it might have been. we all started off in albina and moved downtown when we could. the gallery was a huge driver for it because they could not afford to throw parties. I definitely help put my own stamp on it with the performances and so forth because I was always influenced by the sort of stuff that was going on in New York in the 1950s and 60s. having a big urban space where you can do things without fear of repercussion is a huge part of it, and it has to be cheap for the young to afford it. it's definitely a young people's thing, too, since it requires so much free work. I used to draw comics for PDXS and Snipehunt, so I knew a bunch of the old school hipster crowd who helped give the party some anti-establishment legitimacy.
Interesting. I lived in the Last Thursday house in NW in 1990-1991. One had to be a working artist to live there, and there were 13 of us. I think Mark Lakeman, whose dad owned the house, was the originator of the whole Last Thursday thing. The description here of it being anti-first Thursday gallery was was his exact concept. I don't remember when he moved out of that house; maybe the party at Uberhaus was a continuation of Mark's thing.
it might have been. we all started off in albina and moved downtown when we could. the gallery was a huge driver for it because they could not afford to throw parties. I definitely help put my own stamp on it with the performances and so forth because I was always influenced by the sort of stuff that was going on in New York in the 1950s and 60s. having a big urban space where you can do things without fear of repercussion is a huge part of it, and it has to be cheap for the young to afford it. it's definitely a young people's thing, too, since it requires so much free work. I used to draw comics for PDXS and Snipehunt, so I knew a bunch of the old school hipster crowd who helped give the party some anti-establishment legitimacy.
Interesting. I lived in the Last Thursday house in NW in 1990-1991. One had to be a working artist to live there, and there were 13 of us. I think Mark Lakeman, whose dad owned the house, was the originator of the whole Last Thursday thing. The description here of it being anti-first Thursday gallery was was his exact concept. I don't remember when he moved out of that house; maybe the party at Uberhaus was a continuation of Mark's thing.