T-MINUS 9 DAYS UNTIL C2YN! UNDERWIRE EDITION

WIRED magazine's blog, UNDERWIRE has done a terrific review of the Voltron's Corpse exhibit.You should totally check it out HERE. Also you should check out Jason Pasch's "Machine" HERE. And, of course, you should get your tickets to Countdown To Yuri's Night TODAY (after all, it will be the "unofficial" opening party for the exhibition.)

The Voltron's Corpse Machine

Andrew and I went to the Artisphere today and re-arranged, or "shuffled" the paintings, as we are going to do every Thursday 5-6pm for the next month, join us next time, won't you?

T-Minus 17 Days Until C2YN!

 This week was a busy week in preparation for C2YN. The highlight was getting Voltron's Corpse hung! Check out the Artisphere listing HERE

The unofficial opening night for Voltron's Corpse is April 13th during Countdown To Yuri's Night. Check out the Atisphere Listing HERE

On Monday, Andrew and I spent the day preparing the exhibit by assembling all of the robots, figuring out where they should go, and making a huge chalk drawing sign for the show...

Andrew tries to document the other side of the room while trying to keep me out of his picture

I have to admit that I was a bit tired that day because I had spent the Saturday before with the Big Giant Robot Head in his natural habitat:

And of course, another week and another couple of Robot Videos:

Seven of twelve:

  http://youtu.be/Usg_VC1HG7c

 Six of Twelve:

http://youtu.be/3wLQXtd9JAg

T-Minus 22 Days until YURI'S NIGHT!

Front

Back

The postcards for Yuri's Night came in this week. (Thanks to Jason Pasch for the stellar design!) Look for them in the clammy hands of your nearest nerd...

Another week and yet another C2YN robot video HERE

I was able to keep the robot painting high going by...Painting more robots! (and monkeys). Below is one of three "Monkey Shines" paintings (paintings with the theme "monkeys washing robots") that I will be submitting for the C2YN cash and carry exhibit.

Monkey Shines I, 2013 Acrylic on Board 8"x10"

 Also, this week Hexagon does their final performances of this years' "Raucous Caucus"...which featured my scenery (designs HERE)...not too many photos came out, but this one shows a good bit of the attention to detail that the hexagon carpenters have...hat tip, Ernst, Bill...

MECHA MONKEY FINISHED!

Today I put the final strokes on Mecha Monkey, the triptych that will be part of Voltron's Corpse at the Artisphere (in conjunction with Countdown to Yuri's Night). Check it out below, in all of its interchangeable glory!

MECHA MONKEY, Triptych (each canvas 16x20) Acrylic on Canvas

 

T-MINUS ONE MONTH to C2YN!!! 3 Video Trilogy

In an effort to build excitement about Countdown to Yuri's Night, we are releasing a slew of short robot videos. Today to celebrate T-MINUS ONE MONTH, we are releasing this trilogy:

EPISODE: I

EPISODE: II

EPISODE: III

Voltron's Corpse Robot Progress Shots

Voltron's Corpse Exhibit "Mecha Monkey" triptych. Progress shot 3/8/13 1:30pm

I've started painting my three paintings for Voltron's Corpse in earnest now. Actually I had started painting about a week ago, but its taken that long to just get the gantry right (the perspective on the "gantry" scaffold was never going to be perfect...but I needed to get it to the point where it was not going to be offensively wrong...and really, I was happy to settle for it becoming simply "background" and "intentionally wonky")

Just to keep you kids up to speed, Voltron's Corpse is the art show in the Artisphere's WIP gallery that will accompany Countdown to Yuri's Night (4/13/13...T-Minus 37 days). The show involves interchanging robot paintings made by 15 artists.

I've decided to go the giant mecha route. I've set my painting as a giant monkey mecha being assembled in a hangar (or gantry) by (what else?) monkeys. I think that my robot will be the only "headless" one in the bunch. I guess I was riffing on the idea that we would be "assembling and re-assembling" the robots during the course of the show. So why not show a robot being assembled? Anyway, I have a few more days work left on Mecha Monkey...I am almost done with the mecha, then its on to the fun part: Monkeys!

And, for comparison, here is the painting from last Friday:

Mecha Monkey Progress 3/1/13

A Giant Peach on a National Landmark, and a Silly Video

I've made some sketches for this year's Imagination Stage Children's Ball. The event will coincide with their production of James and the Giant Peach. So, naturally, like last year's Rapunzel Tower, I will be designing an Empire State Building with a Giant Peach on top!

 Other rooms consist of a Countdown Clock Challenge, Flower Pot Decorating, a Cupcake Cafe and a video of a Giant Peach that kids can ride...

Also, I made this silly video that is a, er, "screen test" for the promo for Countdown to Yuri's Night 2013 at the Artisphere! Enjoy...

...Odds and ends from the last couple of months...

Progress shot of the Lautrec backdrop for Hexagon

Dominion Stage's Avenue Q

The unofficial "logo" for the upcoming VOLTRON'S CORPSE exhibition at the Artisphere's WIP Gallery (running as a part of Countdown to Yuri's Night)

The other, more official, unofficial "logo" for VOLTRON'S CORPSE

Finally, Some Elvis Birthday Fight Club photos!

I am sorry that its been so long in coming for these photos, but better late than never! (BTW you can catch more of them at elvisbirthdayfightclub.com) These are a "best-of" from our performances at the H Street Playhouse in DC and the Creative Alliance in Baltimore.

The Traditional EBFC opener

Kittie Glitter Jumpin' at the end

Clown Vs Congress (with Pie!)

Brown Lincoln

Maria Bella

Bear VS Bear

Boxers VS Briefs

Stephen Hawking VS Dianne Rehm

Douche VS Douche

Quaalude Toss

Congress "West Side Story" moves

The Douche's backup...Summer, Eve, and Massengill

Zombie Clown!!!

Submitted without comment

In the Ghetto with Lucretia Blozia

Gigi Signals the final round

Our Iwo Jima finale moment!

ANATOMY OF A GIANT ROBOT HEAD

I recently made a giant robot head. It was a float in the Clarendon Mardi Gras this past week. I thought you'd be interested in seeing the process....

Rob Lindsay created the model of the Giant Robot Head scaled at 1"=1'

I started by creating a frame that was supported by the shaft of an old gymnasium fan mount. The pole terminates into a pillow block, so that the head will be able to rotate freely. The eyes, which were donated by Dave Moretti are old street light lenses.

The frame was then covered by four luan sheets creating the basic head shape

Vic and Ed show up to help me put the jaw on (and work through the electrical needs of the float)

Added a nose, upper teeth and sideburns to hide the pipe hinge in the jaw

Added eyebrows, moustache, ear domes, and lots of "bolts"

Grey paint job on the outside, black on the inside...also an antenna crown, complete with strobe lights!

Still photo on parade day!

This shows the scale a bit better...and the gold Caddy!

Check out this video (Minute 8:20 is where the Robot Head appears!)

And in this one, the head appears at 1:19