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Domestic Bathymetry: Crater Lake 2005
re-purposed flannel and wool blankets
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Domestic Bathymetry: Crater Lake 2005
re-purposed flannel and wool blankets
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You're getting all the party down coverage, but so far my favorite part of the festival is that they use Parry Gripp's "Megaphone" in the opening credits!
Check it out HERE:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6djXyR6b9g
If you have to see something over and over, at every screening, you can't win more than this.
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Last night I went to a lecture by Jaron Lanier at UCSB. I've seen him speak before and was interested to hear him talk about his book "You Are Not A Gadget" which is a collection of some of his more pessimistic writing. As someone who engages with technology on a regular basis I was not sure I would like what he had to say, but knew it would be food for thought regardless.
Walking out with a musical instrument case, Jaron immediately disarmed my initial preconceptions. Then, after playing the mouth organ (from Laos, if I'm not mistaken), he demonstrated how 'computer-like' the instrument is, with switches that you turn off and on to make it work. Aha, now I remembered, these connections are exactly why I was there -- to hear something smart, profound, and engaged. Yes.
Jaron Lanier, best known as a technologist, is also a great humanist and really gets that while technology is amazing and has so much untapped potential, it's the culture and humanity that gives it meaning and makes it valuable. While he can take a pessimistic view about current developments in social media and current models of 'free' content and service. He also sees that we have a say, people, all of us, can make that different, better, and ensure that our technology serves humanity's needs. As I was taught by my programmer father, computers can be great tools, but if you put garbage in you get garbage out. They are not a subsitute for human thought and ingenuity.
I was especially gratified that he used music and dance to explain how things work. These aren't special extracurrilcular interests, but central to understanding the workings of computers and economics. When asked how you express a math equation as an avatar, Jaron replied "you dance it." Of course!
Finally, the idea that you can be critical about something you love and that you should always be open to new ideas, fresh directions is true for art, technology and pretty much everything else. Thanks to UCSB, College of Creative Studies, and Arts & Lectures for bringing this talk to the Santa Barbara community.*
You can find his book on Amazon (and other book sellers)
Website (funky, but made by JL):http://www.jaronlanier.com/
and I happened on this the same day which lays out the reality of the 'privacy policy' currently standard on Web 2.0
*the lecture was free of charge, A&L occasionally offers these lectures and screenings so be sure and take advantage if you can! https://artsandlectures.sa.ucsb.edu/index.aspx
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The first is the exhibition Hilary Brace Drawings at The Arts Fund Santa Barbara. If you haven't seen Hilary's drawings before be prepared to be amazed. They are meticulously crafted, elegant, often turbulent drawings of clouds and other seeming natural phenomena. Words cannot describe how wondrous these images are -- go see them for yourself!
The following week OUTSIDE opens at the Atkinson Gallery at Santa Barbara City College. Featuring the work of local artists Robert Dycus, Gail Pine, Rich Stich, Kim Yasuda, and Pamela Zwehl-Burke; as well as the formerly local Madeleine Tonzi, this exhibition will yet again demonstrate the richness of creative capital here in Santa Barbara. With all mediums represented - painting, photography, drawing,and mixed media - there will be something that speaks to you.
Get out and see some art!
Hilary Brace
Drawings
January 21 - March 12, 2011"
The Arts Fund Santa Barbara
Reception: Friday, January 21, 5:30 - 7:30pm
O U T S I D E
January 24-February 17, 2011
Atkinson Gallery, Santa Barbara City College
Reception: Friday, January 28, 5 -7pm
image: Gail Pine, Who Seeks the Skies
Gelatin Silver Print (Photograph) 7" x 5" Edition of 3
From "The Black Pictures" series 2010
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I had never been to Theatre D in Santa Ynez. Created in a warehouse, now a functional black box theater, I only knew it as the place my friend E. Bonnie Lewis went to 'fly.'
Fly she did in Friday's performance of "Everything is Prelude" -- though the literal flying was left to Ken Gilbert and Kevin Deelan. Created from the poetry of John McDonnell, a valley resident, the show took off with poetry, dance, and a multimedia piece featuring the work of Sol Hill. I had no idea what to expect, and the layers of words and movement, the simple red silk 'set,' and the thrilling aerials were engaging and more than the sum of the parts.
It was especially wonderful to see the poet in the audience. At eighty-six, he came to poetry (at least published) late, but the richness in the words and experience is truly marvelous. He was over the moon that the performance so beautifully captured what he was trying to express, that the artists truly understood his work, that they honored it and brought it to ever more depth of feeling. As an audience member, I agreed, this was a wonderful collaboration between artists.
"Everything is Prelude" plays January 14 - 22 at 8:00pm, with a Saturday matinee at 2:00pm at Theatre D, 3630-H Sagunto Street, Santa Ynez. Theatre D is the home of Daughter of Zion aerial dance company and Drama Dogs,a Theater Company.
PS I recommend heading up early and having a nice dinner at Dos Carlitos or Trattoria Grappolo.
photo by Mike Mesikep
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Reasons to see Super Santa Barbara 2.0
1. Net Neutrality is an important, yet little understood issue.
2. The show features some amazing Santa Barbara artists.
3. Independently curated and organized by Warren Schultheis.
4. The opening reception will feature a presentation and Q & A session with local tech guru (and SwitchBook founder) Joe Andrieu at 7:30pm.
5. It's free!
Super Santa Barbara 2.0
January 7 - January 23
@ the Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum (upstairs in Paseo Nuevo)
Reception: January 6, 2011 6:30pm-9pm
Bonus Reason? Municipal Winemakers is a sponsor!
image: James Van Arsdale
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My pal E. Bonnie Lewis and the folks at DramaDogs have been in residency at SBHS since school started and this week is the culmination of their work with SBHS Theatre Arts students. Written by Jonathan Dorf and tackling the timely subject of bullying this production of Thank You For Flushing My Head In The Toilet And Other Rarely Used Expressions uses comedy to bring light to what is a very serious problem.
Professionally produced by Dramadogs, this is a wonderful example of how art can help us bring humanity and even humor to a dark and troubling situation.
Santa Barbara High Theatre Arts & DramaDogs
Thank You For Flushing My Head In The Toilet And Other Rarely Used Expressions
Thursday January 6th And Friday January 7th
Santa Barbara High Theatre Auditorium, 7 pm
Tickets: $10.00 General Admission, $5.00 Students
Tickets can be purchased at the door one hour before the performance, or in the theatre office beginning January 3rd, between the hours of 8:30 am and 3pm.
All proceeds benefit the Santa Barbara High Theatre Arts Program
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living the art-full life in the sleepy seaside village of Santa Barbara
