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	CHRISTIAN PINCOCK Soundpainting Workshop Saturday November 15, 12pm-6pm $5 Performance Saturday November 15, 8pm $7 members $10 nonmembers download PDF | view PDF Contact: Martin Back 505.982.1338 x22, martin@ccasantafe.org Christian will conduct a workshop on Saturday before his performance utilizing ‘Soundpainting,’ a system which uses hundreds of gestures to conduct an ensemble. What is unique about Soundpainting is that anyone of any artistic discipline can participate: musicians, visual artists, poets, dancers, etc. At 8pm Christian will give a solo performance for laptop computer. After his solo performance he will conduct the Soundpainting workshop ensemble from earlier in the day in a performance as well. Christian Pincock performs improvised and composed music on valve trombone and a computer-based instrument of his own creation with MAX/MSP. Using a keyboard controller and a system of sensors attached to his trombone he is able to control sampled sounds and integrate them expressively and musically. His work is both dynamic and subtle, drawing from diverse styles such as improvised experimental music, contemporary classical, avant-garde jazz, noise, and electronica. www.christianpincock.com ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
	PITHYA (peet-yah'): LITERARY/SPOKEN WORD/ NU MIXED-MEDIA SERIES AN EVENING WITH WRITERS FROM THE INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN INDIAN ARTS Thursday, October 30 7:00 pm - 8 pm $4 members | $6.50 nonmembers Moving Image Lab 1050 Old Pecos Trail Santa Fe, NM 87505 download PDF | view PDF CCA is honored to present a very special Pihtya evening with the talented and innovative writers of the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) creative writing program. Creative writing has always held a prominent place at IAIA, but it has never been stronger than it is right now. This is because the program’s strength is in its students who come from reservations, cities, and all places in between to study with nationally and internationally known working writers. IAIA offers both Associate of Arts (AA) and Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) degrees in creative writing and is also considering an MFA low-residency creative writing option. IAIA’s creative writing graduates have gone on to publish in renowned literary journals, have received prestigious literary awards such as the Witter Bynner poetry award and the Stegner Fellowship at Stanford University, and have received graduate degrees from Columbia University and Brown University. If time allows, a short Q & A with questions from the audience and/or an open mic session will follow the presentation. ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
	JAMES BRODY Saturday October 25, 8pm $7 members $10 nonmembers Moving Image Lab Contact: Martin Back 505.982.1338 x22, martin@ccasantafe.org download PDF | view PDF James Brody will be giving a concert of his work, including Background Count for tape and percussion, and a new work he has composed to debut at this CCA appearance. James Brody (b.1941) studied composition at Indiana University with Iannis Xenakis and Franz Kamin. Brody wrote the liner notes for the original Nonesuch LP of 'Iannis Xenakis - Electroacoustic Music'. He was co-founder of the FIASCO group in Bloomington Indiana and CAPASA in San Antonio (both organizations dedicated to presentation and performances of works by local composers and other artists). Brody has taught at East Texas State University and the York College of Pennsylvania. He has composed many electroacoustic works, which have been presented at venues and festivals such as the Kennedy Center; MAXIS in Sheffield, England; and the 4th Brazilian Symposium on Computer Music. Mr. Brody is also an active member and past president of the Baltimore Composers Forum. He currently resides in Espanola, NM. Also on the bill is a performance of ‘T = 2.7k’, new music by Philip Mantione featuring improvisations by trumpeter Ron Helman, computer interactive performance and electro-acoustical-mechanical-maniacal madness. http://members.bellatlantic.net/~brody371/ ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
	DOUBLE VISION Saturday, September 20, 2008 5pm Moving Image Lab $7 Members | $10 Nonmembers Contact: Martin Back 505.982.1338 x22, martin@ccasantafe.org download PDF | view PDF Double Vision, a San Francisco-based intermedia performance group, will be performing at Oscillate/Osculate, CCA’s monthly experimental art and performance series. The group will produce a night of ongoing performances including interactive dance, multiple live video projections, installations, and electronic music. Attendees can freely roam amongst performers whose actions are at times subject to the rules of Conway’s cellular automata algorithm known as the “Game of Life.” The result is a high-energy, chaotic, and immersive multimedia happening.           ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

	PITHYA (peet-yah'): LITERARY/SPOKEN WORD/ NU MIXED-MEDIA SERIES HUMBLE | PERFORMANCE, DISCUSSION & ART WITH YOUNG SANTA FE ARTISTS & VISIONARIES Thursday, August 28, 7-9 PM CCA'S MOVING IMAGE LAB $4 MEMBER, $6.50 NONMEMBER download PDF | view PDF This event will be a night of performance, discussion, art, and a glimpse into what Humble is all about: a dynamic, evolving, collective of young Santa Fe artists and visionaries who strive to create an environment for change in the art market. The individuals that make up the core of the collective are young artists who demand something different than the trail their parents forged for them through a hostile art world. In the world of “art as commodity” these artists question the system of art, the “artist on sale,” and the pigeon-hole effect of artist recognition. HUMBLE IS: Matt “the knife” Tsoodle, Kiowa and scotch-Irish, was born March 12, 1986 in the Santa Fe Indian Hospital. Micah Wesley, raised by his parents artist Tillier and musician Pam Wesley, was born May 12, 1978. Rose B. Simpson, raised among a family of artists and philosophers in Santa Clara Pueblo and Santa Fe, was born in October 1983 in Santa Fe, NM. Cannupa Hanska Luger—Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara, Lakota, German, Norwegian—was born February 12, 1979 in Fort Yates Hospital, Standing Rock, ND. A Q&A and/or Open Mic session may follow the presentation. For more info contact Sara M. Ortiz at nativescientist@aol.com or Megan Marshall at megan@ccasantafe.org www.myspace.com/humble_santafe
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MEDJOOL Performance August 30, 20088pm $4 members $8 nonmembers Moving Image Lab Contact: Martin Back 505.982.1338 x22, martin@ccasantafe.org download PDF | view PDF Medjool is a Santa Fe–based ensemble presenting original and traditional music. Their influences are as exotic and diverse as the places they draw from, including Egypt, Turkey, Persia, Spain, Morocco, India, Ireland and the Balkans. With extensive experience in worldmusic traditions as well as a long standing love for experimental improvisation, their compositions are steeped in an ambiance of ancient sounds combined with a rich and moody sense of playful spontaneity. You might hear Medjool deliver an upbeat dance piece, such as is found find at a Romanian Gypsy wedding, then suddenly discover yourself drawn into a haunting song of longing and surrender, all mixing together creating a magical and dreamy experience of the senses. The five-piece band brings together experienced local musicians who have been participating in the Santa Fe scene for many years in a wide variety of collaborations.

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	PITHYA (peet-yah'): LITERARY/SPOKEN WORD/ NU MIXED-MEDIA SERIES Pihtya Literary/Spoken Word/Nu Mixed-Media Series Lyrical Content Def-i, Leah “Whisper” Carpenter Kish & Lady Yasha Thursday, June 26, 2008 | 7 - 9 pm | Moving Image Lab $4 member | $6.50 nonmember CCA presents an evening of film, music, and presentations by young Native visual artists, MCs, community leaders, and spoken word poets Def-i, Leah “Whisper” Carpenter Kish, and Lady Yasha. The film Lyrical Content serves as a site of resistance that defies the attempted de-politicizations and silencing of Native peoples by non-indigenous America. This film is not a response to infamous practices of cultural appropriation and indigenous misrepresentation. Rather, by showcasing Native youth in Albuquerque and their utilization of genres like conscious hip hop, spoken word, and graffiti art, the film presents testimony of the lived realities of indigenous peoples who never lost their voices or the power of their self-determined means of creative expression. Leah “Whisper” Carpenter Kish (Diné) is the director/writer of Lyrical Content. She is a writer, spoken word poet, and current graduate student at UNM, Department of American Studies. This is her first film. Def-i is “Definition Rare,” a four-piece collective of local hip-hop practitioners—MCs Def-i and Wake, DJ OHM, and producer Cloudface, each born and raised in New Mexico. Their artistry is devoted to promoting peace and unity through song, spoken word, and dance. They specialize in various styles of Hip-Hop, ranging from Vocal Percussion to Turn-tablism, making their work accessible to audiences of all ages/nations. Lady Yasha is a young Diné visual artist, mother, and community leader. Lady Yasha is an involved, inspiring, and motivated community leader active in Albuquerque, the Native community-at-large, and communities of color. Her work with the Albuquerque organization “Young Women United” reveals her commitment to supporting issues involving young women of color.
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	PITHYA (peet-yah'): LITERARY/SPOKEN WORD/ NU MIXED-MEDIA SERIES Pihtya Literary/Spoken Word/N-u Mixed-Media Series Taos High School Slam Team & Santa Fe Indian School Spoken Word Club Where: Moving Image Lab Series Launch: Thursday, May 22, 2008 7- 9pm Donations accepted CCA presents an evening of spoken-word by youth, featuring members of Slam Teams from Taos High School (THS) and Santa Fe Indian School (SFIS). pihtyaDirected by their coach, Taos Pueblo poet Juan Concha, and taught by Taos poet Anne McNaughton, the THS team was recently honored with first place in the New Mexico State Slam Championship. The team, along with poets from around the state of New Mexico, will be featured in an HBO film set to air in late 2008 about the burgeoning world and momentum of spoken-word by youth throughout the nation. With World Poetry Bout Association cofounder MacNaughnton's guidance, the THS Poetry Slam Team has won several State titles, and in 2000 placed third at Nationals. pihtyaThe SFIS spoken-word club provides students with opportunities to perform poetry in both English and Native languages. The club consists of young spoken-word poets and scholars who perform locally, as well as in New Mexico and nationally. SFIS has participated in Brave New Voices National Youth Poetry Slam in San Jose, CA and will represent Santa Fe in the upcoming competition in Washington DC. Recently they placed third at the NM State High School Invitational Slam Championships. They are mentored and coached by Tim McLaughlin, founding director of the SFIS Writing Center and the Spoken Word Club/Team.
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	SECOND ANNUAL SANTA FE WOMEN'S CELEBRATION AT CCA Featuring Odetta, the Be Good Tanyas, the Santa Fe Allstars and more! Saturday, May 31, 2008 CCA, General admission tickets for all-day event: call the Lensic 988.1234 Contact: Southwest Roots Music 505/473.5723 thirstyearfest@aol.com download PDF I view PDF For everything from booths featuring women artists and creatives to musicians and other performers and talents, plan to spend the day and evening at CCA. This is a Southwest Roots Music event featuring musicians Odetta and the Be Good Tanyas. The Santa Fe Allstars play for free, and before that, enjoy tribal belly dancing, marimba and folk music, and spoken-word performance—all by women. For tickets to see Odetta and the Be Good Tanyas, call the Lensic 988.1234 SCHEDULE: (subject to change) 2:00 Doors open 2:15 - 2:45 Marimba & Spoken Word 3:00 - 4:30 Free Santa Fe Allstars concert 4:45 - 5:15 Masnavi Dance Collective at the Children's Museum 5:30 - 6:00 Be Good Tanyas program for kids 6:30 - 8:00 Ticketed Odetta concert 8:30 - 9:45 Ticketed Be Good Tanyas concert		Be Good Tanyas photo by: Jennifer Esperanza.
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	SUPERMARKET Performance Saturday May 31, 2008 8pm $4 members | $8 nonmembers Moving Image Lab contact:Martin Back 505.982.1338 x22 martin@ccasantafe.org download PDF I view PDF
	Supermarket is an experimental dose of original electronic music and imagery, delivered with equal emphasis. Break beats of varying tempo ranging from dub and glitch to dancehall and drum ‘n’ bass are met with video, animated and celluloid imagery ranging from the abstract to the sampled and remixed. While Dan Monceaux jams out to sequenced beats and collected samples on his retro analogue synthesizers, Emma Sterling spends her time shooting and cutting visual material—everything from found footage to original celluloid shot in vintage cameras—scratched, manipulated and projected. The end result is Supermarket, a performed fusion of electronic break beats and experimental cinema. Read a review of Supermarket