There have been a few times when I’ve performed on other days besides Sunday, at the time I was very inspired by the first collective performance, and this swedish guy named Foofwa:
I was motivated to perform again real soon. I really wanted to become this town fool, village idiot, the cosmological jester. So […]
Entries from November 2007
Freak Landshark
November 28th, 2007 · No Comments · documentation
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First Collective Performance: Alice in Wonderland
November 25th, 2007 · No Comments · documentation
Knowing that I was getting press, I was ready to take it to the next level. The earlier rituals, I had no focus, no clue where this was headed. My friend from Pennsylvania told me to create a troupe and I agreed. So I called the only other person I knew in NY who likes performing. […]
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Time Out New York, The Cosmological Jester
November 18th, 2007 · No Comments · documentation
With all the Curbed blogs and word of mouth about this village idiot, loony, performance artist, fool, etc, etc, etc, Time Out New York finally heard about me. It turns out the Editor for the first ten pages actually lived on Bedford Ave. She sent an email out to five freelance reporters, she […]
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A Village of Fun Loving Fools
November 11th, 2007 · No Comments · documentation
Dancing on Bedford Avenue Again:
Dancing on Bedford Avenue Again from rsguskind on Vimeo.
As word of mouth grew, the performance wasn’t a performance, but an opening for others to act out as well, which was always my main intention. This started happening more often. In this clip you’ll notice people doing their own thing. […]
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Interactivity Incorporated
November 4th, 2007 · No Comments · documentation
One Man Cheering Section:
This was the day of the New York Marathon, it was just ending, so I started cheering at the few runners who came by on Bedford Ave. This was also the day I started using my favorite prop the Snake. I would move it around and from a distance […]
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