(the) Handbag Factory

(the) Handbag Factory  presents a special night to celebrate the opening of Anthony Seth Quintana 's art exhibit. Featuring musical act  Father  plus special guests. DJs: General Qurby,  Noon Court The work to be presented and the resulting restoration of the space itself blurs the line between craftsmanship and art.  Geometric patterns and ratios underly much of the work. Still, an ever-present crudeness resonates through that make them oddly human.  From Anthony: "You become a part of the medium that you paint, sculpt, or stain.  The labor reflects dedication, emotion, and temporal significance. Whatever the output, the hours show in the work. It's very personal to me. I was approached at a unique time to show my work. A time when both the gallery space and myself were ready for our next evolution. I seized the opportunity to combine my latest efforts in a way that transforms the space temporarily and permanently." Free to the Public 8pm

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Excellent line up tonight:  Harassor , Styrofoam Sanchez , and  ACTUARY  and Bulbs with a special "screening" of Bandito Overlord A film by Samur Khouja,  Bandito Overlord  is bizarre ritual on a cellular level. A hallucinatory western that terminates into deep psychosis.  Samur  will perform a live score as the character in the film on all analog sound equipment while visual genius  Tim Hix  remixes the film live.  Come early. 9pm. Event Page

Lauren Bousfield hands in piano vines https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=OF_x-X8Fv6U Xina Xurner sexperimental dance https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=goBu598-Nio Raul de Nieves performance surprises https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=RD_JJs3RZ3c Rind singing sweaty https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=RWumAsXDOr4 Event Page

Snakeland Aktivitat & The Handbag Factory present: RITUAL HOWLS (MI) ''Managing to straddle the jagged line where Bauhaus and other deathrock acts collide into The Gun Club. Stark, atmospheric and introspective songwriting and instrumentation get punctuated with industrial-strength drums to culminate in an aurally div erse [sound] that runs the gamut from giallo-style ballads to noise-rock death dirges. '' (Urinal Cake Records) ''gloomy & minimal, darkly-atmospheric death rock that slowly boils & broods, occasionally channeling early industrial as often as it does deserted psychedelia. debut recordings from this detroit-based three-piece of vocals, guitars, bass, and drum machine/synths. a.k.a. sound tracks for finding abandoned sarcophagi.'' (Nostilevo) https://soundcloud.com/ ritual-howls http:// nostilevo.bandcamp.com/ album/ritual-howls wsg: NOVÉ MŮRA https://soundcloud.com/ novemura SHELTER DEATH https://soundcloud.com/ prvtsphr MEN...

Father Murphy, Ezra Buchla, Telecaves, Mawdryn 8pm. $5

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