If your plans aren’t firmed up for the weekend and you’re still Googling a getaway, why not consider Blendini City? Never heard of it?!? Well, MASON CARTER, mayor, founder, visionary, ambassador, tourism director and chief architect, is here to bring you up to speed. The city springs from a rich vein of the artist’s imagination. “City” isn’t even an apt word. Blendini is really a WORLD all its own, which came into being during the pandemic and, because of it, has taken on even greater meaning. “These Blendini City neighborhoods were created thanks to drawing skills I acquired during the pandemic,” says Mason. “They represent my isolation-induced emotions and a longing for community, togetherness and thriving local commerce that is relationship-driven, not transactional.” Our REEMERGE jury got lost in the wonder of these meticulously wrought cityscapes (please zoom in!) and accorded this work — which has a companion piece, “The Hat District,” in our show — a citation for BEST DYSTOPIAN UTOPIA.
MASON CARTER
“The Sunrise-Sunset Theatre”
pen and pastel on paper
600.
