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Cerrito Speakeasy artist-of-the-month, August '08
The Cerrito Speakeasy contacted me about 8 months ago to be their August Artist-of-the-Month, based on the God's Acre artwork (which features 3 artists and a musician). Twas a challenging hang, but with a few bits of fishing line and some big fat nuts to hang at the end, it came out pretty damn cool.
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The Writing is on the Wall
Gallery show at Swarm in Oakland, CA featuring the artwork, narrative, and a full soundtrack to the first God's Acre book.
Press Release:
On the night of June 20, 2007 Omnibucket releases the macabre, multimedia fairytale, "God's Acre, Book One, The Ravens & The Rhyme" upon the SWARM walls, offering a unique walk through the 96-page story. The full text of each page will be presented alongside the artworks so that you may read the entire narrative, or simply soak in the visual imagery. A two hour instrumental soundtrack, composed specifically to complement and enhance the visual experience, accompanies the installation. True to the collaborative mission of SWARM, the artworks feature the combined talents of a sculptor/photographer, digital artist, writer, and a music composer, all of whom will be present for book signing.
Featured in Flavorpill issue 268:
01:21 PM | 0 Comments | Tags: ravens and the rhyme, god's acre, event, performed, render, omnibucketThanks to FlavorPill for featuring The Writing Is On the Wall in their 268th issue. Here’s what they had to say:
We all remember the days when we’d pull the big illustrated book of fairy tales off the shelf and have Mom or Dad read us to sleep, filling our heads with material for strange dreams. Omnibucket, the independent publisher responsible for the exquisite zombie-outbreak graphic novel Brainchild, presents an installation that merges the pages with those dreams once again — with an extra dose of Grimm. The pages of God’s Acre, Book One: The Ravens & The Rhyme by Scott Lambridis are accompanied by the illustrative artworks of Angie Needels and Dave Senecal while Chris Siefert’s music fills the air. But before you drift off, have all four artists sign your shelf-ready version of the book. - LH
Berkeley Public Library installation
Angie & I installed an 8’ × 4’ x 1’ God’s Acre exhibit in the public display case at the Berkeley Public Library. The installation features 15 prints, a few scenes with the sculptures, and some custom-made posters on stands.
Pardon the terrible lighting.
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God's Acre, book one, The Ravens & the Rhyme
Limited edition of 300 hand-numbered books.
Illustrated by Angie Needels and Dave Senecal.
Synopsis
Where is the line between the unreal and the real? God’s Acre is a twelve-part series of artfully designed macabre modern fairytales. These stories explore the blurry line between reality and fantasy, in a manner that appeals to both adults and children ages 10 and up. God’s Acre cemetery provides the setting for the unsettling journey of the Kruk children as they search for the truth about their past. Each book features the Kruk children as well as a story-within-the-story about a deceased resident of the cemetery. The intertwining storylines are illustrated by separate artists, evoking a shift in perspective and reinforcing the intrigue as the role of God’s Acre cemetery in the town’s - and the Kruk’s - history comes to light. In this first book, young Norman Kruk, his spirit strained by his grandmother’s strict oversight, is led to God’s Acre cemetery by his imaginative and adventuresome sister Isabel. As Norman watches over Isabel, the gravedigger spins the yarn of the late Norman Criddle, whose remains reside in the cemetery. In life, Criddle was a lonely man with an intense and ultimately chilling love for ravens.
>>Text-only manuscript (16,500 words, 44 pages)
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