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The GLOW festival started at sundown Saturday night and didn't stop until after sunrise Sunday morning. The event was hosted by the City of Santa Monica and The Santa Monica Arts Foundation. It was sponsored by local businesses including The King's Head Pub as well as larger corporations.
There were various installations, performances and exhibits scheduled throughout the night, so the experience changed drastically as the event progressed. Earlier arrivals had many more entertainment options, such as the much-lauded Ferris Wheel Orchestra. Unfortunately for the early birds, there were also hassles like traffic, the crowd, and long lines.
For those of us arriving after midnight, the event was much more chill. Many of the rowdier people bailed at 2am when the liquor went away, leaving behind artists, hard-core "Burning Man" types, half-naked hippie chicks, the helplessly wasted and the very asleep. We spent most of the evening being serenaded by Machine Project's Pirate Lullabyes and being hypnotized by light installations. We didn't even make it to the May Company building. Only two more years until our next chance...
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Still doesn't beat Burning Man, but then again, BM art is tough to beat...
Let's also not forget that this was the first GLOW event that the city has put together. Should the city opt to produce another such event, I hope that some of the kinks (ie traffic, parking etc) will be dealt with and that much larger art installations will be assembled.
I'm sure the very first burning man was nothing to write home about either...
The yelp reviews are tragic...
http://www.yelp.com/biz/glow-santa-monica-pier-santa-monica#hrid:AnkqWOJZU1jifwqsRncoDQ/query:glow
My favorite part of GLOW was the projector art room set up in the park. You got to pick out different knick-knacks like clear paper, twigs, beads, nails, etc, then arrange them on an overhead projector. It sound weird, but actually when the image was projected onto a big white screen it ended up looking pretty cool.
Even at 2am, everyone was really into it, and at the end, you could snap a cell phone photo of your work of art. I'm surprised no one's mentioned it. Did anyone even see it?
What a letdown, I was expecting something really awesome, and it pretty much sucked.
trying to find parking for some 200K people was the REAL show of the night... GLOW became proof positive of the desperate need for a Subway-to-the-Sea, as the Big Blue Bus stopped running at 11pm. more money went into the GLOW website and PR machine, than in its planning, methinks.
Quote found on yelp.
"To those giving it higher ratings only because it was the first time or because it was free......well it was hardly free to the local tax payers and I think it is fair to expect more from a great metropolitan city claiming to be putting on an Interantional art extravaganza."
Well, it sucked ... it wasn't as good ... yadda ... honestly, I don't disagree.
But you know what? Those were some pretty good photos from Elise! So, I gotta say, thanks for the reporting, babe! We appreciate it!!
(Love the one of the dude in front of the truck!)
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Yeah, I dug the projector art. My friend used to mix oil, water and watercolors in pyrex pie pans and put them on those overhead projectors. That's how they made the psychedelic color swirls at the Fillmore in the 60s.
We definitely need post-bar transportation. It's ridiculous buses and trains don't run at least every hour 24/7.
Awesome job, Elise!
Glow... great for the city and it's people.
The summer crowds with traffic blocking PCH to Lincoln (almost everywhere) our beach littered with garbage and underaged (maybe most were legal) men and women drinking (iced lattes and red bull) ... oh..sorry we are talking about GLOW.
The art was interesting to say the least, the music venue hidden from most people (mainly due to the crowds on the pier) and luckily some of us could walk 1/2 mile or less to enjoy the festivities...
Looking forward to next year....