Studio Open House Weekend: Found Along The Route 4

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The photo in yesterday's post was taken at Firecracker Press. I mentioned that, rather than putting on printing demonstrations or something, the staff presented surreal mini-dramas. Now that's a nice change of pace. In the top photo, a harried mom has been talking to her own mother on the phone while packing to move. There as a hint that it was for economic reasons. Part of the humor was that the baby she appears to be holding was in fact a Cabbage Patch doll.

In the bottom photo, a couple may or may not be falling in love but he is a real wacko. Unable to manage the stress of intimacy, he dies for no apparent reason, falling face first into his MacBook. Fun for the whole family.

Studio Open House Weekend: Found Along The Route 3

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Our town has some art printing studios, one of which is the perky Firecracker Press on Cherokee Street. They were open during studio open house weekend but not to just show their work. When I stopped by, the staff was doing mini-dramas, sort of tiny Dada theater that was entertaining and at times hilarious. More about that tomorrow.

I saw this old print lying on a table while while watching the show. The Missouri state capitol in Jefferson City is another undistinguished neo-classical government building built during the Depression (the old one, not the one we may have started yesterday). Pretty cool image, maybe with more meaning than the publisher intended. So this is Missouri? Well, what is Missouri? What is reality? Is reality an illusion? If so, does that mean Missouri is an illusion? All of a sudden I start hearing Jimi Hendrix playing Purple Haze in my head.