Wheels of Steel @ Sushi Performance and Visual Art August 17,18,19, 1999
Wheels of Steel, was a diverse collage of cultures and urban subcultures presented almost entirely by way of performance. The event tirelessly advanced through nearly eight hours per day for three straight days. Combining genres of dance, performance art, spoken word, street art and music. Each performance was timed and lighted to occur in a different location within the theater. Creating a push and pull of emotion and literally of movement within the audience. Graffiti artists from Northern and Southern California and Great Britain painted two trucks at the entrance of the space. In addition to crossing genres in performance, the event also presented a very unique DJ competition. One that composed categories of mixing not commonly included relative to each other. Wheels of Steel, was an experiment inspired in part by the movie SLAM. The event examined multiplicity, collaboration, hybrid culture and new genres derived from urban street culture.
Wheels of Steel, was a diverse collage of cultures and urban subcultures presented almost entirely by way of performance. The event tirelessly advanced through nearly eight hours per day for three straight days. Combining genres of dance, performance art, spoken word, street art and music. Each performance was timed and lighted to occur in a different location within the theater. Creating a push and pull of emotion and literally of movement within the audience. Graffiti artists from Northern and Southern California and Great Britain painted two trucks at the entrance of the space. In addition to crossing genres in performance, the event also presented a very unique DJ competition. One that composed categories of mixing not commonly included relative to each other. Wheels of Steel, was an experiment inspired in part by the movie SLAM. The event examined multiplicity, collaboration, hybrid culture and new genres derived from urban street culture.
