THUR. AUG. 5, 7 PM
Forum Lounge: The Best of the Ottawa International Animation Film Festival
Forum Lounge continues its popular screenings of award-winning animated short films with selections from the 2009 Ottawa International Animation Film Festival. The Best of Ottawa program showcases many of the outstanding films presented in our Official Competition. The 2009 program includes such exceptional films as: David OReilly’s award-winning sci-fi drama “Please Say Something”; the innovative and mesmerizing “The Bellow’s March”, directed by Eric Dyer; Diego Maclean’s haunting student film entitled “The Art of Drowning”; and the crowd-favourite travelogue “Madagascar, A Journey Diary”, by Bastien Dubois.
Support for Forum Lounge is generously provided by: Endevermusic Productions, the Franciscan Inn, NEA, KCSB, and the Santa Barbara Independent. Forum Lounge is presented in association with the Santa Barbara Downtown Organization’s 1st Thursday. FREE

THURS. SEPT. 2, 4 - 8 PM
Forum Lounge: James Gilbert: Privacy is Dead Because We Said So
Artist James Gilbert will set up a temporary sewing shop in the CAF gallery and sew several hundred real size pairs of unique clear industrial plastic see-through underpants, which will accumulate in huge sculptural piles around him. The accumulative sculptures (representing media information) become more present throughout the performance. This accumulative performance project addresses ideas of privacy, anonymity, and identity in relationship to the huge amounts of intimate personal information posted daily on Facebook, youtube, Google and other mass media.
Support for Forum Lounge is generously provided by: Endevermusic Productions, the Franciscan Inn, KCSB, Santa Barbara Winery, and the Santa Barbara Independent. Forum Lounge is presented in association with the Santa Barbara Downtown Organization’s 1st Thursday. FREE

FRI. OCT. 15, 7 PM
smART Talks: Ken Bortolazzo
Bortolazzo, a Santa Barbara native, discovered a unique passion for Minimalism, Op Art, and Kinetic sculpture towards a body of work called optikinetics—kinetic sculptures in stainless steel. From his studio in Santa Barbara, Bortolazzo has developed a national reputation in contemporary sculpture, which is an invitation to examine the dichotomy between object and nature, and to ultimately explore the possibilities that dwell within that vision. He is represented by Sullivan Goss, An American Gallery, Santa Barbara.
FREE

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