Fall Arts Preview
Seattle Magazine 2011 Spotlight Award: Megan Griffiths
CHARACTER WITNESS: Indie filmmaker Megan Griffiths gets personal
Filmmaker Megan Griffiths calls herself a “people person.” She’s referring to the energy she gets from interacting with others, but the shorthand label is also an apt description of her moviemaking style. “For me,” Griffiths says, “it’s about the people in the movie.” Strong characters drive her 2010 film The Off Hours, which she wrote,…
Seattle Magazine 2011 Spotlight Award: Garrett Fisher
NEW ARIA CODE: Composer Garrett Fisher is creating a new genre of note
Sitting on the living room floor of his modest Capitol Hill home, a cup of tea in hand and a large cat lounging nearby, Garrett Fisher hardly seems poised to upend opera as we know it. But he might just do so. The acclaimed composer has earned accolades nationwide for his fresh approach, blending ancient…
Seattle Magazine 2011 Spotlight Award: Kyle Loven
MASTER OF PUPPETS: Kyle Loven performs a magical hand jive
At Kyle Loven’s studio space in Belltown, the worktable is littered with ears—latex ears, which he’s been perfecting for his recent work, When You Point at the Moon. The spooky story is based on Chinese moon mythology that warns, “Don’t point at the moon, or the moon will cut your ears off.” Loven, a skilled…
Seattle Magazine 2011 Spotlight Award: Troy Gua
POP EYE: Troy Gua turns pop culture into high art
Visual artist Troy Gua wants to be famous. His deadpan stare and signature slicked black topknot are unmistakable at local art gatherings—and often the subject of his own artwork. He’s hung large-scale photographs of himself, fashioned a small sculpture of himself urinating (after the famous “Manneken Pis” in Brussels), and even translated his face into…