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Alice and Kyle helped me video and photo document my "pedestal of SHAME" in the atrium of the CFA at UB in the middle of the night on Saturday. A large white pedestal monolith meanders it's way through a vast empty atrium. A digital projector pivots on top, projecting immense videos onto walls of varying geometry. The side of the pedestal facing the projection is ornamented with an excessively ornate antique gold art museum frame. Through the opening of the frame is a deep dark shadow box holding the disembodied head of an artist who gazes at the projected ghosts of his work while rambling on and on about intuitive process. I created this self powered projection vehicle for hijacking art galley events. In the future, I plan on arriving uninvited to art openings, inside of the mobile pedestal, peering and speaking through the ornate frame, while projecting my work onto any available surface. I intended to debut my booth this past Friday at Buffalo's Allentown First-Fridays Gallery walk. The unanticipated snow halted my plans, because my leased digital projector and electronics were exposed to the elements in the open top of the pedestal. The completed mobile pedestal "booth" now sits in waiting for the right event, atmospheric conditions, and extroverted mind space. The photos and videos shot by Alice and Kyle will be assembled for a presentation this week on the potentials of this vehicle of expression.