UM, I FORGET

I get way too zoned into making images when I shoot an event. Names? Can the lens see a name? I'm lucky if I have some recollection of the topic. Tom and Sarah WInkler (thanks for the ID help, Sarah Rennie) are building some kind of pyramid with a pop top. People are to throw some kind of requests in (for what?). I think they said the height and angle will make this awkward. 

BTW, his tee shirt says "Jesus saves, everyone else takes 2 D12 damages." Beats me.

I need to move on to Act Your Pants Off tomorrow.           

DETERMINATION

Lynn Berg and Audrey Crabtree of the group Ten Directions, https://www.facebook.com/TenDirections/?hc_location=ufi. Their piece is called the Artica Land Grab, sort of a Wild West rush to claim territory when the government opens it up. This time it will take place in one of the large fields where Artica is held. These two had a strong attitude toward their project: this is it, this how it's gonna go, this is how it ends up. Like it or lump it. Grab it or lose it.       

THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST

No, not in this case the sparkling Oscar WIlde play. People who presented at Artica's Show and Tell had serious and earnest artistic ambitions. The concepts may have been off the wall but the purpose was telling. Above, a puppeteer holds a farm girl and an earth worm, part of a show about soil conservation. Below, the audience was tuned in, too. These two were were also presenters. Since I was busy with images I lost track of who was doing what.          

SHOW AND TELL

Back to color and life in The Lou. Yesterday was a lot of work, with two events to shoot. The first was for Artica. The main festival is in early October but there is a summer program where the participants are asked to show a short demo of their piece or, if that's not practical, give a brief talk about it, maybe with diagrams.

The event took place in the back yard of a small restaurant, Milque Toast, on South Jefferson. It's a breakfast and lunch place serving all kinds of yummies on wonderful toasted bread. There is a small stage and a sort of tent to shield the audience but it was bloody hot. These women performed something very Dada-esque. The meaning was left to the viewer.