What You Missed...

Here's a rough cut of the performance. Audio is off a bit... but you get the idea.

Pro Shots

The HBAC had a real photographer with a real camera and real lenses shoot the installation for posterity. Some of the shots came out great, here are a couple of them,(not yet color corrected by me)that give the over all feel of the thing, and show the largeness of it better than my camera.

The Aftermath

Here is what the "Finishing Touch" looked like after the performance, after it had finished being touched. I am extremely happy with the way the installation/performance happened. I'm still editing together a video of the performance, I will post it here when it's finished.

Press

Ok, so the press was in the Huntington Beach Independent which is owned by the LA Times or something, and is an insert in some Orange County editions of the LA Times. Any who, here's a link: http://www.hbindependent.com/

FINISHED!

The installation is complete. The last few weeks have been absolutely crazy with increasing intensity but at long last I can breathe. The pictures above represent only small sections of the whole piece which covers some where around 400 square feet. I'm very happy with the way the thing has turned out, there is always some thing that gets lost or altered in the translation between concept and execution but it this case it was pretty minimal. I've been told that we are on the cover of the "Happenings" section of the OC version of the LA Times; I will post a link if I can find the article online. Below is the info for the show:


"Ground Us"
Huntington Beach Art Center
Reception Friday, June 27th, 7-9pm
Performance: 8pm (Don't miss this)

538 Main St
Huntington Beach, CA 92648
(714) 374-1650
Fax: 714-374-5304
Hours: Wednesday - Saturday - 12:00 noon - 6:00 pm
Sunday - 12:00 noon - 4:00 pm
Closed Monday - Tuesday

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Installation Updates

I stopped by the Huntington Beach Art Center for a few hours today to put up the rigging for the airplanes that will dangle above the installation. (And other unmentionable reasons) For what would any modern city be without planes? I took this shot from atop a 10' ladder, still couldn't trap the entirety of the thing with my camera.

The other picture is a progress shot of one the other artists, Kiel Johnson, who is also doing something city themed and... By the way does amazing work and you need to visit his website: http://kieljohnson.com/kieljohnson.com/HOME.html