Duncan on fire 

Later in the Evening there was a screening of the Survival Research Labs video. 

The Fire Snake takes to the street outside the studio 

Drama at the Event Lab  

Knob and tube electrical box that will be used to house the next fire snake. 

Rotating Speaker Fan, Smoke Rings and Fire Bubbles

On Wednesday, May 4, the Fishbon Event Lab madness continued with a noble experiment with Rotating Speakers rigged to a repurposed ceiling fan. The theory is that when you stand in the center directly underneath, the sound will encircle you like constantly moving surround sound. Then, if the music is digitally pulsed, the fun really begins. In the second part of the evening, a plastic Smoke Diaphragm was filled with smoke from the smoke machine and operated by pushing on the tightly stretched fabric to make perfect Event Lab smoke rings. Since she missed the debut of the Smoke Bubbles, Dominique got her chance to experience the thrill.

Josh and Alan rigging the rotating speaker fan 

Alan and Carolyn enjoy perfect smoke ring. 

Josh and Ricardo making smoke rings with plastic diaphragm. 

In a reprise of the propane bubble trick, Dominique gets fiery. 

Air Speakers, Accordions and Propane

Wednesday, April 27 was a three-part evening of madness beginning with Wireless Aerial Speakers flying overhead (the speakers were rigged for flight with a web of string, then swung aloft and programmed with vocals from a wireless mic fed through digital effects) and ending with propane-filled soap bubbles flaming in a home made Aluminum Foil Fire Slide. In between, Fishbon Event Lab operatives shared a smarmy moment with Fire Snakes, Accordions and Clickers. Attention span being what it is, the focus quickly changed to fire. A shallow plastic tray was found and filled with soapy water (try this at home, maybe not) propane was blown into the mix resulting in wicked propane bubbles. Agents then scooped the sudsy goop into their hands and held a lighter next to the bubbles. Presto..Fire Hands. All things considered, a typical Event Lab evening.

Jill revisits heritage with Havah Nageela solo. 

Jeff unleashes accordion chops 

Clay on squeeze box after taking two lessons from Polish lady in Chicago. 

Alan down with Event Lab hard core accordion medley. 

From the Event Lab alternative instruments collection..the home made clicker. 

Propane is fed into soapy water and the bubbles scooped up into Jill's hand, then ignited. 

Propane bubbles ignited. 

Steve builds the propane slide. 

Nomadic Chill Tent Gets Interactive Shadow Show

The Instant Nomadic Chill Tent looked good and felt good but something was missing--entertainment of course. So Fishbon Event Lab agents and shadow puppet scientists in full stunt gear spent the evening April 20 creating characters, symbols and assorted weird objects that could be arranged on the roof of the tent. Puppeteers then lit the show from above and used bamboo sticks to arrange the puppets in a contiuous narrative.

The Winged Serpent on a rampage in the Nomadic Chill Tent ceiling show. 

Carolyn and Sean make puppet cutouts for the Nomadic Chill Tent show. 

Paper puppet cutouts are placed on the roof of the Nomadic Chill Tent and arranged with bamboo sticks by puppeteers. 

Renee directs the shadow show in the Instant Nomadic Chill Tent 

Renee and Dominique in full stunt gear. 

Instant Nomadic Chill Tent, Eye Project and Laser Snakes

In a detour from the past few weeks' technical bravado, Wednesday, April 13 saw the first stage in the development of the Instant Nomadic Chill Tent. Armed with a bolt of white 4-way stretch fabric direct from LA's garment district, Fishbon Event Lab agents cut, sewed, stretched, poked, decorated and finally chilled in an instant lounge environment. There were technical snafus (how to join the pieces) and solutions (fingers and a pen knife, needles made out of aluminum, then copper wire). Then there was the problem of entertainment (you need to be entertained in a chill tent, of course). Rising to the challenge, Ronit arranged a saucy scene from positionable puppets and Steve invented a raucous courtship game with figure cutouts on the tent roof (it's spring after all). In the midst of the tent-building, Ethan photographed everyone's eyeball for his Eyeball Project video. This was an interesting experience that reminded the vision challenged of their first struggle with contact lenses. Finally, the Fire Snakes became Laser Snakes with the addition of tiny lasers and disco smoke. What's next?

Chill Tent roof from above. 

Instant Nomadi Chill Tent interior. 

Clay in the Chill Tent.