THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Friday, July 26, 1996 TAG: 9607260055
SECTION: DAILY BREAK PAGE: E11 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: BY ALICIA LUMA, HIGH SCHOOL CORRESPONDENT
LENGTH: 45 lines
WELL, I HAVE nailed down the place to be this weekend.
Tonight, the Old Dominion University art gallery will be the site of a multimedia art show - multimedia meaning a showcase combining visual art and music. Doors open at 7 p.m. and for those of you with a curfew, the show will probably end before midnight.
Performers include Blood In Vain and Family Auto Group. There will also be a DJ (y'know a cool, underground DJ from D.C., not a Top 40 ``We specialize in weddings and bar mitzvahs,'' DJ) for two hours before the bands begin.
Artists include Chad Stephan Bernhard, Brian Bernhard, Tom Morgan, James Devin Johnson, Amanda Czahor and Chloe Steinberg.
The producers are Chad Bernhard and RaphaelHickman, members of Blood In Vain and supporters of the struggling local art scene.
``There is no support or funding in this area for the arts, especially unusual ones,'' Bernhard said.
And he should know.
Bernhard is the originator of the musical force called Recherche, an industrial band whose few live shows were like having barbed wire wrapped around your neck. Needless to say, intense. Recherche has since been reduced to a solo project, but the original ideas and goals remain intact.
And this will probably be your last chance to see one of the few unique acts to come out of this area in the last five years, because Blood in Vain is movin' on up and out, most likely to the Chicago area.
As for Family Auto Group and most of the artists, they are relative unknowns but should be interesting as well. The man behind Family Auto Group used to be half of Glitch, who were, um, very surprising in just about every way. Expect lots of funk, synth and programmed music.
Another really great thing about this show is that they decided to have it in such a manner that the young and the poor can attend. It's free and all ages are invited. Nice of them, huh?
The gallery is located at the corner of Granby Street and Olney Road in Norfolk. For information, call 422-4633 after 5 p.m. MEMO: Alicia Luma is a homeschooled high school senior. Her column about
what's up for the under 18 set appears occasionally in Teenology. If
you'd like to let her know what's going on, call Infoline at 640-5555
and enter category 8989. by CNB