Asheville art bus ‘Easel Rider’ hits the streets for multimedia performance

Jason Sandford

Jason Sandford is a reporter, writer, blogger and photographer interested in all things Asheville.

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I missed the first appearance last weekend of the city of Asheville’s new art bus, dubbed the Easel Rider, but it sure sounds cool.

Last weekend, the bus was in downtown Asheville outside 5 Walnut, where there was apparently quite a show. The bus projected video on the BB&T building downtown, and there was plenty of music. Check out the video. Here’s some of the info posted with the video:

An outdoor, architectural projection & sound installation on the BB&T building in Asheville NC, brought to you by Mark Koven, Gene Felice, Jason Scott Furr & Chandra Shukla … and the “Easel Rider” Asheville’s new Mobile Art Lab! A project developed by Diane Ruggiero & Mark Koven.

with a special guest vocal performance by Elisa Faires!

Special thanks to the BB&T for their beautiful building.

Here’s a little more from Ursula Gullow and her artseenasheville.blogspot.com blog:

Here Mark Koven and Gene Felice project video onto the BB&T building. The bus they are sitting on is called Easel Rider Mobile Arts Lab. Says Koven, “It is a project that was the vision of Diane Ruggerio, city superintendent. I have been helping her and her team put it together and we were really excited about its debut. It will be showcased again on April 9th during the Re Happening and again during the Hatch festival.”