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. 

One of the special Chill Tent entertainments added by Ronit. 

Nils in the finished instant Normadic Chill Tent 

Jill puts finishing touches on side panel 

Paul refines his tent needle. 

Dominique in specially designed all-atmosphere chill wear. 

Jill, Carolyn, Clay and Steve search for the mythical blindspot. 

Ethan, Jill and Dominique work on the Eyeball Project 

Alan in the eyeball hotseat. 

Ethan captures Clay's eyeball. 

Fire and Smoke Snakes evolve--LaserSnakes make their debut. 

Snakes on a Rampage

The Fire Snakes made an appearance at Wednesday's Fishbon Event Lab. In their new form, the four motor-driven flex snakes, blew both fire and smoke. And, when synced to music Jeffrey brought for the occasion and colored lights, they looked like DJ Beelzebub's bar-b-que night in Hell's Mouth. The room filled up with heat, smoke (safe disco smoke, of course) and madness. Later that night Alan's tensile structure got erected in the middle of the street--discouraging at least one motorist from venturing into the area. Finally, a new controller for the Surround Sound booth was tested and found to be mesmerizing in the extreme.

Event Lab agents: Karinda, Carolyn, Jeffrey, Clay, and Jill. 

It all started with smoke. Fire Snakes belch smoke and fire. 

Alan and Karinda with the Lifestyle Theatre.