{"id":10652,"date":"2016-03-26T16:05:16","date_gmt":"2016-03-26T21:05:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.imagist.com\/blog\/?p=10652"},"modified":"2016-04-18T17:42:37","modified_gmt":"2016-04-18T22:42:37","slug":"shadow-of-the-avant-garde-presents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.imagist.com\/blog\/?p=10652","title":{"rendered":"Shadow of the Avant Garde presents\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pioneers of the Art<\/strong><\/p>\n

We gathered last evening in an unfinished 6th floor penthouse space atop a\u00a0Peck School of the Arts venue at Kenilworth and Prospect\u00a0Avenue as the sun set over Milwaukee. It was the third eclectic gathering of souls sharing\u00a0a mutual interest in music, poetry, and the counter cultural history of Milwaukee. John and McKim Stropes, along with many other dedicated students, archivists and volunteers continue to loosely anchor live\u00a0performances\u00a0to historical\u00a0ideas found within the Avant Garde Coffee House\u00a0(which presented\u00a0folk and blues music, poetry and independent films) as well as the alternative news paper, Kaleidoscope (which provided a print venue for artists, designers, photographers, poets and writers) during the vibrant, tumultuous, and highly political Sixties. These wonderful events have included theatre performances, photography exhibits, live music, poetry, film, as well as the bringing together of private collections of artifacts from the Sixties.<\/p>\n

The complete set of photographs from this event can be viewed here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

(right click to open in new tab or window for larger view)<\/p>\n

\"L1001985\"<\/p>\n

To the East\u2026 the Great Lake Michigan<\/p>\n

\"L1001978\"<\/p>\n

\"L1191356\" \"L1191358\" \"L1191364\" \"L1191365\" \"L1191366\" \"L1191367\"<\/p>\n

Stefano Berone presented guitar work which defied categorization; beyond gorgeous.
\nYou can hear what I mean on some youtube offerings here:\u00a0https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2YE-GPXYeTA.<\/p>\n

\"L1191369\"<\/p>\n

UWM’s Finger Style Guitar Department students detailed many more traditional styles equally beautifully.<\/p>\n

\"L1191372\"<\/p>\n

\"L1001991\"<\/p>\n

\"L1191376\"<\/p>\n

Stefano hit the perfect nostalgic tone, as he married his unique, contemporary sound
\nto the moving pictures from Color Study<\/strong><\/em>, 1950-52 and Mirror Animations<\/strong><\/em>, 1956 -57, by Harry Smith.<\/p>\n

\"L1002011\"<\/p>\n

The evening culminated with an all too still apropos presentation of Allen Ginsberg performing Hum Bom<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n

\"L1191377\"<\/p>\n