culture and is a co-founder of Eye Trauma, a web based collective of sequential artists, activists, and curators who seek to expand the public’s perception of the comics medium.

David Wilcoxen, Non-Native Indigenous Art

“I believe art, in all manifestations, contains a universal language that speaks to everyone if we open our hearts and minds. I endeavor to create works that would be as easily understood by cave dwellers, as they would be to those living in high-rise condominiums." - David Wilcoxen

PERFORMANCE:
(both nights)

Live Interactive Visual Environments by Psymbolic

Evolving expression through video compositions and realtime surround spectacles; Psymbolic creates a customized thematic performance with synchronous moments of meaning and expression.

Anna Marks and K. Qilo Matzen, choreography and performance
Laura Chiaramonte, performance
Edli B'n Hadd and Jason Finkelman, Sound Installation