EpiscoDisco

Saturday, November 21st, 2009 || 7PM to 10PM || Grace Cathedral

Paradise Now presents “The Contingent Universe”

Behold the experimentations of artist Kamau Amu Patton as he employs sound, performance and video to engage the expanses of Grace Cathedral, and bear witness to the sonic vision of synth and rhythm summoned by musical guest Bronze.

Kamau Amu Patton

Kamau Amu Patton is a San Francisco-based visual artist who fuses digital video, light and sound installations and performance to pursue social, political and spiritual investigations. “The Contingent Universe” will be an experimental exhibition in which Patton uses these mediums to tinker with our perceptions of the gothic space that constitutes this house of worship.

With a degree in Sociology from University of Pennsylvania, and his MFA from Stanford, Patton has exhibited his work in solo shows in Los Angeles at Machine Project, Queens Nails Annex in San Francisco and at Tilton Gallery in New York. He has worked on community-based projects with the San Francisco Institute, the Museum of Children’s Art, Southern Exposure and the Richmond Art Center, as well as public arts projects for the San Francisco Art Commission, the City of Walnut Creek and the City of San Jose. Patton has collaborated on projects at the MoMA in NY and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and is currently developing a performance project for the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco.

Paradise Now

Theology, music and art all share the aspiration to transcend the borders that language cannot. Paradise Now is a nondenominational curatorial duo that is exploring this commonality by showcasing artists who engage the awe-inspiring space within Grace Cathedral through multi-media installations and performing arts. Paradise Now is Eve Ekman and Jean Cooney.

EpiscoDisco

Recently voted one of 7×7 Magazine’s 250 Things To Do In San Francisco Before You Die and anointed “unusual fun” by the SF Chronicle, EpiscoDisco is a monthly event where community congregates to enjoy contemporary art, live performance, drinks and DJ’s at Grace Cathedral. EpiscoDisco is hosted on one Saturday of each month by Reverend Bertie Pearson and curatorial duo Paradise Now.

Grace Cathedral

“Great buildings are outward expressions of the human spirit…which speak to the human urge to transcend the mundane and commune with the divine”. A San Francisco landmark, Grace Cathedral is also home to a spiritual community that has continuously enjoyed relationships with contemporary artists, most notably Ansel Adams and Keith Haring, and currently forges new connections with Bay Area Artists though the Reverend Bertie Pearson and Paradise Now. These alliances are enabled by the openness at Grace to “embrace innovation and open-minded conversation where inclusion is expected and people of all faiths are welcomed.”