One of our main goals with Glass Mind is – in the simplest terms – reach out to all kinds of Baltimore artists and help strengthen the bonds in the arts scene here. How can we do our part to help that? Why not blog about people we think are awesome and tell you more about them? Oh, hell yeah.
So this officially marks a new weekly feature here on the blog which we’d like to call “Looking Glass” (Alec Lawson earns a GMT merit badge for helping come up with that one). Each Thursday, we’ll give you the scoop on an artist we happen to think is doing some great stuff here in Charm City. Whether they’ve worked with us directly or not, these are the folks that Glass Mind feels is making movement.
And yes, it’s possible to make movement in blazers and running shorts.
Today we’re showcasing two guys who worked with us in the first Brainstorm festival. Dan Friedman and Alex Braslavsky have been heading up a monthly event they dub “Chucklestorm” for the last few months - whether “Chucklestorm” and “Brainstorm” are related by blood is all speculation at this point.
They recently had a successful showing of CHUCKLESTORM at the Ottobar this past month, and their videos leading up to the event were pretty stellar. And wouldn't you know it, another one of our associate artists worked on ‘em (Hey, Jaron Lopez!). The one above, entitled “Frisbee”, is a personal favorite.
Ladies, please calm yourselves. I know all of those knees and ankles are getting you worked up.
Dan and Alex also show appreciation to their idols when they can. Their last Chucklestorm took place on Forest Whitaker’s birthday, which they advertised in order to maintain proper Forest Whitaker birthday awareness (Word on our street is, he showed up backstage, made Alex cry, and left in a fury, but no one can actually confirm or deny this).
SO! How can you follow these guys and check out Chucklestorm? Well, it’s looking to become a monthly event at the Ottobar (huzzah!) and for now, you can check them out on their Facebook group. Here’s the link:
http://www.facebook.com/#!/
They have some videos from their last event, and of course, plenty of pictures of their knees and ankles. Whew.
8.12 – Tenement St. Workshop / Theatre Collective – featuring video from our collab at Instant Gratification in July!
Nice!
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