Posted by: keegan (155 posts)
October 20, 2005 1:04 AM

Last Sunday (October 16th) 83% of the Invisibleman team got together for our first "art lodge" (Sorry Barb...maybe when you're up in NYC next!).

We brewed about a full pound of dark, oily Gorilla coffee, scarfed many hearty Bergen Bagels and busted out 25 pieces of artwork which we all had our hands in.

Kurt was the task master, setting the majority of the sessions to 5 minutes per artist, then the artwork was passed to the artist sitting next to you, and you picked up where they left off...or completely obliterated thier planned masterpiece. We did a few speed rounds of a minute per artist at the end. After a full rotation, we grab some new paper, forage for some new supplies and start again.

It was a fascinating, liberating exercise, with many guffaws and strange marks being laid on paper. Unusual materials were passed among artists, and bizzarre images emerged as we listened to WFMU's terrifying Horror Compilation as a soundtrack.