Organism Benefit

Court will be playing and all experimental gig this Thursday, July 27th at the Wonder Ballroom in Portland. Now, normally, we’ll tell you in our own words, but it’s really, really hot and the Oddy AC is busted, so here’s the press release:

What: “An inaugural party for a new arts organization with experimental performances by Courtney Taylor-Taylor and other members of The Dandy Warhols, musical group Small Sails as an opener and video art by Pipilotti Rist, arguably the most famous female video artist on the planet.”

Tickets: General Admission Tickets $15, Upper Level VIP Lounge Tickets $40 (includes reserved balcony seating and 2 Complimentary vodka drinks, courtesy of Portland’s own New Deal Vodka Distillery)

About: Organism
Organism is a new non profit contemporary art institution, headed by a familiar name, Jeff Jahn whose serious track record and commitment to high caliber visual art exhibitions with an international outlook are hardly strangers to Portland. This commitment to exhibitions extends to a particular focus on frequent projects by significant outside curators.

Organism is based on three principles of equal importance: first, The quality of the work and the integrity with which it presented; second, operating a nonprofit sustainability, based on the principles of the most successful businesses; third, creating a conversation between creative artists, designers, engineers, filmmakers, architects, business people, ecologists, musicians, entrepreneurs and scientists.

Future shows will continue to expose Portland to significant contemporary art in interesting and challenging settings.