Did you miss Kulture Klash? Shame on you.

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Last week was the sixth installment of Kulture Klash and my favorite to date.

Granted, I've only been to two, but I was thoroughly impressed with the KK held at the Navy Yard's Noisette building last November.

The successful arts festival overwhelmed me with a barrage of visual and performance art in a large setting, and seemed to be part philanthropy and part party.

Yes, please.

This year, KK kicked the party into high gear. Past events had been held at the Navy Yard's smaller 10 Storehouse Row building.

I had heard past attendees say they preferred that setting and now I can see why. For every brief moment of uncomfortable, heavy foot traffic, the overall vibe was much more enjoyable and the art just as high a quality as the year prior.

Of course, I say this as someone who probably knew less about art than everyone else in attendance.

Standout musical acts included greaser-punks The Defilers, local songstress Skye Paige and female DJ duo Joycette & K-Flo$$y, who did some creative things with dance music both new and old, popular and not.

Two of the most popular exhibits seemed to be local photographer Jonathan Stout (aka "Badjon," a man with a fantastic eye second to none) had a sizeable line of folks wanting their picture taken in a photobooth with an old-timey setting, while holding chainsaws, pipe wrenches, nooses, sledgehammers and other serial killer-inspired weapons (think of it as a white trash version of "Clue").

There were even parents having these tongue-in-cheek macabre photos taken with their children. Very entertaining.

Then there was the "silent disco." Picture this: a room full of gyrating dancers getting their groove on to ... well, nothing.

There was no music, that is unless you put on the headphones that were passed out at the door, which I did briefly.

I thought it was far more interesting to watch the dancers with no sound. It was kind of comical, actually.

The visual art that lined so many walls and rooms at KK represented too many artists to list here (personal props though, to artist Matt Foreman's stencil sketches of pro wrestlers), and I must admit, as someone who can barely draw a stick figure, I was impressed by most of what I saw.

But truth be told, Kulture Klash is as much a social event as an art show, and arguably the most fun event of its type in the Lowcountry.

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To date, Kulture Klash has been held twice a year (spring and fall). They should do it quarterly.