These pics were taken on location of the filming of SILVERING PATH by Kamala Dolphin Kingsley:

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The SLUG PRINCESS film shoot (a collaboration between Haruko Nishimura, Mandy Greer and Ian Lucero) is finally finished! Now for the weeks of grueling editing work. Here is a slide show of pics taken on location from the shoot taken by Kamala Dolphin Kingsley.

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THIS SHOW IS COMING UP IN OCTOBER! This is not a Degenerate Art Ensemble show, but it is DAE’s Haruko Nishimura commissioned collaborations with some of her favorite Seattle artists. Mandy Greer (sculpture / installation artist), Ian Lucero (film), and Colin Ernst (Weeble Wobble Sculpture).

Silvering Path

ONE dance of eros, earth and the slug

ONE battle of the Weeble Wobble vs. the Ninjas

And one Monstrous Grandmother

Haruko Nishimura, dance (of Degenerate Art Ensemble)

with:

Mandy Greer (http://mandygreer.com/) – Crochet Art

Ian Lucero (http://vimeo.com/1092096– Film

and Colin Ernst (Circus Contraption) – Sculptural costume

TWO WEEK PERFORMANCE RUN!

OCTOBER 10,11, 16, 17, 18

at the FREE SHEEP FOUNDATION

4408 3^rd ave (at Battery) in belltown

http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/42588

Plus:

Live adventurous music by Jeffrey Huston and Joshua Kohl

Dress Art by Anna Lange

Video Art Installation by Leo Mayberry

COLIN AND HARUKO have been working on this Weeble Wobble dress for the past month. Now new movements are becoming possible. This was a couple of days ago. Dizzying! Next is to work on the musical aspects of the sculpture and the dress covering.

The Weeble in the Vortex 1 from Colin Ernst on Vimeo.

THIS IS SUPER GENIUS Colin Ernst’s Weeble Wobble dress (in-progress). It is a pretty amazing piece of work. Eventually this will be fitted with playable instrument parts.

These videos are tests of the 2nd version of the thing. The first version had a center of gravity that was too close to the ground.

It is scarry to watch, but GOOOD to watch!

The biggest challenge is going to be the design of the harness to attach to Haruko. Does anybody have an experience with a harness that holds VERY VERY Firmly to the pelvis with ZERO give? That will be the key here.

Weeble Wobble Test 2 from joshua kohl on Vimeo.

Untitled from joshua kohl on Vimeo.

Weeble Wobble 4 from joshua kohl on Vimeo.

Mandy Greer (the collaborating artist on the slug princess film) throws crocheting parties to get hundreds of yards of crocheted texture for her costumes, sculptures, etc. She needs many many hands to make this happen. No one human could build a 15 foot hight chandelier out of crochet in such a quick time. So it is really fun to get together and she teaches everyone how to do it, and we hang out, listen to music and crochet. Good times. For folks in the Seattle area, keep your eye out for announcements for these parties, wed love to see you there.

The kind and brilliant duo Tamara Weikel (vocalist/dj extrodinaire) and Josh (Stewie) Stewart (former DAE composer trumpeter turned oceanography student and future savior of the seas) turned their house over to Mandy and Haruko for an amazing CROCHET PARTY. Ripping miles of yellow fabric and crocheting it into strange and beautiful knots and twists of fabric for the construction of the Slug Princess costume and various slug film texture and material. Some folks came by for an hour or two, OTHERS STAYED FOR THE FULL 10 HOURS!!!!! Amazing! Thanks to all!

HERE ARE TAMARA’s PHOTOS FROM THE 1st and 2nd Crochet Parties:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lifeasart/sets/72157606073730643/