Artomatic Installation Time Lapse 4, originally uploaded by pillpusher.
Wade just posted this time lapse video of us installing at Artomatic. We finished the day about 98% done. just a few little details left. I think I can get there tonight and finish up. Also I just want to see the choas of the last day without being stressed myself.
After setting up some lights and beiing generally frustrated with our frame lock system. Wade and I decided to check out the Nationals game last night. It was a really fun time! They’ve set up a “Beer Garden” out side, with a band… and cornhole courts. That’s right Cornhole… the game of champions. So after spending the first two innings schooling fools in some cornhole we decided to go inside. It was like the rapid fire tour of the stadium. First couple innings we sat at “The Red Porch”. Which isn’t bad, Its a really good view from basically dead center field.
View from the Red Porch
You can have a good time for “Cheap”, it’s still the $6 beers, but if the ticket was only $5-10 then it makes it worth it.
After a while we went up to our seats. We weren’t sitting on a light pole or anything, but they were up there. Got a Ben’s half smoke and took in the next two innings. Still not a bad view from up there and the glass railings are a nice touch.
View from the $5 seats
We left after the 7th inning because we had been at work all day and wanted to get out of there. The Nats rallied to win the game (shocking) without us anyway. I think I’ll go back. It’s not a bad happy hour scene, but with out happy hour prices.
This is a video of wade putting down the final (hopefully) coat of paint. We’re going back tonight so I think we’ll have actual things hanging on the wall.
ACTUAL THINGS, can you imagine!!
I forgot to post this video of Wade and me painting the wall for ARToMATIC 2009.
I lead a pretty stress free life on a regular basis. I hardly ever have deadlines and the biggest worry is how im going to pay for that next vacation. But the last two springs have been pretty intense. Artomatic is in like 20 days and I have all of nothing finished for it so far. Don’t get me wrong, I have plenty of half finished things all over the place… but nothing in frames ready to go. I can feel the stress starting to build like a tidal wave waaaaay out to sea right now.
We’ll see how I feel in two weeks.
I’ve sort of been the event coordinator for a group of my friends for this years show. I think I have 3 people (maybe 4) that want to show at the 2009 show. I think Artomatic is one of the best things to happen in the DC area all year. I’m sure that some professional artists look down on the event as a dilution of the Art scene in DC by inviting all of the outsiders in. But I think it just gets people excited about Art! I think it’s the perfect place for people like myself, who have training in the Arts but choose to work in other fields. It’s also great for our friends, most of who are not fruit loving art-hipsters.
Registration is this Friday at Noon. and the show starts in about 45 days.
… I need to get working on the actual art!