Black Tie 2 Bondage IV
as it appeared in The Ottawa Xpress, November 9th, 2000
article written by Alia Kellock Heward
Please see the easy to read text version below.
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SAW'S SPACED OUT FUNDRAISER I'm gonna freak you here, I'm gonna freak you there, I'm gonna freak you right out of this atmosphere." -Rapper's Delight," Sugarhill Gang Black Tie 2 Bondage is going where no fundraiser has gone before. Arts Court Theatre is the interplanetary headquarters for SAW Gallery's fourth annual fundraiser, an event of galactic proportions. Nearly 30 artists/designers will showcase about 80 to 90 out-of-this-world outfits. And, yes, the theme revolves around space. Many veterans are landing at the space dock, including Sandra Abi-Aad, Karen Friis, Geoff Derry and Darcy Schmidt. There are a lot of collections this time around, as opposed to the single outfits of years past, remarks Schmidt, high commander of the fashion squad. "We have 10 groups of four or more (outfits), which is really impressive. A lot of people who are going out onstage with their stuff will have a real presence this year, so people will really get an eyeful!" Indeed! Get a load of Pussy Galore's "Space Pussiez," sci-fi fetish with lots of "flash, zing and bang." Meow! Russ Meyer and Ed Wood eat your hearts out! Abi-Aad has made a few fashion staples out of paper clips, and Mike Caffrey and Kerry Campbell's form-fitting, seamed, zippered bubble wrap items are guaranteed eye-poppers. Maureen Chaume's take on fetish wear with a "Garden of Eden" theme and a "non-human living element" will have you dragging out the Iron Butterfly or Maiden. Pop culture addicts will freak out when Friis's Jetsons meet paper doll cutouts hit the catwalk, and Dr. Darcy Design has the cure for what ails you with "sexy fish outfits of foam rubber and stretch knit, with lotsa pink and genitalia." Derry will unleash on a (somewhat) unsuspecting public, his "Barbarians from Outre-Space," made of reassembled latex bodies held together with copper hooks and some other primitive surprises. Pencil this in the space-time continuum and ponder the good cause. Monies raised orbit back to the artist-run gallery, an old friend to Ottawa and one of the first in Canada. Last year's shindig gathered in about $3,000 profit, almost double that of the year before. This year's goal is about $5,000. "What we're here to do is support experimental art," says coordinator Laura Margita. Artists may sell their work, she explains, but that is not the gallery's fuction. SAW is hoping to forge new frontiers in multi-media and performance art. Patrons can sit back and enjoy the ride, either in the Arts Court Theatre or the studio, as well as in SAW itself, where earthlings can smoke and watch a live video feed and mixing by Jake Hanna, while filling their ears with Caffrey's aural backdrops. But the party doesn't end there, revellers are invited to fête with the designers and models well into the night. Justin the Magician will work some magic during intermission, audience members will be "decivilized" by Derry's barbarians and local actor/comedian Al Macdonald will MC the evening. "It's going to be the most fun you'll ever have had with your clothes partially on," Schmidt raves. "It's going to be difficult to top previous years, but we're definitely gonna do it! This show would be nothing if it weren't for every single person working dozens and dozens of hours slaving and really knocking themselves out." "It's going to be wild," he exclaims. Tickets are $15 in advance at the front desk in Arts Court or $20 at the door, and the festivities will hit warp speed at 9 p.m., but beam down earlier to get a good seat. Set a course for Arts Court, Number One! |
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