Since the “Bevelvision Is Going Live!” capital campaign in May, we’ve been hard at work planning and preparing for the ever Bevelvision video prototypes. This introduction, called Welcome to Beveldom, will be completed in the next few weeks.
Our original plan was to videotape Welcome to Beveldom in our studio, located in the heart of Tucson on Broadway Boulevard. A former bridal fashions store—with open interior space and large glass display windows—here the Museum of Kinetic Art is tightly packed in this aquarium-like tank, hence the studio’s name The Bevelarium.
With the arrival of the new high definition camera, a second production studio was established in an historic open-air barn and silo. This second location, situated in the small rural community of Patagonia in Southeast Arizona, allows the Society to capture the kinetic sculptures and characters, using beautiful natural lighting, open grasslands, a farm environment and other repurposed objects. This production studio is called New Beveldom.
The Spartan Art & Space Spa
In the spirit of Available Resource Technology (A.R.T.), a 1946 Spartan trailercoach has found new life in New Beveldom as the “Spartan Art Spa.” This particular Spartan Manor model has its own story of transformation. After World War II, oil tycoon J. Paul Getty turned the Spartan Aircraft Company into a luxury trailer manufacturing enterprise. The travelcoach being used in the introduction to Bevelvision was the first to roll off the production line.
A major shift in our direction, the second location is impacting the look and feel of Welcome to Beveldom. The upshot is that with two production studios we have more environments in which to establish the magical feel of the world of Beveldom, one for indoor and one for outdoor filming.
To the right are still images of Welcome to Beveldom taken at both production studios. Stay tuned for the release!