Opening Night at TBA:11

It is that time of year again, and PICA's annual Time Based Arts festival kicked off its opening night last night. A raucous and symbolic party marked the beginning of the festival and could not have been complete without Patrick Rock's inflatable pink elephant (entered through the anus, of course), the throng of six thousand excited young art appreciators, and the attendance of our dear city's mayor. Here are some of the highlights of last night's events, only a taste of the art party that will ensue over the next nine days. . .


Detail from "Don't Worry We'll Fix It", Anna Gray & Ryan Wilson Paulsen


Detail from performance "Songs in Wartime", Occupation Preoccupation


Detail from "Rehearsal Sculpture, Act II: Consumption", Ohad Meromi


Installation shot, Claire Fontaine


Detail, Claire Fontaine


Detail from "The Possibility of Existing in Three Places at Once", Halsey Rodman


Detail from "Sudden as a Massacre", Kate Gilmore


Still from "Europleasure LTD. TOUCH AND GO", Cristina Lucas


The Works, Workin It


Vockah Redu & The Cru


Enthralled Revelers


And the Dancing Begins


And Goes On


And On and On and On

Tonight's party continues at 10:30 with Fast Weapons' lineup of Harry K, Ghost Mom, The Dangerous Boys Club, Nudity in Groups, and Beth Ditto with Beyondadoubt at THE WORKS!!!