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Red Spot Opens New Outdoor Show BY STACY ROSENSTOCK Saturday's opening of “The Famous Show” at Red Spot’s Outdoor Slide Theatre in Soho was a multi-media extravaganza featuring artist’s slides, live music, video and roof-top dancers. Based on curator Doug Ciarelli’s manuscript on famous art and artists, the show explores: what fame does to artists and their work, how fame introjects on the quali ty of art by famous artists; and whether fame compromises the quality of art. Ciarelli and Red Spot, who have been work ing together for the past two years, placed an “Open Call” for artists working in this media, by posting flyers and holding slide ties. The result was 30 participating artists, about half of whom are “Veteran Slide Makers,” and have appeared in previous shows. Red Spot began producing slide shows six years ago, while he was involved in writing opera. First, working with standard photographic slides, he found that they lacked the contrast necessary for the size and distance he envisioned. “Earlier thanilOSl there were no machines that would xerox onto acetate,” says Red Spot about his current process. “ By the next year we had better equipment,” he said. The Outdoor Slide Theatre has received support as well as grants from the Public Art Fund, the Victor Hassleblad Corporation, Art Matters, Materials for the Art, and has received fun ding for the past two years by the New York State Council on the Arts. The 40 by 40 foot images are projected onto the side of a nearby building by two Hassleblad PCP projectors. The entire show, which comprises ten trays of slides, is about two hours long. “Everything’s almost automatic, computer boards run the show, which is much smoother running than last year, and we can program the shows. Now, all we need is a 4-track tape recorder,” says Red Spot. As a special treat to Walkman wearers. Red Spot also has his own mini-radio station “98.6 FM, WRED on your Spot Radio Dial,” which broadcasts over a very short range bis “Slide Opera” during the shows. It’s an idea which Red Spot says stems from listening to Texan Counti^ Western radio stations, as a child. Beamed towards the ground, WRED only travels 100 feet, and can best be heard from Canal Jeans. So what’s next? *‘A full stage slide opera” says Red Spot, who plans on adapting his previously written opera to future slide shows. “The Famous Show” will run Tuesday through Saturday nights, 8:30 to 10:30pm, through May 30. The best viewing is from the Northwest comer of Broadway and Spring Street. As a special treat to viewers, Red Spot also has his own mmirradio station, 98.6 FM WRED on your Spot Radio Diai, which broadcasts a ‘'Slide Opera' over a very short range. Scenes Irom opening night. Above, Doug Ciarelli, Susan Walert and Red Spot. Below, Spot and Stephen. (Villager Photos by Stacy Rosenstock) MEWS BRIEFQ Comic A t the Library Comic writer Mark O’Donnell will read from his work and answer questions at the Jefferson Market Regional Library, 425 Sixth Avenue, at 6:30pm, on Wednesday, May 6. O’Donnell’s careers have included car-, toonist, stand-up comic, poet and off- Broadway playwright. He is the author of “That’s It, Folks,” “The Nice and the Nasty,” and “Elementary Education,” a col lection of comic pieces. Family Run in the Park The third annual Family Fun Run will come to Washington Square Park on Satur day, May 2, organized by the Washington Square Road Runners and Grace Church School as a benefit for children’s projects in the park. Runners will be divided according to age groups and run different'distances for each age. Activities begin at 9am and fee is $5 for adults and $3 for children. Prizes include T-shirts to the first 500 registered and prizes for the winners. For information, call Nancy Goldskin, 475-5600. Walk Lower E. Side The Lower East Side Historical Society has organized a walking tour of the East Village and the Lower East Side for Sunday, May 3, with the theme *'The Jewish Lower East Side From the lOSO's to the 1930’s.\ Guide will be Suzanne Wasserman, project historian at the Henry Street Settlement. The activity, set for 11 am, beginning out side St. Mark’s Church, Second Ave. and 10th St., will end at Chatham Square. Cost is ^ per person. For more information, call mms. The Lower East Side Historical Society is a group devoted to discovering the architec tural, cultural and social heritage of the area, it is an is currently seeking new members. For information, call Cynthia Schneider, 2284)680 or write P.O. Box 2047, Stuyvesant Station, NYC 10009. Walk a Radical View This coming Saturday, the first Saturday of the month, is the day for the monthly walking tour of architecture and history its organizers call “The Radical Walking Tour” which visits “points of freedom and destiny” in Greenwich Village, the East Village, and Noho. Stops along the way provide the story of the Triangle fire, and walkers will see the only New York building by Louis Sullivan. They will stand where draft rioters fought during the Civil War and hear about the Grand Cen tral Hotel and its tragic end. Tour guides will talk about the real reason for the Astor Place riots and inake a visit to the home of Emma Goldman. These and other triumphs and disasters are part of the tour that will start at 2:30pm on Saturday, May 2, at the War Resisters’ League Building, 339 Lafayette Street, corner of l^fayette and Bleecker. For information caU 228-0450. An Annual May Fair Grace Church School will hold its 32nd An nual May Fair on Saturday, May 2 , 10-4pm on Tenth Street between Broadway and Fourth Avenue. The fair will feature Big Ap ple Circus teacher and performer John Grimaldi, with stiltwalking, plate-spinning and juggling. He will also conduct a juggling workshop for children with take-home in structions. Under the big green and white tent, fairgoers will find new and used merchandise of every kind. The Second-Hand Rose booth will offer clean, quality clothing for children and adults. There will also be a White Elephant Booth and country General Store, hundreds of toys for children of all ages and a special Book Room featuring thousands of new and used books. Entertainment includes a Children’^ Game Yard, and there will be food plus take-home gourmet delights round out Fair offerings. Admission is $1 for adults and 50 cents for children. Proceeds benefit the school’s scholarship and development fund. Present A ward to Artist The fifth annual Doris Freedman Award was presented to Mark di Suvero by Mayor Edward 1. Koch on April 22 at Cooper Union.i Di Suvero is a sculptor and advocate for the interests of emerging artists and for art in public spaces. The award was established by executive order of the Mayor in May 1982 to honor the late Doris Chanin Freedman, who was Director of Cultural Affairs for New York City and president of City Walls, the Municipal Art Society and the Public Art Fund. Taste 'for Music Fest Gourmet and gourmands should save Sun day, May 3, from 5pm to 8pm for “A Village Tasting,” a cocktail party to benefit the an nual Washington Square Music Festival. The festival has enlisted a group of prestigious Village restaurants and food purveyors to donate their specialties for the event, which is being held in the historic row-house and garden of Luke Hollenbeck, one of the festival’s patrons. - A partial list of the establishments who have provided help for the event includes: The Coach House, John Clancy’s, Pizza Piaz za, Jefferson Market, Murray’s, Vesuvio Bakery, Mary Lou’s, Hunan Royal, Cheese of All Nations, Charlie Mom, Bondini's, Ye Waverly Inn, Sabor, La Metairie, Formerly Joe’s, Beatrice Inn, ARA Foodservices and Les Trols Petits Cochons. Tickets are $40 apiece, or two for $75. All proceeds will benefit the expanded 30th an niversary season of the Washington Square Music Festival. Call the Washington Square Association Music Fund, 431-1088. April 30,1987, THE VILLAGER, Page 3
