Pangea Day Trailer

Pangea Day at LMC

Come to the gallery for this international event!

from pangeaday.com:

The Pangea Day Mission & Purpose

Pangea Day is a global event bringing the world together through film.

Why? In a world where people are often divided by borders, difference, and conflict, it's easy to lose sight of what we all have in common. Pangea Day seeks to overcome that – to help people see themselves in others – through the power of film.

The Pangea Day Event

Starting at 18:00 GMT on May 10, 2008, locations in Cairo, Kigali, London, Los Angeles, Mumbai, and Rio de Janeiro will be linked for a live program of powerful films, live music, and visionary speakers. The entire program will be broadcast – in seven languages – to millions of people worldwide through the internet, television, and mobile phones.

The 24 short films to be featured have been selected from an international competition that generated more than 2,500 submissions from over one hundred countries. The films were chosen based on their ability to inspire, transform, and allow us see the world through another person's eyes. Details on the Pangea Day films can be viewed here.

The program will also include a number of exceptional speakers and musical performers. Queen Noor of Jordan, CNN's Christiane Amanpour, musician/activist Bob Geldof, and Iranian rock phenom Hypernova are among those taking part.

What Will Happen After Pangea Day

People inspired by Pangea Day will have the opportunity to participate in community-building activities around the world. Through the live program, the Pangea Day web site, and self-organized local events, everyday people will be connected with extraordinary activists and organizations.

Many of the films and performances seen on Pangea Day will be made available on the Web and via mobile phone, alongside open forums for discussion and ideas for how to take social action.

A Pangea Day documentary will be created to catalyze future activities, and dozens of talented filmmakers will make strides in their careers.

History

In 2006, filmmaker Jehane Noujaim won the TED Prize, an annual award granted at the TED Conference. She was granted $100,000, and more important, a wish to change the world. Her wish was to create a day in which the world came together through film. Pangea Day grew out of that wish. Watch Jehane Noujaim’s 2006 acceptance speech now.

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AIVO from last summer -our first gallery video!

Here is a brief video and some photos from the gallery last summer. The AIVO First Friday Event was an eye-opener for the Jackson community. The show was a collaboration of many artists and a great success.

Thanks to Tony Birkholz and Blanka Kovacs for the filming and editing!

Welcome to SoBo | April 4th | First Friday Event

April’s First Friday event at Lyndsay McCandless Contemporary is not your typical art opening. This month LMC celebrates an art movement, outside the box and off the square. A new neighborhood has been evolving in Jackson, SoBo (“South of Broadway”). The April edition of Outside Magazine notes, “Be sure to drop into SoBo (South of Broadway) reputed to be Jackson’s most happening art scene, anchored by the hip Lyndsay McCandless Contemporary and the galleries and performance spaces at the JH Center for the Arts.” All guests to LMC’s April First Friday event are encouraged to wear their favorite fancy or funky art viewing outfit in honor of SoBo: artist black, carharts, tee-jeans-diamonds, whatever it might be for you.

The light-hearted idea of referring to the area as SoBo evolved through a conversation that Lyndsay had with a friend in New York about her gallery and it’s unique and challenging location off the town square. “I am constantly trying to explain to people where we are located. South of Broadway, just a few blocks off the square. My friend said it could be called SoBro, haha. I thought it was actually a pretty good idea, except that SoBo flowed a little better and it leaned more to the artsy-side than the ski-side,” McCandless says.

A little research into the history of the moniker SoHo (the NY inspiration) yielded some interesting similarities between what is happening in Jackson and how the SoHo districts were formed in metropolises such as London, New York and Hong Kong. The name SoHo first appears in London in the 17th century and may have derived from an old hunting call, “SoHo! There goes a fox!” That hunting area of London has evolved over the centuries into a famous dining, entertainment and arts district. The SoHo district of Hong Kong walks the line between preserving the historical Chinese and colonial culture and recent modern developments. SoHo in New York is a trendy neighborhood that grew into a thriving arts community out of abandoned factories in the mid 1900’s.

“To me SoBo represents more then just a direction or the name of a neighborhood. It’s about embracing the potential, taking risks, and having fun with it all. It’s about community and creating a buzz and excitement around a central idea. Jackson has done an amazing job of promoting our Western heritage…this idea of SoBo adds an element of hipness and intrigue to that image. People get stuck circling the square. I hope SoBo inspires them to think outside the box and to take a walk around the outer neighborhoods of Jackson. The Center for the Arts, Muse Gallery, Craft, Wild Hands, Beads and Things, Shades, Trio…there are lots of creative, locally owned business on the south side of Broadway. There can be a whole discussion about the evolution of NoBo,too…Teton Art Lab, Oswald, etc., but that might be going to far right now.”

April’s First Friday will feature the local band LoFi. comprised of Andy Calder (bass), Jeff Eidemiller (guitar), Mark Longfield (keyboards), Ed Domer (drums), and Karee Miller (vocals). Lo-Fi plays soul-injected funk/jazz, along the lines of Soulive, Macy Gray, Galactic, and Herbie Hancock. Lo-Fi’s high-energy, unique, creative, sound gets the SoBo scene hopping! Lo-Fi shares McCandless’s enthusiasm about SoBo, “There’s just something very hip about a show at THE contemporary SoBo gallery!” said Calder. Please join us Friday, April 4 from 5:30-8pm for the SoBo celebration. Don’t forget to dress for the occasion.

-LMC

A few pics from Breast Fest '08

It was a successful evening. Congratulations to the ladies for putting on such a fun and important event! More here...