About this Event
Cryptid Mountain Live!
October 10 | 6p & 8p
October 11 | 6p
[run time is appx 1hr + includes a Q&A]
TICKETS:
Regular, Sliding Scale $12-30
Deluxe (includes Cryptid Mountain Art Pack), Sliding Scale $27-50
Calling the New Jersey - and cryptozoology - obsessed! We're going on a journey of self-discovery told using the undiscovered creatures of our world. Come along as we follow the Jersey Devil up the mountain, and through many New Jersey landmarks in this LIVE performance of the Cryptid Mountain story, created and performed by David LaMorte.
ARTIST DAVID LAMORTE ON CRYPTID MOUNTAIN
Cryptid Mountain is a mixed media sculpture and diorama. It includes miniature NJ landmarks, and is mostly made of spray foam, cardboard, paint, paper, and plastic figurines. It is done in Dungeons and Dragons scale because I wanted to be able to make terrain for my oldest child. There are small plastic figures of the Jersey Devil, Bigfoot, and the Jersey City Muffler-man that are also characters in a YouTube show.
The goal was to use humor and cryptozoology to poke fun at and analyze the absurdity of the real world. At it’s core it is my version of Dante’s Inferno where the Jersey Devil is Dante and Bigfoot plays his Virgil. Just like Dante was obsessed with Florence, I’m obsessed with New Jersey.
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ACCESS: SMUSH Gallery is wheelchair accessible! A large print script will be available. Please email [email protected] with additional accessibility requests prior to events. Our small team thanks you!
AGES: This show isn't made for kids, but kids are welcome.
Please note there are no refunds on event tickets.
Supported by public funds from the Jersey City Arts and Culture Trust Fund.
340 Summit Ave, Jersey City, NJ 07306 | @smushgallery | smushgallery.com
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Smush Gallery, Summit Avenue, Jersey City, NJ, USA, United States
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