Jonathan Read: Tales From The Spitting Tree: Ballad of The Moon Hound

• Saturday, Oct 18, 2025  3:30pm - 4:30pm

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This event is part of Sculpture Month Houston's Program for the Biennial Festival at Site Gallery Houston. The performance will take place after the public exhibition tour by curator Volker Eisele from 2pm to 3pm.

Artist Statement:

Born out of the animatronic works I developed to combat my loneliness during the pandemic, TFTST explores themes of alienation and the unfair nature of luck in the universe. The story is acted out by a cast of puppets crafted from cheap battery powered toys, foam clay and day glow paint, filmed on a table in my studio. The story centers around a depressed wolfman who learns that an encounter with an angry gorgon during his youth stripped him of his destiny. He has no path or purpose in life as he wanders the dangerous psychedelic wilderness where he encounters an army of imps, a giant crab monster and other strange beasts as he tries to figure out if he is blessed or cursed.

This presentation of the short film will be accompanied with a live score by Philosophy Stone (Jon Read and James Radcliff).