Pink Moon Presents a Blog:! In depth information on our festival, our artists, and our lives! The 8th Annual Pink Moon Music & Arts Festival will be held September 15-19, 2016 on Flint Rock Hollow Farm in Rock Camp, WV!
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Rock Camp Productions Resume
Rock Camp Productions
Jessica Mola & Seth Abramson
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Rock Camp Productions is a comprehensive production company, drawing from a large community of artists. The co-owners and operators are Seth Abramson (Creator) and Jessica Mola.
RCP has been a staple in the arts scene, specifically the counter culture art scene for over a decade, bringing glowing, interactive fun and mind blowing performances to music festivals and concerts across the country.
Rock Camp Productions has produced the following shows:
Glodeo! - A complete performance piece including our cast of classic glowing characters: Puff T. Magic-Dragon (our 35” long glowing festival dragon), and Dr. Molly and Siddhartha Glo (our 20” tall glowing stick figure puppets, affectionately called Molly and Sid). The characters interact throughout the performance, chasing each other, dancing, and occasionally Sid actually rides Puff...the rodeo aspect of the Glodeo!
Secluded Forest Fest 2004 – Alien Crash Landing Piece: performers dressed as an extraterrestrial band, that toured around the festival ground playing to the crowd.
Crobar Club Residency 2004-2007 (NYC) – weekly costume ensemble art projects, puppet shows
Play Party VIP – Collaborating with Jaysumma Old and Promoter
Serve Party - Collaborating with Jaysumma Old and Promoter
Zoo Party – Party Organizer and Promoter
Puppet shows and costume ensembles with DJ Oakenfold (Molly's Debut) , DJ Tiesto, Sasha & Dig Weed, Puff Daddy
House of Mercado collaborations & Chichi Valente & Rafi Mercado
Club Exit NYE Party 2005 (NYC) – Puppet Performance (Sid's Debut)
Happy Valley Night Club (NYC)
Heidi Klum's Halloween Party 2006 - Interactive Performance Artist
Bloomberg Media Summer Party 2006-2009 (Randalls Island) -Kite Installations, circus variety, 10 kite installation self designed and executed
Gathering of the Vibes 2005-2011 – We are officially the “Freaky People department” and provide our Glodeo! Plus a cast of costumed characters including caveman mimes, Dancing Bear Mascots, skeletons, body painting and more.
All Good Music Festival 2006, 2008, 2010-2011 – Glodeo! Plus a cast of costumed characters including caveman mimes, Dancing Bear Mascots, skeletons, body painting and more.
Bonaroo 2005-2008 – Glodeo! As well as official Bonaroo staff participating in costumed ensembles, performance art, circus variety shows, parades, blowing up acrobats in weather balloons, and more.
Mexicali Blues Zen Tricksters NYE Party 2005 – Puppet performances and costumed characters.
Floydfest 2006 – kites, puppets, costume ensemble 2010 – dragon puppet costumes
10K Lakes 2007 – Puppet Performances (Sid & Molly), On stage performance with Wookiefoot
Club Sol 2007 (NYC) - Ensemble Performance Director, Promotions
Club Spirit (NYC)
Halloween 2007 w/ Jeff Hernandez- Performer,Dancer, Drumming
Sullivan Hall (NYC)
Rehab Party 2008-2009 - Director, Promoter, Booking Agent, Designer, Performer
Disorient Times Square 2010 – Dragon Show
Phish 8 – Dragon Show (Puff's Debut, Dragon commissioned by Phish)
Puff T. Magic-Dragon spots in Phish's 3D movie
Kites Over Washington 2009 http://discovercreditunions.com/kites
Promoter, event coordinator at Cleo of Alpha Chi, Hartford CT 2000-present
Elysian Fields 2010-2011 – Dragon shows and costume ensembles
Camp Barefoot 2-5 – Glodeo! and costume ensembles
Culturefest 2010 – Dragon show, kites and costume ensembles
Reed Speed @ Awful Arthur's, Blacksburg VA - Dragon show
Papadosio @ The Sun Music Hall, Floyd VA – Dragon show
The Shangri-La Party w/ DJ Rahbee @ The Sun, Floyd Va – Dragon show
EOTO @ The Pearl Street Nightclub, Northhampton MA - Dragon
EOTO @ The Royale, Boston MA - Dragon
EOTO @ 123 Pleasant St, Morgantown, WV – Dragon
The Shangri-La Party w/ DJ Rahbee @ The Sun, Floyd Va – Dragon show
EOTO @ The Pearl Street Nightclub, Northhampton MA - Dragon
EOTO @ The Royale, Boston MA - Dragon
EOTO @ 123 Pleasant St, Morgantown, WV – Dragon
Rock Camp Productions Festivals
Pink Moon I 2009 (Rock Camp, WV)
Pink Moon II 2010 “
Pink Moon III 2011 “
http://www.pinkmoonfestival.com
Other Experience:
Guild Works Kite Flight Studio
Building kites, performance group organizer
The Smithsonian Air & Space Museum
The Today Show
Dances for Wave Hill with Heather Hensen
Phish
Oswego 1999 - Kite Performer
NYE 2000 - Kite Performer
IT – Kite Performer, Bunny Troupe, Production Assistant
Coventry - Kite Performer, Bunny Troupe, Visual Design Team
Monday, February 27, 2012
What a strange life
Let me preface this post by saying, I am a New England Girl. Though i was really raised on a secluded mountain top in the Finger Lakes Region of upstate New York...I spent most of my life in suburban CT. Then I decided I was a city girl...so I moved to the mother of all cities, The Big Apple....and HATED it. So back to CT...Hartford for me and I began my career in theater production.
How the hell did I end up in West By God Virginia? Don't misunderstand, I love it here...I just find my path interesting and obscure.
After being swept off my feet by Sethro to rural (and I mean rural) Rock Camp, and a little bit of convincing, I fell in love with this place and this lifestyle.
Our lives are perfect. Oh we have our day to day troubles, bills, bickering, dirty dishes, the works....but we also have acres upon acres of beautiful fields and forests. Our farmhouse is humble (and yes there are cluster flies, not this time of the year though). It needs a lot of work....we have holes in our floors and walls,and a back door that really needs repair. But we're fixing it up in leaps and bounds. And it's comfortable. Maybe it's primitive, but It is definitely
home. (I'll write a full post about the farmhouse and landscape later).
Our jobs are incredible. What could be more fun, fulfilling and perfect for Seth and I, than touring a spectacle art show with our favorite musicians at our favorite events and venues?!?! And although throwing the festivals is A LOT of work, it's also a kind of rewarding I've never gotten from anything else.
We're living the dream. And the perfect people, who share that dream, are popping out of the wood work all of the time.
We're building a real community here, and I'm loving it.
- All roads lead to Rock Camp
How the hell did I end up in West By God Virginia? Don't misunderstand, I love it here...I just find my path interesting and obscure.
After being swept off my feet by Sethro to rural (and I mean rural) Rock Camp, and a little bit of convincing, I fell in love with this place and this lifestyle.
Our lives are perfect. Oh we have our day to day troubles, bills, bickering, dirty dishes, the works....but we also have acres upon acres of beautiful fields and forests. Our farmhouse is humble (and yes there are cluster flies, not this time of the year though). It needs a lot of work....we have holes in our floors and walls,and a back door that really needs repair. But we're fixing it up in leaps and bounds. And it's comfortable. Maybe it's primitive, but It is definitely
home. (I'll write a full post about the farmhouse and landscape later).
Our jobs are incredible. What could be more fun, fulfilling and perfect for Seth and I, than touring a spectacle art show with our favorite musicians at our favorite events and venues?!?! And although throwing the festivals is A LOT of work, it's also a kind of rewarding I've never gotten from anything else.
We're living the dream. And the perfect people, who share that dream, are popping out of the wood work all of the time.
We're building a real community here, and I'm loving it.
- All roads lead to Rock Camp
Location:Rock Camp, WV
Country living
Winter time in Rock Camp West Virginia
where the Blue Jays bully their way around the feeders, and the deer
graze in the fields. Not to mention our “Dragon Family” tackling
the day to day task of survival. A typical winter morning on the farm
consists of starting your fires if they have burned out through
night. As for me starting the fires is an enjoyable task, preparing
your kindling and arranging your smaller pieces of wood so there is
optimal air flow. Once that is accomplished it is always good to have
a glass of tea and a heart warming breakfast before setting out in
the morning cold for the days activities.
Seth and I usually set out for a load of
wood racing to the door to beat the dogs. Jess shuts them in as they
gloomily stare out the window beseeching with their eyes to come with
us. Checking our equipment and loading the truck we begin our journey
up the mountain looking for any standing dead wood. After a short
distance we always find a good cluster of hardwood from locust, white
oak, and hickory to maple and birch. Seth mans the chainsaw as I
wrestle the wood into the truck, meanwhile back home Jess is
preparing for her day organizing our festivals and “Dragon Tour”.
Some of the difficulties of winter are
preventing the water lines from freezing and finding the good warm
days to get ahead of your summer chores. We have been lucky this
winter and haven't had to worry about the snow blocking the driveway
or the bitter nights nipping at us. As always you have the beauty of
winter from breath taking views to the abundance of wildlife. Red
Tail Hawks flying above searching for the next meal and the squirrels
hiding their treasure. Sitting on the porch we can see the sun set in
the evening as the rays of light warm our faces and souls.
All in all winter isn't that bad when
you have good friends and family to spend them with. Snuggle up in a
blanket, grab a good book, or watch some “Lost”. Best wishes and
happy playing from the dragon family and all other Rock Camp
critters.
I got a feeling
Seth and I want to do an elaborate, bluegrass/jam/electronica performance piece cover of "I Got A Feeling" by the Black Eyed Peas.
Listen to it:
Start off acoustic guitar, Seth and I on vocals maybe violin and drum sticks.
Then blow it up with the addition of a dj. Washboards. Crowd involvement. The works. Who's down?
Oh so many plans.
I love it.
Listen to it:
Start off acoustic guitar, Seth and I on vocals maybe violin and drum sticks.
Then blow it up with the addition of a dj. Washboards. Crowd involvement. The works. Who's down?
Oh so many plans.
I love it.
Location:Rock Camp, WV
From idea to reality in one night: Festival Artists Collective
So today I was searching Facebook for hours looking for cool, talented and interesting artists. It was a pain in my fucking neck and I ended up getting pretty pissed off. I wondered why there wasn't a database for music festival artists, live painters, performers, vendors, giant glowing dragon troupes, etc.
Then through the magic of some strongly worded Facebook status posts, I found like-minded artists willing to help me build this database.
And lo and behold, not a day later we're up and running!
Check out the Festival Artists Collective
We've also set up an assortment of Facebook sites for Festival Artists Collective which you can access here:
www.facebook.com/festieart
http://www.facebook.com/groups/186597074777062/
I think this site will be an incredible resource for artists, promoters, festival organizers, vendors and anyone in the "scene". Anyone who's interested in helping develop it should email me at jessofrockcamp@yahoo.com!
Couldn't have made so much progress on this project without Brian McGregor and Tom Howard! Thanks guys!
Then through the magic of some strongly worded Facebook status posts, I found like-minded artists willing to help me build this database.
And lo and behold, not a day later we're up and running!
Check out the Festival Artists Collective
We've also set up an assortment of Facebook sites for Festival Artists Collective which you can access here:
www.facebook.com/festieart
http://www.facebook.com/groups/186597074777062/
I think this site will be an incredible resource for artists, promoters, festival organizers, vendors and anyone in the "scene". Anyone who's interested in helping develop it should email me at jessofrockcamp@yahoo.com!
Couldn't have made so much progress on this project without Brian McGregor and Tom Howard! Thanks guys!
Location:Rock Camp, WV
Exciting Dragon News - A EOTO Tour!!
The dragon family is officially announcing our EOTO tour! Puff T. will be traveling across the mid-east (?) from:
4/1 in Millvalle, PA
4/9 in Charlottesville, VA
4/18 in DC
AND
4/28 in Richmond, VA
Check out EOTO's full tour here: http://eotomusic.org/upcoming-shows/
We are so excited, and you should be too!!
4/1 in Millvalle, PA
4/9 in Charlottesville, VA
4/18 in DC
AND
4/28 in Richmond, VA
Check out EOTO's full tour here: http://eotomusic.org/upcoming-shows/
We are so excited, and you should be too!!
Location:Millvale, PA - Charlottesville, VA - DC -Richmond, VA
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