THE RESULTS ARE IN!

Hopefully everyone remembers their guesses...
Blocks     Pyramids      Floating Forms
 2883           907                   120


Thanks again to everyone that made it to the opening!  We hope you enjoyed the show!  I will be calling/emailing the winners today.

Opening Night

Today is the day, Repetitive Play is going to be opening it's door. Just a reminder the opening reception start at 7:00 p.m. We have been working really hard and are anxious to show you all what we've been up to. We have a couple of surprises lined that you won't want to miss. We hope to see you all there, and bring all your friends.

Sneaky Peaky

Sneaks Peaks

Broc Smash

A taste...
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Merricks Geometric Beauties.

Check out these textured beauties. Merk has been cranking these guys out pretty steady for the last 2+ months. Her process is a bit different than the process that Broc and I (Colin) use. She uses casting slip in combination with textured plaster slabs.

These things stack pretty nicely together. I think they look like little mountains.

Here is a peek at what Merk's process looks like. She is in her classic pink workin clothes. Keep checkin for a process video coming soon.

This is what the texture looks like close up. Take a guess at where you think we found this texture in the comment section.

CATASTROPHIC EVENT.

The other day Broc and Colin were unloading a kiln, and they decided it would be a good time to straighten up the work area  and tidy up a bit. So they were moving them around and you can probably guess what happened next. One row started to tumble followed by the next. Despite all the hootin and hollerin and the group of onlookers we were able to come away with a loss of only seven blocks which were actually knocked over after we had re-stacked them all. My fault.... oops.

So.... we ended up having to cut our protective barrier open and restack all the blocks. I held everything in place while Broc and Colin played legos/ jenga. It was actually a good time and not as stressful as you might think. We made a pretty good team, and these little blocks are tuffer than they look.

Update

So time is running short and we ran out of red slip for the blocks...  Currently we are trying to smooth out some ideas for set-up and take down.  Also we are going to try and record some of our own sounds to play during the opening. (and i suppose throughout the duration of the show)  Still trying to figure out some mixed media elements; possibly tape, paint, plastic, wood. Who knows what will happen?!?  Overall, the preparations are coming along fine.  Stay tuned for secrets and special items!

Not sure if anyone posted pictures of the tumble but this is about 20 minutes after we cleaned it up.  We only lost about 7 blocks in the mishap.

Repetitive Play Presents: Block Makins

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INTENSITY.

FOCUS.

FOCUS.

FOCUS.

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Repetitive Play Exhibition Opening

Poster Design: Margaret Ireland

Some News in the Art World

So I had my first collaborative show last night in the CSU gallery called Vulture Culture.  It was a big success in my opinion and I hope everyone that reads this gets a chance to see it because it's quite the sight!  I think it's up until the 22nd?  I have never worked on such a large scale previous to this, and I plan to "one-up" it in the upcoming Repetitive Play Show.  For those of you who don't know what the show is/was about, here is the statement...

Living in a culture of scavengers sometimes we need to pick up the discarded pieces and make a meal of it. Nine artists collaborated to re-fashion a constrained space to hold an inventory of fragments such as objects, drawings, sculpture and other inventions. These inventions are here to challenge the viewers perception of the space and to create works that are not to be confined to the gallery walls.

Anyway, thought someone might be interested in seeing my (Broc's) work before the RP show!

Using the belt sander.

Colin is sanding some cups!  I just wanted to lay some numbers down if anyone is interested... So far we have gone through about 29 buckets of red slip.  At 60 lbs per bucket that's 1740 lbs of slip!  

So we were playing around with the idea of having a guessing game for how many pieces were going to be in the show.  Special prize for the closest guess!!  We'll keep you posted.