SOMETHING TO WRITE HOME ABOUT

Title: Freedom Balloons Artist: Daniel Salinas Materials: ...

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 22:52:00 -0400

Title: Freedom Balloons

Artist: Daniel Salinas

Materials: balloons, ribbon, dirt

Freedom Balloons is a project that aims at commemorating and giving awareness to individuals who have sacrificed everything to cross the border. These balloons will be a mild commemoration for individuals who we lost in the desert in attempting to cross the U.S./Mexico border. The project will consist of blowing up brown balloons and filling up the house structure. Connected to the balloons will be a ribbon with small bags of dirt weighing them down. The dirt used to fill the bags will be dirt collected from the San Luis Mexico Border. Inside the bag will also be a small explanation of the significance of the dirt and the overall project. Balloons will be given away to spread awareness for the individuals and to commemorate their journey from one home to another.

Title: Ego Alterations Artists: RiAnn Holsonback and Amanda...

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 17:55:00 -0400

Title: Ego Alterations

Artists: RiAnn Holsonback and Amanda Shochat

Materials: women’s dresses, sewing machine, sewing supplies

Welcome to Ego Alterations. We are strengthening the threads of society. Come visit our sew shop and be a part of the transformation as we deconstruct familiar “feminine” garments often connected with things fragile, soft, and demure and turn them into headdresses of empowerment. These on-site creations will be given to a few “customers” as part of their ego alteration representing the potential for transformation in the way of power, strength, and endurance. Guests are invited to participate in the creation process.

Title: Porch Stories Artist: Elizabeth Johnson Materials: ...

Wed, 04 Apr 2012 14:55:00 -0400

Title: Porch Stories

Artist: Elizabeth Johnson

Materials: chairs, scrim

In Porch Stories, Elizabeth invites individuals to join her on the “porch” to have a quiet moment of conversation reflecting about home. Silhouetted behind a scrim, each exchange is framed artistically, and may include simple movement. The experience culminates in a short solo dance that draws from these personal exchanges.

Title: Centennial Postcard Set Artists: Angela Ellsworth and...

Wed, 04 Apr 2012 14:43:00 -0400

Title: Centennial Postcard Set

Artists: Angela Ellsworth and Christian Filardo

Materials: 100 sets of 4 4x6 postcard

The Centennial Postcard set questions the idea of tourism and how people see location. By taking stock Google images and labeling them with a location they may or may not be in helps to question the role of place and the role of a visitor in a foreign space. These postcards will be gifted as a take away from the festival and distributed by hand to attendees of the Glendale Jazz and Blues Festival.

Title: The Color of Blues Artist: Laurel Wall-MacLane...

Wed, 04 Apr 2012 14:42:00 -0400

Title: The Color of Blues

Artist: Laurel Wall-MacLane

Materials: durable paper, tempura paint

Involve the festival-goers in a collaborative painting of a large-scale portrait on the side of the art structure to celebrate and commemorate the life of and musicianship of Etta James. Members of the public will collaborate to paint and assemble this colorful large scale portrait using an easy-to use paint by number system.

Title: Kinetic Identity Patent Office Artist: Justin...

Wed, 04 Apr 2012 14:41:00 -0400

Title: Kinetic Identity Patent Office

Artist: Justin Thomas

Materials: pre-made forms, office-type props

A patent office/booth is set up at the shed structure where people can fill out forms that allow them to patent their dance movements. These are forms that people can fill out that grants them exclusive rights to perform and distribute their moves. Later in the evening after the patents are collected, there will be a performance demonstrating all the movements collected.

Title: QR Code Symphony Artist: Taylor Phillips Materials: ...

Wed, 04 Apr 2012 14:19:00 -0400

Title: QR Code Symphony

Artist: Taylor Phillips

Materials: premade cards, participant cell phones

Throughout the day, cards containing QR codes will be passed out, each representing one of several instruments in a jazz ensemble. When the QR code is scanned using a smartphone, the phone will be directed to a page containing a musical track played by the instrument represented on the card. When played together, the individual instrumental tracks on each page form a complete jazz song. This way, when multiple festival-goers with different instrument cards scan the code, each of their phones will act as a jazz instrument, with the individual tracks blending together into a complete song. An embedded clock in each page will cause the music to play at predetermined times during the festival (ideally between sets on the main music stages), allowing the tracks to be synchronized across all of the phones. Festival-goers will be encouraged to group up and find others with different cards in order to complete the song.

Title: Poetic Speakeasy Artist: Cherie...

Wed, 04 Apr 2012 14:15:00 -0400

Title: Poetic Speakeasy

Artist: Cherie Buck-Hutchinson

Materials: precut cards, writing utensils, gallery putty

A poetic interaction in which festival attendees are invited into the collaboration of a fluid, poetic response to the music. The exterior wall will be transformed to recall historical speakeasies through the application of words. Poster board precut to look like wall siding will have the invitation and how to participate on the back. Two people will be present at the site to facilitate the process while a third person hands out the invitations. The words will be interchangeable as a result of being applied with gallery putty.

Title: Bottled Inspiration Artist: Samantha Lee Materials:...

Wed, 04 Apr 2012 14:05:00 -0400

Title: Bottled Inspiration

Artist: Samantha Lee

Materials: labeled glass jars, wooden shelf

Bottled Inspiration is a participatory event. Festival-goers are presented with a label of nutritional facts for bottled inspiration. Participants are encouraged to write down their inspirations and draw out what they think inspiration looks like visually. Each of the jars is labeled in the format and style of a jam jar. Each contains a small light that flickers in the darkness. The Nutrition Facts and Ingredients sections contain information about the jar’s essence (e.g. 100% recommended daily inspiration). After gathering enough inspiration, a symbol of inscription will be created from some of the sketches participants created during the evening hours.

Title: UrbaNature Artists: Blake Payan and Tea...

Wed, 04 Apr 2012 14:02:00 -0400

Title: UrbaNature

Artists: Blake Payan and Tea McMurray

Materials: photo and environmental installation

UrbaNature is an interactive installation combining man-made and nature. Participants are asked to remove their shoes before entry. A grass walkway leads up to and covers the floors of the structure. Two projectors will show photos of urban and nature areas that overlap on a tree. Wind-chimes of varying materials hang from the ceiling. It is not required that their shoes be removed, but it is encouraged. The wind-chimes will be hung along a wooden structure, made by McMurray and Payan, that can be faceted to the roof of the structure. Participants are encouraged to interact with the wind-chimes, and sometimes are forced to as some will extend to the ground.

Title: Jazz Hats! Artist:: Jacque Innamorato Materials: ...

Wed, 04 Apr 2012 13:54:00 -0400

Title: Jazz Hats!

Artist:: Jacque Innamorato

Materials: general craft supplies, tables

Jazz Hats is a place to express creativity through the construction of a hat. Kids and those young at heart may decorate their Jazz and Blues hats with the materials provided. Materials will vary from preformed paper guitars to crayons. The materials will be safe for all participants, and each creator will be supervised to avoid any mishaps. Construction and decoration of the hats will take place on tables just outside of the structure.

Title: Singin’ the Foreclosure Blues Artist: Darci Niva...

Wed, 04 Apr 2012 13:52:00 -0400

Title: Singin’ the Foreclosure Blues

Artist: Darci Niva

Materials: provided band, paper, writing utensils, kitchen furniture

Among other examinations of the concept of “home” this project is an exploration of the loss of a home. The theme combines the loss of a home with the historic objective of The Blues. The Blues were sung to help people express sorrow, to make the listener feel better, and to tell a story. I propose to work with a small band that is proficient in improvisation. The festival participants will be greeted with a family-styled, kitchen table where they are invited to tell the stories of the loss of a home, whether theirs or someone they know. As they tell the stories key points will be written down and then given to the musicians. An impromptu, improvisational song will be created on the spot and sung by the band.

Title: Paint the Town Blue Artist: Dominika Cosik...

Wed, 04 Apr 2012 13:48:00 -0400

Title: Paint the Town Blue

Artist: Dominika Cosik

Materials: ornaments of varying materials

Festival-goers are invited to create an ornament in the form and style of their choice, but always blue. The color blue will be used as a symbolic commemoration to blues music and its historical context and will be an opportunity for festival goers to interact. Festival goers will also be provided with a small pre-cut material onto which they will either write a favorite inspirational quote or leave a piece of their own heartening advice. These notations will be attached to the ornaments with blue ribbons as a metaphorical offering of encouragement. Once an ornament has been completed with memo attached, festival goers will hang it in a location of their choice for someone to find, trading it with other festival goers, or simply keeping it as a memento. While also including anyone who has ever suffered a “case of the blues”, this event serves as a collaborative tribute to the field workers, who suffered pain and hopelessness.

Title: When Fun Collides Artist: Tevin King Materials: ...

Sun, 01 Apr 2012 23:57:00 -0400

Title: When Fun Collides

Artist: Tevin King

Materials: digital projection, computer, and camera

When Fun Collides is an interactive piece that mixes visuals with music by using both of these elements created during the various musical performances. A computer and camera is used to take live footage of the musicians as they perform, which is then digitally distorted in various ways and projected on the structure. This piece becomes further interactive by the changing of the music and the involvement of audience members detected by the camera. The projection becomes a real time visualizer.

Title: Pet Marriages Artist: Anthony Desamito Materials: ...

Sun, 01 Apr 2012 23:56:00 -0400

Title: Pet Marriages

Artist: Anthony Desamito

Materials: certificates, stamps, décor

6 million animals enter US animal control centers each year, 20% were adopted from a shelter. (ASPCA) Marrying your pet will represent the type of commitment we share as humans, and the recognition that you are committed to care of your animal for the rest of your/their life – in sickness and in health. Participants will be provided a pet marriage certificate to take home, as well as a stamp for their pets paw, and an online resource to share their personal stories of pet commitment.

Title: Walls That Talk Artist: Matthew Picon Materials: ...

Sun, 01 Apr 2012 23:55:00 -0400

Title: Walls That Talk

Artist: Matthew Picon

Materials: audio recording, signage

Using signage that is commonly associated with real estate sales and foreclosure notices, Matt Picon has collected a handful of narratives of individuals who have experienced the lost of of what can be considered the most scared institutions of our collective livelihood, which is the home. A sign similar to the one pictured above will be placed out in front while the sounds of narratives will be played out front.