The Inside Show
Columbia River Correctional Institution, Portland OR, USA, 2019
Collaborative variety show / video project
In collaboration with Mark Arnold, Jacob Diepenbrock, Homer, Bobby, Ohio, Andrew “Turbo” Reeves, Jason Melcado, Christian “Scotty” Freeman, Philly, Irvin, E.J., Sheldon Scott, Joe Sumner, Logan Winborn, Elliot, Tony, Spencer Byrne-Seres and more.
http://crci.art/the-inside-show
Collaborative variety show / video project
In collaboration with Mark Arnold, Jacob Diepenbrock, Homer, Bobby, Ohio, Andrew “Turbo” Reeves, Jason Melcado, Christian “Scotty” Freeman, Philly, Irvin, E.J., Sheldon Scott, Joe Sumner, Logan Winborn, Elliot, Tony, Spencer Byrne-Seres and more.
http://crci.art/the-inside-show
LAUNCHING OCT 15 - details here
The Inside Show is a variety show produced at Columbia River Creative Initiatives, an artist-led creative platform at Columbia River Correctional Institution, a minimum security prison in Portland, Oregon. Inmates take on roles of host, performer, writer, cameraperson, and more. This robust collaboration of eccentric possibilities challenges perceptions of incarcerated individuals and what happens ‘on the inside’.
The show’s content includes Microwave Magic— a cooking segment where inmates showcase genius ways of making gourmet meals with minimal ingredients and a microwave; comedy sketches; a goofy sports roundtable; art segments; poignant discussions; braiding demos; musical acts and more.
Season One of The Inside Show will be aired on the facility's in-house channel, broadcast on public access channels in Portland in partnership with Open Signal, and available on YouTube. Hosted by Mark Arnold, with Fred Armisen as episode one's guest host. The series is directed by Salty Xi Jie Ng and produced by Jacob Diepenbrock, Salty Xi Jie Ng, and Spencer Byrne-Seres.
