Reconnecting our scene one face at a time through living portraits of Detroit's underground community. A project in collaboration with Light Bender, Ashely Worden and Francois Dillinger. This immersive portrait series explores the novel experience of absence within the deeply connected community of electronic music. Detroit's underground is a way of life for many, to which identities have been formed and self expression, honored. The exhibition entices attendees to connect with familiar faces and loud rhythms reverberating off the city's underground. The immersive project will feature sketched portraits of various Detroit music personalities, overlaid by projection mapped visuals. Two LIVE performances will be offered during select viewing times, providing a generative and audio-reactive experience of sequenced visuals and hypnotizing electro, techno and ambient soundscapes.
Thursday, 10/21/2021: Open Gallery 4PM - 8PM
Friday, 10/22/2021: Open Gallery 6PM - 8PM, LIVE Performance 8PM - 10PM
Saturday, 10/23/2021: Open Gallery 6PM - 8PM, LIVE Performance 8PM - 10PM
Sunday, 10/24/2021: Open Gallery 12PM - 4PM
Thursday, 10/21/2021: Open Gallery 4PM - 8PM
Friday, 10/22/2021: Open Gallery 6PM - 8PM, LIVE Performance 8PM - 10PM
Saturday, 10/23/2021: Open Gallery 6PM - 8PM, LIVE Performance 8PM - 10PM
Sunday, 10/24/2021: Open Gallery 12PM - 4PM
Photographer Jim Aho was a friend to 333 Midland and the larger Detroit art scene in general. As we are all recovering from the shock of Jim’s sudden passing, those closest to him would like to honor this incredibly talented and multifaceted man. Jim was not only a gifted artist, but has left an indelible mark on the lives of thousands of people affected by his Community Arts program at Focus: HOPE, among other accomplishments.
Please join us in celebrating and remembering Jim. His beautiful images will be displayed along with those you may bring to share. If you are willing, your images will stay on exhibit for those unable to attend, until Monday, September 6.
If you would like to contribute to our food offerings, please go to this link to sign up and see the menu options:
https://signup.com/go/zmzLTvq and arrive at 1:30. There is also a space for those who want to volunteer before, during and after the event.
At 2:30 we will begin sharing our memories of Jim. You can sign up to speak as you enter or do so spontaneously as the program progresses.
A range of beverages will be available, as well as food.
Donations are appreciated.
Please email questions to: [email protected]
Face masks are required and will be available at the door.
Jim Aho is a photographer with more than 48 years of experience who has been published and widely exhibited throughout Michigan and, more recently, in New York, Ohio and Illinois. In 2017 and 2018 alone, his work appeared in more than twenty group exhibitions. An exhibit curator, he is also experienced in writing, editing and film production. His most recent series of photographs were made in Cuba in February of 2018 and will be published in book form in the spring of 2019.
You can see Jim's photography at Jim Aho Art. Here are some videos featuring Jim: USArt Boutique and Simple Gifts
Please join us in celebrating and remembering Jim. His beautiful images will be displayed along with those you may bring to share. If you are willing, your images will stay on exhibit for those unable to attend, until Monday, September 6.
If you would like to contribute to our food offerings, please go to this link to sign up and see the menu options:
https://signup.com/go/zmzLTvq and arrive at 1:30. There is also a space for those who want to volunteer before, during and after the event.
At 2:30 we will begin sharing our memories of Jim. You can sign up to speak as you enter or do so spontaneously as the program progresses.
A range of beverages will be available, as well as food.
Donations are appreciated.
Please email questions to: [email protected]
Face masks are required and will be available at the door.
Jim Aho is a photographer with more than 48 years of experience who has been published and widely exhibited throughout Michigan and, more recently, in New York, Ohio and Illinois. In 2017 and 2018 alone, his work appeared in more than twenty group exhibitions. An exhibit curator, he is also experienced in writing, editing and film production. His most recent series of photographs were made in Cuba in February of 2018 and will be published in book form in the spring of 2019.
You can see Jim's photography at Jim Aho Art. Here are some videos featuring Jim: USArt Boutique and Simple Gifts
The Annex Gallery presents an installation of limited edition metallic art prints by artist Troy Weaver.
Troy Weaver is an artist from New York City; he moved to Detroit in 1990. Thirty-one years later and now 56, Troy has soaked up some of life's realities, presented in his 3-year study entitled "Saints and Sinners". Although taught in the traditional arts well before computers, Troy had become obsessed with this ever-evolving technology and his work has evolved in kind. Now having come to master his technique, there are plans for more works of his secular content. Enjoy the optical illusions of spatial depth in the contrasting colors, and see whatever your eyes conjure.
"As in all art, this is a touchstone of personal perceptions. And like life, we see only what we believe we see."
"As in all art, this is a touchstone of personal perceptions. And like life, we see only what we believe we see."
