Kultura is back on Saturday, Feb 2 and this year Area709 is excited to team up with the Steamers, a notorious crew of rowdies who will no doubt add a whole new level to this already top-notch gathering.

This year we will again have two rooms of sound, with access to all six areas of the gallery, including the video room which will be
new to our event. The video room will feature footage from a number of local artists and will be sure to engage and amuse.

Come out and party at Calgary’s premier contemporary art gallery!

DJ Lineup:

Steamers
Hottziggety - Micro-House
Kippler - Minimal Dub
Davie - Dark Progressive House/Breaks
N8 - Progressive House/Techno

Area 709
Norri - Downtempo
Cory Zaradur & Andre- Downtempo/IDM
Rusty Ezard - Progressive
Darvin Knorr - Progressive

Art Exhibits:
Matters of Denial – Chris Flodberg

This is a rare opportunity to see the collected works of Chris Flodberg, tracing the progression of his career, with a focus on the last three years. Flodberg’s monumental canvases follow the tradition of opulent still-life painting and reveal a tangible concern about society’s excesses, the pace of development, and the voracious nature of consumerism.

Grow-Op – The Arbour Lake Sghool (note the spelling)

The Arbour Lake Sghool, an artist collective, explores the suburban neighbourhood as a bygone viable farming environment through a short documentary film and a hydroponic installation to cultivate a harvest of barley. The exhibition is an extension of the barley field grown at the collectives’ residence in NW Calgary, which serves as studio, project space and inspiration for this exhibition.

Visual Projections:
Shaun FreeZen

In 2003 Shaun received his BFA with distinction from the Alberta College of Art and Design in the Media Arts and Digital Technologies program, and has been honing his skills as a digital ninja ever since. Launching Free Zen Design in 2005, he combines art and design to support conscious business development, artists and arts organizations, musicians and educators.

Interested in living bio-mimetic designs, Shaun’s technology infused drawing practice investigates the organic and geometric. His current focus on animation and installation based work explores intention and audience interaction. For an closer look at Shaun’s previous work check out his website at www.FreeZen.ca.

Details:

* Location: Art Gallery of Calgary 117 - 8th Ave SW www.artgalleryofcalgary.com
* Tickets: $25 in advance / $30 at the door (Online at www.area709.com - Underground locations: Chinook/TD/Market Mall/Sunridge - by hand from Steamers /Norris/Darvin)
* Dress To Impress
* Wine and Beer Bar

For Tickets drop us a line at party@thesteamers.ca.

We’d like to give special thanks to the following:

Davie Napier and Doug Ellis for taking Care of the sound… that was one kick ass sound system!
Madd props to Shamik for MCing and Beatboxing!
Our Guest DJ’s, Chris B and Goran.
Spark for bringing her Aerialist act.
GhetoBlaster for their amazing artwork!
Kane and Jay for their art contributions.
Bongo John and the Gong Show for providing our best welcome to the Party we’ve ever had.
Keiran for the excellent Visuals.
All our Volunteers and the Steamers for their hard work.

And especially Daiva… cause without her none of this would happen.

Thanks again!
SteamersIT

There is a chance (no guarantee) that there may be a minimal amount of
tickets at the door, your best bet is to swing by around Midnight. Tickets
at the door will be $20.

Some other important notes:

Directions:

The IOB campground is very simple, on the side of the river with a couple outhouses and a kicking sound system

The Steamers are putting on another big fun party and you should come.
The flyer is attached and some details below. The location is an
amazing campsite on the side of a river in the middle of the mountains.

A Weekend In The Woods With Christopher Walken
Saturday May 19, May long weekend
IOB Campground in the Blaeberry Valley near Golden BC
$10 for the party, free camping
Seats on SteamForce1 are available with a donation to the SteamForce 1
repair fund.

The party is planned for Saturday night but Sunday night we will be
having some fun also.

The venue is the same as last year; we will be in the Big Secret Theatre at the epcor centre for the performing arts. It is a great venue, and we are looking forward to using it again.

Tickets this year will be $15 in Advance and $20 at the door. Tickets disappeared last year so make sure you grab one soon. Tickets can be purchased from Conrad (), Robin Harnett (), Allan Tawse (), or Matt Delbeke (). Or come on down to the Amsterdam Rhino for Technoreflective on Jan 18^th.

On the One’s and Two’s this year we have: