Urban Jacksonville

I love this new Regretman piece by Armageddon Visuals. 4ft X 6ft on wood. See the entire photoset here from Armageddon Visuals. It documents the construction of Regretman.

Stay up with the Armageddon Visuals blog where they posters for sale and other interesting projects.

credit: Jeanne Ciasullo

Partisan the Sea photos from Jeanne Ciasullo (plus Shantytown after party)
Partisan the Sea photos from AIGA Jacksonville

If you have more photos leave a link in the comments. Thanks to everyone who came and make sure to come back for Artwalk. Tell your friends!

Tonight is the big opening and we have everything ready to go. Here are a few hints to make your Partisan the Sea experience the best it can be:

• Show starts at 7:00 and ends at 11:00
• Bring cash to buy posters and Duval Obama t-shirts. Prices range from $5 to $100, you will defintely find some good deals. We will be accepting credit cards, but cash will really grease the wheels.
• We will show tonight’s Presidential Debate on two TVs and projected on the wall.
• Have your IDs ready if you want alcohol. We will be checking IDs and issuing wristbands
• Please tip. All tips go to covering the costs of putting on the show and buying more beer.

Here is the schedule for tonight. If you have any additional questions, leave a comment and I’ll answer them as soon as I can.

7:00-9:00 The Royal Treatment DJs
9:00-9:30 Picayunes (FIRST SHOW – members of Airport Factory and America Del Sur)
10:00-11:00 Willie Evans Jr.
11:00-2:00 After Party at Shantytown: DJ Biggie Tea and Joe E. Fresh are GHETTOBLASTER. Free Keg.

I’ve had a few people ask if there is a cover or if they have to RSVP. The show is free and open to the public. Just like America.

Last night Byron King from Globatron came down to the Churchwell Building for a preview of tomorrow’s Partisan the Sea Political Poster show. In addition we successfully tested a system to stream (via the Internet) and project (on the wall) Friday’s Presidential debate.

If the debate goes down, we’ll do our best to show it to you. However, a successful test and actually getting the debate to stream on Friday are two different things, but we’re hopeful.

We also hung most of the art last night and put up our (much) larger window posters, seen below.

Biggie is:

looking forward to playing records really loud tonight. got some built up anxt that only some wickety wack can cure

Joe E is:

looking forward to playing MP3s really loud tonight. got some built up anxt that only some digity digital can cure

Oh and Partisan the Sea is this Friday the 26th and next Wednesday October 1st. We are getting huge 3×5 foot posters printed tonight for the windows at the Churchwell Lofts. They are shown above and below.

This Saturday we made some significant progress cleaning up the space and getting ready for the Partisan the Sea show. We moved doors, drywall, trash and swept up about 100 years worth of dust.

Lighting, Loft Tours and Bathrooms
Our decision to use the West side of the building instead of the entire space is turning out to be a genius move. I went back to the Churchwell Lofts building Saturday night to see how the lighting was and the West side of the building is good as is. The East side on the other hand would have required significant lighting. People will be able to use the bathrooms in the lofts so we are good on the bathrooms.

There will be loft tours of the Churchwell Lofts so this will be a good chance to get a sneak peek of these pretty awesome units. The loft tours will feature even more artwork from local artists Emmy Cerveny, Susan Britt and Kathy Stark

Here is the schedule over the next couple of days

• Monday 22nd – Cleaning and painting if anyone wants to help. Bring a roller and a paint tray if you come. I also need to move some tables so whenever there are more than 3 people there we can move the tables.
• Tuesday 23rd – During the day they will be mopping and setting up fans.
• Wednesday 24th – Hanging posters and setting up
• Thursday 25th – Hanging posters and setting up until everything is done. The show will be entirely set up and ready to go on Thursday night, with the exception of any late posters. This includes any AIGA get out the vote posters, etc.

More updates and photos tomorrow.