A Disturbance of the Disturbance.
Well friends, the fear I had going into this show has come to fruition. Sadly, as of April 5th, Lucasfilm LTD. has asked that we shelve A Disturbance on the Fourth -- an announcement that really breaks my heart. Initially intended as a... modest tribute to the famed saga, "Disturbance" eventually grew into a sort of tribute to my childhood. From days spent fabricating makeshift transport vehicles out of empty egg cartons, to countless sketches of Death Stars, Snowspeeders and Emperors meeting their doom. So, as you can imagine, there is an extra bit of sting that comes with having to cancel (or suspend indefinitely) this event. There seemed to be a good amount of energy growing with this show and I was very much looking forward to sharing those memories with all of you.
Now I know a lot of you are probably thinking that I'm agitated with the people at Lucasfilm and yeah, the initial response was a bit of "wtf?!", however, when you go into an event like this, you kinda know the risk -- they are only protecting their property in much the same way anyone else would. So yeah, it does suck, but I get it. What I do hope is that, somehow, this opens up a dialogue where I might obtain the proper permission to put on Disturbance somewhere down the road. Until then, though, we'll just have to wait and see.
So, now what? Well, seeing as the wonderful people at Pop Gallery have already made room for all of us on their calendar, we may as well put on a show, right? Damn right! So, after that bit of bad news, I'm extremely happy to announce what should be a really great event - TERRORBLY ODD! A Screem-Print Weekend. Centered around the classic monsters of early horror, TERRORBLY will be the most highly interactive show we've done to date. In addition to 6 new originals, we will be doing live screen printing… and this is where the fun part comes in. Jordan from The Fine Print Shoppe and I will be printing up custom, mix and match designs to your liking. In other words, you pick the shirt, you pick the background design and finally you pick from one of 6 classic monsters to finish up your custom shirt.
Now, I know this show may lack the sexiness of a Star Wars event, but I am confident that it will be a great time. After all of the headache and heartache, I have poured myself into these new pieces so I really do hope to see a lot of you out there. You all know I hate to ask any of you for anything, but this time… I humbly ask as many of you to make it out as possible. We are still organizing a meet-up after the event on Saturday night and with that said, hanging out with all you good people would be a great way to put all the disappointment this miserable fool had to go through to make this thing happen.
Again, as always, thank each and everyone of you for being each and every one of you.
Best,
-M
Regardless of the scheduling flub, I'm extremely excited about this event and cannot thank all at Pop Gallery enough for the opportunity (and idea) to put on a show that, for most of us, is a rhomp through a part of our childhood we never really let go of... at least until the prequels, that is.
The show itself will be made up of at least ten new works (I say "at least because" I would like to do more, but time is NOT on my side here. As it is, it's going to be a serious stretch to complete.) all themed around the characters that we've all come to know, love, and in some cases loathe.
Aside from the show, we are also going to be organizing a meet-up at the outdoor bar at Raglan Road. There's plenty of room for chatting and plenty of good brew on tap for drinking. So we hope to see as many of you out there as possible. Oh yeah, and although I'm not sure Disney would like costumes, feel free to wear your best Star Wars duds!
Also, please be sure to check in on this event page for updates, sketches and so on.
As always, thanks to all of you for all of this.
-M
DOWNTOWN DISNEY (R) WESTSIDE
at The Walt Disney (R) World Resort
1504 East Buena Vista Drive
Lake Buena Vista, Florida 32830
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