The Pinhook, Durham
May 29, 2009
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A couple of Friday nights ago an auction happy force of 175 art lovers, music lovers, Durham lovers, and ornately decorated bowling pin lovers filled The Pinhook to take home their own personal piece of the local music culture while raising a record three thousand two hundred and ten George Washingtons towards operationalizing the Troika Music Festival which is Durham’s own sxsw-like multi-venue music festival held each Fall.
Organized and executed by 307 Knox Records main gear Melissa Thomas whose omnipotent masterminding skills rival Sarumon, this activity known as The Pin Projekt spawns a yearly celebration of creativity among Durham's music and art culture icons. Coming together for laughs, pageantry, and support for Troika, the Pin Projekt is a cross-cultural art expose that bridges local music, visual, and plastic artists upon a common and entirely unique medium, bowling pins.
Ending a career at the business end of a bowling alley and opening anew as avant-garde assemblage make-over pop-art, these neutral clones are transformed by local artists into the unique. In no specific order, the pins, their prices at auction, and the person who lovingly designed and created them;
"Wired Briefly" by Zeno Gill, raised $65
"Mi Vaca" by Christine Fantini, raised $30
by Rich James, raised $60
by Steve Oliva, raised $50
Steve (right) posing with a happy bidder
by Jamie McLendon, raised $120
"The Big Lebowski on a Bowling Pin" by Beck Tench, raised $205
"Lucky Strike" by Jeff Mahorney, raised $310
by Chris Tamplin, raised $60
"Dream" by Tom Buhrman, raised $75
"Bead-dazzled" by Allison Marchant, raised $305
"Victory Durham!" by Stephen Mullaney, raised $100
"Phoenix" by Dave Rogers, Woodwright by $380
"Kingpin" by Julie Jones, raised $105
by Wendy Spitzer, raised $120
"Our Lady of Durham" by Savannah Ford (in frame), raised $135
by Maria Albani, raised $65 (thanks for the update Anonymous)
by Jeff Whetstone, raised $50
"Clementine" by Jodi Hoover, raised $80
by Rachel Goodwin (amount not captured)
by David Alsobrooks, raised $100
by Jennifer Lindsley, raised $65
haha, pin project at "The Pinhook"...I just got it. Deep set multi edged unintentional irony is the best kind. Troika 09 will sweep the Bull City on Nov. 5, 6, and 7th. Band submissions are open right now and will close shortly. Nav to http://www.troikamusicfestival.org for details. --Carrboro Ninja
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"Maria A." is Maria Albani, and she's had a pin in Pin Project each year, plus is the co-creator/curator for Minus Sound Research, now in it's fourth year which features art from North Carolina musicians. She played with Pleasant, Tennis and the Mennonites, and Un Deux Trois, and now plays with Schooner.
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