WAGGLEFEST/BOOM BOOM BEES!
IMPORTANT UPDATES!!!
It’s looking extremely likely that this weekend in Center, GA will be very wet, but even though we and the bees desperately need the rain, this is of course incompatible with electronics, instruments, electronic instruments, paper-mache, etc, as well as ruling out the option of comfortable, fun camping for many of our traveling artists and their families.
However…if you are local to Athens, there will still BEE THINGS happening on saturday , thanks to an epic scramble and teamwork by the organizing crew to find indoor locations for the live sets!!!!!
The wonderful WAGGLEFEST field stage lineup (@cicadarhythm @immaterialpossession @arborlaborunion and @athensdragana ) will be jamming at the beautiful MARIGOLD AUDITORIUM! @marigoldauditoriumwinterville
373 N Church St, Winterville, GA 30683.
Doors at 5,
Dragana @6
Arbor@7
Immaterial @8
Cicada @9
$20 at the door!
We, of Swannatopia, will be decorating the stage, Immaterial Possession is building a giant puppet , and Inverse Golf will be facilitating some video loops!
…and the Forest Stage lineup, curated by @drones_in_the_garden and @hookervision , has been relocated to @work.shop_athens
147 Fritz Mar Ln, Athens, GA 30607
doors at 1
200 cult of riggonia
245 sleep number
330 lea lea
415 farewell phoenix
500 to 6 load out-in
630 Modern Lamps
715 Brainworlds
800 I, conduit
845 M. Kovacevich
$10 sliding scale!
@sleep_number_ @farewellphoenix @riggonia @10000_chrysanthemums @psyche_de_lea @masoncbrown
Thank you all for being patient and understanding, We will continue to communicate updates as we regroup, so please stay fesTUNED! We also invite you to save the date -November 14 - for BOOM BOOM BARNS -to be held at Warren Wilson College in Swannanoa, NC. We are so excited that some of the BoOM BoOM BeES artists are already planning on bee-ing there with their installations!
And Thank you to @jitteryjoesathens for the coffee to keep all of our artists buzzing!
Experimental Art Club's BEE HOUSE
Winter/Spring 2026 to premiere at BOOM BOOM BEES / WAGLFEST
on May 23 in Athens, GA !
We are making a BEE HOUSE - Festoon style!
BEEcome an engineer, an architect, a custom furniture designer with our next prompt- BEE HOUSE- we will be making clay trinkets whilst constructing a hexagonal bee house (similar in scale to a giant doll house)
Together, we will collectively fabricate the BEE HOUSE of our dreams.
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From the Archives:
Seed Circus Summer!
Inspired by and in collaboration with our friends Appalachian Seed Growers Collective, Experimental Art Club is building a tabletop BIG TOP and taking it on tour! Next stop: September 5-14 at the N.C. Mountain State Fair!
Installation View of Decoy 'n Decor 'n More | "how will we get our ducks in a row?" 2024 | Photo courtesy of LamplightAVL / Peter Speer
"Make Stuff For Fun!"
Hatched in 2021, Experimental Art Club is a multigenerational playgroup that "makes stuff for fun!", a wide circle of friends that play together regularly with a DIY mentality and pools of energy.
From The Archives:
Ant Float Dream Boat
"Ants Together, Ants Forever”
5/3/2025
BMCM+AC {re}Happening 13 | Lake Eden | Black Mountain, NC
Through explorations in innertubes (“inner tutus”) and pool noodles, we built an ANTigravitational miniature/giANT ant float on Lake Eden with wind enhanced visuals. At sunset (8:19), an illuminated ant ballet was performed on the water, accompanied by music, projections, and synchronized movements that guided and invited the participANT-observers on the shore to dream as "ANTS TOGETHER, ANTS FOREVER".
From The Archives:
"how do we mark the flood?"
11/23/2024
Swannanoa, NC
A day of collective healing and community resilience on the historic grounds of Warren Wilson College
From The Archives:
The Oasis of the Juicy Fruits
"feel the weather"
9/21-10/14 2023
Center For Craft | Asheville, NC
In this harmony of tradition, innovation, and creative wonder, at the crossroads of unconventional artistic expression and a yearning for the commons, the Oasis of the Juicy Fruits beckons all to partake in the dance of life.
From The archives:
Bug Mall
"you are here"
12/11-31 2022
LamplightAVL / The Residency at 821
Drawing inspiration from utopian experiments both attempted and imagined, cooperative and adaptive behaviors observed across life forms, holiday light shows, escalators, and the shopping mall itself, Bug Mall explores the ways we relate to our built environment, each other, and ourselves through the lens of contemplative socioentomology. Click below to BUG OUT!
Performance View of Color Theory Guard {Re}HAPPENING 12 | 2024 Photo courtesy of Michael Oppenheim / BMCM+AC
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"A SOUVENIR OF THE EXPERIENCE"
Here in the Swannatopia Souvenir Shop, you will find limited-edition merchandise, fashion, decoys, decor, 'n more; as well as one of a kind, "museum quality" fine art and memorabilia from our many installations, exhibitions, and productions.
When you shop at the Swannatopia Souvenir Shop, you directly support your friends and neighbors, and you help to keep our doors open and our programming FREE!
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