Scratching The Surface 07

galleryHomeland’s Scratching the Surface 07 festival opens today, August 3, on the Vera Katz Eastbank Esplanade with performances and installations around, in, and concerning Portland waterways.

At 6 PM, the opening reception takes place near Festival Plaza on the Esplanade with a performance by visiting Brooklyn artist Ianthe Jackson. We’re especially interested in Grace Luebke and Ben Stagl’s “tumbleweed,” a 12-foot cluster structure made of balloons that will be launched into the Willamette River at 7 PM. With any luck and a favorable wind, it should be lovely. The river begs for a sculpture that responds to its flow and surface conditions.

At 8 PM, Bruce Conkle performs “Mountain Romance” near Ash St. Plaza (Ash Street Pier). And at 9 PM, visiting Brooklyn artist Tim Folland launches the Ultimate Ship, ” Ship Wrecked.”

POSTED: August 3rd, 2007 | AUTHOR: lisa | FILED UNDER: art | TAGS: art | No Comments »

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