It's Done. It's Over

I think it's safe to say that the Bro Futurists are done.
Rest assured, we are all still making stuff and doing stuff.
The links are still active to the left.
Click on a link and keep up to date with your artist of choice...

Next Event

We do stuff, we make stuff

Not to worry, the Futurists have not disbanded or disappeared.
We are making stuff.
We are doing stuff.
Click the photos on the left to stay up to date with each of us.
We just returned from a trip to the Salton Sea.

We've got a big community art project slated for May 23 in conjunction with the We Love Long Beach BBQ. This years project is going to be epic on a geometrical scale. Yes, I meant to write geometrical. You'll see what I mean soon.

Wam bam thank you mam.

Art Show/Party March 7th

Paul Loya put together a rad little art show/party event for Saturday, March 7th.
Come on by!

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Dave busting out the live the screen printing styles with the graphic that Danny made...

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The Bro Futurists Beer Boat

The Lord of Hosts riding high and radiating glory...

Paul: "So I was like..."

via Adam Sjoberg

November 15th!

Video from Sunday's Specialness

Thanks to all that came out and made this radicalness possible...

We Love Long Beach Highlight Video

Thanks to Vern at the Hobosoul

Event on Sunday (OCT. 5th)

Also, we'll be participating in the University By the Sea event on Sunday, October 5th.
Stop by our live art station and give us a high-five and support Global Chilling and Bro Futurism.

I've been hearing all about this on KCRW all day long. I think they are expecting about 10,000 people to show up.
30 bands
Beer Garden
Shipping Container galleries
Break dancing
Arts and Crafts by your favorite community futurists...

Photos from the We Love Long Beach BBQ

It was a good time.
For more check Eric's blog.
Or Samuel's blog.

Upcoming Events

We'll be a part of the upcoming "We Love Long Beach" shindig in the park.
Come and participate it will be great fun!!!
This Saturday, September 27th, 1-5pm. woop woop.

hey, where did all the futurists go?

It's been about 2 months since I last posted.
The futurists are ebbin' and flowin'.
Fellow futurists have been all over the globe the past couple of months.
From Maui to Mexico to Malawi, I guess you could say that the futurists are living life to the fullest.

A few projects that are in the mix.
1. September - Fund Raising event for the Bro Futurists and the Hobosoul.
2. October - Camping Trip
3. November - New Bro Futurist product line - stickers, t-shirts, koozies, and frisbees
4. Holiday hiatus.
5. February - Salton Sea Field Trip #2 (this will now become a yearly event)

On Global Chilling

Global Chilling.
What is it? What does it mean?
Global Chilling is an idea that lies at the very heart of Bro Futurism.
Global Chilling, or Global Chillin' as it is commonly referred to, is a way of being.
It is a way of being with the world and with the world's people in a way that
stirs up hope.
It is anti-Armageddon, anti-doomsday, and anti-apocalyptic.
It is pro-future, pro-keeping your head on straight, pro-people, pro-hope,
pro-love, pro-peace, and pro-bro.

The term Global Chillin' arose as a response to the fear aroused by global warming.
While it is all well and good to do our part to end global warming, we have to pay attention to
what is underneath that pursuit; we have to pay attention to what is actually driving
the desire.
I believe what is underneath the desire to end global warming, is a desire to live in harmony.
Harmony with the earth and with the earth's people.

Because we could totally end the threat of global warming and climate annihilation, and still be complete jerks to each other. That's not the vision that I want for our future.
Rather, I propose that we seriously chill out and not get so overly hyped up about overbearing tragedies of the world, specifically climate change.
Let's move together in a position of overbearing hope and generosity.

Let's allow our vision to be a long term pursuit, a marriage if you will.
Remember, only 30 years ago every climatologist thought we were heading into the next ice age. Who's to say that we couldn't be there again in the next 30 years?

Sam Arthur has completed a graphic for this idea (Global Chilling) which I will post in a few days.
Suffice it to say:
Let your vision of the longterm future inform your present world view, and chill out when your past doesn't look like you think it should.

I got an idea!

We're gonna do one of these very soon!!!
Keep your eye out.
I love when people do freakin awesome stuff, and then I get to read about it on the internet, and I get stoked on awesome people doing freakin awesome stuff.

more from last Sat.

May 24 experience

Here's the flier for the May 24th (saturday) evening situation.
Good stuff will happen.
Van installation.

Saturday in the Park (3)

We Love Long Beach has posted some more pics from Saturdays event!
This is what the mural looked like before we let folks paint it.
Also, the van got a new paint job (just on one door)

Saturday in the Park (2)

The We Love Long Beach event was spectacular this past Saturday.
I have pretty radical tank top sunburn lines.
We were all very pleased at the response to our community painting project.

I often feel like art can take the form of elitism or exclusivity when presented in a gallery or a museum. Galleries and museums are wonderful, but sometimes they are too far removed from the communities in which they exist.
My opinion is that art should create value, excitement, involvement, inspiration, and sometimes introspection, for the local community. Often times, art exists within the circles of other art makers, buyers, and collectors. While we like existing and operating within those circles, we are committed to investing in the circles that are often missed in receiving this enrichment.

I'm looking forward to developing more projects along these lines.
As always, our group has developed and is sustained by the relationships we hold with each other, not the art we make.

sneak peek for Saturday