Check out the newest video from our Art Party in May 2009. Special thanks to the The Mati Group!
If you like the video, please do vote on it in youtube and pass it round. The point to this event and the video’s is to not only promote my business (:) but to generally promote local food, local culture, local art.
Love,
Michael
Welcome to the first official installment of this little video series I am working on.
My dear friend David Messerschmidt who was working with InDi on our project had the idea to use our office space for an Art Battle event. The way an art battle works is that the guests vote on their favorite piece at the end of the night. There are any number of artists working under any number of themes and mediums with a limited time frame of completion. Funny enough, we had a decent amount of negative feedback on the use of the word ‘battle’ and the idea it was a competition. I would like to take the opportunity to say that it is ironic because such a statement and critique itself is competitive and aggressive in nature but I choose not to focus on the ‘battle’ part of the event in these video’s too much – mainly because we did not win. lolololol We came in 2nd place. And for the record Competition with Honor is a beautiful thing.
I am so in love with this place that we filmed a commercial for them. Family owned, local brews, awesome unique pizza and salad – they embody the spirit of quality and local business. Often I go there and get a french press coffee, work on the internet, have a smoke and eat lunch. I love this place. Check it out. I know, I will quit smoking, soon…
You can talk to the owners here, you can talk to the brewer’s – this place is a family and when you show up you are part of it – at least, this is my experience.
Also, they are huge supporters of green initiatives in the city and just recently I saw Dan loading used barley into compost bins heading to become rich soil.
See you at Motor City sometime -
Love,
Michael
A friend of mine happens to put on the hottest heaviest and most notorious funk show in the country and it happens every month here in Detroit. Aside from being cultivators and collectors of the richest sounds Frank and his wife Nicole are avid supporters of healthy local food and veganism. Check out Veganslaughterhouse.com and Funknightrecords.com
Along with building gardens I love working with film and I am brand new at it. This is my first solo edit actually – it is not hard to see I am not super savvy on final cut yet, but I enjoy it a lot. I had to film Frank’s party after the first time I experienced it. I will let the video describe the rest for you.
I love your feedback so pass it along.
Love, Michael