Saturday, 5.03.08
LAFOTOGRAPHEUSE presents
WELCOME TO: THE OTHER 8 HOURS
@ Harriets Alter Ego


Welcome to: The Other 8 Hours is a photographic essay that chronicles the time period 9 pm to 5 am when social parties within New York City's Underground Dance Music Community (UDMC) transpire. The images that comprise it depict the experience of creating and attending the dance and music driven gatherings. The work's premise is the role of nightlife as the epicenter of this community.

To its members, a multicultural collection of people who have produced and patronized nocturnal festivities for the past 40 years, a party is not just a party but also a musical journey, a dance palace, a place for meeting, a rest stop, a home for some, an oral community bulletin board, a restaurant and even a church. The UDMC holds events in loft spaces, bar-lounges, parks, nightclubs, hotels, apartments, dance studios, and on the beach.

Produced over three years, Welcome to: The Other 8 Hours is a three- part work: coffee table book, photography exhibition and reception-party. The coffee table book will be on display at the location of the photography exhibition. The reception-party is a manifestation of the experience portrayed in the coffee table book and exhibition.


Performances by DJ's Chris Annibell, Reborn, AQBT and Carlito.


Event Information:
Saturday, May 3, 2008
9:00 PM – 5:00 AM
cover: tba
links: myspace.com/mandala_lafotographeurese


Venue Information:
Harriots Alter Ego – 293 Flatbush Avenue
Brooklyn, NY
trains: 2 or 3 trains to Bergen
links: myspace.com/harrietsalterego