DIGITAL MEDIA ARTIST Laurence GARTEL presents:
GARTEL: NEAU YORKE INVASION@ KLUB

10 DJs descend upon Miami from the land above.Spinning all night long celebrating Winter Music Conference.
Bathe yourself in beats; enjoy your drinks outside at KLUB’s Garden where the atmosphere changes as the night goes on, and Dance like no one’s watching. We can’t wait for you to party with us!!!

Time:9:00PM - 5AM!!!!

Line-up:
The NY Elite:
>Labra'tory...Funky Florida Breaks tribute set
>H-bomb...Nu-Skool funky Breaks
>Reinz...Techy & Progressive House
>Mikey Parkay...Funky House
>Shaun Joseph...Techy & Progressive House
>Luis Elusivo...House and Breaks
>Vampyre...Tribal NRG and Trance

Special Guests:
> Dose the Alien
>Nathan Thum...Techy & Progressive House
>dj Take 5....Broken beat soul & other non-sequiturs

WHERE:
Klub Miami -655 Washington Avenue (6th Street)South Beach, Miami
*Enter through the Underground ‘LA style’ Back Alley entrance

WHO is GARTEL:
GARTEL is the "Father’ of Digital Art and Digital Culture for the past 30 years. He is the man who taught Andy Warhol to use the Commodore Amiga computer. His work has been exhibited with the Museum of Modern Art,NY and in the collection of the Smithsonian Institution's Museum of American History. Visit the artist's website: www.gartelmuseum.com  

DRESS:
Fashionably chic dress code enforced at the doors discretion.

INFO:
For more information contact:
gartel@adelphia.net


"GARTEL: Promoting the Digital Lifestyle"

LAURENCE GARTEL
Digital Media Pioneer
Artistic Background

Mr. Gartel is considered to be the "FATHER" of the Digital Art movement around the world for over 30 years. His work has been exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art, Joan Whitney Payson Museum, Long Beach Museum of Art, Princeton Art Museum, PS 1, Norton Museum and in the permanent collections of the Smithsonian Institution's Museum of American History and the Bibliotheque Nationale. His biography for his pioneering efforts is included in "Who's Who," "Who's Who in the East," "Who's Who in America," "Who's Who in American Art," and "Who's Who in the World."

Born and raised in New York City, Mr. Gartel had the opportunity to teach Andy Warhol how to use the Amiga Computer, went to School of Visual Arts, with fellow art student, graffiti artist Keith Haring, where he earned his BFA degree majoring in Graphics, and started his electronic career working side by side with Nam June Paik at Media Study/Buffalo in upstate New York. Gartel had many associations with musicians such as Debbie Harry (Blonde) Sid Vicious (Sex Pistols), Stiv Bators (Dead Boys) Johnny Thunders (New York Dolls) Ace Frehley (Kiss) and Wendy O Williams (Plasmatics). Recently, Gartel has created artwork for such Pop Culture stars such as Justin Timberlake and Britney Spears. His ABSOLUT GARTEL commission for Absolut Vodka is perhaps his most well known artwork gracing the pages of “ART-IN-AMERICA,” “Artforum,” “Sothebys,” “Art and Auction,””Art and Antiques,” “ArtByte,” “Scientific American,” “Technology Review,” “WIRED,” & “NY Magazine..

He has several monograph books on his work:
"Laurence Gartel: A Cybernetic Romance" published by Gibbs Smith, (c) 1989 Utah. Introduction to the book is written by video guru Nam June Paik.

"GARTEL: Arte & Tecnologia" published by Edizioni Mazzotta, (c) 1998 Milan, Italy. Introduction to the book is written by noted art historian and critic Pierre Restany. 250 pages over 400 color plates.

Mr. Gartel is included in the Italian Art History Textbook: "La Storia Dell Arte" published by Editions Giunti (c) 2001, Florence. Michelangelo at the front of the book and GARTEL being the last page representing "NEW VISUAL LANGUAGES."

Gartel JUDGED the Digital Film making Competition at the Scottsdale International Film Festival and gave a lecture on the history of his art at the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art. He also created a large screen multi media project for Governor Jeb Bush's Office of Film & Entertainment, presented during the Florida Filmmakers Reunion at the Globe Theatre, UNIVERSAL STUDIOS, Hollywood. He created a body of work interviewing filmmakers during the Miami International Film Festival, as well as hosting a panel discussion with industry leaders titled, "THE DIGITAL AGE" in conjunction with the festival's Reel Seminar Series. GARTEL was a JUDGE for this year's HD Festival in South Florida. His most recent activity was to collage images LIVE from camera phone images that were sent to him from around the world all within a five-minute period during the Mobile Imaging Summit in Monterey, California. GARTEL went to INDIA this year for a month where he shot the footage for his next multimedia DVD project to be released in 2006.

www.gartelmuseum.com