Sept ART RUSH (extra credit)

I attended the Salina Art Center yesterday. The Salina Art Rush is very neat because many artists get together troughout the month and exchange ideas then submit there pieces accordingly. I saw some very unusual art, as well as some very creative art. There were many moterized pieces that were very fun to watch. I felt the creativity in the room and uncomfortable at times with some of the arts features. I tasted the cinnimon gum i was chewing. I touched no art because it was not the kind of art you touch. I heard many people buzzing about the different pieces they were seeing. I could smell peoples calognes and a sort of bee's wax smell too. Some of the art was created with bee's wax so I wonder if thats why I could smell it. The artist remarks on one piece where a house fly was hung by a wire over a bird embryo, in a small wood box with glass on the front. It was moterized so it appeared that the fly was buzzing over the embryo. It was very disturbing and the artist (Brady Hatter) explained it as,"Death infecting life." That makes it even more disturbing. It was fun to get in the minds of other artists and have them explain what they were thinking in the work, especially after you had drawn your own opinions. My favorite piece, well i really liked three; the Freeway Chase, the train graffiti, and the movie, Smother. I could not choose because they all had a significant impressions on me. The freeway chase was very creative and realistic. I think I am drawn to realistic work. I guess if I HAD to pick one it would be the freeway chase, because it looks like a satilite from far away but when you get close you will find a moterized cylinder with metal rods holding tiny cars so they appear to be moving around it as it spins on an axis like Earth. Then there is a cop car with lights chasing a car, they are suspended to one part of the cylinder. On the outside front of the cylinder there is a piece of a TV (the front screen) in which is smaller in proportion to the cylinder where you look through to see just the cop chase as the other cars speed around them. This is one of the most creative moterized artpieces I have ever see. Marc Berghaus is a genious.