Faile and Bast had a show together last week at the Lazarides Gallery in Soho, London. I flew out at the last minute to help with the set-up and stuck around to party a lil’ bit.

The show was called Deluxx Fluxx and featured old arcade video games that Faile and Bast pasted over and collaged with painted and screen-printed paper. Games were created by some flash whiz Friends of Faile using assets provided by the artists. The games played more like interactive art pieces and the opening had the best vibe of any I have ever been to.

This video really doesn’t do the show any justice – it’s basically just me video-ing 20% of the games (33 were made total) and sloppily mashing them together in iMovie. There were just so many cameras and so much documenting going on around me that I felt my coverage unnecessary, which is a shame because there is an entire basement covered in wall-to-wall, floor-to-ceiling black light posters, playable Faile and Bast foosball tables, an insane neon light in the storefront of the gallery and a black-lit mannequin that Bast collaged and named Emily.

It was a killer week and a nice change of pace from the world of freelance design. The band was back together for a minute and we had a blast. Thanks dudes. And thanks to Lazarides Gallery and all the killer people over there for making everything happen. Check out the LAZ INC site and this blog for a better look at the show. The games will all eventually be hosted – and in higher quality – somewhere on the Faile site. I’ll holler when that happens.

Been a minute though, huh? Ima get better at this blawg thing, swearsies.