Read the whole column here.

Here are some photos from our last night at REDCAT, taken by Steve Gunther.

The closest link on the Fringe site is for all the shows starting with the letter G. Please go there and scroll down to read about the show. And please buy tickets!

Ground To Cloud
45 min
N/A until 8/17
Aug. 18/Aug. 31

• THUR 8/19 @ 7:30-8:15
• FRI 8/20 @ 6-6:45
• SUN 8/22 @ 3:45-4:30
• MON 8/23 @ 5:45-6:30
• THUR 8/26 @ 8:30-9:15

Ground to Cloud
A Special Bay Area Preview

Christine Marie & Ensemble present “Ground To Cloud,” a full-length theater spectacle of giant shadows, live action, and moments of 3D effects.

With special opening guest, Tobias of the Yard Dogs Roadshow
Plus Jonathan Youtt of The Big Tadoo Puppet Crew AND Vladamir Levitansky

Thursday, July 22
8pm to 11pm
$14 via Brown Paper Tickets
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/118172
$15 or more at the door

CELLspace
2050 Bryant St.
SF, CA 94110

This will be a preview performance and will make it’s premiere the following week in LA at the REDCAT NOW Fest and an east coast premiere in New York City in August for the New York City Fringe Festival.

www.cimimarie.com
www.cellspace.org

Seamlessly integrating projected shadows, live actors and an innovative sound score, Christine Marie and her collaborators draw on the history of electric light to manifest a flickering world of natural phenomena and human intervention. Large-scale imagery from simple handheld lights and props takes on mythological proportions as scientific discovery, religious folklore and magical trickery blend into an incandescent work of expressionist theater.

“Christine Marie’s shadow design conjures a literal ocean of surprise.” - Los Angeles Times

featuring:
Russell Howze, Rachel Mestrovich, Jessica Unker, Steven Wendt and Melissa LaNunziata
with Vladamir Levitansky in 3D
Created, directed and designed by Christine Marie.
Original composition by William Mark.
Original mask design by Carlo Vogele.

For three weeks REDCAT is a vibrant performance laboratory. Join us as Los Angeles artists gather to push the boundaries of creative expression in new dance, theater, music and multimedia performance works.

CHRISTINE MARIE & ENSEMBLE: GROUND TO CLOUD

(I will be light operator and on stage with all the amazing action)

Seamlessly integrating projected shadows, live actors and an innovative sound score, Christine Marie and her collaborators draw on the history of electric light to manifest a flickering world of natural phenomena and human intervention. Large-scale imagery from simple handheld lights and props takes on mythological proportions as scientific discovery, religious folklore and magical trickery blend into an incandescent work of expressionist theater.

“Christine Marie’s shadow design conjures a literal ocean of surprise.” —Los Angeles Times

ALSO: Here is a blog post I wrote in 2006 while spending a day with Kevin, and Liam, during their job with NYC Park and Rec.’s puppet roadshow.

Shadows In Stereo, is an installation that provides a rare opportunity to create and experience stereoscopic 3D with one’s own shadow.

Guests are invited to wear anaglyph glasses as they traverse the gallery having their shadows projected 40’ high.  Unlike a typical shadow, when viewed in 3D shadows do not cling to surfaces they move out into cubic space.  A sense of somatic dislocation occurs that is surprising and delightful.

The viewing experience is created by hand made stereoscopic lights and glasses constructed by artist Christine Marie.  The installation is a low- fi spectacle, more congruent with the light magic of Athanasius Kircher than the CG-Real-D digital work of James Cameron.

The experience is just as sensational appealing both to feeling of awe and an archetypal sense of wonder.

Installation created by Christine Marie.  www.cimimarie.com

Soundscape by Aden Liggett.

Maintained by Russell Howze

A Florida St. Community Celebration

Spend a day creating community through art, bicycles, and gardening!

Sat., May 8
noon to 6pm

Esperanza Gardens
685 Florida St. @ 19th
San Francisco, CA

(if there is rain, the music and mural painting will be in the CELLspace Gallery noon to 3pm)

Activities for the Day:

- Help paint the Bike Kitchen mural with artist Henry Kitchen
- Work with the Esperanza Gardens volunteers
- Listen to live music from community performers
- Ask questions about CELLspace’s Florida St. Mural Project
- Work on your bike at the Bike Kitchen ($5)
- Grill out and eat some food (some food provided while supplies last)

Florida St. has gone through many changes recently, with a square block of new neighbors, a new Bike Kitchen, a revived garden, and an in-progress mural project. On Saturday, May 8, all of these neighbors, artists, and volunteers will get a chance to meet one another, learn about the projects, and participate in some community activities. No experience is necessary, and all are invited to drop in on the fun! Paints will be available to help paint the Bike Kitchen mural, and you might want to wear work clothes if you wish to help in the garden.

Florida Street ha pasado por muchos cambios recientemente, con un bloque cuadrado de los nuevos vecinos, un nuevo Bike Kitchen, un jardín renovado, y con una proyecto mural. El Sábado, 08 de mayo 2010, todos estos vecinos, artistas y voluntarios tendrá la oportunidad de conocerse entre ellos, aprender acerca de los proyectos, y participar en algunas actividades de la comunidad. No se necesita experiencia y todos están invitados a divertirse! Las pinturas estarán disponibles para ayudar a pintar The Bike Kitchen Mural. Por favor, use ropa de trabajo si quieres ayudar en el jardín.

Hope to see you there!

www.cellspace.org
www.bikekitchen.org

Street Art San Francisco: Mission Muralismo series presents “Directional Signals:  Pranksters and Preachers, Paste and Stencil” featuring talks by Rigo, and John Jota Leaños.  Also, Jack Napier, BLF co-founder, and Milton Rand, Kalman BLF chief scientist, will give a presentation titled “The Art and Science of Billboard Improvement,” plus stencil cutting demonstration by Russell Howze author of Stencil Nation: Graffiti, Community and Art.

Friday, May 7, 6–8:45 pm
Live music in Wilsey Court: Marcus Shelby Quartet featuring vocalist Faye Carol performing the MLK project, 6:30-8:30 pm

de Young Museum, Golden Gate Park

Programs are free of charge

www.deyoungmuseum.org and www.MISSIONMURALISMO.com

On Friday, May 7, the de Young Museum presents another dynamic program, luminous projections, and book signing in the ongoing series Mission Muralismo, in conjunction with the recently published book Street Art San Francisco: Mission Muralismo, edited by Annice Jacoby for Precita Eyes Muralists, foreword by Carlos Santana (Abrams, 2009).  The evening focuses on the talent and passionate work of major contributors to the book: Rigo, John Jota Leaños, Russell Howze, Jack Napier Billboard Liberation Front (BLF) co-founder, and Milton Rand Kalman BLF chief scientist.

The lecture/demonstration program will take place in the lobby of the Koret Auditorium starting at 6:45 pm with Russell Howze demonstrating stencil cutting and the process of working a stencil from start to finish.  Visitors will have an opportunity to see completed stencils and work at his stencil station until 7:15 pm.  Projections of Howze’s work will be shown in the Koret Auditorium.

At 7:15 pm. Rigo will open the lecture series in the Koret Auditorium with his talk “Artists Changing Directions: Mission Muralismo Pranksters and Punsters. Look up! Look down! Look all around! No surface is sacred. No billboard is safe. The Mission is a cauldron of clever, busy artists constantly stoking and provoking the public messages.”

7:40 pm John Jota Leaños presents  “The (Postcolonial) Rules of Engagement: Cultural Activism and Xicana/o Digital Muralismo.”

8:00 pm Jack Napier BLF co-founder and Milton Rand Kalman BLF chief scientist will give a presentation on the art and science of billboard improvement.

Visitors are welcome to bring or purchase their Street Art San Francisco:  Mission Muralismo books for signing by the featured artists and editor, Annice Jacoby, before and after the talks and stencil cutting demonstration.

Live music, hands on art-making and quilt-making demonstrations and a tour of Amish Abstractions:  Quilts from the Collection of Faith and Stephen Brown Collection by Faith and Stephen Brown are also part of this great evening celebrating Americana and “Mission Muralismo.”

This “Mission Muralismo” series of lectures, performances, and more celebrates one of San Francisco’s greatest contributions to the artistic landscape—the Mission District artist community.

Friday night, May 7th, promises to be another fantastic event.  The expanded “Mission Muralismo” series is created in partnership with Precita Eyes Muralists as part of Cultural Encounters: Friday Nights at the de Young.