~’HOT MUD FEST’ . . the crew
‘HOT MUD FEST’ – PRODUCED BY BOBO & JAG
SUN JULY 23, 2017 – RUNS THRU AUGUST 13, 2017
SPOOK ROCK FARM – 81 SPOOK ROCK ROAD, HUDSON, NY 12534
HRS: 12pm – 6pm
OPEN: TUES AUG 1 / WED AUG 2 / THURS AUG 3 / SAT AUG 5 / SUN AUG 6 / MON AUG 7 / TUES AUG 8 /THURS AUG 10 / FRI AUG 11 / SAT AUG 12 / SUN AUG 13
CLOSED: FRI AUG 4 / WED AUG 9
BRING YOUR BATHING SUIT !!
JESSE GREENBERG . . ‘plants’ his ‘totem pole’ in the ground.
JESSE GREENBERG’s . . totem pole, with accompanying plant ‘scaffolding’ – looking like a psychedelic tomato plant !! sprouting up, against the wild fields & open sky. this is how well it all played out.
the synthetic materials looked awesome, luminous, with a light-filled color spectrum . . against the natural backdrop. fields of wild flowers ran crazy, old red barns stood the test of time, and further back: mountains.
fresh water creeks nearby /
it was really fun to be out in the rural countryside & out of the city.
JESSE GREENBERG curated the art works – at the ‘HOT MUD FEST’/ on-site & in the old white farmhouse.
there were . . a lot of surprises.
& not surprisingly, job: well done !!
Jesse has taken a break from the ‘stationary’ artist-run / gallery experience.
see: his 247365 archives !! always the most excellent graphics, btw
and now runs JAG – his new ‘flexive arts program’ / ‘Hot Mud Fest’ – is the inaugural project.
this is DREW GILLESPIE, kind of the leader-of-the-pack of BOBO.
he does most of their graphic design, posters, and the like.
BOBO . . is a 3 person artist collective, performance, rockin wild band.
they started off in Philly, many years ago. and, maybe a decade+ ago I was lucky enough to back quite by random, into their very first band gig, in NYC.
it was downtown, the Lower East Side, I think it was the after party for some Film Festival ? it was some old NYC dive bar, with old creaky wooden floors, and it got so crowded, and so wild, everybody was jumping, up and down . . I don’t think I was the only one – who feared for the floor to collapse.
BOBO was dressed as . . 19th c.’newsies’, dirty faces, and all.
yep, got the pix !! – way back in the golden artlovers archives !!
ps: that’s THOM PAYNE, behind . . Thom Payne co-hosted ‘Hot Mud Fest’ with NICK PAYNE, his son, & also of BOBO, on their Hudson County Spook Rock Farm.
it’s great place . . because it’s just in that crazy sweet place between falling apart – and getting a new life.
lots of old stuff and history e-v-e-r-y-w-h-e-r-e.
DREW GILLESPIE . .
designed the ‘Hot Mud Fest’ logo.
THOM PAYNE co-host, with JESSE GREENBERG.
the old white farmhouse – was a classic.
untouched by ‘renovation’ / with wild fields, old silent & now timeless barns, and fresh water swimming hole – creeks. it’s definite . . a nice day trip.
bring a picnic.
PHIL COTE . . of BOBO.
PHIL COTE . . is somewhat behind-the-scenes, but he’s in there, like a dirty shirt.
here at ‘Hot Mud Fest’, he did something probably unheralded, but amazing / he cleaned up this barn . . like it was born again, to showcase this tripping-the-light-fantastic, hanging, oversize, resinous – jelly, transparent blob / molded / gooey green ‘lit’ piece by . . AMY BRENER !!
so day tripper that I am – I didn’t get NICK PAYNE’s photo, I was too busy chatting him up !!
so his work, is going to have to stand in.
not a bad deal, all in all. the lighting wasn’t perfect, but I didn’t want to photo-shop it.
I mean, look at that awesome random pink light, on the floor to the left.
it’s kind of muted in reality, off-primary / colors. looks to be oil or chalk pastels ?
go see it, for yourself.
it was way more on the ‘lowdown’, and quite humble. compared to that all-out / powerfully Freudian . . show he had a year or so back, at Greenpoint Terminal.
NICK had 2 pastels in the farmhouse / one was a set of nesting ? birds ? doves ?
a little charged . . . domination ?!!
or is that . . mating.
the other, hung in the kitchen, was a kind of throw-back / Pennsylvania Dutch, farmer boy and farmer girl.
NICK PAYNE.
Pennsylvania Dutch, ha.. it got more than a little wild, if you looked closely.
HALEY JOSEPHS and CRISTINA BOLT – at ‘Hot Mud Fest’.
speaking of Farmer girl, Nick Payne’s gf Christina Bolt, was also a co-host of the ‘Hot Mud Fest’ . .
and she was one of the the biggest surprises, because even though she’s been around the BOBO crew for almost 7+ years, this is the FIRST time she is showing her OWN work.
maybe . . there’s a reason, in every season.
because this was – most def the right place & time.
CHRISTINA BOLT / ceramic garden, ‘HOT MUD FEST’ / artwork curated by JESSE GREENBERG / JAG.
Porcelain, ceramic glazes & mixed media
CHRISTINA BOLT.
clay vase, is not the end of it.
more like, strange snail ?
or . . insect-eating plant ?
CHRISTINA BOLT. in the round, 3D in a field. of clay, of earth, but definitely . . taking off !!
CHRISTINA BOLT . . a most wonderous, clay Alice in NYC wonderland / on-site garden.
CHRISTINA, Christina / how does – your garden . . grow ?
A: porcelain, ceramic glaze & mixed media !!
more pix to post, shortly.
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH