Get into Spoke Club for Free! Oh, and Also See Some Art.

In the last little while, I've been intrigued by the Spoke Club playing host to art exhibitions. As a writer who likes to address general-interest readers, I really don't like to cover shows that the general public doesn't have access to--and the Spoke Club, if you weren't aware, is basically an exclusive sort of social and dining club with a $800 annual membership fee and $500 initiation fee. Good for Viggo Mortenson and Colin Farrell's budget, not so much for mine and those of others I know.

In any case, since there is a free-and-open-to-the-public art event there tonight--one that even looks kind of interesting--I thought I would put the word out.

The work on view tonight is by Mitchell F. Chan and is detailed in the vid above. Chan seems to specialize in kinetic sculpture, with a past hit being his the cycle-driven projections at Nuit Blanche 2008. Tonight, Chan will be showing off a voice-activated piece with an opera singer performing every hour on the hour from 7 to 10pm. As Chan writes on YouTube, "Each string in the arrangement is activated by a different note, and spins with a velocity dependent on the volume of that note. So each song and unique delivery creates a different ballet."