Shambolica Presents: "FIGHT NIGHT" - The Start of Super September

On the 10^th September 2012 Shambolica! launched "Super September" with a performance at The Art School as part of the Glasgow School of Art Fresher’s week. FIGHT NIGHT saw Klaus and Baron roll into town with their box of wonders to entertain the new art students.  Accompanying Klaus and Baron this time was Tilly the Temptress!

KLAUS THE STRONG MAN
Image by Robbie Bert

TILLY THE TEMPTRESS
Image by Robbie Bert

BARON PUNCH
Image by Robbie Bert

Klaus and Baron performed a twist on proceedings by conducting a painting masterclass for the young new artists! Led in by Tilly the Temptress and her rattling bell, Klaus and Baron were hooded and bound in front of the crowd before being disrobed, unshackled and unleashed on the unsuspecting audience! Baron with his garish stalking and Klaus with his now infamous “bounce!” jump threw themselves into a confrontation of Jackson Pollockesque swirls and twirls.  Klaus and Baron had fallen out a few weeks prior over their abilities as provocateurs of art and decided once and for all to settle their dispute.  With Tertre Rouge on holiday in Greece with Terrence Malick he had sent Tilly the Temptress a pounding soundtrack to settle the proceeding squabbles.  Gathering students up to the box they were encouraged by Klaus and Baron to PAINT! PAINT! PAINT!

Image by Robbie Bert

Tilly the Temptress allocated Klaus and Baron half the audience each to cheer them on and to pick on unsuspecting victims of SHAMBOLICA!

Image by Robbie Bert

Boom, crash, FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT! Paintbrushes drawn, paint bubbling in the cups, canvases eager for the splatter of the paint, Klaus and Baron went scrounging for Shamboites! Enthralling and disrespectful in equal measure Klaus and Baron goaded each other whilst harassing their chosen “student” to PAINT! PAINT! PAINT! More COLOUR! COLOUR! COLOUR! Occasionally running over to inspect their opponent’s work Klaus and Baron were imbued with a sense of hysteria courtesy of probably drinking too much paint over the years and their travels from Mongolia to East Kilbride.

Image by Robbie Bert

The intensity increased to all out war when Klaus and Baron got the entire fresher’s crowd to come draw, paint, scrawl and doodle! Encouraging them all to come to the box to feed on its shambolic scent, colour and sparkle magic!  Klaus and Baron bouncing off their canvases like RP McMurphy and bellowing chants from the book of Shambolica! 

Then suddenly a ROAR! 

The Shambo Momma God appears waddling in like a drunken elephant chomping on her bottom lip.  “What’s going on here?” she bellows. Klaus and Baron hadn’t seen their momma since she popped out to get some milk 5 years previously. The Shambo Momma gave them a severe dressing down for their antics and Klaus and Baron agreed they didn’t want to fight no more and then, suddenly, they had an idea, an idea for a song…. 

SHAMBO GOD COMETH
Image by Robbie Bert

Images of FIGHT NIGHT can be found HERE!  Special thanks to Robbie Bert on fantastic photos.  The soundscape to accompany the fight night performance can be downloaded/streamed and listened to HERE! and the video of the performance can be watched HERE!

More info on super september to follow shortly!

THANKS FOR READING, remember, BE CREATIVE, BE SHAMBOLICA!