THUR. MAR. 4, 7 PM
Forum Lounge: Cartune Xprez, CASTL CRNRS
Let your imagination run wild at Cartune Xprez’s CASTL CRNRS socialized performance! CASTL CRNRS combines animated videos and performance to unfold a three-part, mythical tale of a violent forest tamed and replaced with geometric systems. Portland-based artists Peter Burr and Christopher Doulgeris are Cartune Xprez, a multimedia dance duo that use videos, music, and installations that capitalize on the abundance of digital information.
FREE

THUR. APR. 1, 7 PM
Forum Lounge: Sanford Biggers
Although largely known as a visual artist, Sanford Biggers uses sound and music as a central element in his work, which is currently on view at CAF. Biggers will present a unique mash-up of his own music performance on the piano, featuring Los Angeles based DJ Jahi Sundance, live video mixing, and a local gamelan choir ensemble from Gamelan Sinar Surya. Drawing from ancient African and Buddhist musical traditions, stream of consciousness, hip hop culture, and projected images, he will offer a collective audience interaction relating back to the Buddhist concept of interconnectedness (in that many people have touched the work and with every new touch, each person becomes connected to one another in a real, but subtle way). Copresented by Gamelan Sinar Surya and The Brotherhood of Santa Barbara.
FREE

NOV. 15, 2009 - APR. 15, 2010
Passport to Santa Barbara County at CAF
Children in kindergarten to sixth grade are invited to the Contemporary Art Forum (CAF) with an accompanying adult free of admission when they present a Passport to Santa Barbara County booklet. Collect a stamp in your passport booklet and experience the art of our time through a variety of art activities, as part of the Santa Barbara Educators Roundtable (SBERT) Passport to Santa Barbara County program. Children who collect eight stamps will receive a free T-shirt. For more information about the Passport program visit: www.sbert.org. For more information or contact Nicole Biergiel, Education Coordinator, at 805.966.5373 ext 101 or nbiergiel@sbcaf.org.
FREE

THUR. MAY. 6, 7 PM
Forum Lounge: Sister Santos: Electro Bilingual Opera
Using video projections, original music and live performance, artists Oscar Santos and Yahaira Cardoza present Electro Bilingual Opera, the story of lost and forbidden love with a danceable and melancholic beat about two queer/transgendered beings who find each other, and yet must love in secret.
FREE

THUR. JUNE 3, 7 PM
Forum Lounge: An Evening with Kip Fulbeck
Performance artist, video maker, writer, and UCSB Professor Kip Fulbeck explores the Hapa and Asian American experience through spoken word performances that combine stand-up comedy, political activism, and personal stories.
FREE

THUR. JUL. 1, 7 PM
Forum Lounge: Ottawa Animation Film Festival
This wildly popular animation film festival returns to CAF in an evening of selected highlights.
FREE

All events at CAF are FREE unless noted otherwise. Location information HERE

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ANY EVENT AT CAF
call 805.966.5373 or email sbcaf@sbcaf.org