Individual characters will be installed at ground level to human-size scale, giving the impression that they are part of the crowd, either festival goers or performing artists, themselves. Placed strategically— around corners, down side streets and alleyways, they will surprise and delight unsuspecting millers-about, adding humor and intrigue to the experience of hopping from one festivity to the next. An ensemble of animals in fancy outfits, the subjects of these micro-murals will be accessible to festival-goers of all ages as whimsical curiosities mirroring the activities of festival participants. They may also engage spectator interaction, presenting opportunities for cell phone snapshots and social media play in which festival-goers become performers themselves. 

‘The Audience,’ a full wall mural, will flip the roles of the audience and performer. This illustrated scene was created as an ode to the work of 1920s celebrity caricature artist and legend, Ralph Barton, who was once commissioned to paint an entire stage curtain. He filled the curtain with portraits of celebrities whom he knew would be in tow at the opening of the musical revue ‘Chauve-Souris’ so that, when the curtains closed for the duration of intermission, the theatrical spectacle was, in effect, the audience.