Puppet Fashion Pie
Puppet Fashion Pie | “How Can We Disappear Yet Still Be Seen?”
(a closing reception for DEER FREAKS… and decoys.)
Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center | Asheville, NC
3/14/2025
This closing party celebrated the exhibition DEER FREAKS…and decoys, a multi-media, multi-layered project below and in conjunction with The Farm at Black Mountain College exhibition. The installation at BMCM+AC explored the hyper-natural forces of attraction and repulsion informing our interactions with the landscapes we inhabit. From fence rows to scare-crows, DEER FREAKS documents the creative ways people propagate, shape, lure, and protect in their environments.
Guests were invited to “Bring binoculars and sunglasses to participate in “birding” during the show. Wear your finest deer / duck / turkey / moth / forest outfits and accessories. Want to join the runway and become part of this fashion experiment? Reach out to Swannatopia!”
7:00 Sunset on a Swannanoa River Runway! This now age folk lore is one for the books with shadow puppets, a Cattywampus troop, an official worm squirm and so much more! Bring your binoculars and sunglasses and dress like a forest! binoculars and sunglasses and dress like a forest! Wow what a dream! We had an incredible turnout for this one-of-a-kind event—it was a completely full house! We couldn't have asked for a better conclusion & culmination to the Deer Freaks & Decoys project and, of course, the Farm at Black Mountain College exhibition. This experience reminded us how art, animals, people and place are all interconnected.
