Looking to own a work by Colorado Springs' own Lauren Potereiko? Look no farther than Nocturnal Mockery 8, goin' down this weekend at Cedar's Jazz Club.
Nocturnal Mockery 8
Friday Nov 14, 15 & 16
admission $5
Friday: 5pm to midnight
Saturday: 12pm to midnight
Sunday: 12pm to 5pm
Cedar's Jazz Club
3125 Sinton Road,
the Northeast Corner of Fillmore and I-25.
A New York based theater company has written a play about our fine city and has found it filled with crazy evangelical Christians! This comedy is all about evangelicalism in America, and it uses Colorado Springs as a snap-shot of evangelical culture. Amazingly, the cast and crew were actually in Colorado Springs when the Ted Haggard sex/drug scandal broke! Can you imagine the luck? Talk about an ending.
What I find very interesting about this play is that it seems to portray enavagelical culture as bizarre and alien, and the reaction of the audience sounds like they've never been around evangelicals before. (The play is running in Washington D.C.) After living in this city for over a decade, I'm reminded of the mind-bending and fascinating bizarre nature of it all that was so obvious when I first arrived. Many evangelicals that I know simply take it for granted that their Christian centered life-style, filled with praise music played over an iPod at work and re-enforced by the entirely Christian social circles that they travel in, is the norm everywhere across our country. The truth couldn't be farther from reality. When I snap back to my born and raised Long Island mind-set, the Colorado Springs evangelical scene truly does seem alien, bizarre, hilarious, self-centered, weird and spooky. These people are freaks! But I do so love most every one that I know.
With my fellow co-workers I have discussed how I think that I can pick out an evangelical just by looking at them. There seems to be a glow, a way that they hold themselves, that weird look in their eyes. Yes, it is the eyes. Some have this grin and a nearly spaced look that just makes me think evangelical. Call me crazy, but I think that it is just another cultural trait that has developed from within any social circle. Much like a how a goth might not typically be overly smiley and bubbly, I think that evangelicals have their own unique cultural traits.
Okay, give it to me. I guess I've asked for it. ;)
Chloe West, whose unabashed laughter filled the theater throughout the night, summed up many people's feelings."I knew Colorado Springs was a gorgeous place, but that's pretty much all I knew," she said. "After seeing the show, yeah, I am a little scared. Would I ever want to live there? Probably not."
That version of Colorado Springs came compliments of The Civilians, a New York City-based theater company that attempted to take a snapshot of American evangelicalism, using Colorado Springs as a microcosm of the nation.
"The Civilians specialize in doing work about real-life subjects, and I wanted to do a play about evangelical Christianity," said Steven Cosson, the show's director and co-writer. "I thought our method and the subject matter would be a good match. We were interested in Colorado Springs in particular because the story there is so unique. The city has changed so much over a period of 25 years with the influx of so many churches and evangelical organizations."
This is probably my favorite art show that comes around. The fabulous and most excellent Lauren Potereiko will show some of her new work, plus there will be live entertainment and magic. Check it out. You gotta love those Edifice folks.
This is totally cool. Springs Culture Cast, in conjunction with the local NPR station has put together a series of of interviews and recordings from the Daniel Johnston show that took place last Friday at the Smokebrush gallery here in town. Check them out here,
here, and here. Awesome job SCC!
Lisa Black has created a series of oddly disturbing-yet-fascinating taxidermied steampunk animals. The idea appears to answer the question, "What would it be like to have a deceased yet well preserved cybernetic duckling around the house?"
Has she gone too far? Is there anything here that you haven't eaten or worn with significantly less of a tribute? Tribute to what? Debasement? Abomination? Awesomeness? Morbid ghoulishness? Fun?
This is art.
Stuffed animals are creepy enough as is — there are few better ways to make people uncomfortable in your home than having a dead animal propped up next to the sofa — but this just takes it to the next level. The "Fixed - Fawn" by New Zealand artist Lisa Black crams gears and mechanics into the cadaver of a dead baby deer, making it look like it had surgery performed on it by a mad scientist. And if you think that's unsettling, you should check out the ferret on her website. You'll thank me for sparing you it this early in the morning.
Here's another great web comic that I found. And it begins... right.... here.
Does anyone out there understand the whole "furry" thing? Could you please explain it to me? I seriously don't get it at all. Makes no sense whatsoever. Talking animal comics? I feel like I must be missing something... totally missing something. This has to be the strangest genre ever created. I mean, who? why?
Art and entertainment celebrated by furry fandom include fictional work that employs the concept of animal characters with human characteristics, rather than any particular type of fiction. For this reason, any work, in any medium, may be considered part of the furry genre simply by inclusion of an anthropomorphized animal character, although such characters are most often seen in comics, cartoons, animated films, allegorical novels, and video games. The science fiction and fantasy genres make frequent use of anthropomorphism, and as a result, are especially popular in furry fandom.....
Sufficient interest and membership has enabled the creation of many furry conventions in North America and Europe. The world's largest furry convention is Anthrocon, held annually in Pittsburgh in July. One convention, Further Confusion, held in San Jose each January, closely follows Anthrocon in scale and attendance.
Friday March 7th will be the opening of Chroma at the Edifice Gallery in Colorado Springs. It will feature artwork from some of the brightest and freshest local talent, including the amazing Lauren Potereiko! Check it.
It's a steampunk comic that has been rolling for less than a month. So far I love the rich visual style and the world it has begun to define. It's weekly and free ta-boot. The art of Paul Duffield and the writing of Warren Ellis have kept me returning for more. Check it out here. I'll be reading.
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