Art Opening Saturday September 5th at The Groop’s Neighbor Art Space – LM PROJECTS: Cause & Effect

September 2nd, 2009

Featuring Nova Jiang, Len Lye, Robert Rauschengerg, Jacob Tonski, Peter Fischli & David Weiss

LM PROJECTS (Formerly know as Bank) is please to announce its first exhibition, “Cause and Effect,” showcasing a collection of video based performances and kinetic sculpture from the mid 1960’s to the present.

Though the discourse surrounding each of the selected works diverge from one another and their classification as kinetic art, they nonetheless are linked through their mechanical, temporal, and movement based components. Glenn Kaino’s “In Revolution” and Len Lye’s “Trilogy: A Flip and Two Twisters” serve as a point of departure for the rest of the exhibition as performance and theatrics commingle with art and engineering. Rauschenberg’s “Open Score” and emerging artist Jacob Tonski’s “Balance Study, Threshold” are performative works dependant on the action of participants, while Peter Fischli and David Weiss rely on the chain reactions of common place objects and combustibles in “The Way Things Go.”

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Meet the Groopies!

July 20th, 2009

The new downloadable Groopies are up! Check out our Groopie page where you can download various Groopies such as Dorky Groopie, Catalyst Groopie, and Wrangler Groopie. Great for your desk, computer monitor or dash board.

Click the link below, and follow the instructions to build your very own Groopie!

Visit Our Groopie Page

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Groop Summer Bash Pictures!

July 17th, 2009

Thank You For Helping Make The Groop Summer Bash a Success!
Here is the first round of pics. More to come in the AM.

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Directions, Parking, Panelists and Panel Outline for The Groop’s Summer Bash!

July 16th, 2009

To make sure you get to The Groop bash here is a Google map with parking locations highlighted.

401 S. Main St.
Los Angeles, CA 90013

Click Here to Get Directions

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The “Lawn Chair Panel” will feature:

Benjamin Bratton
Professor of Media Studies at UC San Diego

Todd Mendeloff
VP of Digital Media Marketing and Distribution Walt Disney Studios

Jonathan Lambert
CEO of Workhabit

David Brody
Managing Partner at North Venture Partners and former VP of Marketing for Virgin Music

Panel outline:
Our Topic will be Advertising in the Digital Landscape:
What role does creativity play in the digital landscape?

We will try to answer the following questions:

1. Who drives? The strategist or the creative? Could they be one in the same? How do they collaborate?

2. What is the role of the Digital Agency vs. Traditional Agency. (i.e. The Groop vs. Young & Rubicam) in the current landscape? In the future?

3. How do we as a community (Advertising, Creative, Technology, Business) better listen, communicate, collaborate and learn from each other?

4. How do we make technology more beautiful? More human? How do we bring art to it?

“Our goal is to bring together our friends in advertising, interactive, and broadcast to celebrate the future. It’s easy to get caught up in the economy and the uncertainty of our industries, but the reality is that we are just at the beginning of a very exciting time. So let’s party!”

Seth Epstein, Chief Catalyst

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The Groop Summer BBQ & Bash is Now Indoors and Extended Hours!

July 14th, 2009

Because of popular demand we have changed venues and extended our hours.

The Groop Summer BBQ is now officially “The Groop Summer BBQ & Bash!”

Tacos by “The Green Truck”:
http://greentruckonthego.com

Beer by Krombacher:
http://www.krombacher.com

Sparkling Juice by Izze:
http://www.izze.com

Music by DJ Pablo Aguilar
http://www.facebook.com/pablisimo
http://www.pabloaguilar.com/2009/

7:00 – 7:30 pm
Cocktails, Tacos & Networking

7:30 – 8:30 pm
Cocktails, Tacos & Panel Discussion

8:30 – 11:00 pm
Cocktails, Tacos & Dancing

How to get to the NEW VENUE? (Hint: It is across the street from the Groop’s offices):
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Dress to impress for an “indoor” BBQ & Bash in a 1903 Bank.

RSVP HERE:
http://www.thegroop.net/bbq

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Get Your Own “Dorky Groopie” at The Groop’s Summer BBQ 2009!

July 10th, 2009

The first 100 attendees to our Summer BBQ will get a “Dorky Groopie” doll that they can put together back at home or office.
Don’t miss the opportunity to get your own Groopie!

Check out the “Making of the Groopies” photos and upcoming “documentary”.

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What do Parties at The Groop Look Like?

July 10th, 2009

See for yourself in this “stroll through Groop history”.

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Reminder that the Groop Summer BBQ is next Thursday the 16th

July 8th, 2009

Lawn Chair Panel details:
Join us from 7:30 to 8:30PM for an animated discussion moderated by The Groop’s Chief Visionary Jose Caballer.

Our Topic will be Advertising in the Digital Landscape:
What role does creativity play in digital landscape?

We will answer the following questions:

1. Who drives? The strategist or the creative? Could they be one in the same?

2. What is the role of the Digital Agency vs. Traditional Agency. (i.e. The Groop vs. Young & Rubicam) in the current landscape? In the future?

3. How do we as a community (Advertising, Creative, Technology, Business) better listen, communicate, collaborate and learn from each other?

4. How do we make technology more beautiful? More human? How do we bring art to it?

Panelists to include luminaries from academia and agencies.

Previous panels moderated by Jose Caballer:

Creating Green Brands Panel at the Opportunity Green Conference

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Opportunity Green V.I.P. Party @ Environment

June 5th, 2009

The Opportunity Green VIP Party was crazy fun. Sorry if you missed it. Check out the sexy pictures.

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Join us for the Millennium Network Party April 30th benefiting the Clinton Foundation

April 22nd, 2009

Join The Groop and Honorary Ambassadors Natalie Portman, Mike Myers,
Don Cheadle, Amy Poehler, Sarah Silverman and Kerry Washington
for the Millennium Network event to benefit the William J. Clinton
Foundation.

When: Thursday April 30th
Where: Roosevelt Hotel Blossom Room, 7000 Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles
How Much: $150

The Millennium Network seeks to engage the next generation of
leaders and philanthropists in the work of the Clinton Foundation.

April 30th promises to be an inspiring evening with remarks
from President Clinton and a live performance by Will.i.am.
Remember that all contributions are tax-deductible and help the
Clinton Foundation continue to tackle some of the world’s most
pressing challenges such as HIV/AIDS, global warming, economic
opportunity worldwide and childhood obesity.

For tickets go to:
http://re.clintonfoundation.org/millennium

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