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The music is the cake, but how about the icing, the art? This will be my second year at Roo. I loved the graffiti and would like to see more people expressing themselves, with their artistic skills. Is there some where I am missing the Art at Roo? I just heard about the Pods, is there anything visual stimulating there? Missed shakedown last year, will not this year. Any fire Poi or spinning or performance/performing arts? These guys would be cool to have, at night
Some of the best visual performers are simply other Rooers having a good time with their art throughout the weekend. I prefer seeing a random guy busting out the fire staff close to me at a show than having to go to a designated area to see something cool. Contributing to the atmosphere is one of my favorite parts of any festival (I hoop, fire hoop, and spin the flow wand and staff)
Some of the best visual performers are simply other Rooers having a good time with their art throughout the weekend. I prefer seeing a random guy busting out the fire staff close to me at a show than having to go to a designated area to see something cool. Contributing to the atmosphere is one of my favorite parts of any festival (I hoop, fire hoop, and spin the flow wand and staff)
A fire staff at a show? in Centeroo? Would love to see that! How does someone get that in? I agree, the contributions attributed from a random live act performance are unmeasurable and make festivals what they are, a festival and not just a music show. For me, if last year there was a choice between KOL and Vau de Vire Society. I would have been checking out some West coast spinning, instead KOL lost to a nap. I would like to see more of the visual stimulation that Bonnaroo and Rooers have to offer and if that was going on and I was missing it, then I would like to know. Maybe start a late night, under the tower, bring your light toys, show-me-what-you-got, best of performance show-off type thing.
Coco to you Scrog for those videos. If i ever met that flowing wand chick at a show, i would have to kiss or hug her because that is some cool sheeiiit.
You're right about those fan performances elevating a festival. I stopped by the Lunar Stage and Kaskade was playing. There was this one guy with these glowing led gloves putting on a show and it turned out to be as entertaining as the music if not more so.
As far as the pod arts go, they change every year. So its always a mixed bag. When I went to check out some pods in '08, they had one that were these animal sculptures made out of wood and cloth that wasn't visually stimulating but nice to check out. But the garden that was made out of multicolored plastic bottles which had lights that made them glow at night. Very cool.
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Yeah! Those are the gloves I was talkin about. I should buy some for this year.
Good luck with the zoetrope idea. I don't even know where to begin building something that elaborate, all i can find online were the small paper ones.Plus, find something to spin it at the effect (I guess a pottery wheel would be good, i don't think a record player would be fast enough nor handle the weight well)
^^You should most def get some of those gloves, if just for my entertainment alone! Check out this site here, the video is of the Skittles combination of lights, my favorite. As for the Zoetrope, you could use a record player for a small one. There are motors you could buy for a bigger one. I have read the instruction for and spoken to the guy who helped built that one, so I have a good idea of the work it will take. What holds me up is theme, like what would I want to say with it and how would I say it? Lego characters, or make my own characters. I would post the vids, but I can not, so if interested Check out Lego Zoetrope. Check out Pixar Toy Story Zoetrope here, MUST SEE!! I saw one of those many, many years ago at a Blue Man Group show in Vegas. Then Peter Hudson inspired me with his low-tech version:
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