“THE ART OF SUCH N SUCH”

And art phenomena sometimes, even a theme camp  

The Art of Such n Such is always a collaborative art experiment. over 20 years of national and international visions to create art spaces that act as a home, a NEST EGG, and as art support for the art of “Charlie Blackcat Smith and friends".  We enjoy creating a spectacle out on the playa. Our style is participatory breaking the boundaries between the art, the artists, and the participants who enter the spaces created. We love working together sharing our ideas and innovations while having fun and instigating interactions. We push art to another level reaching for more of what’s out there in this wild and crazy world! So make contact to see and be a part of our collaborative playground. 

“The Art of Such n Such” &”Sparseland” are old school camps that have been on & off the Esplanade for years (since 2001). We usually consist of a population of no less than 45 - and up to no more than 79 artists from all over the USA & world.  This past 2018 year we were located in the 4:30 Sector. For 2019 will be a working theme camp that  will be servicing the art projects and engaging the community at large. We have a reputation as an edgy, highly interactive theme camp. This year we will focus energy and Artists to finely tune and tweak the interactivity of the Art of Such n Such is a mobile art organism that adapts to any situation presenting a cutting edge art experience.  Please contact us if you have questions about the nature of what we can do!

interactive frontage

this is a shot from dawn 2016 as the sun came up and we were still interactively at it with our art frontage! 4:20 esp

camp frontage

we will be an art support camp servicing and acting as a nest for the Uncle Charlie's red hot cock honorarium project this year.

Bad Advice and heckling camp frontage

Past years "ASS camp" has been an interactive expression that has bad advise, peep shows, and a self serve paternity testing. shot from 2015 ass camp 4:30 esp

Above is "Lucky" the black cat art cart - crafted- 2016.

lucky the black cat is a lil lurking trickster mutant vehicle! soft n fuzzy on the out side scrappy on the inside. 12ft tall 6 ft wide 10 ft long this lil four seater golf cart conversion is ready to pounce by day and night! This will be the second year on playa year for Luck n the crew!

vehicle base = motor electric 48v body 2000 club car - modified by charlie blackcat smith and friends - seats four - good times the art cart will run for about 12 hrs a day between charges. we are out and about in the art car roughly 6 - 8 hours per day or night showing our art to the community n giving rides here n there to those in need. 

The construction and modification of the art cart is passive and is in fact an fuzzy furry iron maiden so to speak. the 200 club cart has been added on to by the fabrication of light weight steel and wire form armature construction that ties in to the existing hard ware body part mounting areas of the cart. The structure of the vehicle is strong and the appearance if soft and sweet. 

the lighting -  the under carriage is lit with blue and red lighting . body form and  the lines of the cat are illuminated with cool purple halloween lights . we are currently redoing the night lighting with full spectrum 12v LED lighting and will be ready for inspection on playa for our third year of day and night license!  topped with a cool disco ball dangling form the tip of the tail that has two high powered pin spots that reflect off the mirror ball creating the shapes of thousands of cat eyes on the ground all around the art car. the vehicle is modestly lit yet highly impactful and easily seen at night. the power source for the lighting is two big deep cell batteries and a back up 2000i Honda generator if needed. 

 Lucky gets to hang out with a very cool 2018  art support camp = The Art of Such n Such -aka-  ASS camp - we are usually placed in the 4:30  sector and commonly on a b c or esplanade.

Enjoy these inspirational original concept drawings and cool images for our Black Cat Mutant Vehicle hope to see ya there ...