Art Con 9 Presents: Sarah Jaffe
Photo credit: Dylan Hollingsworth
In a relatively short amount of time, Sarah Jaffe has progressed from local darling with an acoustic guitar to national act with tour budgets and late-night television appearances. It’s an unlikely rise for any artist, really, considering the elusive nature of commercial success. But in Jaffe’s case, there is the added difficulty of categorization—she is not easily pinned down. On her most recent offering, The Body Wins, she favors overdriven samples, electronic beats and guitar pedal effects over acoustic instrumentation. Filtered through the vision of producer John Congleton, the result is something jagged and fuzzed out, but also soft, pillowy and easy on the ears. This is no easy feat considering the inherently cold nature of computer music. “I can’t speak for every artist but I think it’s a pretty gray area creatively when you’re in between records,” Jaffe claims. “I think the main thing that I have recently been very conscious of is, I never want to make the same record twice.” Her current involvement with producer, S1, has moved her further away from her folky origins and into the world of mainstream hip-hop, most notably resulting in a track featured on Eminem’s new album, The Marshall Mathers LP 2. She wrote the song’s hook and even the title. So, what might we expect in a DJ set from Jaffe this Saturday, considering her eclectic taste? If her development as an artist is any indication, it will be unpredictable, provocative, and of course, very catchy. – Christopher Hughes
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About Art Con 9
Art Con 9 will take place on November 16, 2013 at 500 Singleton Blvd in a warehouse just across the Calatrava Bridge from Downtown Dallas and near Trinity Groves. Art Con events are designed to be affordable and offer everyone a chance to purchase original artwork at a reasonable level, starting at just $20. More than 120 artists converge on a warehouse-turned-art studio to create unique works of art on Art Con’s signature 18 x 18 inch plywood boards.
Current bands confirmed are Zhora (featuring Taylor Rea formerly of Ishi) with headliner New Fumes (Daniel Huffman of Polyphonic Spree) and two DJs, DJ emptycylinder (Vinyl Fantasy) and a special guest to be announced soon. This year attendees will have the opportunity to buy an exclusive HIPster ticket, named after beneficiary My Possibilites’ Hugely Important People, limited to only 50 tickets.
Tickets are $10 GA, $20 GA plus 2 drink tickets and $125 HIPster packages including Skip the Line, 2 drink tickets, Art Con Swag Bag, admission to VIP/Media/Artist Cocktail Preview Party on Thursday November 14 and a custom 5×7 art piece created by a My Possibilities student. (limited to 50)
Each ticket is a donation to My Possibilities.