A PUPPETEER CHANGES DIRECTION

 

Paul the puppeteer, whose last name will come to me, puts on some great shows for kids, sometimes with the assistance of his kids. He has a different idea, though, for this year's Artica festival. He has been collecting the large cartons appliances are shipped in and plans to build something between a ramshackle home and a maze. I think my granddaughter, Ellie, will like it.            

DETERMINATION

More Artica presenters. i wish I'd taken the trouble to make notes about everyone, but no. 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.         

THE IMPORTANCE OF BEINE 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 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 but theirs may have been a show about a Western land grab.          

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 so a short demo of their piece or, it 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. 

     

ONE WEEK, BLACK AND WHITE, NO CAPTION CHALLENGE - DAY 7

Being the last day of this business I just uploaded everything in the "possibles" folder. Favorites?