Wednesday, September 2, 2009
For the next week and a half a group of local artists calling themselves Asteroid Head are displaying their works in the Wonder Fair: Art Gallery & How! at 803 Massachusetts, in the basement underneath The Casbah Market.
The show, called “Asteroid Head Would Like To Have A Word With You,” is a collection of 64 pieces — eight from each of the eight artists in the collective, two of whom are KU students. Each artist came up with one word, like “harsh” or “Kenneth,” then all eight created something for each word. The styles and materials vary from artist to artist, including prints to pens to paints, and are bound together by nothing but the same starting point.
The idea for the show came from one of the members’ meditation sessions at sunset during an event the group held this past summer. The weekend event consisted of nearly 100 Lawrence area artists and friends gathering to recreate a summer camp experience. The group divided into teams and competed in various competitions such as tug-of-war.
The closing night of “Asteroid Head Would Like To Have A Word With You” on Sept. 12 also brings a reunion of the participants in this summer camp retreat to release the summer camp yearbook. The yearbook will feature pictures of the event and art inspired by it.
“We took pictures with everyone in their team shirts and face paint,” said Eric Dobbins, a member of Asteroid Head, and operator of the Wonder Fair gallery. “And we are putting those into an elementary school-type yearbook with collages and stuff.”
The collective hopes this event can help boost interest in art in Lawrence, particularly with students. Jason Barr, Olathe senior and member of Asteroid Head, explained that he tried to make the sort of things he wished were around when he first came to Lawrence.
“This town needs to have more sick stuff,” Barr said.
Ryan Schick, Warrensburg, Mo., sophomore, agreed that Lawrence needed something.
“I think art in Lawrence is okay, but it could go a lot further,” Schick said, “People don’t want to experiment enough.”
The event will also feature live music by Lawrence band Fourth of July, the ceremonial presentation of art from the gallery to a person who found a golden ticket tied to a balloon released by the gallery earlier this summer and a reenactment of the summer camp’s closing ceremony.
“I think it’s going to be the best opening in Lawrence ever,” Barr said. “It’s just some far-out family fun.”
— —Edited by Tim Burgess
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