Aaron Rose has long been a force in bringing marginalized artists and creators into mainstream culture, like skate, music and film. From his work with RVCA and Nike to his Alleged gallery (RIP) and Beautiful Losers art show and documentary, Rose has been at the flashpoint of many amazing artists careers such as Phil Frost, Barry McGee, Ed Templeton and many more. More recently his interests seem to be in film, and rightly so. His work and relationships have included folks like Mike Mills, Spike Jonze and Thomas Campbell, all who are represented in a new project called Projections, which is billed as “a festival of rare and hard to see films” and most certainly has some rare gems that will find their way out into the world on the back of some hip new filmmaker we’ve never heard of. One such filmmaker of the throwback variety is Jonas Mekas, who many probably didn’t realize his status as the godfather of American “underground” cinema who promoted and praised the works of directors like Kenneth Anger and Paul Morrissey. His Walden film will be on display at Rose’s opening for Projections, bringing the rare and hard to see to the forefront. No doubt this festival will be used to celebrate the art of cinema, and there will be no shortage of artists handy.

Saturday, January 16th

Roberts & Tilton

5801 Washington Blvd.

Culver City, CA 90232