AnlaShokGrey
Regular
Hi, all,
I thought this item might be of interest:
http://movingimage.us/press/pdf/2008/babylon5_mask_062008.pdf
http://collection.movingimage.us/index.php?g=detail&object_id=99056
Almost two years ago, I put out a call for donations in the fan community, and amazingly, ten people stepped up and sent money to me, so that I could buy something they would never even see, and donate it to a museum. That item was a G'Kar facial prosthetic mounted on a life mask of Andreas Katsulas, and we purchased it from one of the Babylon 5 writers.
The good news today is that the piece has finally found a home! It is in the Museum of the Moving Image, in Astoria, NY (near Astoria Studios). If you read the above press release, you can see that they are treating it with utmost respect. We are thrilled that the piece landed there!
The second link above is the item in the Museum's online collection. Unfortunately, the Museum is in the process of building a new facility, so you won't be able to visit until sometime in late 2009 or early 2010. But you eventually _will_ be able to see it there. And that was one of our goals in doing this: that this item is out there in the public so that _all_ fans can see it. And that a piece of this remarkable show's history gets the honored resting place that it deserves.
I hope many of you will be able to make the trip to visit it someday! Until then, you can view the prosthetic at either of the above links.
Amy
I thought this item might be of interest:
http://movingimage.us/press/pdf/2008/babylon5_mask_062008.pdf
http://collection.movingimage.us/index.php?g=detail&object_id=99056
Almost two years ago, I put out a call for donations in the fan community, and amazingly, ten people stepped up and sent money to me, so that I could buy something they would never even see, and donate it to a museum. That item was a G'Kar facial prosthetic mounted on a life mask of Andreas Katsulas, and we purchased it from one of the Babylon 5 writers.
The good news today is that the piece has finally found a home! It is in the Museum of the Moving Image, in Astoria, NY (near Astoria Studios). If you read the above press release, you can see that they are treating it with utmost respect. We are thrilled that the piece landed there!
The second link above is the item in the Museum's online collection. Unfortunately, the Museum is in the process of building a new facility, so you won't be able to visit until sometime in late 2009 or early 2010. But you eventually _will_ be able to see it there. And that was one of our goals in doing this: that this item is out there in the public so that _all_ fans can see it. And that a piece of this remarkable show's history gets the honored resting place that it deserves.
I hope many of you will be able to make the trip to visit it someday! Until then, you can view the prosthetic at either of the above links.
Amy
