Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara (MCASB) announces ‘When Light and Sound Become Form’ on May 10, other upcoming events
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Saturday, May 10th, 2025
10:00am PST // 1:00pm EST
COLOR, LIGHT, MOTION, EPISODE 28
Co-presenters Frederick Janka and Dr. JoAnn Kuchera-Morin will be discussing four objects from the David Bermant Foundation Collection: Nam June Paik, Participation TV, 1969; Otto Piene, Light Ballet I; Marcel Duchamp, Rotorelief (optical discs) 1935-1953, edition c. 1965, and Alejandro & Moira Sina, Spinning Shaft 1978, 1983.
Drawing connections between these artworks and current and upcoming artworks and projects at the Allosphere and the Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara, including DJ Javier: San Milano Drive (October 2025) and Falling into the Future: Kinetic Art at the Edge of the World (October 2026), exhibitions supported by grants from the David Bermant Foundation.
COLOR, LIGHT, MOTION is an online series that brings together artists, curators and scholars in conversation around works from the David Bermant Collection of media and kinetic arts. Featured presenters explore selected artworks within their historical and cultural context, drawing connections to their own practice and perspectives. The series is sponsored by the David Bermant Foundation and produced in collaboration with Harvestworks NY.
Composer Dr. JoAnn Kuchera-Morin is Director and Chief Scientist of the AlloSphere Research Facility and Professor of Media Arts and Technology and Music at the University of California, Santa Barbara. The culmination of her creativity and research is the AlloSphere, a 30-foot diameter, 3-story high metal sphere inside an echo-free cube, designed for immersive, interactive scientific and artistic investigation of multi-dimensional data sets. It is an instrument for the creation and performance of avant-garde new works and the development of new modes and genres of expression and forms of immersion-based entertainment.
A soulful evening with the visionary street dance artist, Jon Boogz (and friends), at the Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara. Boogz’ work pushes the art of storytelling, film and dance with innovation and depth.
Join us for a live dance performance, short film screenings of award winning work, and a Q&A moderated by world renown street dance artist, Lil Buck.
Show begins at 6:00 pm at Center Stage Theater (doors open at 5:30 pm) and will be followed by a reception on the Paseo Nuevo arts terrace. MCASB doors will be open to explore the exhibition Arte del Pueblo at the museum.
Space is limited!
Arte de Pueblo Drop Off Date is May 22 – Calling All Artists!
The wildly popular and critically acclaimed exhibition returns for another year!
“it’s about putting the means of assembling an art show in the hands of the artists from every corner of the art-making community.” – Josef Woodard, SB Independent
We welcome everyone at our events. Please contact dgarcia@mcasantabarbara.org for your access needs or special requests.
Todxs son bienvenidxs a nuestros eventos. Por favor póngase en contacto con dgarcia@mcasantabarbara.org para notificarnos de alguna acomodación de discapacidad o solicitud en particular.
