For 3 days the Shambolica team with a band of new recruits built, concocted, slapped up, ripped up, and taped up a smorgasbord of an installation that projected the “mind” of the infamous BOX OF WONDERS on to the interior of Studio 41.
In creating this brain of Shambolica the team raided the streets of Glasgow for anything they could get their paws on. Wood, road signs, cabinets, more wood, foil, old wood, rotten wood, tape, lots of tape, nails, paint, newspaper, magazines, more newspaper, and even more wood!
BANG BANG! The hammer went! Rip, tear, slap, the tape went! Woosh, wash, flash the paint went! DRILL DRILL DRILL! The drill went! For 3 days the Shamboites went hammer and tong! Tongues thumbing out the mouth, eyes wide with artistic horniness and hands all jelly like with excitement!
Though the box was not present its colour aura most definately was and influenced the crew immensely leading them to creative a fervour amongst the team!
With friends of the Shambolica team stopping by to indulge in the vibes of the Shambolica ethos of “all art is creation and all creation is art” Klaus and and Baron encouraged them all to be free in their expressions; the possibilities were indeed endless!
Then on the 11th October all the hard work came to a stop to prepare for the big opening where a special performance was to take place by the SHAMBO GOD!
The finished installation had the look of an old puzzle stirred into a giant pot of paint and then spewed onto the walls. Good friends of Klaus; Robin and Zoe, had created some amazing creations for the event. Robin had reinvigorated the famous Shambolica CRANK box and Zoe had created the now infamous SHAMBO TUNNEL!
As vistors entered the darkened gallery they were confronted with the "mind" of Shambolica. An abyss of what lay within the Shambolica mind. A deep fissure within the artistic landscape. A CHASM!
Projected light shone against the wall and the varying elements of materials that were used to create such a patchwork quilt took on the feel of a rubik cube. Always turning, forever evolving and never solved.
The audience was encouraged to enter the SHAMBO TUNNEL! a symbol of the birth of Shambolica. Audience members had to crawl to the end of the tunnel to encounter the free booze on offer and indulge in the soft porn delight that was "The Housing of the Rising Sun" whilst taking in the delightful art work of the Shamboites that decorated the walls of the tunnel. The lights flickered, the white noise hummed and then...
"ATTENTION ATTENTION!" a voice boomed out. All crackled and worn.
The crowd gathered round. A groan gave out! Alas! The SHAMBO GOD had unveiled itself at the SHAMBO LECTERN!
The Shambo God then proceeded to give a monologue of tasty anecdotes about the CHASM that was the mind of Shambolica!
As a treat to the worthy folk who had braved that evenings rain the Shambo God inducted 5 new Shamboites into the Shambo Tunnel where they were coated with the credo that is "all art is creation and all creation is art" by the very hand of the Shambo God himself. Once in the tunnel the Shambo God led the rest of the audience in a rendition of the now infamous Shambo chant and a brief song ended proceedings to the delight of the crowd. And then with a whisper the Shambo God vaporised into the Glasgow night.
Thanks to the following Shamboites for their help in the construction of the Shambolica CHASM:
Robin Burns (pineovercoat.co.uk)
Zoe Randalls (www.zoerandalls.com)
Paul Quietsch
Neil Smith
James Stephen Wright
Aimi Ferrier
Michelle Roberts
and special thanks to the Studio 41 committee (thestudio41.wordpress.com).
The soundtrack for the night, created from deep within the Chasm can be heard HERE!
Music by Thomas F Newell & Alan Travers.
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