Burning Man. Checked.

Bunjee-jump. Checked.

Nudist Beach. Checked.

Mild (or not so mild) recreationals. Checked.

Underground rave. Checked.

What’s left you wonder? Well if you haven’t seen Osseus Labyrint perform live you might as well call yourself a baby in the thick book of the history of modern art. These guys are thick, talking about thick… and sleek. Thick and sleek. Where do you get to see that combo, especially done right?

They’ve been all over the world and are in themselves some sort of semi-cult legend. Myth has it they actually receive their funding from aliens and that some of their machinic contraptions have traveled from other dimensions.

They say nothing about themselves other than the artistically explosive, endlessly abstract statement. Check this out: “osseus labyrint is a laboratory of engineered and random mutations, an ongoing series of experiments manifesting billions of years of evolutionary data, matter and energy.”

You just feel like going and checking them out, right?

Well, you won’t be disappointed if you did. These peeps are truly a species of their own. Having translated awkward body movements, nudity and shaved heads into a mysteriously solid dance vocabulary, their performances amount to collective hypnotism. Forget the special effects and sounds, these guys speak raw. That is, they speak with muscle, skin & bone. And your jaw drops. Because you thought modern dance was so complex and complicated. Because you thought… because you thought… that’s part of the problem: because you thought.

Since I’ve made this article unduly long, I should perhaps get back to the, uh, advisory information such as:

Osseus Labyrint: Trace Evidence is presented by Bert Green Fine Art Gallery. Trace Evidence will be performed only twice on Saturday August 4 and Saturday August 18 both days at 8pm at an undisclosed location near the Bert Green’s gallery.

Tickets are less than a bottle of drinking water at a trade show, a measly 20 bucks but you can only get them the very day of each performance in person at the gallery. What? Were you really thinking that you can reserve miracles and wonders online with your new i-Phone? Some things are worth checking personally, trust me on this one.

If you want to check out more about Osseus Labyrint, go to http://www.osseuslabyrint.net or to www.bgfa.us for more information on Bert Green Gallery’s current and upcoming exhibits

Advisory info follows:

osseus labyrint: Trace Evidence

Two live performances scheduled:

Saturday, August 4 at 8 pm

Saturday, August 18 at 8 pm

At an undisclosed location near the gallery.

Tickets are $20 cash, and are available ONLY at the gallery 

starting at 5 pm on the day of the performance.

Bert Green Fine Art, 102 West 5th St., Los Angeles, CA 90013

osseus labyrint is a laboratory of engineered and random mutations, an ongoing series of experiments manifesting billions of years of evolutionary data, matter and energy.  Founded in 1989 by Hannah Sim and Mark Steger and known primarily as a performing entity, osseus labyrint is a collaborative forum, which has generated creative work in multiple media including set/installation, film/video, graphics, text and internet content. Trace Evidence is the first gallery exhibition ever presented of osseus labyrint’s work and highlights physical evidence from events staged around the globe. In this series of performances, osseus labyrint will present three very different works.  The minimal solo work of July 21 will be followed on August 4 and 18 by performances which involve a larger ensemble and include various technologies, as well as unscripted experiments with the audience and Swarm Behavior.

And continuing in the gallery at Bert Green Fine Art:

osseus labyrint: Trace Evidence

Featuring collaborations by ten other visual artists:

Philip Dixon, Jeff Cain, Esther Mera, Heimo Wallner, Richard Downing,

Lisa Franchot, Daniel Day, Ann Perich, Barron Storey, and Greg Falk

through August 18, 2007

Downtown Art Walk Thursday, August 9, 2007 from 12 – 9 pm

Gallery Hours: Tuesday through Saturday 12 – 6 pm, Thursday 12-9 pm

Second Thursday Downtown Art Walk: Thursday, August 9, 12 – 9 pm

Bert Green Fine Art is very pleased to present a survey of osseus labyrint, whose presence on the global art scene since the early 1990s has made a significant impact on performative art. This exhibition serves both as an historical document of the group, and also as a showcase for ten other artists whose work has been used in collaboration with osseus labyrint events over the years. The collaborators are Philip Dixon, Jeff Cain, Esther Mera, Heimo Wallner, Richard Downing, Lisa Franchot, Daniel Day, Ann Perich, Barron Storey, and Greg Falk. There will also be three live Saturday performances on July 21, August 4, and August 18. Exact times and locations will be announced on the gallery website after the opening of the show. A 24 page, full color catalog is available at the exhibition for $40.