Blank’s Story
Blank is the official mascot of Fauxtopia, for he embodies the basic nothingness on which a story can begin. He is a piece of paper that has come to life and longs to be embellished with marks or costumes so that he can be anything. He is symbol of new beginnings.
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His ancestors are Jim Henson’s Anything Muppets; puppets that were clean slated simple bodies that allowed for decoration that would turn them into ferocious animals or everyday people in your neighborhood, like the milkman.
Much like the Anything Muppets, Andy Warhol’s nightclub of the 1980s AREA was nothing more than a blank space that was transformed through embellishment and decoration.
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It was a black box theater that, with the right lighting and set designs, helped to tell the story for the event. One week, it was a salute to suburbia with giant Tide detergent boxes and riding mowers, and the next week, it was a celebration of Old Hollywood with silent movies being projected on the walls. The space allowed itself to be transformed, just like Blank!
“I only hope that we don't lose sight of one thing - it was all started by a blank piece of paper.”
-- G.E. McAtnoff