Friday, November 30, 2007
Monday, November 26, 2007
Meg & Catie soon to work again!
Hope you all had a lovely thanksgiving! Meg -- what kind of pie do you recommend for the novice baker?
Friday, August 31, 2007
The New Adventures of Mrs. Chaim ben Mordecai: A Peach for a Peach
Click the link to see the eating of the peach pie directly after being mailed in the crate
The New Adventures of Mrs. Chaim ben Mordecai: A Peach for a Peach
The New Adventures of Mrs. Chaim ben Mordecai: A Peach for a Peach
Vitural Pie
We were recently were donated peaches from a tree in Queens. I made a couple pies, crated them and mailed them. One to our generous donor, Harley and Micki Spiller in NY, and one to Catie to enact a virtual pieing in Chicago.
Here some pics of the crating process
Here some pics of the crating process
Sunday, August 12, 2007
Pieograms
Here's the documentation from the NYC side of Pieograms that took place at HQ gallery on August 11th.
Saturday, August 11, 2007
Piograms at HQ: a press Release
HQ
236 Grand Street
Brooklyn, NY 11211
hqbrooklyn.com
718 418 7182
Gallery Hours: 1pm-7pm, Saturday and Sunday.
For immediate release
July 28, 2007
Pseudoscience:
An therapeutic summer art lab
Saturday, August 11, 2007 6-9pm
HQ Gallery and independent curator Alison Beth Levy invite you to a jovial event of science-bent interactive art installations and performances. The show features artists whose hypotheses are infused with levity: the Eh Team, Cassie Thornton, Egnekn, Minister of Lamination, Meg Duguid, Catie Olson, and Sister Mary Manhattan the Astrologer. Together, they will create a fun and enlightening environment as a reprieve from the mid-summer Brooklyn heat. The event will take place in the Joymore Sculpture Garden located in the back courtyard of HQ.
Egnekn, Minister of Lamination, will be performing his metaphysical sound ritual with flat objects brought to him by the public. Canadian HQ founders, the Eh Team, will collaborate with "Against Maps" artist Cassie Thornton to create a sprawling hydraulic installation called The Backyard Purification System (BPS) . Mimicking a natural water table the BPS will process and regenerate tap water to support an isolated biosphere.
Their will also be two live comedic performances starting at 8pm. Hot from their recent weekend performance at Central Park, where they tested the humorous properties of the sponginess of meringue , duo Meg Duguid and Catie Olson will perform Piograms, a single pie-component balancing act. Expect a sugar rush from their deconstruction of pie. Afterwards, you can bring your problems and sins to sassy Sister Mary Manhattan the Astrologer, who will demonstrate the wisdom of the Great Illusion.
For more information on this phenomenal event, please reach HQ gallery at 718.418.7182 or Alison Beth Levy at 914.772.3974. Refreshments will be served.
236 Grand Street
Brooklyn, NY 11211
hqbrooklyn.com
718 418 7182
Gallery Hours: 1pm-7pm, Saturday and Sunday.
For immediate release
July 28, 2007
Pseudoscience:
An therapeutic summer art lab
Saturday, August 11, 2007 6-9pm
HQ Gallery and independent curator Alison Beth Levy invite you to a jovial event of science-bent interactive art installations and performances. The show features artists whose hypotheses are infused with levity: the Eh Team, Cassie Thornton, Egnekn, Minister of Lamination, Meg Duguid, Catie Olson, and Sister Mary Manhattan the Astrologer. Together, they will create a fun and enlightening environment as a reprieve from the mid-summer Brooklyn heat. The event will take place in the Joymore Sculpture Garden located in the back courtyard of HQ.
Egnekn, Minister of Lamination, will be performing his metaphysical sound ritual with flat objects brought to him by the public. Canadian HQ founders, the Eh Team, will collaborate with "Against Maps" artist Cassie Thornton to create a sprawling hydraulic installation called The Backyard Purification System (BPS) . Mimicking a natural water table the BPS will process and regenerate tap water to support an isolated biosphere.
Their will also be two live comedic performances starting at 8pm. Hot from their recent weekend performance at Central Park, where they tested the humorous properties of the sponginess of meringue , duo Meg Duguid and Catie Olson will perform Piograms, a single pie-component balancing act. Expect a sugar rush from their deconstruction of pie. Afterwards, you can bring your problems and sins to sassy Sister Mary Manhattan the Astrologer, who will demonstrate the wisdom of the Great Illusion.
For more information on this phenomenal event, please reach HQ gallery at 718.418.7182 or Alison Beth Levy at 914.772.3974. Refreshments will be served.
Monday, August 6, 2007
oooops
Hi Meg lady,
ok, the image of how to upload was ridiculously small-- ya think??? I just created a new post and pushed the picture looking button and picked its placement... I tried to post a photo within a post with type, but it wouldn't work, hmmmmmm.....
Anyway pie chart diagram soon on its way to blogland... compare this work output of the chart to the amount of time that it took to bake the pies at 500 degrees farenheit .-c
ok, the image of how to upload was ridiculously small-- ya think??? I just created a new post and pushed the picture looking button and picked its placement... I tried to post a photo within a post with type, but it wouldn't work, hmmmmmm.....
Anyway pie chart diagram soon on its way to blogland... compare this work output of the chart to the amount of time that it took to bake the pies at 500 degrees farenheit .-c
post photos
Meg Lady,
the polka dot pie deconstructivist dress is purely captivating... it surely will leave crowds in wonder and awe. I checked out the photo posting bit... let's see if this helps out-
the polka dot pie deconstructivist dress is purely captivating... it surely will leave crowds in wonder and awe. I checked out the photo posting bit... let's see if this helps out-
Saturday, August 4, 2007
ginger peach pie recipe
Here is the recipe Meg & I are going to use to build our house of pie ingredients. This recipe was found in Saveur magazine.
We will make these pies after we've constructed our deck of pie ingredients; the original building plans will be altered just slightly--- a visual example of the pie tower is in the works
We will make these pies after we've constructed our deck of pie ingredients; the original building plans will be altered just slightly--- a visual example of the pie tower is in the works
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| Ginger Peach Pie | |||||
| SERVES 8 Making this pie with sweet, ripe peaches allowed us to use less sugar; you may need to adjust the amount of sugar, depending on the sweetness of your peaches. FOR THE CRUST: FOR THE FILLING: 1. Sift flour and salt into a medium bowl. Rub butter and shortening into flour mixture with your fingers until it resembles coarse crumbs. Whisk egg and lemon juice together in a small bowl, then sprinkle into flour mixture with 3–4 tbsp. ice water. Mix until dough just begins to hold together. Wrap; refrigerate 1 hour. 2. Combine lemon juice, ginger, cinnamon, 2/3 cup sugar, and tapioca in a large bowl. Blanch peaches in a pot of boiling water for 15 seconds, then cool in a bowl of cold water. Peel, cut into thick slices, and toss in lemon juice mixture. 3. Preheat oven to 375°. Divide dough in half. Roll into two 12" circles on a floured surface. Line a 9" pie pan with one circle; add peach filling. Drape remaining circle on top, crimp edges, and slash top. Brush with egg white, and sprinkle with remaining sugar. Bake until golden, about 1 hour. Serve warm. | |||||
| First published in Saveur, July 1995 | |||||
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Friday, August 3, 2007
deck of pies
costume: dress in outfit that has round "pie shapes"; others might call them polka dots or circles, apron (fancy one)??
1. go shopping for ingredients to make 2 ginger peach pies
fresh peaches (about 12)
crystallized ginger
sugar
flour - enough to make 4 crusts total
shortening/butter
2 pie tins
2 forks (you may forks you already own)
measuring cups and bowl
oven (hot)
so before you actually make 2 peach pies a sculptured deck of pie ingredients should be constructed, then after the sculpture is built, tear it apart and prepare 2 peach pies
bottom layer --- sprinkle sugar on table (specific amount TBA)
place about 6 whole peaches in sugar and place 1 pie tin on top of whole peaches --tin is bottom side up
slice remaining six peaches and arrange on top of pie tin
place next pie tin bottom side down on top of sliced peaches
put flour (specific amount TBA), water (amount TBA) and shortening/butter (amount TBA) in the pie tin
place two forks in water, flour, shortening mixture-- maybe find a next chunk of shortening to stick fork in -- put some of the candied ginger in the prongs of the fork
once the sculpture is built, destruct sculpture and make two ginger peach pies (top and bottom crusts for both)
1. go shopping for ingredients to make 2 ginger peach pies
fresh peaches (about 12)
crystallized ginger
sugar
flour - enough to make 4 crusts total
shortening/butter
2 pie tins
2 forks (you may forks you already own)
measuring cups and bowl
oven (hot)
so before you actually make 2 peach pies a sculptured deck of pie ingredients should be constructed, then after the sculpture is built, tear it apart and prepare 2 peach pies
bottom layer --- sprinkle sugar on table (specific amount TBA)
place about 6 whole peaches in sugar and place 1 pie tin on top of whole peaches --tin is bottom side up
slice remaining six peaches and arrange on top of pie tin
place next pie tin bottom side down on top of sliced peaches
put flour (specific amount TBA), water (amount TBA) and shortening/butter (amount TBA) in the pie tin
place two forks in water, flour, shortening mixture-- maybe find a next chunk of shortening to stick fork in -- put some of the candied ginger in the prongs of the fork
once the sculpture is built, destruct sculpture and make two ginger peach pies (top and bottom crusts for both)
Dress..... Check.
It is a deconstructivist pie dress
I have a fake stove to "bake the pies in".
I do like peach ginger
Meg
PS I can't seem to post pictures in the coments section, so I just altered the time on this to go under your post. Do you know of a better way? also I added some stuff to the Central Park pie events. We just have to edit it and go through the images still. We also need to do the Finale.
I hope your trip was good and let's chat this week.
Friday, July 27, 2007
pies, house of cards, backyards, Meg, Catie, NYC, Chicago = soon or rather TBA
What happens when you separate Meg & Catie? Well, actually they'll be building in two different backyards, in NYC & Chicago. What else would they have done? They are braving a whole new building format with the elements of pie, specifically peach pie. Soon, very soon, Meg & Catie will embark on this feat. Not recommended for the shy at heart.
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
piered
Meg & Catie successfully completed "Split, Splat, Splot" in central park over the weekend. They made new friends, threw a few pies around, dragged a new digital projector fully wrapped & packaged through central park just because & even came up with future ideas for work. Clothing, they both discovered, especially when wearing the same dress, makes people think you are related- like "sisters" or even "twins". We were noticed certainly. Add a cart filled with a bucket, a shovel, a broom, and pies stacked in crates... we became a cleaning crew that worked for the park... who'd da thunk?? We are certainly tired. Catie even woke up from a dream today; she had a dream that she was being pied.
Sunday, July 22, 2007
July 22nd, 2007 -- Preparation
Meg and Catie rise early
They pack 18 pies for the days events
They have a large cart and a bag full of:
18 pies
Rope
4 tablecloth dresses (they are already wearing their red ones)
A broom
A shovel
A bucket
A boom box
Their bags
They go, with their cart, to B & H to pick up Catie’s new video projector. It is not needed for the day, but it is need for Catie’s life.
Meg and Catie are full of stuff.
They go on the train to Central Park. A few bystanders help with the cart on the stairs.
Catie and Meg meet Jon Marco by Central Park. He is helping with today’s events.
They pack 18 pies for the days events
They have a large cart and a bag full of:
18 pies
Rope
4 tablecloth dresses (they are already wearing their red ones)
A broom
A shovel
A bucket
A boom box
Their bags
They go, with their cart, to B & H to pick up Catie’s new video projector. It is not needed for the day, but it is need for Catie’s life.
Meg and Catie are full of stuff.
They go on the train to Central Park. A few bystanders help with the cart on the stairs.
Catie and Meg meet Jon Marco by Central Park. He is helping with today’s events.
July 22nd, 2007--Close-range toss
Ingredients:
Meg
Catie
Chocolate cream pie
Belvedere Castle
2 red tablecloth dresses
A fine digital video camera
Meg and Catie take all of their stuff up to Belvedere Castle. It is a hike.
Meg looks at the view over turtle pond
Catie throws chocolate cream pie on Meg’s turned head
Meg’s hair is covered
It was a glorious splat
Meg washes off in a drinking fountain
Catie licks her fingers.
They go to the bathroom to change dresses, but the line is too long.
Meg washes her hair using a water bottle
Catie and Meg change to new black tablecloth dresses by a bench
Meg
Catie
Chocolate cream pie
Belvedere Castle
2 red tablecloth dresses
A fine digital video camera
Meg and Catie take all of their stuff up to Belvedere Castle. It is a hike.
Meg looks at the view over turtle pond
Catie throws chocolate cream pie on Meg’s turned head
Meg’s hair is covered
It was a glorious splat
Meg washes off in a drinking fountain
Catie licks her fingers.
They go to the bathroom to change dresses, but the line is too long.
Meg washes her hair using a water bottle
Catie and Meg change to new black tablecloth dresses by a bench
July 22nd, 2007-- long-range throw
Ingredients:
Meg
Catie
Apple pie
Great Lawn’s ball fields
2 black tablecloth dresses
Shovel
Broom
A fine digital video camera
Catie, Meg, and Jon, go to the Great Lawn’s ball fields, carting all of their stuff
There are many ball and Frisbee players
Catie and Meg run out into the field through two Frisbee players
Meg has the pie
Catie backs up
Meg THROWS!
Catie flinches
The pie explodes into shrapnel on Catie’s shoulder
Meg and Catie prance back to the cart and get the broom and shovel
Catie and Meg clean up pie shrapnel
Jon Marco videotapes all of the events
Catie am Meg wash up in the bathroom
Meg
Catie
Apple pie
Great Lawn’s ball fields
2 black tablecloth dresses
Shovel
Broom
A fine digital video camera
Catie, Meg, and Jon, go to the Great Lawn’s ball fields, carting all of their stuff
There are many ball and Frisbee players
Catie and Meg run out into the field through two Frisbee players
Meg has the pie
Catie backs up
Meg THROWS!
Catie flinches
The pie explodes into shrapnel on Catie’s shoulder
Meg and Catie prance back to the cart and get the broom and shovel
Catie and Meg clean up pie shrapnel
Jon Marco videotapes all of the events
Catie am Meg wash up in the bathroom
July 22, 2007—the duck and throw
Ingredients:
Meg
Catie
Jon Marco
Blueberry pie
Sheep Meadow
2 black tablecloth dresses
A fine digital video camera
Catie, Meg, in black table cloth dresses still, and Jon Marco cart all of their stuff to the Sheep Meadow
Jon Marco leans by a tree
Meg and Catie run around, Catie with pie in hand, Meg with video camera
Catie throws pie at Meg
Meg ducks
Splat!
Catie hits tree next to Jon Marco
They do to prepare for the Dance
Meg
Catie
Jon Marco
Blueberry pie
Sheep Meadow
2 black tablecloth dresses
A fine digital video camera
Catie, Meg, in black table cloth dresses still, and Jon Marco cart all of their stuff to the Sheep Meadow
Jon Marco leans by a tree
Meg and Catie run around, Catie with pie in hand, Meg with video camera
Catie throws pie at Meg
Meg ducks
Splat!
Catie hits tree next to Jon Marco
They do to prepare for the Dance
Today's Events--July 22nd
Today's Events
July 22, 2007
7. Olson will perform a close-range toss by tossing, overhand, a chocolate cream pie at Duguid.
Belvedere Castle, 12 p.m.
8. Duguid, using an apple pie will perform a long-range throw on Olson by pitching the pie at Olson from at least Eight feet away.
Great Lawn’s Baseball Fields, 2 p.m.
9. Olson, performing the duck and throw, will attempt to hit Duguid with a blueberry pie at close-range but will accidentally hit a passerby at long-range when Duguid ducks.
Sheep Meadow, 5 p.m.
Finale--Synchronized Pieing--the Dance
Cedar Hill, July 22, 7 p.m.
For Duguid and Olson’s finale the have created a two-woman public slapstick dance piece based on the idea of synchronized swimming. This choreographed routine breaks down the motion of pieing into a poetic comedyesque dance. As they go between one pieing type to another, the layers of sugar will pile up on Duguid and Olson followed by the pair donning cleaning uniforms spilling buckets of water on the pie area and each other for cleaning.
Stay tuned for picture of yesterday's pieing pictures to be posted
July 22, 2007
7. Olson will perform a close-range toss by tossing, overhand, a chocolate cream pie at Duguid.
Belvedere Castle, 12 p.m.
8. Duguid, using an apple pie will perform a long-range throw on Olson by pitching the pie at Olson from at least Eight feet away.
Great Lawn’s Baseball Fields, 2 p.m.
9. Olson, performing the duck and throw, will attempt to hit Duguid with a blueberry pie at close-range but will accidentally hit a passerby at long-range when Duguid ducks.
Sheep Meadow, 5 p.m.
Finale--Synchronized Pieing--the Dance
Cedar Hill, July 22, 7 p.m.
For Duguid and Olson’s finale the have created a two-woman public slapstick dance piece based on the idea of synchronized swimming. This choreographed routine breaks down the motion of pieing into a poetic comedyesque dance. As they go between one pieing type to another, the layers of sugar will pile up on Duguid and Olson followed by the pair donning cleaning uniforms spilling buckets of water on the pie area and each other for cleaning.
Stay tuned for picture of yesterday's pieing pictures to be posted
July 21st Cleaning up
July 21st Cleaning up
Meg and Catie clean up at Saks Fifth Avenue
Instead of going to the laundry mat they shop for dresses at H & M
Later in the evening they eat Dim Sum and wash the clothes by hand
Catie makes signs for tomorrow
Meg goes to bed to blog early in the morn
July 21st, 2007—Duck Close-up
Ingredients
Meg
Catie
Pumpkin pie
A tree
2 black tablecloth dresses
A fine digital camera
Meg and Catie go to meet Jeff at Literary Walk to discuss the duck close-up
Jeff doesn’t come
How do they perform a duck close-up with no passerby?
Description:
In an attempt to enact a close-range pieing on Duguid, Olson will accidentally pie a passerby with a pumpkin pie when Duguid ducks. This is known as the duck close-up.
They decide to pie a tree!
Olson chases Duguid with a pie
Duguid runs across the walk and ducks at a tree
Olson throws pie and hits tree
Tree is embarrassed, so they take no pictures
Meg
Catie
Pumpkin pie
A tree
2 black tablecloth dresses
A fine digital camera
Meg and Catie go to meet Jeff at Literary Walk to discuss the duck close-up
Jeff doesn’t come
How do they perform a duck close-up with no passerby?
Description:
In an attempt to enact a close-range pieing on Duguid, Olson will accidentally pie a passerby with a pumpkin pie when Duguid ducks. This is known as the duck close-up.
They decide to pie a tree!
Olson chases Duguid with a pie
Duguid runs across the walk and ducks at a tree
Olson throws pie and hits tree
Tree is embarrassed, so they take no pictures
July 21st, 2007—Pie drop
Ingredients
Meg
Catie
2 cherry pies
An Arch
2 black tablecloth dresses
A park goer
A fine digital camera
Catie and Meg are on their way to change into their black tablecloth dresses and get coffee when---
OH NO!
HOMEMADE CHERRY PIE SLIPS FROM HANDS OF CATIE
SPLAT
that cherry wanted to fly.
Meg and Catie need to change and need new pie.
They look in the Pioneer grocery—lots of pies, but no cherries. They decide to take the bus to Whole foods. While waiting for the bus, they see a great resale shop. They longingly look as they get on the bus. There is no time for shopping, only time for cherry pie.
At whole foods they find an expensive organic cherry pie—Catie pays
They eat breakfast and change
The go on their way in their black tablecloth dresses to the arch
The walk is 30 minutes
Catie finds park goer who is reading and asks him to take some pictures.
Meg unwraps organic pie and walks to top of arch
Meg gets to top of arch and Catie is still talking to park goer
Meg is ready to drop
Catie is setting-up shot
Catie goes into tunnel where musician is playing and comes out.
Meg drops
Pie splats
Catie is not hit
Meg missed
Meg runs down and scoops up pie to try again.
Catie goes into arch and Meg runs to top
Meg attempts to hit Catie again
Splat!
Catie is not hit
Meg missed again
Pie is really a mess on the ground.
They decide to try again tomorrow
Catie and Meg are both clean. So they keep on the black tablecloth dresses.
They decide to have a meeting at Cedar Hill. They meet; they talk to their significant others. Catie is really excited about her new cell phone and the ability to talk to her fiancé, Erik, for the park. Meg makes dinner plans with her husband, Michael.
Meg
Catie
2 cherry pies
An Arch
2 black tablecloth dresses
A park goer
A fine digital camera
Catie and Meg are on their way to change into their black tablecloth dresses and get coffee when---
OH NO!
HOMEMADE CHERRY PIE SLIPS FROM HANDS OF CATIE
SPLAT
that cherry wanted to fly.
Meg and Catie need to change and need new pie.
They look in the Pioneer grocery—lots of pies, but no cherries. They decide to take the bus to Whole foods. While waiting for the bus, they see a great resale shop. They longingly look as they get on the bus. There is no time for shopping, only time for cherry pie.
At whole foods they find an expensive organic cherry pie—Catie pays
They eat breakfast and change
The go on their way in their black tablecloth dresses to the arch
The walk is 30 minutes
Catie finds park goer who is reading and asks him to take some pictures.
Meg unwraps organic pie and walks to top of arch
Meg gets to top of arch and Catie is still talking to park goer
Meg is ready to drop
Catie is setting-up shot
Catie goes into tunnel where musician is playing and comes out.
Meg drops
Pie splats
Catie is not hit
Meg missed
Meg runs down and scoops up pie to try again.
Catie goes into arch and Meg runs to top
Meg attempts to hit Catie again
Splat!
Catie is not hit
Meg missed again
Pie is really a mess on the ground.
They decide to try again tomorrow
Catie and Meg are both clean. So they keep on the black tablecloth dresses.
They decide to have a meeting at Cedar Hill. They meet; they talk to their significant others. Catie is really excited about her new cell phone and the ability to talk to her fiancé, Erik, for the park. Meg makes dinner plans with her husband, Michael.
July 21st, 2007—Face Pushed into Pie
Ingredients
Meg
Catie
Banana cream pie
The Museum of Natural History
2 red tablecloth dresses
A tourist
A fine digital camera
Meg and Catie sit in red tablecloth dresses near the ground entrance of Natural History
Meg takes out banana cream pie
Catie attempts to find a tourist to take their picture. The fist woman she approaches walks away. The second tourist agrees. Catie asks her to take a few pictures of us.
Catie sits next to Meg
Tourist takes picture
Catie pushes Meg’s face into pie
Meg is creamy and puts cream onto Catie
Tourist keeps taking pictures.
Meg and Catie say “thank you” and clean up using the shirt.
They look at the pictures and they are great--Thank you Tourist!
They go to change into their black tablecloth dresses
Meg
Catie
Banana cream pie
The Museum of Natural History
2 red tablecloth dresses
A tourist
A fine digital camera
Meg and Catie sit in red tablecloth dresses near the ground entrance of Natural History
Meg takes out banana cream pie
Catie attempts to find a tourist to take their picture. The fist woman she approaches walks away. The second tourist agrees. Catie asks her to take a few pictures of us.
Catie sits next to Meg
Tourist takes picture
Catie pushes Meg’s face into pie
Meg is creamy and puts cream onto Catie
Tourist keeps taking pictures.
Meg and Catie say “thank you” and clean up using the shirt.
They look at the pictures and they are great--Thank you Tourist!
They go to change into their black tablecloth dresses
July 21st, 2007--Preparation
Meg and Catie get up and drink coffee
Meg goes to grocery for more pies shells
Catie and Meg bake 3 cherry pies and 3 apple pies
Meg and Catie take laundry off the line and put on red tablecloth dresses
They pack up pies—1 cherry, 1 pumpkin, and 1 banana cream—and go to the train. Today they take the JMZ, On the train 2 people bump into Meg and she almost looses the cherry, That pie already wants to fly.
Meg and Catie switch to the F train. The A is running local on the F, What a pleasant surprise. They take it up to the Natural History Museum.
Meg goes to grocery for more pies shells
Catie and Meg bake 3 cherry pies and 3 apple pies
Meg and Catie take laundry off the line and put on red tablecloth dresses
They pack up pies—1 cherry, 1 pumpkin, and 1 banana cream—and go to the train. Today they take the JMZ, On the train 2 people bump into Meg and she almost looses the cherry, That pie already wants to fly.
Meg and Catie switch to the F train. The A is running local on the F, What a pleasant surprise. They take it up to the Natural History Museum.
Saturday, July 21, 2007
July 21st--Today's events
Today
July 21, 2007
4. Duguid holding a Banana Cream pie under Olson’s face as a sweet smelling temptation will push her face into the pie performing the famous face pushed into pie act.
In front of The Natural History Museum, 12 p.m.
5. Olson on the top of the bridge will enact a pie drop with a cherry pie on Duguid who i nonchalantly walking under the bridge.
Greywacke Arch, 2 p.m.
6. In an attempt to enact a close-range pieing on Olson, Duguid will accidentally pie a passerby with a pumpkin pie when Olson ducks. This is known as the duck close-up
Literary Walk, 5 p.m.
pictures of yeaterday's events will be posted tonight
July 21, 2007
4. Duguid holding a Banana Cream pie under Olson’s face as a sweet smelling temptation will push her face into the pie performing the famous face pushed into pie act.
In front of The Natural History Museum, 12 p.m.
5. Olson on the top of the bridge will enact a pie drop with a cherry pie on Duguid who i nonchalantly walking under the bridge.
Greywacke Arch, 2 p.m.
6. In an attempt to enact a close-range pieing on Olson, Duguid will accidentally pie a passerby with a pumpkin pie when Olson ducks. This is known as the duck close-up
Literary Walk, 5 p.m.
pictures of yeaterday's events will be posted tonight
July 20th Cleaning up
Meg and Catie clean up at Bloomingdales
Instead of going to the laundry mat they shop for wedding dresses
Later in the evening they wash the clothes by hand
July 20th Close-range Pieing
Ingredients
Meg
Catie
Chocolate cream pie
2 green tablecloth dresses
A rickshaw driver
A fine digital video camera
Meg and Catie pick their rickshaw driver while wearing green tablecloth dresses
They ask him for permission to pie
They all climb aboard—Meg and Catie carefully maneuver the suitcase onto the rickshaw
Catie videos the pieing
Stay toned for the video!
July 20th Running with Pie
Ingredients
Meg
Catie
Blueberry pie
2 black tablecloth dresses
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
A fine digital camera
Two cell phones
Catie is on 81st St. and 5th Ave in her black tablecloth dress, armed with blueberry pie
Meg is on 83rd St. and 5th Ave in her black tablecloth dress, she now has Catie's rolling suitcase
Meg calls Catie and says go! It’s 2:00
Meg walks downtown, Catie walks uptown, they meet in between in front of the Met
Catie prances up to Meg and pies her with blueberry. Meg continues downtown, Catie continues uptown.
Meg’s ear has blueberries in it.
They go to the bathroom to clean up a
July 20th Sitting on Pie
Ingredients
Meg
Catie
Lemon meringue pie
2 red tablecloth dresses
A bench next to Conservatory Water
An unsuspecting shirt to clean up with
A fine digital camera
Meg in her red tablecloth dress sits on bench and places the lemon meringue pie next to her and starts to write
Catie, with her suitcase in tow, walks along in her red tablecloth dress and starts to sit on the pie next to Meg
A man with a gray Scottish terrier on the other side of the bench exclaims, “Watch out!”
Catie sits
Lemon meringue splots like a freshly fried egg.
Meg and Catie have no towels to clean up with. So they use Meg's unsuspecting shirt.
Meg and Catie go to the bathroom to change into their black tablecloth dresses to pie at 2:00p.m.
July 20, 2007--Preparation
Catie wakes up at 5;00 a.m. and gets on the train to O’Hare
Catie has conversations about pies on the train with Dan from wine-o-rama, he asks good questions about pies
Her plane takes off at 8:00 a.m.—she is on her way
Meg wakes up at 8:00 a.m. to bake pies
Meg’s oven is slow-2 hours to bake a blueberry pie at 500 degrees—The meringue for the lemon mostly sets after an hour of baking
Meg makes
4 Chocolate pies
2 Lemon Meringue pies
2 Banana pies
4 Blueberry pies
Cherry and apple pies still needed to be made
While pies are baking, Catie is in the air; Meg attempts to get last minute press because earlier attempts garnered nothing.
Pies are done!
Meg wraps pies in plastic, grabs tablecloth dresses, and throws an umbrella in her bag. She kisses her husband on the cheek and walks to the train
Meg leaves message for Catie hoping she has landed
Catie calls Meg she is here! And waiting for a car—Meg and Catie decide to meet at 60th St. and 5th Ave at 11:45
Meg gets on the train
Catie gets in a car
OH NO! Catie is late! Damn airports
Catie and Meg experience moderate stress, Catie arrives and the lawyer who split the car with her expensed the car ride—Thanks you James! —Catie and Meg meet and hug
Catie and Meg walk to Conservatory Water for a late pieing
Catie has conversations about pies on the train with Dan from wine-o-rama, he asks good questions about pies
Her plane takes off at 8:00 a.m.—she is on her way
Meg wakes up at 8:00 a.m. to bake pies
Meg’s oven is slow-2 hours to bake a blueberry pie at 500 degrees—The meringue for the lemon mostly sets after an hour of baking
Meg makes
4 Chocolate pies
2 Lemon Meringue pies
2 Banana pies
4 Blueberry pies
Cherry and apple pies still needed to be made
While pies are baking, Catie is in the air; Meg attempts to get last minute press because earlier attempts garnered nothing.
Pies are done!
Meg wraps pies in plastic, grabs tablecloth dresses, and throws an umbrella in her bag. She kisses her husband on the cheek and walks to the train
Meg leaves message for Catie hoping she has landed
Catie calls Meg she is here! And waiting for a car—Meg and Catie decide to meet at 60th St. and 5th Ave at 11:45
Meg gets on the train
Catie gets in a car
OH NO! Catie is late! Damn airports
Catie and Meg experience moderate stress, Catie arrives and the lawyer who split the car with her expensed the car ride—Thanks you James! —Catie and Meg meet and hug
Catie and Meg walk to Conservatory Water for a late pieing
July 19th—Preparation
Catie is delayed—flight cancelled because of weather—no rain in New York or Chicago—now has to go to Newark at 8:00 am tomorrow—Catie called meg from her new cell phone—it’s her first
Meg goes to the grocery and gets pie fixins
Meg goes to the grocery and gets pie fixins
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
Split, Splat, Splot
Split, Splat, Splot
New work by Meg Duguid and Catie Olson
with guest appearances by Jeff DeSalvo, and Jon Marco
Central Park
July 20-22, 2007
12 p.m., 2 p.m., and 5 p.m. daily, with a grand finale on Sunday July 22 at 7:00 p.m.
Split, Splat, Splot is a series of synchronized pieing events taking place throughout Central Park. During the three day span, Duguid and Olson have synchronized their watches and will be performing nine classic pieing actions in various park locations directly on the hours of 12 p.m., 2 p.m., and 5 p.m. daily, culminating with a grand two-woman synchronized pie routine on Sunday July 22 at 7 p.m. (see schedule and map on the following pages for a further description).
In advance of these events, Duguid and Olson set up a public learning pie lab, called I can toss. Can you smash? What a splat! A Pie Research Project, to determine which pies they will be performing which actions with.
I can toss. Can you smash? What a splat! A Pie Research Project was a public learning lab where Duguid and Olson tested pieing in April. By setting up a systematic pie experiment, they discovered what pies are best for which situations and how the structure of pie and the movements of the pie-er and pie-ee create meaning.
Although the cream pie seems to be the favorite of pieing moments, was it the most effective comedy instrument? Or is it the best for black and white film where pieing had its media heyday? To satisfy these questions, Duguid and Olson created a list of pie actions and another list of pie types and performed each action with each pie type to fulfill this quest.
After an extreme evening of scientifically lobbing a total of sixty pies at each other, Duguid an Olson came to a number of conclusions, including that cream pie is does not hold up as well as a double-crusted pie in a long-range throwing situation—and that sometimes the sponginess of meringue is funnier than the splatyness of cream.
Come join Duguid and Olson with guest appearances by Jeff DeSalvo, and Jon Marco in Central Park when these results will be put to the test.
Synchronized Pieing--on the Hour
July 20-22, 2007, 12 p.m., 2 p.m., and 5 p.m. daily
Each morning Duguid and Olson will be waking up with the roosters to synchronize their watches and bake that day’s pies. During the three-day span Duguid and Olson will be performing 9 classic pieing actions in various park locations directly on the hours of 12 p.m., 2 p.m., and 5 p.m. daily. Every evening they will be found at Duguid’s local laundry mat cleaning their outfits from that day.
July 20, 2007
1. Sitting on pie will be performed with a Lemon Meringue pie: Olson will set a pie on bench to read the paper. Duguid not noticing the pie will sit directly on it.
Conservatory Water,12 p.m.
2. Running with pie will be enacted with a blueberry pie. Duguid will come at Olson with a running start and pie her at close range.
In front of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2 p.m.
3. Duguid and Olson will hail a Carriage or Rickshaw on 60th St & 5th Ave. Sometime after they are picked up Olson will hit Duguid at arms length with a chocolate cream pie and perform a close-range pieing.
Taking off from 60th St & 5th Ave, 5 p.m.
July 21, 2007
4. Duguid holding a Banana Cream pie under Olson’s face as a sweet smelling temptation will push her face into the pie performing the famous face pushed into pie act.
In front of The Natural History Museum, 12 p.m.
5. Olson on the top of the bridge will enact a pie drop with a cherry pie on Duguid who isnonchalantly walking under the bridge.
Greywacke Arch, 2 p.m.
6. In an attempt to enact a close-range pieing on Olson, Duguid will accidentally pie a passerby with a pumpkin pie when Olson ducks. This is known as the duck close-up
Literary Walk, 5 p.m.
July 22, 2007
7. Olson will perform a close-range toss by tossing, overhand, a chocolate cream pie at Duguid.
Belvedere Castle, 12 p.m.
8. Duguid, using an apple pie will perform a long-range throw on Olson by pitching the pie at Olson from at least Eight feet away.
Great Lawn’s Baseball Fields, 2 p.m.
9. Olson, performing the duck and throw, will attempt to hit Duguid with a blueberry pie at close range but will accidentally hit a passerby at long-range when Duguid ducks.
Sheep Meadow, 5 p.m.
Synchronized Pieing--the Dance
Cedar Hill, July 22, 7 p.m.
For Duguid and Olson’s finale the have created a two-woman public slapstick dance piece based on the idea of synchronized swimming. This choreographed routine breaks down the motion of pieing into a poetic comedyesque dance. As they go between one pieing type to another, the layers of sugar will pile up on Duguid and Olson followed by the pair donning cleaning uniforms spilling buckets of water on the pie area and each other for cleaning.
New work by Meg Duguid and Catie Olson
with guest appearances by Jeff DeSalvo, and Jon Marco
Central Park
July 20-22, 2007
12 p.m., 2 p.m., and 5 p.m. daily, with a grand finale on Sunday July 22 at 7:00 p.m.
Split, Splat, Splot is a series of synchronized pieing events taking place throughout Central Park. During the three day span, Duguid and Olson have synchronized their watches and will be performing nine classic pieing actions in various park locations directly on the hours of 12 p.m., 2 p.m., and 5 p.m. daily, culminating with a grand two-woman synchronized pie routine on Sunday July 22 at 7 p.m. (see schedule and map on the following pages for a further description).
In advance of these events, Duguid and Olson set up a public learning pie lab, called I can toss. Can you smash? What a splat! A Pie Research Project, to determine which pies they will be performing which actions with.
I can toss. Can you smash? What a splat! A Pie Research Project was a public learning lab where Duguid and Olson tested pieing in April. By setting up a systematic pie experiment, they discovered what pies are best for which situations and how the structure of pie and the movements of the pie-er and pie-ee create meaning.
Although the cream pie seems to be the favorite of pieing moments, was it the most effective comedy instrument? Or is it the best for black and white film where pieing had its media heyday? To satisfy these questions, Duguid and Olson created a list of pie actions and another list of pie types and performed each action with each pie type to fulfill this quest.
After an extreme evening of scientifically lobbing a total of sixty pies at each other, Duguid an Olson came to a number of conclusions, including that cream pie is does not hold up as well as a double-crusted pie in a long-range throwing situation—and that sometimes the sponginess of meringue is funnier than the splatyness of cream.
Come join Duguid and Olson with guest appearances by Jeff DeSalvo, and Jon Marco in Central Park when these results will be put to the test.
Synchronized Pieing--on the Hour
July 20-22, 2007, 12 p.m., 2 p.m., and 5 p.m. daily
Each morning Duguid and Olson will be waking up with the roosters to synchronize their watches and bake that day’s pies. During the three-day span Duguid and Olson will be performing 9 classic pieing actions in various park locations directly on the hours of 12 p.m., 2 p.m., and 5 p.m. daily. Every evening they will be found at Duguid’s local laundry mat cleaning their outfits from that day.
July 20, 2007
1. Sitting on pie will be performed with a Lemon Meringue pie: Olson will set a pie on bench to read the paper. Duguid not noticing the pie will sit directly on it.
Conservatory Water,12 p.m.
2. Running with pie will be enacted with a blueberry pie. Duguid will come at Olson with a running start and pie her at close range.
In front of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2 p.m.
3. Duguid and Olson will hail a Carriage or Rickshaw on 60th St & 5th Ave. Sometime after they are picked up Olson will hit Duguid at arms length with a chocolate cream pie and perform a close-range pieing.
Taking off from 60th St & 5th Ave, 5 p.m.
July 21, 2007
4. Duguid holding a Banana Cream pie under Olson’s face as a sweet smelling temptation will push her face into the pie performing the famous face pushed into pie act.
In front of The Natural History Museum, 12 p.m.
5. Olson on the top of the bridge will enact a pie drop with a cherry pie on Duguid who isnonchalantly walking under the bridge.
Greywacke Arch, 2 p.m.
6. In an attempt to enact a close-range pieing on Olson, Duguid will accidentally pie a passerby with a pumpkin pie when Olson ducks. This is known as the duck close-up
Literary Walk, 5 p.m.
July 22, 2007
7. Olson will perform a close-range toss by tossing, overhand, a chocolate cream pie at Duguid.
Belvedere Castle, 12 p.m.
8. Duguid, using an apple pie will perform a long-range throw on Olson by pitching the pie at Olson from at least Eight feet away.
Great Lawn’s Baseball Fields, 2 p.m.
9. Olson, performing the duck and throw, will attempt to hit Duguid with a blueberry pie at close range but will accidentally hit a passerby at long-range when Duguid ducks.
Sheep Meadow, 5 p.m.
Synchronized Pieing--the Dance
Cedar Hill, July 22, 7 p.m.
For Duguid and Olson’s finale the have created a two-woman public slapstick dance piece based on the idea of synchronized swimming. This choreographed routine breaks down the motion of pieing into a poetic comedyesque dance. As they go between one pieing type to another, the layers of sugar will pile up on Duguid and Olson followed by the pair donning cleaning uniforms spilling buckets of water on the pie area and each other for cleaning.
I can toss. Can you smash? What a splat! A Pie Research Project
I can toss. Can you smash? What a splat! A Pie Research Project
New work by Meg Duguid and Catie Olson
Fifty50 Gallery
1017 W. Lake Street
Chicago, IL 60607
Friday, April 13, 2007
7:00 – 10:00 p.m.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/carlwarnick/469483154/
I can toss. Can you smash? What a splat! A Pie Research Project is a public learning lab where Duguid and Olsen will test pieing. By setting up a systematic pie experiment, they intend to discover what pies are best for which situations and how the structure of pie and the movements of the pie-er and pie-ee create meaning.
Although the cream pie seems to be the favorite of pieing moments, is it really the most effective comedy instrument? Or is it the best for black and white film where pieing had its media heyday.
• Is an apple pie better than a cream pie at close range?
• Is a graham cracker crust funnier than a standard crust?
• Is there a time when a two-crust pies ability to hold together important to the way the pie-er pies?
• When tossed does a pumpkin pie out splat a cherry?
To satisfy these questions Duguid and Olsen have created a list of pie actions and another list of pie types. The audience is invited to watch and help the pair perform each action with each pie type to fulfill this quest.
A Night at the Races: Racecar is racecar backwards, but piecar forwards is a challenge
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Night at the Races: Racecar is racecar backwards, but piecar forwards is a challenge
New work by Meg Duguid and Catie Olson
Thursday, Dec. 21, 2006
7:00 – 10:00 p.m.
Green Lantern
1511 N. Milwaukee Avenue
Second Floor
Chicago, Illinois 60622
http://thegreenlantern.org/memory.html#anightattheraces
A Night at the Races is a one-evening pie race event, which utilizes slapstick symbology navigating a series of tracks like roman chariots to explore the collision of craft, performance, reality, and cartoon through the literal collision of piecar into piecar.
Go fast, turn left, and don’t crash!
For this event Duguid and Olson have created two remote control pie-racers that the audience can use to compete with on a two-dimensional track. These piecars are literally remote control cars of which the bodies have been replace by pie tins creating a pie on wheels that will race on a hand drawn track. In heats of two racers at a time the pie-racing talent will be weeded out of the audience. As the evening progresses the courses will be altered to increase in difficulty until a pie-race champion is named. There will be a special prize for the victor.
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