Thanks to all those that came to the preview show opening--it was a great crowd. I was especially excited by the viewers who visited from Davis street. That is the street that has become the representative abode for the show since it was on the postcard and was the image used for press. A component of the show that I was testing is a sort of direct marketing without capitalistic endeavors. It is so difficult to get people to connect to anything within their community and especially if it is an art related event. I am hoping that on a larger scale I can instigate more people into viewing the final project, particularly those that live in the community. I am doing this by sending cards of the photographed houses to a 2 block radius of that image/home.
Perhaps it might be a initially disturbing to receive a photograph of your house (or your neighbor's) in your mailbox but then it might just motivate some interest to step outside your home and see what someone else sees when they look at where you live. At least, this is what I hope.
Show reopens March 22 after a spring break hiatus.
[Photo still of Ellen Godena with Twitchie. Costumes: Burns Maxey]