Three more days for Seven Minutes In Heaven

Remember the game Seven Minutes In Heaven? Two of your friends were selected to go into the closet for seven minutes to do whatever they wanted, which mostly consisted of making out. These days, making out in a closet is is for wimps. Or maybe it just seems to me that teens these days are more about going into a closet for seven minutes and playing their luck with pregnancy and HIV. Anyway, I'm straying from the point. Seven Minutes In Heaven is back!

Thanks to the talented minds of Jessica Garcia and Linda Arredondo, SMIH will be on display Saturday, March 3 from 6pm to 10pm at the Fox Motel located on 302 Newell Avenue, just Northeast of the downtown area. And if you ask me, the curators of this sexually inspired art show picked the perfect location. The disclaimer on the invitation alone is enough to peek one's interest: "Warning: This show contains explicit imagery."

For those of you not from San Antonio, or just not familiar with Fox Motel, it's got quite the reputation for renting out rooms by the hour. I don't think an explanation is required for you to get the picture of the kind of seedy establishment this is. But who are we kidding, we all know sex sells, right?

According to a press release, SMIH is a "curated group exhibition of 13 artists whose artworks will explore ideas of the erotic and notions of sexuality."

Erotic art is intended to evoke erotic arousal by depicting sexual scenes. The exhibition will feature paintings, sculpture, performance, and site specific installations. The featured artists include Alfonso Espronceda, Ana Fernandez, Catherine Garant, Wesley Harvey, Mira Hnatyshyn, Barbara Justice, Jung-Hee Mun, Kelly Reid Walls, Matt Van Hellen, Vincent Valdez, John Cody, and works from the curators Garcia and Arredondo.

Although I wish I could give you more information as to what to expect on Saturday night, I'm still in the dark myself. Although I can say that Fernandez, one of the artists, hinted about an installation she would be exhibiting on a bed in one of the rooms. It's an installation which she admits was inspired by the venue itself.

The show is free to the public. Music will be provided by DJs Phoenix and Sneaky Le Sneak. Food will be available from the Chili Queens Food Truck. For more information, you can visit the Facebook page for SMIH at www.facebook.com/events/217671898321853/