Color Theory Guard
4/20 2024 - @ Black Mountain College Museum's ReHappening
Color Theory Guard lead participant-viewers through a series of movements within a prismatic playground and color changing landscape. This color wheel act radiated out to the rest of the Rehappening at Lake Eden. Every hour, we introduced a new playground prop, color combination exercise, and “now” age ambient tracks that slowly transformed the space into a full spectrum experience. Through dazzling live performance and with a edu-taining multimedia zine, we, of Swannatopia’s Experimental Art Club, created a community powered color wheel experiment.
Influenced by: Josef Albers’ Interaction of Color, costume from Xanti Schawinski’s Spectodrama, Ani Albers’ Knots, CMYK vs RGBIV, Walk the line and Hopscotch, Color guard and cheer squad routines, stage design as a medium, medium as message, Disney’s Fantasia, ribbon and square dancing, tambourines, “bells and whistles”, group exercise, playgrounds, flea circuses, crankys, the games “limbo” and “Twister”
Participating Artists:
choreography and dance captains: lauren s and emily swan
dance costumes and props: alyssa s., kaylee d., katrina o., e. miller, madalyn w., mik, marcia w., byron b., micah r., storm
banners: madalyn w.
parachute and all color ball: katrina o.
metronome flag: byron b.
dancers: leo, storm, micah r, john b., matthew x., freddie b.
live color projections: olly
watercolor scroll, recipes, and spoken word: madeline s.
live score: shane m., charlie b., frances and carolyn
zine illustrations: kaylee d., chelsea r., sarah k., julianna c., e. miller, dwayne b., ty k., freddie b., janie e., madalyn w., byron b
zine production team: katrina o., alyssa s., e.miller, hanna z., byron b., madalyn w., kaylee d., dave p.
seed packets: katrina o.
special thanks to Matthew (XOR) for mastering our Ambient Radiance submissions.
original compositions made in response to our "call for ambient radiance" *2 disc CD share included in zine and linked below. Each participant interpreted a different color. Results below:
Every Hour...
A new color
a new choreo,
a new experience
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Color Theory Captains: Emily S. and Lauren S.
Black and White Warm Ups
WHITE
1 sprinkle of snowflake
4 handfuls of dogwood blossoms
One scoop of midnight moon milk
3 wisps of a cloud, drifting or still
Find the whites of another's' eyes
One night blooming cactus flower
BLACK
1 pint of shadows
1 scoop of midnight sky
The center of a rudbeckia flower
2 octaves of black keys, let marinate overnight
5 crow calls, refined into a paste
One dried up lava bed
1 quart of raspberry juice
a memory of a babies blushing cheeks
2 TBSP of Rose petal butter
Two scoops of rubies
1 brick, let soak for 1 hour in broth
Stir with cardinal feather and taste, add additional rubies for stronger flavor
1 branch of a Japanese maple tree
Marmalade of equal parts hibiscus, amaryllis, and poppy
Wake at sunrise to catch the first glimpse of light, try to pinch off a piece of the early morning red and use as final garnish
Red
Butter of setting sun
2 TBSP of saffron syrup
3 dollops of cantaloupe cream
The brush of a foxes tail
10 gallons of kumquat juice
3 flutters of a monarch
A composition of curry spices
Brine of tiger Lillies, calendula, chrysanthemum and zinnia
illustration by Kaylee Dunn
YELLOW
16 egg yolks swimming in a honey pool
One basketful of witch hazel blossoms
One cup of diced topaz and citrine
A soft spread of lemon paste
1 song of a goldfinch
1 slow dance of banana slugs
Caramelized petals of evening primrose, goldenrod and sunflower
The waving aspen leaves of Colorado in autumn
Green
4 TSP of usnea and foliose lichen blend
6 moss cakes, freshly rained upon
One gallon of emeralds
2 cups of fern juice
A generous sprinkling of bamboo leaves
A memory of a grass covered hillside
One lizard scale
3 TSP of cilantro syrup
One serpentine stone from the toes of the Klamath Mountains
Green by Dwayne Boone
illustrations by Kaylee Dunn
BLUE
One chirp of a bluebird
Two handfuls of sky, any time of day
8 Quarts of sapphires, 1 quart of lapis lazuli can be added for additional sweetness
One pot of cornflower, hydrangea and morning glory stock
The confluence of stream, creek, river and ocean, 1 TBSP of each
One wink of a blue whale
Every blueberry, whether wild or domestic
illustration by Emily Miller
illustrations by Julianna Chioma
Indigo
At dawn or dusk, between black and blue,
find a slice of sky and with gentle eyes
taste the delicious hue,
this slice pairs nicely with chicory flower mead
and served in a glass made of melted Tanzanite
illustration by Sarah Kelly
Violet
Two summer plums perfectly ripened
Broth of of violet, aster and lilac, let steep for one full day
6 quarts of amethyst
The swirl of sea snails shell
The glimmer of a purple starlings breast
Multiple cascades of wisteria blooms
1 eggplant
1 fig
1 beetroot
2 grapes
A lavender field softly swaying somewhere in the Mediterranean
All Color Ball
illustration by Glowspace Arts
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Ball and Parachute made by Katrina Ohstrom
