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Josh Short
Bomb Shelter Radio and Tenderloin Self- Defense Club
Ever Gold Gallery Bi-yearly residency program January 9th – 31st
Opening Reception: Thursday February 2nd, 6-10pm
Daily Self Defense Club and Nightly Radio interventions: Wednesday-Saturday
Exhibition runs until: February 26th
Over the course of his residency at Ever Gold Gallery, Josh Short will build “Bomb Shelter Radio” and host several live sonic events that will include experimental noise transmissions, live metal and hardcore bands, and subversive FM radio interventions. This will also be aided by guerrilla public installations of radios installed around the Tenderloin bringing his interventions directly to the street as a form of audio graffiti. During the day the gallery will become the “Tenderloin Self-Defense Club”, where Short will offer martial arts instruction to the neighborhood inhabitants, artists, and musicians.
Short aims to examine contemporary myth and rituals within the American cultural landscape through his interactive exhibition. Ever Gold will be transformed into a liberation center in the hopes that Short can bring back hope to residents by providing tools that evoke personal liberation through free speech and improved self-confidence.
During the last week of the exhibition (Feb 21st- 26th) Ever Gold Gallery and Josh Short have teemed up with Noise Pop for their 20th Anniversary. This collaboration will consist of five live broadcasts over the “Bomb Shelter Radio” from bands curated by Noise Pop. These bands will be playing live at Shorts “Bomb Shelter Radio” and will be open to the public. Band Schedule TBA.
www.joshuashort.com
www.bombshelterradio2012.blogspot.com
