Big Art Experience
Sculpture by the dozen and art by the ton! WTF has invited large and small installation artists from all over the West Coast to gather together and show their stuff. Forget about stodgy museums and “please don’t touch the art” signs… this is your opportunity to get up close and personal with the art itself. WTF’s Big Art Experience welcomes all colorful comers and invites participants to create some art of their own.
Rob Bell, Zomes
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The Zomes of Rob Bell have delighted travelers far and wide who have been drawn to their alluring forms. The energy within harnesses a nostalgia for the primordial with a deeply meditated vision of the future. These beautiful inter-celestial escape capsules free the imagination from constraining thoughts and previous perceptions regarding structure.
Sam Johnson, King Dazbog – Dinosaur Puppet
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We are pleased to welcome Boise-based artist, Sam Johnson and his life-sized dinosaur puppet, King Dazbog to What The Festival 2013! At 25′ tall and 60′ long, King Dazbog is a fully moving, glowing nighttime art piece designed to interact with large crowds of people. Don’t be surprised if you come across Dazbog lumbering fluidly and slowly across the nighttime landscape, but be careful around him–he gets jumpy!
Michael Christian, Sphae and Fire Flowers
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We are so excited to welcome back world-class installation artist Michael Christian to What The Festival! 2013. The “Sphae” and “Fire Flowers” are beautiful, playful, interactive. These surreal sculptures are inspired by the genius of nature, and are sure to make you smile!
Sage Cattabriga-Alosa, Nomadic Designs Tipi Stage
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Nomadic Designs is returning in 2013 to host the WAMphitheater — by day a workshop and yoga stage with a full roster of presenters and movement sessions, by night an arthouse cinema hosting a mini film festival curated by the producers of WTF!
Manuel Carreras and Ildiko Cziglenyi, Mr. Toad’s Gypsy Wagon, “Phoenix” and Winged Performance
Born out of inspiration from the children’s book, The Wind in the Willows — in which Mr. Toad sets off for a life of adventure in his gypsy wagon — this traditional traveling gypsy caravan will is making the pilgrimage to Oregon to add eastern spice to What The Festival’s Casbah zone. With a full Hookah Lounge, mini-performances, tea service, rollicking Gypsy and Middle Eastern beats, and lush, comfortable spaces to lounge, the Casbah is a place of respite for weary travelers in need of an oasis.
Nick Miner, The Ascocarp
Constructed of overlapping lengths of steel rod with a skin of stretched fabric and hand-crocheted nets with ccomfy interior seating, The Ascocoarp provides a gathering space for drinking chocolate ceremony at sunset. A place for connections and conversations, celebrations and inspirations, solace and peace: a sanctuary to stumble upon in the swirling chaos of it all!
Vicki Wilson and John Larsen, Succulent Showers
Also Featuring:
Mirror Mirror on the Ball, by W. Glen Boyd and Ivan McLean – This will be the LARGEST disco ball in the Northwest.
Biggie Smalls, by Tucker Teutsch 3.0 and Michael Miller
Sunny, by Joey Paulekas
Fabric Panel Decor, by Arun
Bamboo Trees and Sun Portal, by Daren Minke
Landscape Portraits, by Rachel Rose
Live Art, by Mehran Heard
The Tea House, by Jonathan Wright, Pinch of Thyme Botanicals