The Love In

When: March 22nd, 2008
Where: Pearl St. Co-op, Austin, Texas, U.S. www.collegehouses.org

A new twist on previous artopium events, the "Love In" was a '60s revival party hosted by the one and onlye Pearl St. Co-op, a resident cooperative home to over 100 UT students. Find more information about the Love In.



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Love-In: Austin, TX

The Eastern Mystics Edition

When: October 13th, 2007
Where: Hot Mama's Espresso Bar, Austin, Texas, U.S. www.HotMamasAustin.com

Turning to the East for inspiration, Artopium threw it's version of a middle and far eastern festival bringing in artists such as Atash, Hipnautica, Ahmed Garcia, Mirage, Malana the Fire Dancer, And many other musicians and performers.


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The Erotica Edition

When: August 11th, 2007
Where: The Vortex Repretory, Austin, Texas, U.S. www.vortexrep.org

This festival brought together many artists, musicians and performers who were new to Artopium.com, and featured Audiopium as the main headling band, with body painted go-go girls, hoola hoopers, and a rather intense butoh perfromance. Not to mention the myriad of erotic and non-erotic artists, dancers, story tellers, and musicians including WinoVino, RAD and Lux Divon.




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Watch this segment of video highlighting some of the hoop dancing performed in front of the live band Audiopium (name similarity coincidental). This was going on while our body painted go-go girls danced in the towers.

Eternally Bound Tattoo

When: April 29th, 2007
Where: Eternally Bound Tattoo, Austin, Texas, U.S.
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Grinding Wheels tore it up to start out this show, with Lila's Medicine, That Damn Band, Damp Heat, Lux Divon, The Red Teasers, Force Majeure, The Tink fashion show, Dr. Dubbist, Bobby the Greek, and Ararat provided concessions.


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Epoch Coffee Shop

When: March 24th, 2007
Where: Epoch Coffee Shop, Austin, Texas, U.S. myspace.com/epochcoffee

This is the first of all festivals! Starting out with Friday After Dark, this shin dig went all day with Dr. Dubbist, RAD, Cellar Door, Lux Divon, Bobby the Greek, Stacey Miller, Lila's Medicine, and dana Falconberry. Surrounding the stage were a myriad of talented artists including Jessica New, Meagan Cunningham, Quincy Wakefield, Amalia Litsa, Jennifar Nowzaradan, Frank Suchomel, Atomique Boutique, Chrystal Webb and Conform Now!


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