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COVER STORY First Night 2000: A sampler Picture the future you     Through the Looking Glass Artists Linda and Gary Hirsch ready for First Night. (Globe Photo/Bethany Versoy) MORE INFORMATION Fri. 1-6 p.m. Hynes: Room 103 Through the Looking Glass Artists Here's a chance for you and your kids to peer into the future. Part of the Family Festival on Friday at the Hynes, this group of artists and educators will transform an ordinary room into a place of magic and time travel. "Around the perimeter, on the walls, we'll have beautifully framed small mirrors and tables decorated with mylar and covered with art supplies to draw and do collages and photographic self-portraits," explains Linda Hirsch. "Children and families will do self-portraits to mark who they are now, and also who they will be in the new millennium," she says. Hirsch, her husband, Gary, Nikolay Chernyayev, Olga Shmuylovich, Mitch Kamen, and Melody Winnig make up Through the Looking Glass Artists. Once you've crafted your picture, take it to the middle of the room and post it on a huge pyramid, Looking Glass Tower. "The emphasis will be on fun and fantasy," Hirsch says. "How do people envision themselves in the future? Futuristic? Gloomy? Hopeful? ... Anyone can doodle off a quick sketch." Hirsch came up with the idea for the Looking Glass Tower years ago. "I'm a very big fan of Lewis Carroll's 'Through the Looking Glass,'" she says. "We've been humming along quietly, accumulating goodies in our garage for this project that you wouldn't believe." Hirsch, who is also a photographer, plans to document the project on film and interview participants. "When it's all over, we'll have a portable exhibit to tour with," she says. - Cate McQuaid Previous page | Next page

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