{"id":12568,"date":"2019-12-15T16:32:22","date_gmt":"2019-12-15T16:32:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/?p=12568"},"modified":"2020-05-01T00:24:22","modified_gmt":"2020-05-01T00:24:22","slug":"cloud-interludes-conference-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/?p=12568","title":{"rendered":"Cultural HiJack: Cloud Interludes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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HOW IT ALL STARTED<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This project starts with me in late May of last year, surfing on Pinterest and seeing several photos of these DIY “cloud” lamps you could make for your house. I immediately thought, “Okay, these would be alright in my living room, but what if people wore them on their heads?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Initially, I included them as background characters in a science-fiction play I was writing (now written), but after my second or third conference with Angela, I realized that these Clouds had a life of their own, and I decided to delve into their world further. That led to \u201cClouds,\u201d or performers with cloud heads. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Construction<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The construction is fairly simple, though time-consuming (I’m currently brainstorming quicker ways to build Clouds, if you have ideas throw them my way). There are four ingredients: cardboard, boning (bendable plastic), Polyfill, and hot glue. Done!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    ONE<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>
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    CATS LOVE THIS PHASE<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>
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    ONE.FIVE<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>
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    ONE.SIX<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>
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    ONE.SEVEN<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>
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    DONE!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

    I started off with a few quick outings into Slonim Woods with my “assistant,” to test their movement and visibility. One of the major challenges of the mask is that visibility is very limited; from my own time in the Clouds and from collaborators, it’s a sensory-deprivation experience inside, so it’s necessary for the clouds to move slowly and carefully. I enjoy this slowness–it runs counter to the fastmoving pace of modern life. To slow down, to be “unproductive” in movement…it could be construed as anti-capitalist, but that’s perhaps an exterior value-add. To be explored in later phases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      Elliot-Cloud<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>
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