London Ontario Live Arts Festival
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The London Ontario Live Arts Festival also known as LOLA fest, takes place every year in London, Ontario
Canada
, the third week of September, in its downtown core. The festival is not a music festival but a hugely imaginative live arts festival from well-known and emerging artists. The impact of immense projections, interactive drama, acclaimed musical and dance performances, and the involvement of major organizations from around the country, including extensive municipal support create a truly unique event with great artistic impact to its community. For example, LOLA 2007 featured Brian Eno
's Canadian Premiere of 77 Million Paintings
.
The festival got its start as a one day street festival in 2006 and expanded to the three day format in 2007. LOLA 2007 and LOLA 2008 were curated by Ian Doig Phaneuf (music) and Paul Walde (visual art).
As of 2011 the LOLA festival is "on hiatus".
http://www.lolafest.com/
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LOLA 2007: September 20, 21, 22, 2007,
Music: Prefuse 73, Stop Die Resuscitate, OK Cobra, Figure & Ground, Thesis Sahib, Toolshed, Grizzly Bear (band)
, Final Fantasy, Basia Bulat, Video Hippos, Shad, Beach House, The Barmitzvah Brothers, Two Minute Miracles, Holy Fuck, DD/MM/YYYY, Feuermusik, Raised by Swans, Geoff Berner, Old Man Luedecke, Carolyn Mark, Jenny Omnichord, The Boy From E.T., Constantines, Akron/Family
, Hylozoists, Meligrove Band, Ohbijou, Torngat, The Acorn, Wooden Stars, Tusks, Sandro Perri, Great Aunt Ida, Snailhouse, Laura Barrett, Mantler, The Postage Stamps, What Seas What Shores, The Knaves
Visual Art: Brian Eno
, Sigi Torinus and Jose Seone and blackhole factory, Laura Kavanaugh and Ian Birse, 6, Kevin Curtis Norcross, mr ghosty, Michael Chapin
LOLA 2008: September 18, 19, 20, 21, 2008,
Music: Do Make Say Think
, Holy Fuck, The Drift, Plants and Animals, Hylozoists, Megasoid, We Are Wolves, Off The International Radar, Sandro Perri and Friends, Laura Barrett, Thunderheist, Woodhands, Lowfish, Feuermusik, Muskox, Bocce (band)
, Jokers Of The Scene, Tin, Olenka and the Autumn Lovers
Visual Art: Michael Chapin, David Dyment, Brendan Fernandes, Michelle Gay, Rich Jacobs
, Kelly Mark, Taylor McKimens, David Merritt, David Poolman and Roman Tkaczyk, Laurel Woodcock, and the Metalogos exhibition at the Forest City Gallery featuring: Christian Bök
, Paul Dutton, Nobou Kubota, Beth Learn, Steve McCaffery
, Sylvia Ptak, W. Mark Sutherland, Francesca Vivenza, Darren Wershler-Henry
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(2)http://lolafest.com/2007/
(3)http://lolafest.com/2008/
London, Ontario
London is a city in Southwestern Ontario, Canada, situated along the Quebec City – Windsor Corridor. The city has a population of 352,395, and the metropolitan area has a population of 457,720, according to the 2006 Canadian census; the metro population in 2009 was estimated at 489,274. The city...
Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, the third week of September, in its downtown core. The festival is not a music festival but a hugely imaginative live arts festival from well-known and emerging artists. The impact of immense projections, interactive drama, acclaimed musical and dance performances, and the involvement of major organizations from around the country, including extensive municipal support create a truly unique event with great artistic impact to its community. For example, LOLA 2007 featured Brian Eno
Brian Eno
Brian Peter George St. John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno , commonly known as Brian Eno or simply as Eno , is an English musician, composer, record producer, singer and visual artist, known as one of the principal innovators of ambient music.Eno studied at Colchester Institute art school in Essex,...
's Canadian Premiere of 77 Million Paintings
77 Million Paintings
77 Million Paintings is a software/DVD combination by British musician Brian Eno, released in 2006.The release consists of two discs, one containing the software that creates the randomized music and images that emulate a single screen of one of Eno's video installation pieces...
.
The festival got its start as a one day street festival in 2006 and expanded to the three day format in 2007. LOLA 2007 and LOLA 2008 were curated by Ian Doig Phaneuf (music) and Paul Walde (visual art).
As of 2011 the LOLA festival is "on hiatus".
http://www.lolafest.com/
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History
Featured Artists:LOLA 2007: September 20, 21, 22, 2007,
Music: Prefuse 73, Stop Die Resuscitate, OK Cobra, Figure & Ground, Thesis Sahib, Toolshed, Grizzly Bear (band)
Grizzly Bear (band)
Grizzly Bear is a Brooklyn-based indie rock band, composed of Edward Droste , Daniel Rossen , Chris Taylor and Christopher Bear . The band employs traditional and electronic instruments...
, Final Fantasy, Basia Bulat, Video Hippos, Shad, Beach House, The Barmitzvah Brothers, Two Minute Miracles, Holy Fuck, DD/MM/YYYY, Feuermusik, Raised by Swans, Geoff Berner, Old Man Luedecke, Carolyn Mark, Jenny Omnichord, The Boy From E.T., Constantines, Akron/Family
Akron/Family
Akron/Family is a folk-influenced experimental rock band that formed in 2002, and its members currently live in Portland, Oregon , Tucson, Arizona and New York City, New York.-Music and history:...
, Hylozoists, Meligrove Band, Ohbijou, Torngat, The Acorn, Wooden Stars, Tusks, Sandro Perri, Great Aunt Ida, Snailhouse, Laura Barrett, Mantler, The Postage Stamps, What Seas What Shores, The Knaves
Visual Art: Brian Eno
Brian Eno
Brian Peter George St. John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno , commonly known as Brian Eno or simply as Eno , is an English musician, composer, record producer, singer and visual artist, known as one of the principal innovators of ambient music.Eno studied at Colchester Institute art school in Essex,...
, Sigi Torinus and Jose Seone and blackhole factory, Laura Kavanaugh and Ian Birse, 6, Kevin Curtis Norcross, mr ghosty, Michael Chapin
LOLA 2008: September 18, 19, 20, 21, 2008,
Music: Do Make Say Think
Do Make Say Think
Do Make Say Think is a Canadian instrumental post-rock band from Toronto, Ontario. Their music combines jazz style drums, distorted guitars and wind instruments, as well as a prominent use of the bass guitar.-Biography:...
, Holy Fuck, The Drift, Plants and Animals, Hylozoists, Megasoid, We Are Wolves, Off The International Radar, Sandro Perri and Friends, Laura Barrett, Thunderheist, Woodhands, Lowfish, Feuermusik, Muskox, Bocce (band)
Bocce (band)
-Biography:Mike Bond and Ben Ong formed the band in 2005, and later added Tony Salomone and Nik Must to round out the foursome. Bocce has toured throughout Canada and played several music festivals including Pop Montreal, Hillside Inside, LOLA and Canadian Music Week...
, Jokers Of The Scene, Tin, Olenka and the Autumn Lovers
Olenka and the Autumn Lovers
Olenka and the Autumn Lovers are an active indie folk band based out of London, Ontario.- Style and history :Fronted by Polish actress Olenka Krakus, the band's sound is mix of orchestral folk pop with elements reminiscent of classic country and folk music, and Eastern European folk...
Visual Art: Michael Chapin, David Dyment, Brendan Fernandes, Michelle Gay, Rich Jacobs
Rich Jacobs
Rich Jacobs is an American artist who currently lives and works in San Francisco, CA. Jacobs has exhibited in the United States, Europe, Australia, New Zealand and Japan...
, Kelly Mark, Taylor McKimens, David Merritt, David Poolman and Roman Tkaczyk, Laurel Woodcock, and the Metalogos exhibition at the Forest City Gallery featuring: Christian Bök
Christian Bök
Christian Bök is an experimental Canadian poet. He is the author of Eunoia, which won the Canadian Griffin Poetry Prize, and which has been said to be "Canada's best-selling poetry book ever."-Life:...
, Paul Dutton, Nobou Kubota, Beth Learn, Steve McCaffery
Steve McCaffery
Steven McCaffery is a Canadian poet and scholar who was a professor at York University. He currently holds the Gray Chair at SUNY Buffalo . McCaffery was born in Sheffield, England and lived in the UK for most of his youth attending University of Hull. He moved to Toronto in 1968...
, Sylvia Ptak, W. Mark Sutherland, Francesca Vivenza, Darren Wershler-Henry
Darren Wershler-Henry
Darren Wershler aka Darren Wershler-Henry is a Canadian experimental poet, non-fiction writer and cultural critic.A former grave digger, he was the senior editor of Coach House Books between 1997 and 2002, where the works he edited included several highly acclaimed books of contemporary innovative...
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(2)http://lolafest.com/2007/
(3)http://lolafest.com/2008/