Scion kicks off the next incarnation of its  national art tour this weekend in Los Angeles. Installation 6: VIDEO features an all-video lineup which will visit several cities over the coming months. Featured artists are: Dust la Rock (Brooklyn, NY), Eric Nakamura (Los Angeles, CA), Saelee Oh (Los Angeles, CA), Funeral Fog (French + Alan Glass) (London, England), Ill-Studio (Paris, France), Josh Graham (New York, NY), Monihan Monihan (New York, NY), Mark Mothersbaugh (Los Angeles, CA), PMKFA (Tokyo, Japan) and Sage Vaughn (Los Angeles, CA)

January 23rd, 7pm – 10pm (runs through Feb 13)
@ Scion Installation L.A.
3521 Helms Ave (at National)
Culver City, CA. 90232
www.scion.com/installation

free valet | open bar | all artists in attendance

Should be interesting, here’s a sneak preview:

Scion Installation 6: Video – Los Angeles from Scion ART on Vimeo.

Time to pull out your crayons, pencils, spray paint, or just crank up your Photoshop. Whatever your weapon, you can win a trip to Los Angeles to meet the king of the paper robots – Mr. Shin Tanaka himself! All you have to do is download the paper robot template, make it look nice and pretty, upload your creation, then cross yer fingers and hope for the best. The winning design will also be featured in Tanaka’s Interactive Paper Show exhibition in April at Scion’s LA Gallery and there’s $500 cash in it for you as well.

Check out all the contest details at GiantRobotShin.com. This contest is part of a unique collaboration between Giant Robot magazine, Scion and Shin Tanaka.

Take a look at this nifty animation video – watch as battle is waged in Paper City by the paper robots of good and evil!

Giant Paper Robot Fight – Shin Tanaka Contest from elemental on Vimeo.

Imeem has exclusive coverage of the Manifest Hope show currently taking place at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, CO. Artists like Shepard Fairey, Ron English, Sam Flores and more are showing work inspired by the current political climate.Check the profile for tons of pics, video and more:

http://imeem.com/manifesthope