ORPHIUROIDEA

OIL SLICK SERPENT STAR

by Kari Glass

Jetsam and Flotsam Assemblage

paper and black duct tape

4' x 4' x 1'

searpent star in progress

Brittle stars or ophiuroids are echinoderms in the class Ophiuroidea closely related to starfish. They crawl across the seafloor using their flexible arms for locomotion. The ophiuroids generally have five long slender, whip-like arms which may reach up to 60 centimetres (24 in) in length on the largest specimens. They are also known as serpent stars.

Ophiuroidea contains two large clades, Ophiurida (brittle stars) and Euryalida (basket stars). Many of the ophiuroids are rarely encountered in the relatively shallow depths normally visited by humans, but they are a diverse group.

There are some 1,500 species of brittle stars living today, and they are largely found in deep waters more than 500 metres (1,650 feet) down.

Wikipedia

THE POODLE

THE WOLF

POODLE AND WOLF

FILBERG FESTIVAL 2012

Kwa la whee gai, QUENEESH!

The Legend of the Queneesh

Long ago there were big cedar planked houses, totem poles and canoes in the Comox Valley. The nights were very quiet, except for the sounds of the water, sea birds and of hooting owls. One night an old man, Quoi Qwa Lak, had a dream. In that dream a voice told him that he must tell the chief and the Comox people to prepare for a great flood. They built canoes and packed them full of food and clothes. Te young men made a strong cedar rope and took it to the top of the glacier and fastened it tightly. the people tied their canoes to the rope, not to long after it began to rain, it rained and rained for days. Soon there was only a little of the glacier showing. The Comox people were afraid. Then all of a sudden the glacier began to move. The people began to cry "White Whale, White Whale! Queneesh, Queneesh. The glacier had taken the form of a whale and saved the people. The rain stopped, and Queneesh still stands guard over the Comox people to this very day.

Komox Big House: Legend of the Queneesh Ceremony

Comox Valley Art Gallery: Legend of the Queneesh Opening Reception 

CVAG 4th WEARABLE ART Awards Ceremony

Comox Valley Art Gallery

4th Annual Wearable Art Show

The Artists and Performers

of the 2012 CVAG Wearable Art Show

Award Recipients of the 2012 Comox Valley Art Gallery

Kari Glass & Millie Miller, Amanda Smetana & Yvonne Yule, Joanne Pringle, Tamara & Roberta Ling

Medea and the Golden Fleece

Outstanding Use of Textiles

Award Sponsored by Fabricland & CVAG

designed & directed by Kari Glass

created by Sara Burr & Kari Glass

performed & choreographed by Millie Miller

Rock Paper Scissors
Outstanding Use of Text

Award Sponsored by Laughing Oyster Bookstore & CVAG

created and performed by Joanne Pringle

Bickle Dress

Outstanding Use of Recycled Materials

Award Sponsored by 

created by Amanda Smetana

performed by Yvonne Yule

Every Cloud has a Silver Lining

Wow Factor

Award Sponsored by City of Courtenay & CVAG

also

Awarded Audience Choice

Award Sponsored by the Big Time Out & CVAG

created by Tamara & Roberta Ling 

performed by Tamara Ling

Oil Spill Oil Slick
Outstanding Performance

Award Sponsored by be-Soley Canadian Designed Clothing & CVAG

designed & directed by Kari Glass

performed & choreographed by Millie Miller

CVAG WEARABLE ART: OIL SPILL OIL SLICK

OIL SPILL OIL SLICK is an homage to 12-year old song writer, singer and environmental activist Ta'Kaiya Blaney and her haunting song, Shallow Waters; a call to action—a wake up call from a young Sliammon youth warning that if we do nothing it will all be gone. Ta'Kaiya sang her Shallow Waters live before thousands attending the April 2012 No Pipeline No Tankers Rally in Comox. Ta'Kaiya Blaney has dedication, courage and drive to rock the boat.

Millie Miller: Choreography and Performance

Active in community theatre, Millie will appear in Courtenay Little Theatre's The 39 Steps in October. A VIU theatre graduate, she presently styles hair at the Head Shed in Courtenay.

Kari Glass: Costume and Concept Design

Kari's eco-friendly improvisations are informed by indigenous culture and community collaboration. She combs her surroundings for jetsam and flotsam—the raw matter for concept and construction.

Shallow Waters by Ta'Kaiya Blaney and Ailleen de la Cruz

http://www.takaiyablaney.com

Look for Ta'Kaiya Blaney's Shallow Waters musical youtube video.

Ta'Kaiya Blaney hidden by a fan's protest sign at the Comox No Pipeline No Tankers 2012 Rally

SERPENT STAR by Kari Glass (2 Sep 2012 Calgary)

MEDEA and the Recycled Golden Fleece

Medea of mythic infamy was an Eastern princess, priestess and powerful sorceress, from Colchis, in the Caucasus. Classical playwright Euripides, described her as a lioness with a loud heart that surges like the tide. She forsook family and homeland for the love of Greek hero Jason, who sailed the Argo to Colchis, for the famous Golden Fleece. Medea—despised by the Greeks as a barbarian, and eventually abandoned by Jason for a younger Greek princess—exacted a terrible revenge.

Medea Poem (anon)

Princess, priestess, and sorceress,

Yet a wild barbarian too,

You worshipped your Greek hero, Jason,

And for him your own brother you slew.

You stole him the great golden fleece,

And you fled from your own wild shore,

Sailing far to the western isles,

As his wife now, forever more.

But you, in the kingdoms of Greece,

Were a witch, an outcast, a stranger;

His love for you – despite children- waned,

And you could not avert the danger.

For Jason, ambitious and fickle,

Fell in love with a Greek king's daughter,

And you, with the heart of a lioness,

Now contemplated slaughter.

With poison you doctored a robe,

That you sent to your Jason's new bride.
The princess wore it – and so

In the torments of fire she died.

CVAG 2012 WEARABLE ART Tech Rehearsal

Millie Miller rehearsing 

MEDEA & THE RECYCLED GOLDEN FLEECE

Created by Sara Burr and Kari Glass

Performed and Choreographed by Millie Miller

Designed and Directed by Kari Glass

17 July 2012

Commox Valley Art Gallery

CABANA Buffet in Courtenay

AMAZING GRACE

What would Phil's mom do?

PHILLING FILL'S PHRIDGE

2012 Alert Bay SeaFest

MAKING MEDEA

Sara Burr and Kari Glass

Alert Bay in production building MEDEA

beer caps prepped and pounded flat by Kari Glass

drilled eyelet holes by Wally Brant 

The Recycled/Golden Fleece

making the golden ram papier mache horn headdress 

Sara Burr draping and fitting the godets into the Medea skirt