April 16th, 2023 at 4pm (PT) at The Aster, 1717 Vine St, Los Angeles, CA 90028
Come celebrate the life and work of Re/SEARCH and Search & Destroy founder V. Vale, hosted by artists Aaron Rose and Beatie Wolfe.
It’s rare to meet an artist who still embodies everything they stood for when they first began their mission. But that’s V. Vale: a writer, publisher, researcher, documenter, musician, and constant curator and contributor to the counterculture continuum. Described as the first (and last!) 70s punk publisher, Vale is an ever-evolving verb in perpetual motion.
After launching San Francisco’s first punk zine Search & Destroy in 1977 with $100 each from Allen Ginsberg and Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Vale founded RE/SEARCH in 1980 for his other cultural-anthropological explorations including Industrial music, the writings of J.G. Ballard and William S. Burroughs, feminism, plus “Incredibly Strange” filmmaking and music.
This event includes a conversation between Vale, Beatie Wolfe and Aaron Rose; a live DJ set from Money Mark on tape cassettes; a reading of Vale's cat haikus and "Goals for Life" and a live performance from Vale and Marian.
