fear of calendars. gil corral. 2003

I painted this piece in 2003. It has to do with my observation of how tied in, and to some extent, beholden our culture is to the calendar — time stuff, clock stuff. I’m always amazed at how most of our civilization just falls inline with this time measurement thing, rarely questioning it, and even more infrequently, transcending it. I get the larger natural rythmn of things: tides, day, night, seasons…all that. I just don’t get “morning commute” for your “work week” when everyone and their grandmother react to their alarm clocks roughly around the same time. Make and drink the proverbial same pot of coffee, bump car asses with our neighbors as we all pull out of our driveways at the same time, then collectively race to our time ruled workplace or other time structure. I often wonder what the birds on the telephone wires think as they watch our insipid ritual — like we’re the ones on exhibit in a zoo.

Calendar year: time passing, economics, insurance, future, 401k, birthday, birthday parties, meetings, past, appointments, goals, future, past, funeral, funding, forecast, past, obligations, future, holidays, getting older, botox, birth, life insurance policy, resolution, retirement, agenda, goals, future, past.

Fear of Calendars is painted on a partly collaged October 2003 desk calendar. A desk calendar I doodled on during my work week/ desk/sales job.
Somewhere on this page was the date Elliott Smith committed suicide, or died, totally bumming me out. There also dates with dentist / therapy appointments, deadlines, product codes, etc.

The painting’s focal point is a man kneeling worshiping the Aztec Mayan calendar, which is painted and superimposed over the collaged desk calendar. I also included a box of Animal Crackers in the painting.

I was not aware of the 2012 Mayan prophecy when I painted this — again, I was interested in exploring the idea of this powerful ruler of human life..time.

As I sat back and reflected on this painting January 1st, 2012, I couldn’t help but feel that this piece of work has a frequency also aligned with the 2012 prophecy. It’s an interesting circumstance of converging concepts (sorry about the three c’s). My observation of the expansive experience of life somehow being widdled down to a square on a graph with a number on it, incrementaly attempting to make all moments understandable, accounted for, and reducing the possibility of surprise.

January 1, 2012 took partial ownership of this painting, in its own way. A way I hadn’t conceived of or attempted to express, so I really don’t have any words to try to explain this other component. I don’t know. It’s relevance may seem obvious, but it’s inception contained only part of its story. I find this interesting, I am also curious as to how much more of a story it will unveil.

fear of calendars can be found here

in the studio

sparkle 5's miss cv y gil - by bryan bruchman

the shows were so lovely.  so amazingly wonderfully lovely.  hard to describe it all.  we’ll start with this piece written/photo’d by bryan bruchman, mr. hillytown himself.

check it out here.  we are so very very honored.

xoxo
los corrals

the may 20 show has sold out – and the may 26 show is filling up fast.  click here to secure your spot!

xoxo
los corrals

hey lovers and fighters -

we decided to make brownpaperticket pages for both of these events.  they’re filling up fast and with lots of people coming from far, it just seemed like the right thing to do.  so.  here are the spots to purchase:

bit.ly/humdinger

bit.ly/hogfarmfinale

would love to see you there!
xoxo
los corrals

laura gibson . twain (mat davidson of low anthem) . tom thumb
at hogfarm studios may 26.  8pm  $12

xoxo
los corrals

rsvp, loves.  it’s filling up fast.  it will be a spooky beautiful stellar show.

xoxo
los corrals

here it is, kids.  hogfarm studios presents the undertheradar music series!

may 20th
jocie adams (of the low anthem) . pearl and the beard . the david wax museum

please RSVP for location & to reserve a seat -
music@hogfarmstudios.com or 971.645.9710
doors  at 7:30, music promptly at 8:15
$12  at door- byob

dearest lovers and fighters

you are the most esteemed and lovely escorts, over these past five years, and we are so absolutely honored by your sweet company. please come play and dance with us twice more, for the final two shows in the green barn.

we could not ask for more. truly.
MAY 20 brings jocie adams, the david wax museum, and pearl and the beard. all three alumni of hogfarm studios/hfs annex. and we’re quite passionately in love with all of them.

jocie adams (of the low anthem) will mesmerize with selections from her sparkling brand new album bed of notions. she has the good fortune to be accompanied by marketa irglova of swell season.
(PLEASE watch this link here…of marketa accepting an acadamy award – it’s awesome – !!)

oh the david wax museum. we’ve come up together, for sure. and now they’re turning heads at the newport folk festival, getting mentions in time magazine, and moving the donkey jaw from the underground!

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pearl and the beard are coming! in the barn! no WAY. more joy than you can shake a stick at (more joy than at which you can shake a stick) and causing a stir quite in their own right. fresh off all kinds of SXSW acclaim. acclaim everywhere they go. they’re so awesome, they move their fans to caricature.

all are welcome to come step out of time for a mind blowing evening.
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what was that?  did i just hear ice cracking? i think i did.  it just might be showing signs of weakening…

hey kids!!

a homecoming of sorts! we’re putting on a show in our old spot – back at it and so psyched to work with k+g at the oak + the ax to bring two of the area’s finest to biddeford – come check out the coloradas y samuel james at the oak + the ax!

march 11, 8pm $8!

xoxo
los corrals

the red bic lighter (also appeared new year's eve) in the photo for a sense of scale.

if you can confirm or dispute this theory, please drop us a line. we’re all ears.
love, peace and fair trade,
los corrals

spirit family reunion at hogfarm studios on new year's eve

thank you, mr donnell, for sending us wonderful photos from the new year’s eve hootenanny.  the warmth and joy of the evening so well captured, makes this frigid, stoic tuesday night much sweeter!

listo at hogfarm studios, new years eve

notice there are no photos of wesley hartley and the traveling trees,  the band in which our talented photographer plays.  tomorrow i’ll start posting video from the evening so the traveling trees will be well represented then.

blood warrior at hogfarm studios, new years eve

all the music and musicians and all in attendance were (are) so beautiful and lovely — i know i’m saying the same thing over and over but was such an incredible evening.  the videos and photos make me really really happy.  lots more to share in the days to come.

brown bird at hogfarm studios on new year's eve

love, peace, fair trade, y próspero año
los corrals