Community art event #3- 01 SJ Biennial

I was able to explore the 01 festival with my roommate who attends San Jose State University. When he told me that his class had the opportunity to visit the festival before it was open and talk to some of the artists about their pieces, I had to tag along. It was a good decision. There were many astounding and remarkable large scale pieces such as a giant robot that resembled a mix between a centipede and one of those squiggly air-puppets you see outside of car dealerships. This machine could be moved in any direction through the use of a computer interface and air pressure. My favorite piece however was the replication of a drive-in movie theater. This installation transformed 25 wrecked cars into a drive in movie set. the stereos in the cars were also renovated and played the audio from a movie that was playing on a large screen in from of the tent. The film was about the artist and their adventures creating working things such a rafts out of recycled materials. There was also a popcorn machine...BONUS!