Aldizorontophoskyphorniostikos believes in happy accidents. Can anyone say it three times fast? Can anyone say it at all? Probably not, but that's the group's point.
This group of nine artists wants to have a dialogue about accidents and chaos in everyday life in the South Broadway Cultural Center show, and what they call it doesn't matter.
"It's actually the name of a 19th-century medicine show," said Rush Dudley, one of the artists participating in the show. "It's kind of a poke at the art establishment."
Aldizorontophoskyphorniostikos art group works in a very specific manner.
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Members discover what they are making as they go through the process of developing art - almost as if the art creates itself. According to a news release, the group says that jumping or falling into the unknown gives the artists the perception of walking through the two worlds of understanding and chaos.
"The basic theme of this show is the joy in the moment of discovery as you go through the art process," Dudley said. "Often that's driven by the unconscious."
With these artists, anything can happen. Michael VeSeart is known for his sculptures that include art cars, bowling balls and a telephone pole with women's shoes hanging from it. Lee Skinner is a NASA mathematician, Marcia Tippit's an actress and Matt Celeskey paints dinosaurs.
Other artists in the show include Mariah Williamson, UNM student Kim Aeby who is a theater designer, Christina Ellison, a mixed media artist, Ian Aeby who makes art snakes, Roxanne Witt, an abstract painter and Dudley.
Dudley's MO: He finds and pastes objects.
"Some subconscious message goes off and tells me it is a piece of art work," he said of his process.
His work deals with the feeling of live action meeting a live audience and the feeling that anything could happen at any moment.
"My work in theatre has brought me close to this phenomenon," Dudley said in his artist statement. "Working with mixed media combinations of watercolor, paint, drawings, computer processes, live human models and found objects, I strive to create art that holds the tension of live performance."
To throw another element of surprise and accidental art, the group has decided to feature an installation the public will make into art.
"It's a developmental piece of art work," Dudley said. "The public is encouraged to manipulate and rename it."
Dudley describes this as the feeling kids get while playing in the sandbox. He said it's about the joy of the moment.
"It's an evolving piece," he said. "Anyone who wants to evolve it can do it."
