Local Event: Cartune Xprez, Friday Feb. 26

This Friday, "Cartune Xprez" is coming to Reno -- hosted by GASA and the Holland Project. The CX folks have put out two DVDs featuring a diverse set of contemporary animation -- the fact that they're coming to town with a screening and live show has really made my day.


You can go to the facebook event page to learn more -- or see the info below.

Date:
Friday, February 26, 2010
Time:
8:00pm - 10:00pm
Location:
Joe Crowley Student Union Theater

GASA and Holland Project are happy to present:

Cartune Xprez brings a bundle of carefully selected short films and animated snippets by independent and emerging artists, ranging from hot up-and-comers to established filmmakers who have shown their work at the NYMOMA and Sundance Film Festival.

Portland, OR band Hooliganship will be in tow to provide a live (and lively) performance of their newest cartoon theater, a mash-up of video projections and audio arpeggios fit for art fans and dancing feet.

The program begins at 8 p.m. Entry is $5 for general public, and $3 for students with valid I.D.

Here's the trailer for CX's last DVD:



And here's a clip of Hooliganship in action:

Ian MacKaye Q&A in Reno this Sunday

Wolfpack radio and the Holland Project are sponsoring a Q&A with former Minor Threat and Fugazi frontman Ian MacKaye this Sunday at 6pm, on the UNR campus. More info on the flyer below (click it for a larger version).

Loosening up

Just prior to starting a big drawing project, I caught a performance by the talented local choreographer and UNR Dance Prof Cari Cunningham. Her company performed three pieces at the Urban Market in downtown Reno -- the event was sponsored by the Holland Project. I was itching to get a few drawings out of my hand, since it'd been a couple weeks since I'd put pen to paper -- the only drawing surface I had at my disposal was a flyer for Coconut Body Butter. When I got home I laid some marker over the pen doodles of the dancers -- I like the way the color blobbed up on the slick flyer surface. The color is in a permanent state of smudgeability -- I have a suspicion that if I run my finger over it a year from now, the colors will slide off the page like an oil slick.

There's a photo set of the three performances at the Holland Project's flickr page, from which the below photo is taken: