Slideluckpotshow in SF! Saturday August 11, 2007

do you have plans this saturday night?
can you change them? how about work around them so you can fit this in?
i am so excited about slideshowpotluck i am calm.
because i know it's finally in my town.

you see,

i read about this strange, inspiring, delicious, phenomenon many many years ago in timeout ny.

i thought to myself,
ok, now i miss living in nyc.
well, a few nights a year at any rate.
when it appears that new york city gets all the people who think of extra ordinary ideas.
and then make them happen.

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for those of you too young to remember:

there used to be a nifty thing we old 'uns used to do.
after a {geographical} trip or during an art history class or just for the punk rock fun of it
we would set up ourselves in the den

and

HAVE A SLIDE SHOW!

anything was possible in the darkness
with the warm closeness of your friends about you
happily munching or tickling or softly flirting
or just getting lost in the large, fleeting, clearly colorful images clicking away through the machine and showing up on the wall or sheet or screen against the wall.

it used to be that slides were the thing.

you had better have been good at understanding your camera and the light and the scene to shoot perfect slides. but then it was impossible to edit

because they were all so pretty!

gems of liquid colorlight
visual
deliciousness. mmmmm.
slides.
old school photography.
kodachrome.
so anyways.

slideluckpotshow

is a celebration of that time.
and right here in San Francisco, you could take part in the next one!

it's terribly exciting. and you can't say otherwise. no matter how cranky you are.

San Francisco’s SLIDELUCK POTSHOW
Doors: 7:00pm
Slideshow: 9:00pm
Location: Sandbox Studio
535 Minnesota Street

here's what they say about themselves:

"Based in New York and
held in many cities internationally, SLIDELUCK is the
first ever digital art salon infusing local
talent and culture of the city it is held in.
Participants and party goers are encouraged to
  bring food and/ or drink in a family potluck style. The
slideshow, projected on a 20 foot screen,
consists of a series of short multimedia presentations
by contributors ranging from the very accomplished to
up and coming photojournalists, painters,
sculptors, comedians, fashion and fine-art
photographers."

rsvp: sfATslideluckpotshowDOTcom

the next question is ~

who wants to make something that will blow everyone away with me?
[i'll be selling peaches that day.]

i am serious when i say that i have not been this excited for something happening in my area
in longer than i can remember.

see you soon?

Comments

[Fatemeh]

One of my dearest friends is a partner at SandBox, where they held the last SlideLuck Potshow. I was THRILLED when he told me that they'd worked on moving it to San Francisco.

The studio in SF is stunning, and quite a bit larger than the NYC studio, but I'd like to urge attendees to (a) get there early and (b) for GOD'S SAKE, don't WHINE when you have to stand or sit on a concrete floor for a couple of hours.

See you there.

[Kung Foodie Kat]

alas i will be romping in warm rivers and hot tubs. a decent trade-off...but i shall miss you all the same!

[Lori S.]

Oh! I hope it is a big success and they do it again. My birthday party is that night.

[Terry B]

I'm so excited for you, Shuna! I first heard of Slideluck Potshow from one of the founders' brothers at an ad agency in Chicago where I worked. Still haven't made it to a New York event. Perhaps they'll come here to Chicago.

[faustianbargain]

where exactly is sandlot? i am almost sure i saw something similar near hayes..near hayes/gough

[shuna fish lydon]

Fatemeh!

Fabulous to hear from you and your words of in-the-know wisdom! Thanks for stopping in to say sompin'. Maybe this means that I WILL see you soon!

Kat! meow. woofx

Lori, I will put in a good word for another one...

Terry B.

They haven't done Chicago yet? I'll be sure to press this on them!

FB,

I think we are all going to need to build in getting lost time.... although Minnesota street sounds like Potrero (?)

[Sean]

Wah! We do have plans and we cannot change them -- we leave tomorrow for San Diego so my mother can see her beloved granddog. And us. Won't be back until Sunday. Wah!

[faustianbargain]

saw later that the address was mentioned, shuna..:)