Hi Geoff, here's a few lines about the next "Momentum" event we're planning for september (we'll have a proper PR out soon): Tbe actual event: Who: element 5 What: Momentum When: Saturday Sept 13th, 2003 Where: Shadow Lounge Why: well, here’s what it is… This particular "Momentum" event (with a pre-party at Club Havana on Thurs Sept 11th) is a one year anniversary for element 5. What we want folks to know is not necessarily who we are, but what we represent. element 5 basically evolved in response to the negative attitude that a lot of young people have been harboring about this city. Stuff along the lines of: “there’s nothing to do here…” “This city has nothing…” “Pittsburgh is an old-time industrial steel town…” “I wanna get the hell outta here…” element 5 is a 180 degree turn around from that attitude. It’s basically been a continuous effort to promote a positive and more constructive perspective on this city and its potential as a truly cosmopolitan center. One of the ways we tried to showcase this potential has been through the various events we’ve organized or helped out with (The Momentum Series, MINIm’s Funky Monkey and Jazz Be Jazz Festivals, TheFLUX After parties, Moonstarr @ The Warhol, various art + music happenings). In addition, many of the people at the core of element 5 have been pushing the same ideals through their own personal involvement in the city's various underground cultural scenes. Our goal in organizing these events has been largely to create spaces where people can experience first hand the new culture that’s growing in the city and introduce folks to the concept of individual and community-based efforts to build a city that is multicultural, cosmopolitan, and full of creative energy with huge potental. To further this goal, we initiated a second project, and that was to build the element 5 website into an informational hub to connect the city’s current underground cultural explosion (it’s amazing all that’s happened just in the course of one year) to the technological and urban development of city, because in the long- term forecast, the two are intimately connected. With our one year anniversary, we want to celebrate the emergence of the underground above ground. If anyone’s wondering where the future of this city lies, they might try looking beneath the surface. If they do, they’ll discover a large cross-pollinating network of young creative people – one that includes artists, small businesses, cultural spaces, community groups, young professionals, high-tech junkies, and countless individuals with an eye to the 21st century. And if they’re curious about where to meet these folks, a good starting point is Momentum. I guess that's a brief intro to element 5 and the momentum concept. Would be happy to talk with you more. Thanks so much for your continued support (and for the mention in PILP's own one year anniversary) - we really appreciate it! hope all is well. peace, ashwin 412-681-5886 (home) 412-624-5772 (lab) 412-624-2057 (office) ________________________________________________________________ technoiraudio.com |