~’HOT MUD FEST’ . . madly !! wildly !! / mellow !!
TAKE A WALK – ON THE RURAL SIDE . . !!
‘HOT MUD FEST’ – PRODUCED BY JAG PROJECTS & BOBO
SPOOK ROCK FARM – 81 SPOOK ROCK ROAD. HUDSON, NY 12534
SUN JULY 23, 2017
note: the art exhibit runs thru AUG 13, 2017, by appt / guided tour
contact: info@jag-projects.com
see: BOBO-nyc.com
see: JAG-PROJECTS.com
the art is found on the grounds, in the water, hung from barn rafters / and even inside the old white farmhouse.
and, YES !!
there was world class !! swimming !! and wading, en plein air !!
so bring your . . bathing suit !! or skinny dip – suit yourself !!
no clorine, farm-fresh cool water, not too freezing, at all !!
. . and beautiful sky, fluffy white clouds and mountains overhead.
nope, it didn’t rain.
friendly people. BBQ chicken, purple cabbage slaw & corn / refreshing drink.
JON KESSLER, pretty much over-size, life-size ?
people were calling it: Winnie-the-Pooh, on a float.
so, just because it wasn’t as mad, wild, crazy & over-the-top anarchy-filled, as the early, ‘vintage’ BOBO events, doesn’t mean, it wasn’t wildly . . WONDERFUL !!
times . . change. head-spaces change, and JESSE GREENBERG was in charge of the art, not BOBO.
BOBO did the performances & music.
and, anyways: praise the man . . who can change.
LIZZIE FITCH & RYAN TRECARTIN, life-size . . weirdos, on wheels ?
note: the young swimmers top right.
which doesn’t mean, it wasn’t t-o-t-a-l-l-y . . SCI FI TRIPPY !!
HAYLEY SILVERMAN. some kind of life-size, or larger-than-life-size . . synthetically molded ?
HOBO POUCH, just as they were / made from a ‘knotted kerchef’ & hanging from a stick.
which doesn’t mean, it wasn’t t-o-t-a-l-l-y FUN,
esp. for us, city folks / a little real, FUN, FARM DAY TRIPPIN !!
HUGH HAYDEN, riff off a classic wooden, Adirondack summer chair.
this was as aggressive – as it got. form vs function.
the chair that gave you – the ‘finger’.
well, maybe . . this rusted out ‘pig roaster’ that said: LSD PSYCHO ?
yeah, that’s my pup, Zora. aka Princess Poochie.
90+ lb American Akita – she def knows what’s . . up with that ??!!
she’s a long coat. she was born in Colorado, on a little farm. she had an ancient Japanese great-grandmother.
her father’s name was Zorro. we named her Zora / she’s some strange Q name on her papers.
yeah. named after that Zora !! Neale Hurston.
don’t preach me cultural appropriation / ‘I read everyone of her books’. (!!)
just saying.
just . . because e-v-e-r-y-b-o-d-y, everybody !!
is so into dogs, these days. FYI !!
WHY !!!!!
WHY – IS EVERYONE SO DOG-OBSESSED, these days ?
the very same year – I get my very FIRST PUPPY ?
back to the rusty roaster.
I can’t find anybody to take ownership of it – yet !!
looks like classic BOBO – if you ask me.
it was a twisted & very black / as in noir / take on redneck rural humor – if you follow the tabloids.
apparently, pig roasters are / young psycho serial teen / drug killers / fave means of disposing of the bodies.
in PA, this summer.
in this context, SAD . . social commentary on rural America, you could – go one step further.
I’m thinking, instead of LSD, it should have proclaimed: OPIOIDS.
and let’s leave it – at that. makes the 70s, the US army, CIA & Baba Ram Dass – look good.
but, this was a young kid friendly event.
most younger, than the age of understanding / a 3 letter code.
but a nice reality . . bites / reality – check: re rural Amercia, gone south / gone wrong.
gone – Rx exploited.
nobody ever prescribed LSD, or did they ?
ANDY ONDERDONX, metal and wood construction / scenic rural landscape by nature
& the old timey, original farmers of Hudson county.
CARVER AUDAIN. which didn’t mean, things didn’t get .. self-reflective !!
scaffolding, a man-made ditch, and a pane of glass.
BRADFORD KESSLER. which didn’t mean, things didn’t get very . . . ‘Victorian’
as in . . curiosity, as in Emily Dickinson, herbarium !!
as in, YEAR OF THE MUSHROOM / Nicholas Moenich, ‘Mushroom’ at HELPER Gallery / FYI.
scientific, T-R-I-P-P-Y.
BRADFORD KESSLER.
as in . . HARRISON FORD & the temple of . . . hat.
as in / stretch that . . vile imagination !!
as in archaeologist. as in . . botan-ist.
BRADFORD KESSLER, lizard.
BRADFORD KESSLER, on a roll !!
I mean, a BRANCH !!
BRADFORD KESSLER, fossil – keeper.
quite a few pieces on the farm, were made of synthetic molded plastic of some kind.
there was a great one – in the barn / next post !!
BRADFORD KESSLER.
close-up: figurative / imaginary. photo-realist / abstract. narrative.
scientific, botany. nature.
CHRISTINA BOLT.
which brings us smack up to . . Christina’s Bolt’s imaginary / monster / fairy tale / ceramic flowers – in the field.
in the round. clay. mud of the ground.
larger-than-life size. delicate. strong. posing pretty, looming . . strange & imaginary.
also very EMILY DICKINSON & . . . Underdonx Gallery / Ashley Garrett / ‘Nightjar’ !!
relevant – in the MIX / aka the DIALOGUE,
of this past season !!!!!
yes !! target: nature. reality. curiosity. inward-ness.
more, on those gorgeous, sensitive . . . flower – Bolts !!
& others, next post !!
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH