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Los Angeles Magazine write up- The Spyglass blog

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For anyone who has stumbled into their oasis at Coachella, or made the trek up to Santa Barbara for the Burning Man/Coachella lovechild of
a festival known as Lightning in a Bottle, you know that The DoLab
can throw a party.


This Valentine's Day, the LA-based artist collective that has
been spreading the love since 2000 is putting on the fifth iteration of Lucent L'amour.
The event is a combination of electronic music, the
Vaudeville/burlesque performance art of Lucent Dossier, and art
elements that are far from an afterthought.


"Every detail is the art," said Jesse Flemming, co-founder of The
Do Lab. "Producing the show is the art," he exclaimed with gusto.


"We just want to put on the biggest, baddest show the city of Los Angeles will let us throw."


I got a walking tour of The DoLab's downtown homebase by Jesse
and Jenka Gurfinkel, another longtime DoLab vet. It was simultaneously
a graveyard and a laboratory. Relics of shows past lay strewn about
in piles, scattered around new concoctions being conceived for
upcoming ones. Smack dab in the middle of the bamboo, fabric, and paint
can warzone is the prop and costume-laden rehearsal area for Lucent
Dossier.


In short, the entire warehouse is overflowing with creative juices. You
practically have to strap on galoshes at the door. Despite being right
in the middle of crunch-time for massive street party, both Jesse and
Jenka are brimming with excitement over the various elements to be
featured at the first outdoor version of Lucent L'Amour.


Music headliners include breakbeat DJ Adam Freeland, LA house
music legend Marques Wyatt, J-Boogie of Om Records, and West
Coast progressive champion Kazell. But it's the art that they really
put their heart and soul into. The event will feature a 108'
installation gallery curated by Mike Rusik, live digital artistry by
Andrew Jones, and the anyone-can-participate "Lighting in a Paintcan"
onsite creative forum that produces work to be displayed later in
the evening. Countless other local artists who pitched projects will
be stationed through the grounds and a there will also be several
mural panels.


But it's the little details as well that round out the
other-worldly feel The DoLab goes for. Speakers with alien eyes for
tweeters. A London-style double decker bus to serve as the parking
shuttle. And as with all of their shows, the bamboo structures that
have become The DoLab's signature.


If you got denied a reservation as Spago and don't feel like untzing it
up at Avalon, think about spending V-Day downtown, in the cold,
and immersed in one of the more inspired events Los Angeles will
likely see this year.



This Valentine's Day "Visionary Love Fest" will be on the 600 Block of Imperial St. in Downtown. At 7 p.m. Tickets, $40-$100. For more information, please refer to their Web site.

—..Chris.. ..Nelson

*original article found at : http://www.lamag.com/do/blog.aspx?id=13438&blogid=946..