Selected articles and television clips. NOTE: last update was year 2000, stay tuned for more recent stuff. blasthaus profile Friday, March 30, 2001 A very thorough and well thought-out profile on blasthaus. Profile on blasthaus' director Sunday, March 18, 2001 Cheeky society page style profile on our endearingly low-tech director. Negativland Review Monday, May 29, 2000 Review of the recent Negativland performance at the Palace of Fine Arts. Negativland Preview May 3, 2000 Pre-show article about the recent Negativland performance at the Palace of Fine Arts. Young at Art Tuesday, August 10, 1999 Profiles two blasthaus events: PoP and RGB at SFMOMA and the way museum's are targeting a younger audience. RGB Mixes Viola with Rave Wednesday, July 21, 1999 Review of the recent RGB event at SFMOMA celebrating the Bill Viola exhibition. Low Bit Wonders Sunday, April 5, 1999 This Silicon Valley writer profiles the bureau of low technology, a subsidiary of blasthaus, contains some good soundbytes in making the case for low tech preservation. The Art of the Old Masters Thursday, January 21, 1999 The Guardian (UK) offers this short glimpse into the b.o.l.t. agenda, featuring coverage of the recent blasthaus show "A Low Tech Odyssey". Back to the Future Sunday, January 3, 1999 Sunday Datebook cover story speaks about the way in which the future was forecasted in the past and the growing interest in technostalgia. This article mentions the Low Tech Odyssey show and b.o.l.t., a blasthaus affiliate. Transcinema (20mb) December, 1998 TV clip on FreakCity -electronic music television profiles the recent TRANSCINEMA festival, includes short clips from some of the films featured including the U.S. premiere of Hang the DJ, a documentary on the electronic dance music DJ. Movies in the Mix Thursday, December 3, 1998 Datebook cover story features the first annual TRANSCINEMA festival, a 3-night film festival crossing over the pulse of digital subculture along with background on the gallery, events and other programming efforts. Cool 3-D picture of the blasthaus crew. Transcinema December 10, 1998 Underground digizine editorial captures the Transcinema festival in a short roundup of the featured works and film makers. b.o.l.t. at SFMOMA (4mb) November, 1998 TV clip features the bureau of low technology, a blasthaus affiliate, at the PoP event at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. This profile features interviews and coverage of the b.o.l.t. lounge, an installation of obsolete video games and other dead media. etoy AGENTS September, 1998 A feature story on the etoy.CORPORATION for the avant-guardian issue of *surface magazine. The article gives a kind of overview of the art troupe and their recent TANK project which premiered at blasthaus in Summer, 1998. etoy at SFMOMA (44mb) November, 1998 TV clip profiles the etoy.CORPORTAION, who showed at the gallery in July, 1998. This clip was filmed at SFMOMA where the agents were invited to protect the museum during the PoP event which commemorated the life and art of Keith Haring. etoy July 4th Event July, 1998 Journalist Silke Tudor joined etoy.AGENTS as they tore up the town on a July 4th Nightcrawl. She captured the irony, humor and style of etoy and their adventure which took them through a maze of parties, cheesy nightclubs, Sausalito houseboats and their own TANK-17. etoy Gallery Show June, 1998 Short piece describing the art.CORPORATION etoy and their endeavors at the new blasthaus gallery space. This was the first show in the new gallery. etoy is an international art corporation based online at etoy.com. The show premiered the etoy.TANK-17, a forty-foot cargo container, the object of the group's most current project. The bright orange container was installed in four parking spaces in the lot next to the new blasthaus space. s.m.a.r.t. Event (3.7mb) July 27, 1996 TV clip profiles the s.m.a.r.t. Event on Minna Street alley. A behind the scene glimpse at this attempt to create a convergence within the arts. The event featured a fashion show premiering RoToR, Lip Service, Stoner Generation, Todd Oldham, Wyt and much more. Including 13 DJ's, 4 live bands, art installations, filmakers projecting on to nearly every square foot of the buildings in the alley, webcasting and video mixing, interactive CD's and performance art pieces. Over 1500 people turned out at this memorable event which created awareness of the unique South of Market Art, Rhythm, and Technology. Tech Bash show (24mb) September, 1995 TV clip profiles the Tech Bash show at the gallery. Featured artists include Perry Hoberman, Nick Philip, Christian Ristow, Ken Rinaldo, Lee Champagne, Michael Sturtz, People Hater and others. This is a great example of the kind of artwork the gallery exhibits.