Hannah Serrano, journalist extraordinaire, interviewed MC7C, at Hindu Pez's show at Gil's Bar and Grill last week. This is the result of that interview and noise event!
(For the complete article and features on more local artists. click on the link provided! Portfolio Weekly's Article)
MC7C
Is: Gabriel Perry, 24, Oceanfront; and K@t Marsh, 26, Pungo. Gabe is a freelance photographer and an industrial music DJ that goes by the moniker, Hindu Pez, while K@t is a painter, freelance writer, model, event promoter, and all-around businesswoman.
Makes: The Seven Cities underground art scene what it is today. Their name is on everybody's lips when talking about the local, underground music and art scenes, which the two have helped to turn into a near renaissance.
Says: "We were sick of it. From my aspect, nobody could get a show. If you didn't sound like Nickelback, you couldn't get a show. If you didn't know somebody at the venue, you couldn't get a show. A year ago, there weren't the art shows that we have now. There was almost nothing. We started talking about how we were irritated about it. We had frustrations with different aspects of music and art, and we wanted to at least try to fix it. That's all we can do is try."
"There are some artists that are really introverted who really express themselves mostly through their art. I feel like the music and art scene here has grown to [one in which] everyone can relate to each other now. And it's through the art, and through the scene, and it's not about just yourself anymore—it's about how we can help each other. We don't make a penny off of what we do. The art show [Joan of Art]—we're not getting paid for that."
"Everybody's going to each other's events now, too. It's not like, 'Oh, I'm better than that person, so I'm not going to support them.' It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter if you're in the hip-hop scene, it doesn't matter if you're a painter, it doesn't matter if you're an acoustic singer, or whatever. You go, and you support the music, and you support the art. It's crazy—you look out when you go to these art shows and these events, and there'll be a hip-hopper there, a guy who's covered in tattoos, a guy with a Mohawk…That line is totally being broken around here. A year ago, none of this was going on. And we wondered recently, 'What is it that changed?' I think it was just that we said, 'No more excuses.' We started asking people, 'OK, what can we do for the scene? What can you contribute? Can you make a flyer? Can you come out to the show and support us?' And the meeting ground there is art. There are politics involved, of course. But there's this unspoken thing: art."
Network: MC7C is the sponsor and coordinator of the art exhibition, Joan of Art, which features several local women artists, including Elizabeth Henry, Amanda Page Stephens, and Renee Hamilton. To keep up with their future events, as well as other events in the area, check out MC7C's site, www.myspace.com/monochromatic7cities.
Is: Gabriel Perry, 24, Oceanfront; and K@t Marsh, 26, Pungo. Gabe is a freelance photographer and an industrial music DJ that goes by the moniker, Hindu Pez, while K@t is a painter, freelance writer, model, event promoter, and all-around businesswoman.
Makes: The Seven Cities underground art scene what it is today. Their name is on everybody's lips when talking about the local, underground music and art scenes, which the two have helped to turn into a near renaissance.
Says: "We were sick of it. From my aspect, nobody could get a show. If you didn't sound like Nickelback, you couldn't get a show. If you didn't know somebody at the venue, you couldn't get a show. A year ago, there weren't the art shows that we have now. There was almost nothing. We started talking about how we were irritated about it. We had frustrations with different aspects of music and art, and we wanted to at least try to fix it. That's all we can do is try."
"There are some artists that are really introverted who really express themselves mostly through their art. I feel like the music and art scene here has grown to [one in which] everyone can relate to each other now. And it's through the art, and through the scene, and it's not about just yourself anymore—it's about how we can help each other. We don't make a penny off of what we do. The art show [Joan of Art]—we're not getting paid for that."
"Everybody's going to each other's events now, too. It's not like, 'Oh, I'm better than that person, so I'm not going to support them.' It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter if you're in the hip-hop scene, it doesn't matter if you're a painter, it doesn't matter if you're an acoustic singer, or whatever. You go, and you support the music, and you support the art. It's crazy—you look out when you go to these art shows and these events, and there'll be a hip-hopper there, a guy who's covered in tattoos, a guy with a Mohawk…That line is totally being broken around here. A year ago, none of this was going on. And we wondered recently, 'What is it that changed?' I think it was just that we said, 'No more excuses.' We started asking people, 'OK, what can we do for the scene? What can you contribute? Can you make a flyer? Can you come out to the show and support us?' And the meeting ground there is art. There are politics involved, of course. But there's this unspoken thing: art."
Network: MC7C is the sponsor and coordinator of the art exhibition, Joan of Art, which features several local women artists, including Elizabeth Henry, Amanda Page Stephens, and Renee Hamilton. To keep up with their future events, as well as other events in the area, check out MC7C's site, www.myspace.com/monochromatic7cities.
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Many thanks to the entire staff of local wonder publication Portfolio Weekly, Hannah, alllll the ladies we are going to feature at Joan of Art, Fuzion Ink for sponsoring and hosting the art show, Gabriel Cece for sponsoring the art show, and of course....all our supporters that have made MC7C successful!
(In other words, YOU!)
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