Bookmark artist: Stephen Linsley
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Dearly Beloved,
We call you to gather and celebrate the demise of
the much-cherished Speakeasy. After well ‘nigh
nine years of vibrant mingling, this unique event
met a timely death. Yes, timely.
Well loved, well lived, the Speakeasy
crosses over to memory.
Do not let her go gently—come,
commiserate. Design and build your own funeral hat,
disperse your grief and let the past become the past.
Funeral cake, coffee, inventive millinery, live music,
remembrances, and the last, limited edition Bookmark,
created by photographer Stephen Linsley, await.
Guests of Speakeasies past including
Edith Abeyta, Noël Alumit, Aimee Bender, Lana
Buss, Cake Divas, Jerrod Cardwell, Cat Hair Ensemble,
Brendan Constantine, Chris Davidson, Janet Fitch,
Joshua Joy Kamensky, Alanna Lin, Joseph F. Mattson, Michael Lewis
Miller, Moira Smiley, Marla Smith, Tree People, Rita
Williams, Lori Yeghiayan & more will pay their
respects. You should too.
The password is, “She was so young.”
Please dress for mourning. |
Stephen
Linsley hangs a sign in his darkroom reading "Seeing
is forgetting." The mantra encapsulates Linsley's
approach to photography: his works are not depictions
of lines and forms, but rather of something residing more
deeply in his subjects. This result is achieved with the
careful juxtaposition of the ethereal and the material
and, through the omission of all transient elements, the
works become like distillations of hidden truths. Linsley's
prolonged exposures seek to discover an underlying essence
in its themes and to make them directly accessible to
the viewer. Linsley's fascination with photography developed
at an early age. He continued taking photographs throughout
his years as a musician; he was a founding member of the
Jim Carroll Band, and produced and engineered records
for bands such as Public Enemy, BIGELF, Michael Lockwood,
and Japanese progmetal band Doom. In 1991, after 12 years
as a musician, he began to devote himself exclusively
to the study and practice of photography. He currently
resides and works in Los Angeles, California. Read
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