The Unfair Party:
Let It BE, Brussels, 2007
What…?
The Unfair Party started as a joke, an up-yours to
all the media hype created by art fairs, in particular the frenzy of
art fair fever in London, where the project started. A collaboration
of a curator, deejays, musicians and artists, it created a multi-faceted
event: a crossover between the art and club worlds, a social occasion
for those in town for the art fairs to relax and enjoy and a showcase
for performers and artists already involved in the visual art scene.
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In short, it created a damned good party. And if you were lucky enough
to be there, you would know. It’s a legend in it own web space. SoundsThe Unfair Party is the bastard brainchild of the doyenne of Trailertrash,
Hannah Holland and DJ Cliché. DJ Cliché will be there
with a couple of other DJ's, including Brussels' own DJ
Snooba . They will make your feet move with some
dirty sounds. If you don't know what that is, you'd better blag
it. Again. SaltPeter are a duo based in London. SaltPeter are what happens when you put the great granddaughter of Maroon Jamaican banana plantation owners and an East End descendant of Huguenot refugees in a room together and tell them to make music. Described as “music for people who like books and booze and beauty”, theirs is a sound that goes in many directions. But SaltPeter are also an interesting example of the music and art world crossover. Signed to Fred Label, they are an act whose talents are being endorsed through a label that is not a product of traditional music industry structures, but, in fact, the brainchild of an art gallery. Fred London, the contemporary art gallery behind the label, will also be exhibiting at Art Brussels. HK119 is something of a phenomenon. Bridging the world of pop and the visual arts, her first album on One Little Indian Records followed her “discovery” by a certain Bjork herself. But, HK119 is no mere Nordic electropop diva. Bridging the world between pop music and visual arts, HK119 has shown works in hip commercial galleries and at some of the world’s top visual arts institutions. And, she has also performed in some of the world’s top live music venues. In addition to keeping the partygoers enthralled at the Unfair Party, she will be exhibiting work at Art Brussels. Watch this space as other details emerge… SightsA (p)arty-specific multi-media visual extravaganza, "Untitled
Party Pictures (Barracudas, Bitches and Desk Rats)" is collaboration
between Jemima
Brown and Rom & Son that
was made especially for the original manifestation of The Unfair
Party. For The Unfair Party: Let BE, they will revisit the original
with a new version, "Untitled Party Pictures (Barracudas,
Bitches and Desk Rats)…..met fritjes" When….?Friday, 20 April 2007 Where…?Brussel Centraal, innit?
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