Artists & Models: Unhinged

Hallwalls' Artists & Models art party has come to signify all that's cutting-edge & dynamic in the Buffalo arts scene and this year's event, Artists & Models: Unhinged is the must-attend event of 2008. After a three-year hiatus, Artists & Models returned in 2007—an event so successful that audiences & artists are still talking about it nearly a year later (check out Think Twice Radio's coverage of A&M '07).

This year, Artists & Models: Unhinged is going to be a veritable feast for the senses with 33 original art installations, live music by Crittenden, DJ Ceiba, London vs. New York, and Eye Candy Burlesque show on the main stage with David Butler as the Master of Ceremonies. The Reactionary Ensemble room (video & live music), and The Fractal Project will have a DJ/VJ room, local and craft beer selections and great wine, locally-based food vendors Sonoma Grille & Ike's BBQ, and much more. It will take place at the historic Central Terminal on Buffalo's east side on Saturday, May 31 from 9:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m.

In the past 20 incarnations of Hallwalls' Artists & Models Affair, a multitude of Buffalo sites have served as the locus for temporary artistic expressions and controlled insanity: the Broadway Market, abandoned factories, warehouses, auto showrooms, roller rinks, deserted downtown malls and department stores, the Tri-Main Center, and the Buffalo Convention Center. This year's event returns to the Central Terminal, architectural landmark, emblem of Buffalo's glorious past and its phoenix future. Visible from miles away, the Central Terminal will, for one evening, become the hub for Unhinged—a location, a state of being, a condition, an apparition, a temporary psychosis, an inevitability.

Tickets are $12 in advance and $15 at the door.

Advance Tickets available May 5
In Buffalo:
Talking Leaves Books (951 Elmwood or 3158 Main St.)
Shoe Fly (822 Elmwood Ave.)
Rust Belt Books (202 Allen St.)
Terrapin Station (1172 Hertel Ave.)
Hallwalls (Delaware & Tupper)
In the Burbs:
Pizza Plant (5110 Main or 8020 Transit Rd)
Clarence Center Coffee Co. (Goodrich & Clarence Ctr.Rd.)
Redfish Studios (21 Elm, E.Aurora)

Sponsors include: Lehigh Construction Company, ME Engineering, Architectural Resources, Ferguson Electric Company, Fox Tire, Buffalo Beverages & Flying Bison.

Media Sponsors are: Spree Magazine, The Edge 103.3, The Mix 104.1 & WBFO 88.7.


A&M Installation Artists:
Steve Ansell /Tammy McGovern, AWK, Josephine Anstey, Avalanche Collective, Ryan Barone/J. Anthony Dimezza, Michael Bosworth, Robin Brasington, Buffalo Sound Painting Ensemble, Lewis Colburn, Aasta Deth, The Fractal Project-DVJ Room, Courtney Grim, Jody Hanson/Mark McLoughlin, Gordon Hicks, Tom Holt & Jim Celotto, Ani Hoover, Ella Joseph, Stephanie Koenig, Frank McCauley, Marty McGee/Mick Gross, Jim McLaughlin, RJ Melnyk & LJP, The Reactionary Ensemble, Lorna Mills, Heather Nicol, Dyan O'Connell, Nancy J. Parisi, Dave Pape, Valerie C. Pawlowski, Gary Sczerbaniewicz, Mathew Slaats/Tom Hughes/Jax Deluca, Nalani Williams.

Directions to the Buffalo Central Terminal:

From the North: 190 south to exit #4 (Fillmore/Smith Street). Right off the exit. Right onto Paderewski Drive.

From the South: 190 north to exit #4 (Fillmore/Smith Street). Left off the exit. Right onto Paderewski Drive.

From the 290: 290 to 90. 33 towards downtown Buffalo. Best Street/Science Museum exit. Left onto Best St. Right onto Fillmore. Left onto Paderewski Drive.

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May, 2008 - 2008