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What: Holocene’s Fifth Annual Mini Golf Art Invitational

Where: Holocene ~ 1001 SE Morrison, Portland, Oregon
Date: April 13th and 14th, 2010
Time: 5pm to late
Cost: $5 before 7pm, $8 after
Willkommen zu Zukünftspielplatz, crazy golfers! For those of you who don’t sprechen sie Deutsch, “Zukünftspielplatz” is German for “future playground”, and it’s the inspiring and resplendent theme of this year’s Minigolf Art Invitational! That’s right Portland, Holocene’s beloved annual event is back for a fifth year of synthetic microcosms, boundless artistic imagination, and putt-putt mayhem. Though it may seem hard to imagine what could top last year’s Minigolf festivities, where holes encompassed Heaven, Hell, the Willamette River, and just about everything in between (cf: Pancakes!), just wait til you see what we have in store for you this time around!
Some of Portland’s most talented visual artists have set their minds and hands to work on the subject of next-dimensional, intergalactic, avant-recreation, and the results range from defying convention to challenging the laws of physics! You and your besties will have to navigate your way through hungry robots, a forest towering at 15 feet, and even a black hole! You might sink an ace in the hole alongside live dancers, or go all MJ (R.I.P.) and moonwalk around some celestial bodies.
On this playground of the future, anything and everything is possible – time, space, perception, gravity, light, and movement all become objects of fancy, malleable instruments in a universe bent to the weird and wonderful will of the artist. Yet just as in any other kind of play, there’s nothing like some healthy competition: so you—yes, YOU, the putt-putters—will be voting on the best holes, and the winning artists will go home with cash prizes! Speaking of prizes: look sharp, folks, as the best-dressed future-golfers among you will be showered with gifts! Also, for the snacky golfers, we’ll have munchies galore! Spudnik, Potato Champion’s new mobile french fry cart, will be rolling up streetside for your poutine fix. Inside the club, Lisa of Lulu’s Confections will be walking around the course peddling some absolutely divine homemade cookies.
And if all this isn’t tantalizing enough, we at Holocene also did a lil’ bit of what we do best – we booked some bands.
April 13 will feature the clamoring mosaic-pop of Rafter, the Asthmatic Kitty signees and San Diego natives whose utter joviality and onstage antics put them right at home on the playground. The local love will be provided by May Ling, the sexy side project of Reporter’s Alberta Poon and Dan Grazzini, whose breathy, pulsing synth pop gems are sure to have you tearin’ up the astroturf.
April 14 will feature Gulls, the nome de plume of ultra-talented local beatmaker and experimentalist Jesse Munro Johnson. Stylish and soulful, his beat driven bombast has some serious b-ball swagger. The 14tth will also feature a set of Fleetwood Mac dance edits by Head Shop Boys, the ultra rad psychedelic dance project of Linger & Quiet’s Matthew Kwiatkowski and W+K creative force David Neevel. Both nights will also be graced with the dj stylings of many of Portland’s finest, providing you the ultimate soundtrack for your golfing whimsy. All told, you’ve got no excuse for missing the aesthetic euphoria which will abound on this course!

Check out Jimmy, the Putt-Putt crazed muppet, getting stoked on our fine pastime:

The complete list of our talented artists:
W+K 12
Tripper Dungan
Danielle Ross in collaboration with the performers
Scott Mazariegos John Larsen and Vicki Lynn Wilson
Ryan Lingard and James Austin
Amber Moss-Jensen, Nate Leigh, Carl Jansen, Jesse Pardun
Adam Keller
Pony Club Gallery
Curtis Knapp
Jason Kentta and David Bertman
Jack Bouba, Stacey Mairs, Chris Mulliken
Second Story

Many thanks to our lovely sponsors:
42 Below
Pabst Blue Ribbon
The Neat Sheet
The Fresh Pot
ReRun
Icon Tattoo
Mr Plywood
Bunk Sandwiches
The Portland Mercury