Worksound opens a show of installation and drawing, Ask the Lonely: an exploration of love and power. Artists are: Troy Briggs, Casey Lee Brown, Courtney Gates, Tony Hix, Rachel Mulder and Brittney Taylor.
Performing music, the sound part of Worksound events, is Nam Jun Psyche. Drummer and artist Valerie George's Mercedes biodesel station wagon land yacht roams America's lonely highways. It's not filled with Holly Andres' families shuttling between baseball games and backyard birthday parties. No, Nam Jun Psyche's The Car Kit is a nomadic recording studio and PA, gathering inspiration from the road trip's regional collaborators, here, distilling it into rock with Portland's Are You Gone.
At Worksound www.worksoundpdx.com 820 SE Alder 6PM-10, music 8:30 Free
Meanwhile Fourteen30 Contemporary opens a summer show comprising Jesse Durost, Grier Edmundson, Devon Oder, Blair Saxon-Hill, John Sisley, Alex Steckly, Jesse Sugarmann, Nick van Woert and Bobbi Woods. Later in July and August the gallery hosts an innovative series of discussions over Skype with subsets of the artists. Way of the future. At Fourteen30 Gallery www.fourteen30.com 1430 SE 3rd 6PM-9
