We scored in Iowa. We were hosted by the lovely folk at Legion Arts and captured a rather performative interview with our host Mel; he sat on the porch of the flood-ruined building next door and talked Brechtian distanciation and the legalization of gay marriage while sipping water from a ladle, dressed in dungarees.
Driving around Cedar Rapids that afternoon was a trip. Whole streets lined with beautiful trees and cute family cottages had been closed down and abandoned when the flood hit town a year earlier. The markings of mud on the door frames indicated just how high the water rose. Flags were thin, tattered and bleached, dumbells and bikes lay rusted and tangled on porches and fences, and large orange crosses spray painted on windows marked the no-go zones.
On our way to Chicago we stopped by the home of Cat and Brittany in Iowa City. By the time you read this Cat and Brittany will be married! Woo hoo! They indulged us in a little bedroom shoot and directed us to the nearest organic co-op for our first non-deep fried meal in days. They were a breath of fresh air and energized us for the long drive on to Chicago.
(ps. not sure if you can read what's written on the truck in that pic up there, it says "Jesus is Our Driving Force". And below... well we just wanted you to see how many bugs have lost their lives in the name of art and queer life across America.)
Those poor buggy wuggys!
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