Lucent L'Amour 2009

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Coming this weekend

~ Online Ticket Sales End at 12:00 noon on Saturday, Feb. 14th.
Thereafter tickets will only be available at the event entrance, starting at 7pm. If you haven't yet purchased your tickets, you can get them now by CLICKING HERE. All tickets purchased at the door are $45.00 and CASH ONLY.

~ Go Big Passes only available for purchase online.
Go Big Passes -- the most indulgent way to experience Lucent L'amour, including free valet parking, express event entrance, exclusive access to the Go Big Lounge with top shelf cash bar, and private, indoor restrooms -- can only be purchased online, before 12:00 noon on Saturday, Feb. 14th. There is a very limited amount of Go Big passes left, CLICK HERE to get yours while they are still available. No Go Big passes will be sold at the event entrance.

~ Parking and Shuttles
Official event parking is located in the parking lot on S. Alameda St., at the intersection of Bay St., just South of 7th St. (map). Entrance to the parking lot is on the West side of Alameda. Parking fee is $10. Limited street parking is also available. Double-decker Lucent L'amour shuttles will transport festival-goers from the parking lot to the main event entrance.

~ Happy Hour Art Show 7-9pm
Come out to Lucent L'amour early and enjoy specially-priced drinks, and art in our funky cocktail-party atmosphere. Plus, various food vendors will be on hand to serve up the most unique Valentine's dinner option to be found in Los Angeles.

And remember, dress warm to take over the streets!

We can't wait to see you on Valentine's!

Much Love,
The Do LaB

[€uroMeinke]

The set up begins: Building it Day 1

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Day two (of the build)

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Weather report says no rain tomorrow night. Let's hope that holds!

[€uroMeinke]

Building it Day 3





And this from Los Angeles Magazine

Los Angeles Magazine write up- The Spyglass blog

Feb

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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..

[Cadaverous Pallor]

WOW. What an amazing event! I do believe it deserves an old-fashioned trip report. Hope I have time to get this down before I have to go...


When it was time to get ready to go I realized I was at a serious loss for good-looking cold-weather clothing. I wasn't about to wear a rain jacket so I layered up a sweater and a thin coat. Add my normal hat and gloves and scarf and I really did not look like I was going to a steampunk burlesque art collective event. GD had his awesome velvet jacket as a go-to so I was seriously outclassed already. NA and € of course were able to look pretty damn good.

As it was, we all froze our asses off, except GD, who is from another planet.

After dinner at Hof's Hut with some drunken ladies singing classic tunes ("Davy, Davy Crockett!") we ended up in spooky industrial downtown LA. We parked and hopped on one of the double decker buses provided to get us to the event - no way I'd ride on the open top in that weather.

They had blocked of a fair amount of streets and decorated with stage lighting, projections, and various art installations. It immediately struck us that with the simple warehouse background, it looked just like a set, a street constructed just for us.

We wandered. A guy holding a bucket of flowers pulled handfuls of petals and threw them onto the curb around him. Painters painted on large canvases and wooden boards, and you could bid on the art you were seeing born in front of you. Various lounging areas, including pillows strewn on the cement and ottomans spread in front of a gallery area. You could get your feet massaged in warm water or your face painted - for free, I believe. A couple of roach coaches sold hot organic food made to order, and there was booze and coffee.

There were two DJ stages and one performance stage. The DJs surprised me, I found myself moving to all the rhythms they spun, even though I can be pretty picky. When we arrived, the performance stage had a partial band and DJ, and some fun dancers/actors/mimes/etc, coming out in increasingly odd costumes to mug and busk it to whatever the band was doing. The instrumentation was a little quirky, with a guy playing many different things, including one of those electronic clarinet things and a talk box, another guy rocking the keytar. A little 80's synthy for my taste (even though I love certain kinds of 80's synth) but very entertaining anyway. Behind them, large plywood boards were painted over and over again by quick draw artists, and a long screen included someone using photoshop to make and remake art as well. It was an orgy of creativity, continually altered, each choice, each piece fading into the next.

After them, a couple of incredible DJs came on. It helped that some nice people was passing around a little something in the crowd, and it seemed to me that the timing was too perfect for it to not be planted. It helped my night, for sure. Suddenly we were dancing our asses off, and I wasn't cold.

A group of Lucent people were in the crowd. They began the Monkey Chant, a groupthink exercise, everyone making the same noises and movements as one. NA and € joined in like the old pros they are. It was kind of weird - I found myself flashing back to the very first rave I attended, where I felt like a square peg in a round hole, trying to loosen up and get involved. We did end up chanting and moving with them but in my restrictive, everyday clothing and cold state of mind it was a little tough to let go and be one with the group. Still, it was fun, and makes me hope they do similar stuff at Coachella.

They wandered the streets, and we took a break to get some food, and ended up back at the performance stage to wait for Lucent Dossier's 12:30 set. By "wait", I mean we danced to the great DJ, standing close to the speakers, getting that buzz from the bass that I swear vibrates my molecules making me one step warmer. The crowd began to press in but we maintained our front and center location.

Just before the show began they asked us to step back and sit down. We did so with some difficulty as things had gotten pretty tight, and the show began. After a couple of minutes they were suddenly yelling at us to stand up - by order of the fire marshal. It was a bummer, especially while we were trying to get into the show, but it was accomplished and soon we were completely absorbed by the amazing performance.

Have you seen this youtube sensation? LD took this and made it real. The girls came out in dayglo 60's outfits with over the top afro wigs and makeup and danced to both the original Fosse number and Walk It Out, throwing all kinds of moves in. Then the guys came out in red and white striped exercise outfits like strongmen from 1910, doing the smallest of feats and yelling "OPAH!" when completing them.

There was plenty else in their set, including an instrument made by stringing a building and playing it with rosened hands....aerial acrobatics....music and dance and art. Fantastic.

When it was done it was time for a hot drink and a sit and oh crap, it is so f'n cold! So we left at about 3.

Oh, and there was one moment where we were walking around and we heard one of the DJs playing a recognizable Bollywood song. We are so damn cutting edge it hurts.

Thanks to NA and € for making this extra special - your connection to LD is undeniable.

[alphabassettgrrl]

Sounds like an amazing event!

[Not Afraid]

I'm not sure I've recovered yet. What a great evening! The ONLY down sides were a) it was 44 degrees and I was COLDDDDD! and b) 4am is a LATE night.

The Lucent performance was the star of the night. It was the best show I've ever seen them do. The re-take on thee Fosse piece was incredible and I wish I had video of it. Spectacular. Here's the original from the Ed Sullivan Show.

Lucent's many members are involved in lots of other things as well, and one of our Lucent Workshop pals, Ross, was dancing with Helios Jive who performed on the mail stage early in the evening. Ross is a wonderful guy and is somewhat reserved in person. He is NOT reserved when performing and I got a WHOLE new appreciation for Ross last night.

I can't ad much more to Jen's wonderful description of the evening except I'm going to continue being a Lucent Stalker. Fantastic!!!!!

[€uroMeinke]

I don't think I can add to Cp's description, but I can add a few photos:


The Entrance


Some Fun


Some Art


Some Decoration


Ross - or as Lisa calls him, my man crush


The stage (and Helios Jive)


The start of the show


Bob Fosse is smiling

[CoasterMatt]

Sounds like a ton of fun - maybe we can make a group trip out of Lightning In A Bottle if Burning Man is out of the question.