Dance Bears, Dance!

This post is all about bears!



Wait...no, no. THOSE ARE THE WRONG BEARS!



Much better. Those are the bears I was talkin' about.

Anyways. I made a visit to the gallery today to check in on my Fascinating Freaks and was pleased to see that many of them have found new homes with loving familes - just seven creatures remain!

I was also able to take some video of the bears waltzing in their serene forest home, and I'll share it with you in just a moment. First, though, I'd like to share a few more production shots of the woods in which the bears reside. Oh, and I'd also like to mention that the fact that the bears move at all is entirely due to the hard work of my friend Anibal, who did the mechanical/electrical elements of this peep show. I'm not sure I've mentioned that the installation was not mine alone here before and thought I should remedy that fact, as I could not have made this happen without his help.

Right. Back to your regular, bear-filled programming!


The scenery, pretty much done - just needs a couple more ursine inhabitants.


My cellophane flowers (no, they don't grow so incredibly high, but I love them nevertheless).


A very enthusiastic moon-man.

Alright. Now, without further ado, I present the Internet debut of THE BEARS, dancing to tunes from the band Beirut (because the original music box plinkings didn't get picked up so well by my camera's mic. Thank goodness for iMovie). Please grin and bear (pun sort of intended) the absolutely crap quality of my camera - its low light abilities aren't really up to par.

Video #1: Probably too long, a bit wobbly, has an awkward cut near the end. Hooray?

More Bears Waltzin' to Lovely Tunes from Jessica Bartram on Vimeo.

Video #2: Black and white, much more succinct than the first one, but you don't quite get to see the awesomeness of the scenery.

Waltz in the Nightwood: B&W with Music! from Jessica Bartram on Vimeo.

(Click through to Vimeo to see both videos a bit larger. And yes, I also post wholly ridiculous attempts at ukulele playin' on the account. What of it?)

Enjoy!!