The show was a way to promote the awards, the artists and the Orlando Fringe. "Mos folks who stopped by the show had never even heard of the festival. So we without planning on it, became ambassadors of the Orlando Fringe. Glad to do it," said TheDailyCity.com Editor Mark Baratelli.
"I wanted a way to get the art into peoples' faces to promote the artists. They gave of their time for us by creating or donating their work, so its only fair we show off their pieces in as many places as possible. Downtown is a great place to start!" said Baratelli.
VIDEO: TheDailyCity.com Editor Mark Baratelli and Audience Choice Awards Curator Jeremy Seghers give a tour of the show. Thank you to Ryan Price for the streaming video assistance.
A complete tour of the truck from front to back
Mark chose the mutant Frankenstein toy-monster named "Mister made by artist/puppeteer Jack Fields as a sort-of emblem of the show and placed an image of it on show posters and postcards. "I love Jack Field's work and was very grateful Jeremy got him involved. This piece I think represents the nature of the type of art Jeremy was going for in the show: odd, creative, fun, quirky. It definitely made everyone stop first thing when they entered the truck and play with it."
SAK Comedy Lab's Denna Eramo points to a fish painting by 6 year old Chloe Borhcher, a personal friend of Eramo.
Curator Jeremy Seghers strikes a pose with Denna Eramo.
The pieces were all sizes. To standardize them, they were affixed to large frames, making the smaller pieces as visually important and sizable as the larger ones.
The affixing of the small art onto the large frames allowed smaller pieces to be hung next to large ones.
The use of red tape was Mark's idea. "I liked the white, black and red for visual impact. And I liked the un-classiness of the duct tape juxtapozed with the lovely art pieces.
Past Shows:
May 20, 2010 | Parking Space Takeover
April 15, 2010 | On display: 2010 Audience Choice Awards
March 18, 2010 | Thomas Thorspecken
February 18, 2010 | The Light Show
January 21, 2010 | Lure Design poster collection
December 17, 2009 | City Arts Factory 3rd Thursdays
August 23, 2009 | Dirty South BBQ
August 20, 2009 | City Arts Factory 3rd Thursdays
August 5, 2009 | The Travel Edition
Press:
Feature | Culturebot.org
Feature | MSN.com
Public Radio Interview | WUCF
Critic's Pick | Orlando Weekly
Write-Up | Jim on Light
Write-Up | Smile For Camera
We're Official! | Orlando Weekly
Sketch & Write-Up | Analog Artist Digital World
Listing | InProgress Urban Art Magazine
Listing | InProgress Urban Art Magazine
Photo Gallery | Orlando Sentinel
Best Bet | Orlando Sentinel
Pick | Metromix
Listing | Orlando Weekly
Listing | EmmaBunny for SMV