Universal Backyard Theater (UBT)

MTAA's Universal Backyard Theater at Aurora Picture Show, Houston, Texas April 14, 2012

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video of UBT from APS

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General shots

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Day 3 - Show Time

Main Screening (not in order)

Elaine Tin Nyo Hambuger Diaries, 2012 Carol Saft My Brother Todd #14 The Cape, 2008 A Forest In The City, 2010 Mike Koller Superhero Piano Recital, 2007 Fish, 2007 Michael Mandiberg HOWTO Burn the News, 2009 Jon Rafman Woods of Arcady, 2010 Alyssa Stephens Weightless, 2012 Jenny Lim Spartacuss Image Amnesia, 2012 Vanessa Godden Traveling Father, 2012 Brooks Death Trive vs Black Shadows Camilo Gonzalez Packing, 2010 Contemplating, 2010 Hillerbrand+Magsamen DIY Loveseat , 2010 MTAA Live Dramatic Reading (Disconnection of HAL 9000’s Higher Functions) #3, 2008 - 2012 16MM Projection Blackburn Flower Power Film Loops Amelia Bauer Final Frontier, 2012 Janos Stone Hearts on Fire, 2011 Rick Silva Builder Above the Sea Fog, 2012 Annie Abrahams & Eliza Fantozzi Une bise / A kiss, 2011 Jenny Lim Dwarves, 2012 Michael Buckland 300, 2010

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Day 3 - Almost Ready

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Day 3 - building with the public

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Joel Luks of Houston Culture Map on UBT Brainstorming, Beer and Pizza

"A few hot glue gun blisters and X-Acto knife cuts were a small price to pay to share in Aurora Picture Show's temporary backyard theater crowdsourced design process." 

more here. 

Also, check out Michael Hoinski on the UBT in Texas Montly and the NYT -

 "Two people grabbing two-by-fours and saws and working together, there’s a different kind of communication that happens.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/06/us/gtt.html?_r=1&ref=texas http://www.texasmonthly.com/2012-04-01/webextra12.php#mce_temp_url#

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Pics from UBT Event

Just got home and unpacked my bags. Here are a few pics from the UBT event. More pics and a repost on the show. soon 

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UBT Day 2 - stage and flats

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Day 1 - start projection room and bar

Start of day -  9am

End of day - 5pm

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2nd UBT Study Model In Texas

Thanks to all in Houston who stopped in. More Pics in the UBT Flickr Set. Today we begin to build. Keeping with the MTAA outdoor install tradition, we have a light rain in Texas for the start of the work. 

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more stills for UBT

stills from

Elaine Tin Nyo's Hambuger, 2012, Amelia Bauer's Untitled, 2012, Janos Stone's Hearts on Fire, 2011 and Annie Abrahams's Une bise / A kiss, 2011(with Eliza Fantozzi)

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big props to Marisa Avelar / AIGA Houston

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UBT - Some Stills

Rick Silva's Builder Above the Sea Fog, 2012

Mike Koller's Superhero Piano Recital, 2007

Carol Saft's A Forest In The City, 2012 

More soon on the film and video screening for the UBT... 

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I did a quick test of 150 feet of red 1/2 LED rope light that I'm thinking of shipping to Texas for the UBT. It looks good in the projection room against the Tyvek. I think the trick will be to use it but hide the rope itself as it is kinda ugly. Yeah, I know that it is odd for me to call a material ugly when I love to use raw lumber, blue plastic tarps, cinder blocks and plywood in artworks. I do like the light rope light gives off. It soft and can create long lines of continues glow. We'll just have to think of how to make it work. 

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The entire 1st UBT Study Model as of this morning

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UBT 1st study model with added details (see below) and projections. More images at the UBT Flicker Set 

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Added some cloths line / aircraft cable runs, some hanging sheets of tyvek / screens, a UBT Hollywood sign, the projection both and some blue tarps. More images at the UBT Flickr Set