The Wall (of Gear): Unveiled This Weekend

This in From Kal Spelletich.
The Wall : Unveiled

Sunday, July 20th 2008, come celebrate!
The Wall of gears built by all our hard-working gear-makers
will come to life at Rhythmix Cultural Works in Alameda
.
3pm - 8pm
2513 Blanding Ave, Alameda CA 94501

1 Wall / 25 Gears is a 7' x 8' kinetic monument of aluminum gears
being sponsored and built by 25 artists and artist organizations, in
honor of and to financially support Todd Blair. This event is to
celebrate Todd, the gearmakers' efforts... and of course, to have
plenty of fun doing all of the above and then some! BTW- care to
sponsor a gearmaker... ?

$5 to $500 donation at the door
All donations are tax deductible
All Ages Welcome

The Seemen Show

When discussing fire art, Kal Spelletich comes immediately to mind - so to speak.
Founder of the SF- based Seemen,


which we understand emerged out of Mark Pauline's Survival Research Labs street performances in San Francisco.
www.monkeyview.net/id/4/roboexotica/ino_vipr_2_small.mov


(photo courtesy of Seemen) - www.seemen.org

Oh, and definitely check out their classes.!

Bed of Nails & The Inner Circle

While recently deconstructing the tale of my visit on a bed of nails in the desert some years ago- I recounted my crazy experience with Chan in Jim Mason's procession to the inner circle carting flame thrower fire cannons -aka the Impotence Compensation.

Big Fire Cannons around the Man a.k.a. Impotence Compensation Project
by Jim Mason, 1998
Once again on the night of the burn the Man will be saluted by Jim Mason's fire cannons. Four cannons will circle the Man, shooting out flames to a height of 120 feet. In front of the Man another cannon will blast out a tower of fire 160 feet in the air. The Fire Cannons will perform for us a very high-altitude pyrotechnic ballet, monumental, overwhelming, and curiously intimate.


We still think about that V-8 Engine margarita mixer Jim brought around town in those days. Pix to come...(can't find that Bed Of Nails one, but found this of my PIC Cyn)