Morty Comix # 2597

Morty Comix # 2597 is part of the unseen art of the Obscuro Bezango show in the Future Tenant gallery in downtown Pittsburgh. As we were setting up, I taped it on the inside door of the electrical panel.

Obscuro Bezango Show 4

By the time I arrived most of the setup work was already done, but there were plenty of last minute details to work out.

Mike "Worker Poet" Hill also showed up. Both of us were documenting each other documenting the show.

 Picking up the programs at Sir Speedy in Butler, Pennsylvania.

Just about done. But one detail remained. On the far end you see a flat display with a red cover over it. Tom asked me to remove that cover and roll it up ...

... And when I did he surprised me with a display of my own work!

For a few seconds I couldn't speak.

Obscuro Bezango Show 3

Tom Rehm had been housing Maximum Traffic's Machine to Take Over the World at his cabin up in Butler County, Pennsylvania. We disassembled the piece, squeezed the thing into the back of a van, and reassembled it at the Future Tenant gallery in Pittsburgh. This interactive work of art became the centerpiece of the Obscuro Bezango show.

Obscuro Bezango Show 2

I was invited to Pittsburgh to be part of a mission-- to assist Obscuro Bezango show curator Tom Rehm in setting up the exhibit at the Future Tenant gallery.

It is interesting Pittsburgh International Airport is not named after anyone. I propose they name it Borpo Deets International Airport after the mysterious West Pennsylvania art guru who apparently was a mentor to Tom, Maximum Traffic and Buzz Buzzizyk.

Anyway, I noted that a large T-Rex skeleton greeted me at Borpo Deets International Airport. And somehow, feeling like an old Newave dinosaur as I dove into this project, this seemed appropriate.

Tom took me up to his sanctuary in rural Butler County, where he had an extensive collection of art on display by Traffic, Buzz, Deets, himself, family members and friends. It is an impressive gallery I was honored to visit. Here's a sample:
 

 The ceramic coin kiln!

 A jam by Max Traffic and Mike Hill

They say an unintentional skull can be seen on the left hand side