{"id":33689,"date":"2017-07-28T12:12:08","date_gmt":"2017-07-28T17:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/?p=33689"},"modified":"2017-07-28T22:04:52","modified_gmt":"2017-07-29T03:04:52","slug":"hot-mud-fest-madly-wildly-mellow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/the-bomb\/2017\/07\/28\/hot-mud-fest-madly-wildly-mellow\/","title":{"rendered":"~’HOT MUD FEST’ . . madly !! wildly !! \/ mellow !!"},"content":{"rendered":"

TAKE A WALK – ON THE RURAL SIDE . . !!<\/p>\n

‘HOT MUD FEST’ – PRODUCED BY JAG PROJECTS & BOBO
\nSPOOK ROCK FARM – 81 SPOOK ROCK ROAD. HUDSON, NY 12534
\nSUN JULY 23, 2017
\nnote: the art exhibit runs thru AUG 13, 2017, by appt \/ guided tour
\ncontact: info@jag-projects.com<\/p>\n

see: BOBO-nyc.com<\/a>
\nsee: JAG-PROJECTS.com<\/a><\/p>\n

the art is found on the grounds, in the water, hung from barn rafters \/ and even inside the old white farmhouse.
\nand, YES !!
\nthere was<\/strong> world class !! swimming !! and wading, en plein air !!
\nso bring your . . bathing suit !! or skinny dip – suit yourself !!
\nno clorine, farm-fresh cool water, not too freezing, at all !!
\n. . and beautiful sky, fluffy white clouds and mountains overhead.
\nnope, it didn’t rain.
\nfriendly people. BBQ chicken, purple cabbage slaw & corn \/ refreshing drink.<\/p>\n

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\nJON KESSLER, pretty much over-size, life-size ?
\npeople were calling it: Winnie-the-Pooh, on a float.<\/p>\n

so, just<\/strong> because it wasn’t as mad, wild, crazy & over-the-top anarchy-filled, as the early, ‘vintage’ BOBO events, doesn’t mean, it wasn’t wildly . . WONDERFUL !!<\/p>\n

times . . change. head-spaces change, and JESSE GREENBERG was in charge of the art, not BOBO.
\nBOBO did the performances & music.
\nand, anyways: praise the man . . who can change.<\/p>\n

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\nLIZZIE FITCH & RYAN TRECARTIN, life-size . . weirdos, on wheels ?
\nnote: the young swimmers top right.
\nwhich doesn’t mean, it wasn’t t-o-t-a-l-l-y . . SCI FI TRIPPY !!<\/p>\n

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\nHAYLEY SILVERMAN. some kind of life-size, or larger-than-life-size . . synthetically molded ?
\nHOBO POUCH, just as they were \/ made from a ‘knotted kerchef’ & hanging from a stick.
\nwhich doesn’t mean, it wasn’t t-o-t-a-l-l-y FUN,
\nesp. for us, city folks \/ a little real, FUN, FARM DAY TRIPPIN !!<\/p>\n

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\nHUGH HAYDEN, riff off a classic wooden, Adirondack summer chair.
\nthis was as aggressive – as it got. form vs function.
\nthe chair that gave you – the ‘finger’.<\/p>\n

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\nwell, maybe . . this rusted out ‘pig roaster’ that said: LSD PSYCHO ?
\nyeah, that’s my pup, Zora. aka Princess Poochie.
\n90+ lb American Akita – she def knows what’s . . up with that ??!!
\nshe’s a long coat. she was born in Colorado, on a little farm. she had an ancient Japanese great-grandmother.
\nher father’s name was Zorro. we named her Zora \/ she’s some strange Q name on her papers.
\nyeah. named after that<\/em> Zora !! Neale Hurston.
\ndon’t preach me cultural appropriation \/ ‘I read everyone of her books’. (!!)
\njust saying.<\/p>\n

just . . because e-v-e-r-y-b-o-d-y, everybody !!
\nis so <\/strong>into dogs, these days. FYI !!
\nWHY !!!!!
\nWHY – IS EVERYONE SO DOG-OBSESSED, these days ?
\nthe very same year – I get my<\/strong> very FIRST PUPPY ?<\/p>\n

back to the rusty roaster.
\nI can’t find anybody to take ownership of it – yet !!
\nlooks like classic BOBO – if you ask me.
\nit was a twisted & very black \/ as in noir \/ take on redneck rural humor – if you follow the tabloids.
\napparently, pig roasters are \/ young psycho serial teen \/ drug killers \/ fave means of disposing of the bodies.
\nin PA, this summer.
\nin this context, SAD . . social commentary on rural America, you could – go one step further.
\nI’m thinking, instead of LSD, it should have proclaimed: OPIOIDS.
\nand let’s leave it – at that. makes the 70s, the US army, CIA & Baba Ram Dass – look good.
\nbut, this was a young kid friendly event.
\nmost younger, than the age of understanding \/ a 3 letter code.
\nbut a nice reality . . bites \/ reality – check: re rural Amercia, gone south \/ gone wrong.
\ngone – Rx exploited.
\nnobody ever prescribed LSD, or did they ?<\/p>\n

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\nANDY ONDERDONX, metal and wood construction \/ scenic rural landscape by nature
\n& the old timey, original farmers of Hudson county.<\/p>\n

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\nCARVER AUDAIN. which didn’t mean, things didn’t get .. self-reflective !!
\nscaffolding, a man-made ditch, and a pane of glass.<\/p>\n

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\nBRADFORD KESSLER. which didn’t mean, things didn’t get very . . . ‘Victorian’
\nas in . . curiosity, as in Emily Dickinson, herbarium !!
\nas in, YEAR OF THE MUSHROOM \/ Nicholas Moenich, ‘Mushroom’ at HELPER Gallery \/ FYI.
\nscientific, T-R-I-P-P-Y.<\/p>\n

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\nBRADFORD KESSLER.
\nas in . . HARRISON FORD & the temple of . . . hat.
\nas in \/ stretch that . . vile imagination !!
\nas in archaeologist. as in . . botan-ist.<\/p>\n

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\nBRADFORD KESSLER, lizard.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nBRADFORD KESSLER, on a roll !!
\nI mean, a BRANCH !!<\/p>\n

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\nBRADFORD KESSLER, fossil – keeper.
\nquite a few pieces on the farm, were made of synthetic molded plastic of some kind.
\nthere was <\/strong>a great one – in the barn \/ next post !!<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nBRADFORD KESSLER.
\nclose-up: figurative \/ imaginary. photo-realist \/ abstract. narrative.
\nscientific, botany. nature.<\/p>\n

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\nCHRISTINA BOLT.
\nwhich brings us smack up to . . Christina’s Bolt’s imaginary \/ monster \/ fairy tale \/ ceramic flowers – in the field.
\nin the round. clay. mud of the ground.
\nlarger-than-life size. delicate. strong. posing pretty, looming . . strange & imaginary.
\nalso very EMILY DICKINSON & . . . Underdonx Gallery \/ Ashley Garrett \/ ‘Nightjar’ !!
\nrelevant – in the MIX \/ aka the DIALOGUE,
\nof this past season !!!!!
\nyes !! target: nature. reality. curiosity. inward-ness.<\/p>\n

more, on those gorgeous, sensitive . . . flower – Bolts !!
\n& others, next post !!<\/p>\n

PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

TAKE A WALK – ON THE RURAL SIDE . . !! ‘HOT MUD FEST’ – PRODUCED BY JAG PROJECTS & BOBO SPOOK ROCK FARM – 81 SPOOK ROCK ROAD. HUDSON, NY 12534 SUN JULY 23, 2017 note: the art exhibit runs thru AUG 13, 2017, by appt \/ guided tour contact: info@jag-projects.com see: BOBO-nyc.com see: […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33689"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33689"}],"version-history":[{"count":33,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33689\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33737,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33689\/revisions\/33737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}