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__________________________________________________________ Retrogressing Terrastock July 12 - September 28, 1998 Aquarius Records is pleased to show the photographs of Dianne Jones, Erik Auerbach and Maya Hayuk who documented Terrastock II in San Francisco, April 1998. Unlike music festivals like SXSW, CMJ or the New Music Seminar, Terrastock is not about bands being discovered by record labels, but instead a celebration of independent, psychedelic, folk, drone, and rock & roll. This festival was sponsored and produced by the fiercely independent English music magazine Ptolemaic Terrascope, Aquarius Records and Danno Booking, who brought together nearly forty bands and approximately 700 fans from around the world. Dianne Jones switched between two different visually stimulating contributions during Terrastock; her first as filmmaker/projectionist screening over 12 Bay Area artists' experimental films while incredible musicians played transcending sounds to muse the audience members into another space and time, and her other role as a photographer creating images that convey the intimacy of the event. Her work can also be seen in the most recent issue of SPIN magazine. Erik Auerbach was initially invited by Terrastock to curate Terrafoto, a photo exhibit at the festival based on his curatorial efforts at Aquarius. After compiling the work of a dozen photographers for the show, the next natural step was to document Terrastock itself. The work created that weekend was published in the New York Times and the San Francisco Chronicle. His photos being shown at Aquarius are just a glimpse of his state of mind that weekend- sometimes a bit blurry and chaotic. Maya Hayuk volunteered working the front entrance, as well as being a part of the Terrafoto exhibition. Her work continues to explore the use of multiple exposures and out-of-focus photography as a means of capturing her perception of the music. Maya previously had a solo show at Aquarius in early 1997 and has been regularly published in Snackcake, Magnet, and Bunnyhop. All three of these photographers became caught up in something much more than was anticipated. Terrastock became a whirlwind, blur of a weekend, filled with amazing moments. These photos act as a scrapbook reflecting what each of these three went through in that long weekend a couple of months ago. There will be an opening reception for the artists at Aquarius Records on Wednesday, July 15th from 6:30 PM until 8:30 PM. Aquarius is located at 1055 Valencia Street near 22nd Street. Please call the store at 647-2272 for any further information. __________________________________________________________ Aquarius home | exhibits archive

click images for full size. photos by Dianne Jones Ghost Olivia Tremor Control photos by Erik Auerbach Windy and Carl Roy Montgomery all photos copyright the photographers