Welcome
to our tale of the Snow Village.
Let's go on a little journey; shall we...
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When Darcy first called me, she asked if I would be the 'official' architect for the 4th Annual Yeti Snowball's Gingerbread Village.
The funniest thing, is that I can actually state that I have professional experience as a Gingerbread Architect, as I worked with Fratelli Ristorante in 1999 on the Gingerbread Kingdom to benefit the Neighborhood House.
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Darcy mentioned the idea of a Dr. Suess Village:
 
But, this is a KAOSMOSIS EVENT... So, if we were not to create an 'adult' and slightly sardonic version of this child's
"WhoVille" tale, then we certainly would be quite out of character...
and just not having any creative fun...
Let's begin to cast our eye in the direction of Tim Burton...
 
Plus... thinking of the Snowball's unofficial mascot, the Abominable Snow Monster... the most fuzzy q-tip of clay-mation critters...
I began to think of his childhood friends... like Mr. Snow Miser from the 1974 TV
special when there almost wasn't a Santi-Claus:
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and frosty moments in Star Wars as Luke hangs frozen for a Wampa meal...
the krypto-architectural language seen in Superman's Fortress of Solitude...
Basically...
It made me think about Ice . . . Snow . . .
and the potential of materials . . .
Casper David Friedrich "The Polar Sea",
1821.
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Why bake a rectangular house out of gingerbread, just like every other lame get drunk 'til you puke up on the boss' shoes and get a pink-slip the next day corporate party???
Why not have a little bit of fun!??!?! |
 Andy
Goldsworthy
So, working with the frozen potential of ice and snow,
[Well, technically I suppose it would be sugar
and corn-syrup...]
& harnessing it into a large scale edible sculpture...
Lis and I are proposing the following...
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One: Create Snow Effigies |
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Instead of decorating gingerbread figures, we
will create a series of person-shaped lollipops, that will be spiked with pepper
/ curry and a series of other mind-blowing flavors! [They can still be
decorated using standard icings, but have more zing, and have a handy stick for
holding, decorating, licking, and mounting.]
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Two: Create Snow Alter |
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We would like to create a human-scaled
installation, within which will be placed all of the patron effigies, as deities
to which we praise. The space would be constructed from large sheets of
sugar and corn syrup, kinda like huge flat lollipops... igloo style... |
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Three: Cue the Kaos... entering
from stage left-field... |
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After the crowd has gathered, four dancers will enter
the space dressed in flows of water and ice with small butane torches... One
acting as a snow wraith, the other three as playful ice pixies... Through
the duration of their performance, they will alter the alter, causing it to
morph, ooze, bubble and drip with their torches like an enormous crème brûlée At the end of the piece,
the melted mass of yummy wonderfulness will quickly cool and be broken into chunks for the audience to
savor all night long!
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