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Agora 6 took place on Saturday, and early reports are saying that it was the biggest and best one yet. If you weren’t able to make it to the event then you can check out all of the excitement through this great photo set provided by Jen Killius.
Below are a few of our favorite shots from the day-long festival that include some live painting, performance art, and the nighttime fire dancing show.
Awesome! I know there is plenty more where that came from!!!
Here’s a bunch more from Kevin Ward: http://www.flickr.com/photos/baristacmh/
i had a really good time. the fire show was cool to. the hip hop showcase was the low point .
Is there an official attendance headcount yet? :D
can’t say that I saw a clicker and I also saw many different ways that folks made it into the show without ever dealing with the front door. So not sure an official count can be reached. I also willa gree that like Independents day the Agora Mega would sevre a little better as a two full day event.
The preview was nice on certian levels but in the end art isn’t getting sold like it should at an art preview. So in the end this is one night the show is installed and very few people get to enjoy due to ticket prices. Most people that I spoke with on Friday came to see the artwork and came back for the vibe Saturday.
Thanks to all that came out this weekend. This was the best one I have participated in. rumor has it at 4 digit attendance through the door but Like Coreroc stated there were a few holes in the security and some inventive people got around the front door. BTW who snapped the pics, I would like a warning before So I don’t look as drunk as I am in that pic.
I figure that someone would be able to make an educated guesstimate. ;)
How about you just don’t drink as much and let the photogs do their jobs! lol
For this same reason i will never drink a dixie cup full of whiskey you hand me just before I start to set stuff on fire! Lucky for me my back was to the camera!!!
LOL. Is this an Internet intervention?
yeah i was yelling at people all afternoon who were trying to sneak in around the mural wall. it would have been best to have been painting on the inside rather than towards the street. i know i stopped about 5 groups of people along with nikos and few others. i just hope i didnt come across as an asshole but i was getting frustrated not only with them not paying but they were getting in our way as well.
@coreroc – we’ve always viewed the preview as a way to enjoy viewing the art before the crowds are blocking it or leaning against it. [sidebar - i was actually stunned by some of the disrespect I saw for the art on Saturday, people just ran into it and kept on moving. ] sometimes it leads to a purchase, but that cannot always happen. but we’ve also viewed it as a way to support the venue. $10-20 tix aren’t a huge contribution, but given that former Agora’s didn’t have an entry, we figured it was a way to offer some financial ‘thanks’ for putting on a great show. although it would be nice to say thanks by actually buying art at every show, we cannot afford that each time. however, i am not sure if enough people pay to attend the preview that it actually helps the bottom line.
Sherm, Thanks again for all of your help buddy.
There are some Logistic issues with security. I actually walked some one up to the front door to pay after seeing them sneak into the back I know I got called a Ahole but as you have seen That happens often.
lol, im sure you wern’t the only one that night who got labeled and asshole.
Yeah i saw people parking on other streets and hitting junctionview from the rear all day long with no thoughts of paying. I also witnessed folks entering through the mural wall in front that was supposed to span from jv to Loeb and left considerable gaps and not to mention those that followed the signs for band load in and walked right in. I think in the long run we get very lucky at these events considering we don’t have any security at all or do we have gallery attendants watching artwork. I pray that bugs get worked out before something unfortunate happens on our watch.
@dru You are very correct and the intent of the preview shows is to put money back towards the event and venue. However it is also used to bring in what are the collectors to make purchases before the masses buy works and that is why the service fee applies. I think in the long run more people will show up and more work will sell if the $5 door fee applies to a two day event. Then you will most likely average out on how much the door raises. The number of people through the door on Friday wasn’t that large of a number and less of them actually paid. I am thinking more out loud than anything here, but I think we could find ways to extend the events and get the very same support.
Preview fri .reg sat and sunday. My friends were really happy with the event i was there from about 4\5 to 12 . So i saw most of the art and bands. I would say it was a really good turnout . Good job.
Thank you to everyone who came out. The vendors, performers, and artists made this a pretty awesome event. The volunteers were amazing as usual and worked tirelessly to make sure the attendees and participants enjoyed themselves as much as possible. I want to give the biggest thanks to our 7 Couchfire interns… who kick more ass than we ever could have imagined…. I’m super proud to have you on our team. And to the Couchfire group, who once again, managed to hold together after a 19 hour day. For those of you attending.. you may not see much of the chaos because these absolutely awesome people know how to set down egos and work together. It is pretty inspiring.
As far as comments on here….
Walker- we are guessing a conservative estimate is set at 3000. (I counted beer cans in our parking lot the next morning and that is what I got)
Anyone wishing it was a two day event-http://www.thecouchfire.org/volunteers.html
Anyone who wants to know about other events-http://www.thecouchfire.org/newsletter.html
Thanks again to everyone who came out.
Thanks for the comments, Adam! Glad to hear that it went so well! :D
Great job. Great vibe on Friday when I went through, nice to see so much new work. Really loved the life-sized “Apolstle” … Dan Gerdeman had good stuff, Adam B is always good, Ashley Voss had interesting new stuff. Keep it going.
i have more pics http://www.flickr.com/photos/adamcrum/
some of them are blurry and a lot of them are of setup- and btw
there was way more than 3,000 people. Believe me i worked the door all night. My estimate is 4-5,000 people throughout the day.
couchfire did a great job! thanks for making agora bigger and better and for providing beer.
We had a great time