Sparky your Arty

...the 2006 ArtSpark Festival

Let's hop in our magical Austinist Time Machine and go back 12 weeks. (Cue flashback music.) You're sitting in an "apricot flower colored" conference room. (Does that mean apricot colored...or something else?) You've just had a fun evening of "food and games." Someone hands you an envelope that contains the following "sparks": Mars, Nu Wave music, and internet dating, with topical support materials including cartoons, guitar tabs, articles, lyrics, and Dear Abby letters. Now. Go write a play or create a video game with those prompts. You have three months. And...you're off!

That was the gauntlet thrown down for five theatre teams and two video game teams for the 2006 ArtSpark Festival. They're done now, and they want to show off their work. Details are here, and the schedule follows. Also, if you want to dig in a little, the Austin Chronicle has a nice, in-depth article about last year's Art Spark here.

Theatre Showcase
Thursdays, June 1 & 8 @ 8pm: Frankenstein's Monster's Google Me
Fri/Sat, June 2 & 10 @ 8pm: Infinite Perspective's Who Is Aram Chaos?
Sat/Fri, June 3 & 9 @ 8pm: Aristophanes Wisconsin's An Accidental Formation
Sundays, June 4 & 11 @ 2pm: Sidewalk Chalk's Searching…
Sundays, June 4 & 11 @ 8pm: Working Group's Handgrenade Holly
Johnston Preparatory Academies, 1012 Arthur Stiles Road
$8 online via Austix, $10 at the door

Video Game Showcase
Wednesday, June 7, Reception @ 6pm & Presentations @ 7pm
Quantum Torpor's LEM and Team Impromptu's Empires of Mars
Fielding Lecht Gallery, 708 Congress Avenue
Free, but to reserve a seat email info(@)artspark.org.

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