LAist: GLOW: One Reporter's Opinion

californiaswinger

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:30:04 -0800

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....

Jacy Young

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 09:08:34 -0800

Awesome job, Elise!

Elise Thompson

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 07:32:12 -0800

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.

CreativeForce

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 22:32:46 -0800

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!) CF

Tom Andrews

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:41:00 -0800

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."

sucatrapsorter

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:14:22 -0800

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.

WagonMonster

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:53:22 -0800

What a letdown, I was expecting something really awesome, and it pretty much sucked.

mariko

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:51:07 -0800

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?

caliking01

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:29:45 -0800

The yelp reviews are tragic... http://www.yelp.com/biz/glow-santa-monica-pier-santa-monica#hrid:AnkqWOJZU1jifwqsRncoDQ/query:glow

Royps

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:56:57 -0800

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...

Ryanicus

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:54:03 -0800

Still doesn't beat Burning Man, but then again, BM art is tough to beat...