SORTA Album Release Party at Art Prostitute
Friday August 18, 2006 (6-9PM)
Art Prostitute Gallery // 2919-C Commerce St. // Dallas, TX 75226
www.artprostitute.com
This release party will be accompanied by artwork by Texas artists, on view the night of the release party only. Each artist created a piece of work inspired by a track of Sorta’s new album “Sad But True.” The artists involved are…
Paul Flores // Kevin Obergon
Bentley Tibbs // Lindsey Havens
Ross High // Tammy T
Pablo // Mike Arreaga
Rita Henry // Patrick Lewis
Sherri Johnson // Quincy
Richard Winfield // Trey Johnson
So come on by, give the album a listen, have a beer and enjoy yourself.
The new CD will be available for purchase and will be accompanied by a nice gift bag.
For more on the band visit their website www.sortaweb.com
As one of the exhibiting painters for the Art Prostitute show (“Lazy Bones” – August 18) and a participant in the Sorta CD Release party/concert/art circus at the Grenada Theatre on Friday, August 25, I must say it was a surreal experience coming together in seven days.
I was the guest artist/painter providing the projected visuals for Sorta’s second set and when I had abolutely no inclination as to what I was going to do until the moment hit.
And I new it would.
Both Sorta and Shibboleth provided the needed inspiration with their thunderous and liquefied frequencies. Sonic immersion gave way to a series of animated underpaintings that some lucky soul purchased at the end of the night. There were probably at least 20 paintings underneath the final piece that was manifest.
Dallas should be proud for having such a rich musical and artistic scene – that should be empowered and exposed more than it is today. Can you imagine if our One Dallas Newspaper caught on instead of killing trees so you catch up on your highschool fantasy sports stats? (No slight intended)
We all should scratch another notch in the cultural bedpost for witnessing something uniquely Dallas created by some of Dallas’ noteworthy local artists and cultural contributors.