Rude Mechs: Not Every Mountain

“Mesmerizes — and summons joy.” — Sightlines Magazine, IB Hopkins, Austin, TX

Not Every Mountain is a mellow meditation on change, permanence, and our place in the natural world. It presents the life cycle of mountains and the processes by which they are born and eventually laid to rest: an invocation of tectonic force and geologic time.

Using string, cardboard, and magnets, Not Every Mountain invites us to watch the collective effort of making and unmaking a series of interlocking mountain ranges. We watch minutes, or perhaps centuries, unfold as mountains rise and fall, clouds dance, birds alight and depart, and a moon delicately hangs overhead. It is a joyous and poignant meditation on the fleetingness of time and the many lives of minerals, underscored by a poetic recitation — or perhaps a spiritual incantation.

About Rude Mechs

Since 1996, Rude Mechs has created and toured over 30 original works made of big ideas, cheap laughs, and big, cheap spectacle. They tour their own work and present other artists whenever they can. They run CRASHBOX, a rehearsal, performance, and workshop warehouse that also houses a scenic lending library. For 30 years, Rude Mechs has run their company by consensus and championed collective art-making. Everything they make is gritty, affordable, and in conversation with performance makers around the world.