Aesthetic Apparatus at Ox-Op Gallery

Cultural Event #2

So, the boyfriend attended a design camp last fall where he saw the Aesthetic Apparatus boys speak. He also bought a print of the poster to the left for his lucky girlfriend, because he is sweet. Anyway, the Ox-Op gallery is a small space next to a bar called Grumpy's. This information is germane to the discussion because I'm mainly going to talk about the food Grumpy's provided for the opening. While I've heard tales about the legendary Ox-Op Bacon Wraptures for many moons, they were sadly amiss on Saturday night. Instead, the spread included pita toasts with egg salad (um, ew, but the pita toasts were yummy), three kinds of mini eclairs (awesome - particularly the mocha ones), strawberries with some sort of chocolate dipping sauce that looked like Jello™ pudding, and some cheesy, meaty rollups that I also didn't try but which I'm told were yummy. Oh! And they also had those tiny cans of soda which are awesome.

As for the show itself, it was pretty cool, but sort of odd considering the work I've seen from them in the past (mostly concert posters). This was all experimental stuff that I think they just did to entertain themselves. Which is fine, but hard to describe if you didn't see it.