Friday, August 7, 2009

"The Tourist Trap" debuts tonight!



I am heading over to the gallery soon, and can't wait to see what I find. I left it last night at about 11pm, with 2 rooms freshly painted and awaiting the arrival of the creative collaborative Three Headed. Glass and performance artists Charlotte Potter, Kim Harty, and Rika Hawes have been in Jackson all week exploring it as their alter-egos, and as tourists with an insiders perspective. I have seen hints of what's to come...lots of electronic equipment, glass shards that seem to be hotpots frozen in time, a mirrored-glass dodo bird, wigs, beards and moustaches, a top hat, and lots of frozen smiles.

I called Charlotte last night at 11...the show opens tonight, the walls were still bare.
C-Hey Lyns...don't be worried. This is how we work. All-nighters like art school.
L-Oh, I am not worried at all. Me 2 years ago, yes, I might have been a bit freaked out by the blank walls 24hours before a show. But I trust you as artists and I am so glad it's not me pulling the all-nighter!


It's a good thing that Rip van Char has been studying the effects of sleep deprivation!

Hope to see you all tonight!