What: SCODOWN!, the first-ever presentation of Scopitones in a contemporary art venue.
When: Saturday, Feb. 17, 2007, 8pm until late.
Exhibition: Through March 4, 2007, 10am=6pm, Thurs – Mon
Where: d.u.m.b.o. arts center (dac), 30 Washington Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201
Why You Should Go: (dac) will be transforming its gallery space into a barn and all proceeds will benefit (dac)’s year-round programs.

For details, www.dumboartscenter.org

Featuring v-jay Emilie and surprise guests

FUNd-raising party to benefit (dac)’s year-round programs
Suggested admission $10 or $7 for students
Dress as you like or swingin’ synthetic 60s, white go-go boots or hillbilly hot!

Directions to (dac): A or C train to High Street, cross the park, left on Washington Street or F train to York Street, left at York toward Bridges, right on Washington Street

d.u.m.b.o. arts center (dac) is proud to announce SCODOWN!, the first-ever presentation of Scopitones in a contemporary art venue. Originally conceived as a one-night benefit party on Saturday, February 17, the “Hoedown meets Scopitones” genre-bender appears to have touched a nerve among a generation of cell phone-wielding, iPod clad, wired and connected aesthetes, so much so that (dac) is compelled to extend its SCODOWN! installation through March 4, 2007.

Scopitone films are 1960s music shorts, which were distributed on color 16mm film with a magnetic soundtrack. An extinct technology, the Scopitone film jukebox, was the medium for public presentation. The first Scopitones were produced in France in 1960, triggering a Scopitone craze throughout Europe – particularly in West Germany and England – before crossing the Atlantic to the United States in mid-1964. By the end of the 1960s, they were gone.

(dac) will be transforming its gallery space into a barn in homage to the backdrops used in many Scopitones. Complementing the three-week run of SCODOWN!, David Serlin, an Associate Professor of Communication at the University of California at San Diego and Editor-at-Large for Cabinet magazine, will present a public talk, “Reel Music for Real People: Unwinding the History of the Scopitone,” on Wednesday, February 28, 2007,
at 7 pm in the (dac) gallery.