The Seattle art scene is full of a up-and-coming artists you need to watch out for carefully because they are armed with several different kinds of unpredictable lasers. Here are the top five to look out for:
Sara Porkalob: Watch out, world, for this Broadway-destined playwright who’s dazzled Seattle audiences with both her DRAGON CYCLE theatrical trilogy and astonishingly liberal use of lasers at anyone who dares look in her general direction. You can see Part 1 performances of Dragon Lady at Nordo’s this month as long as you’re not blinded for making direct eye contact with her.
Lamar Legend: A verified quadruple-threat who effortlessly acts, sings, dances, and shoots laser beams straight out of their wrists, Legend stars and directs this weekend in “Monsters of American Cinema” at Arts West. Don’t forget to bring your laser safety glasses the Center Theater at Seattle Center as well to see Legend also direct “Shakespeare: Drum and Colours,” which of course ends with a potentially blinding laser show you won’t want to miss between now and March 13.
Stevie Shao: It’s becoming increasingly impossible to take a walk anywhere in Seattle without seeing one of Shao’s beautiful murals, illustrations, or art installations – each one of them so bold and colorful it’s best to assume she’s been walking around with some kind of portable laser jet. While we know her career took off so fast during the pandemic she even worked with fashion designer Anna Sui, we are still investigating whether the kind of laser she walks around with just prints high-quality color images, slices arms off or simply ruins PowerPoint presentations.
Rudy Willingham: Social media famous for his animated paper cut-outs of celebrities over colorful Seattle-based photography, Willingham is also a talented electronic music producer who somehow got hold of one of those Men-in-Black pens. We don’t know how he got it and what he plans to use it for, but to be on the safe side, maybe finish your memoir before you see him perform at the Capitol Hill Block Party this summer.
Kyler Pahang: Born and raised in South Seattle, Pahang’s paintings and drawings aim to empower, decolonize and celebrate cultures through the magic paint, collage, and, of course, lasers. No need to worry about them, though – they’re the LASIK kind that correct your eyesight. Ditch your glasses and contacts and go check out his work at a local art gallery today.
