20 December 2009

K-SWISS culture blog shows PJ's some LOVE...




The PLAIN JANES were selected to do a mix for the K-SWISS culture blog called KSPACE.TV...

Courtesy of Erol Sabadosh we started off with an edgy ELECTRO mix with more genre's to come...

Check it out!

14 December 2009

THIS THURSDAY

Come down and check out the latest PJ piece as part of a collaborative Exhibition we're doing with Beddow and Battani, who form creative partnerships between writers and illustrators. It's a house exhibition taking place in Goodge street.

Private view on the 17th December 2009 19:00 - 22:00

exhibition runs from 18th December 2009 - 20th December 2009



address is 23 Scala Street, just behind Goodge Street Station.

Lots of Love the Janes

xxxxx

10 December 2009

Last Night a rapper saved my life

Lil Wayne's aka Dr Carter



Love the Janes

xxxxx

Ain't No New Years Party Like a PJ Party ................... HELL YEAH!!!!

The only thing that could be better would be if we were teaming up with the Force of Nature that is Yo Mama for heaven sakes the boys have been throwing it down all 2009, hence why when they asked if we would collab with them for New Years Eve we said HEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLLL YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAH.



THUS THE BIGGEST ARTY PARTY OF YOUR LIFE SHALL POP OFF JUST BEFORE THE CLOCK STRIKES 12!!!


And if you attend not only will PJ and Yo Mama DJ's bring you the biggest beats of the past decade, but we'll also be flexing your creative body muscles, and teaching you how to dance, not just any dancing but Bashment dancing!!! All this while Plain Jane back up dancers collaborate with body artist Laura Cogoni bring you a funky dance piece which uses the body as a canvas.

In the mean time give this a try and start learning a few Bashment moves of your own.
Bashment Dance School Lesson 1: Sesame Street





Lots of Love the Janes xxxx


p/s whoops I forgot to mention PJ Resident Artists Cat Robertson and Rosa De Graaf shall be holding it down int the Photo booth section, hooking up members of the public with their own New Years Weave, so if you ever wondered what you might look like with different hair, get in there!!!

xxxx

Bit by Bit...


Beautifully executed....

2 December 2009

Freshly sketched...



A great angle on traditional style illustration

by

Martine Johanna

1 December 2009

Everybody say HEH!...




This was jacked from MARTIN COLE, it had to get shared...

expect more random finds from him in the future!...

You may have heard it through the Grape Vine

But PJ have to two big collobarations coming up this month. We've got a joint House Exhibition coming up on 18th - 20th of december with Beddow n battinis town and The Freecans collective more details to follow, and also a Banging New Years Party with the Yo Mama Crew - Get Ready for our Dance Resolution people you will enter 2010 tonned!!!!

Hold tite flyers soon come!!!

Love the Janes

xxxxxx

Yara El Sherbini plays with Art

I could totally understand if people possibly thought all we do at the moment is blog but honest to god we do work to! Currently three of the PJ members are working on a collaborative Art piece and a series of programmes at Iniva Art Gallery as part of the INIvators. (PJ world extends to other places offline as well) We're exploring issues to do with Diversity in the Visual Arts and we'll be inviting everyone to come and check it out when it's ready in January.

As part of the piece we're collaborating with an amazingly talented Artist called Yara El-Sherbini, who's work uses site, context and audience to playfully explore art and life. She's hosted pub quizzes, done stand-up comedy (as art), and uses humour and popular culture to engage viewers through her work. Yara we applaud you!!!

Check out her ‘A rather Trivial Pursuit’ Piece











Another one of her pieces is called Universality Challenge and is happening this friday 4th December at the Battersea Arts Centre it's a live piece based on the TV programme, which challenges two teams to battle it out answering questions on art, religion and popular culture.
click here for more info http://www.bac.org.uk/whats-on/universality-challenge/
and get down there!



lots of Love the Janes

You know you love it when you hear a band and it makes you go awwwwww that feels good.

You got to listen to Zambri five pieced, brooklyn rock-pop-post-punk-can hear lots of fusion don't know what to call it band!

Quotes from their myspace states the following

DELI MAGAZINE "...someone should probably sign them."

Easier from Zambri on Vimeo.



Bang For Changes from Zambri on Vimeo.



download free track here http://www.factmagazine.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3952&Itemid=99

*Music tip stolen from Bookle!!!*

Lots of Love the Janes

PJ Spotlight: Collective Member Rosa Nico

Plain Jane Member Rosa Nico loves Photography, layering, feminine touches and things that shimmer with flourescent coloured glows. Check out a few pieces of her work here.








lots of love the Janes.