Art All Night All Done

Saturday and Sunday were pretty busy for me, as it was Art All Night in Pittsburgh. I checked my “art” in (I goofed the process up a few times. Apparently I can’t follow simple written directions…) with Marcia and her husband Travis, came back to my place for some food, then hit up the actual exhibit.

It was plenty more busy than I thought it would be. It knew it was a big local happening but the amount of art and people there provided sensory overload. I pictured it a little more low-key and noiseless, a situation which is far more conducive to reading (see my “art” below) than trying to dodge people walking around hodge-podge.

It was held in the Iron City brewery, in a factory/warehouse that (presumably) isn’t used any more. If you’ve ever been into a factory or warehouse, you’ll notice that it’s gigantic and kind of noisy from the reverberations. Take out all of the equipment and add thousands of people and it’s even bigger and more reverberating — so you get the idea of what it was like to be in there.

When we first spotted it hanging, the paper had slid down inside the frame and exposing the backing. That’s my stupid fault for not taping or providing more support to it. With help from Marcia and Trav I fixed it (even though a great number of signs instructed everyone NOT TO TOUCH ANY ARTWORK).

The result, from Marcia’s post:

Here’s a photo of Marcia and her entry, “Carved”. Notice the delicious and probably unintentional parody she is pulling off, of the black and red piece right next to her. Meta-art!

I will post the actual text of my fumbling attempt of visual artistry tomorrow. In the meantime, I apologize that you’ll have to look at this until then.