FRIENDS WE LOVE TO TALK T.O
Equal parts style and substance, Monica Pineda aka Dj Moni has been getting it done for some time now. Since launching her career with a radio show on Washington D.C.’s WVAU in 1991, Moni has demonstrated her talents across the globe. She’s graced stages in France, England, Colombia, the Philippines, and Japan alongside artists like Paul McCartney, Gilles Peterson, Amy Winehouse, Massive Attack, Maceo Parker and Mos Def.
She’s taken on corporate clients like Issey Miyake, Sephora, Puma and MTV. She’s scored the Helen Hayes Theatre Award nominated “Flow” Live, and produced original music and remixes for theatre and artists like the Blue Man Group. She’s taught after-school Arts programs for the New York City Public School System. She’s been featured in The Village Voice, the New York Post, Time Out New York and Trace magazine. And then there’s Friends We Love. Concieved, produced and directed by Moni and Mike Vargas, Friends We Love is a short documentary series which “grant us intimate access to the personal and professional lives of its subjects from artists’ living rooms, studios, offices, stages, labs, kitchens and the streets — wherever the creative magic happens.
These insightful ten-minute portraits ultimately pay tribute to the presence of greatness in the working lives of those we love and hold dear”.(press release. feb.2009.) Go to the website. Read about the festival. Check out the Friends We Love Mixed CD released by Japanese Label Toy’s Factor. Watch the 120’s. Take it in.
And then,
Hear the stories behind the work.
Sunday August 23 at the Manifesto Space (358 Dufferin St. Studio 104).
Join us as we sit with Moni for a conversation and screening of FRIENDS WE LOVE segments including artist profiles with JOSE JAMES, POSTER BOY, and more.
BRING GOOD VIBES AND QUESTIONS.
SUNDAY AUGUST 23.(1pm to 3pm)
@ the MANIFESTO SPACE.
358 DUFFERIN ST. PARKDALE. TORONTO.
STUDIO 104.
PRESENTED BY
MANIFESTO. HONOUR REBEL. DISTRICT SIX. THE ACADEMY.
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
ARTREACH. FIGHTINGTHEBOSS. MONTAGE. PRAISE AND WARSHIP. FRIENDSWELOVE.COM.
**PWYC.
