Wrap Party at Fishbon Studio on Helena

House Tagging Madness on New Year's Day

What better way is there to start the new year than art in the neighborhood? On January 1, Fishbon Event Lab commandos assembled at Brian's soon to be demolished home and studio and administered the creative coup d'grace. Adorning the exterior walls of the building were amazing Images of the Feminine, Wacky Horses, Angels of Death, very cool Grafitti flowing roof tresses and more. Altogether more than 20 artists, neighbors, representatives of the Santa Barbara Grafitti abatement office, police, school groups and random bystanders visited the site on the very cool block of west Pedregosa Street in Santa Barbara. Champagne and wine flowed, snacks were provided and collective enthusiasm was unabated. How could this happen in a city known for its architectural control? The muralized building was an ephemeral masterpiece. Up for two days and then removed to make way for the even cooler super-green modular home to be built on the site.

For more info check out the Santa Barbara Independent story at: http://independent.com/artsandentertainment/2007/01/teardown.html

Graf Madness

Live Now!

Eva before she was fig-leafed

Mission Graf

Spontaneous New Year's Eve

New Year's Eve 2006 started out like a typical "let's go to someone else's party this time" kinda night. But then no one really felt much like LA and we'd been to San Francisco for Thanksgiving. There were a few local options, but none of them seemed too promising. Then DJ Sparkle called with a cool idea...open the Fishbon Pescadrome and get the best DJs in town to spin at a spontaneous, last minute Fishbon music and dance adventure. Done. The Pescadrome opened at 9 with DJs from Word of Mouth and Turntable Cooperative spinning until 4:30.

Hillary at the punch fountain

Visual Music and Cambodian Adventures

On Wednesday, December 13 special agents of Fishbon Event Lab were treated to two amazing adventures. UCSB Media Arts and Technology Ph.D student Lance showed his sScale and Traffic "visual music" projects. The two combined audio input and video generated on-the-fly to yield spectaculary beautiful audio and visual effects. Later in the evening, Jeff and friends showed images and video from a recent trip to Cambodia for a wedding. Many who took the trip were at the Pescadrome and spoke about the amazing combined cultural experience.

Digital beauty

sScale strings

sScale diagram

Lance graphics

Cliff Dwellers

Loading Cambodia

Simultaneous wedding pix

The Groom

Jeff in Cambodia

SantaCon 2006

On Saturday, December 16, agents again assembled in undercover Santa gear for the second annual Santa Barbara SantaCon. As one of the few cities in America with Santa in its name, the Santa Barbara contingent set out to prove that there's a special twisted quality to the local event that can't be equaled. Starting at Reds Espressobar and a skirmish with KCET-TV news, the Santas headed for disruptions at upscale clubspot, Couchez. Developing a taste for fish martinis, the fluffy red people then set out for the FishHouse where they disrupted holiday dinners with travesties of perfectly nice Christmas carols. Then the call of the Carousel proved irresistable. The redmen invaded the Chase Palm Park Carousel with a vengeance, mounting the wooden beasts without concern for their reputations. Tired of the spectacle, the frosted Santas headed for Cellar 205 for Christmas Tree Tossing, then on to State Street nightspots.

It Started at Reds

Sant-Elvis

Carousel-a-thon!

Elf Hell

Nasty Christmas Carols

Tree Sports

Santa wants you for Christmas

Frosty Frosted

Twisted Santas

Santas on State

UCSB Media Arts and Technology Showcase

On Friday, December 8, members of UCSB's Media Arts and Technology Graduate Program showed end-of-quarter projects to an invited audience at the Fishbon Pescadrome. Many of the presenters were familiar to Fishbon regulars. Angus, Alex and Heat Death performed with amazing upstage graphics, Graham and Wes improvised live with new algorithms and music, and Lance showed original music and graphics. After the event the evening turned social as DJs took over and kicked the energy up.

Showcase audience

Culture tour

On the fly

Graphic madness

Angus on drums

Adding in a sax

Followup beats

Tulle Wrestling.wmv

Cavemaking, Tulle Madness and Street Sculpture

On Wednesday, November 29th, secret Fishbon Event Lab agents used stretch fabric, old quilts, backdrops, moving blankets, carpet scraps and other assorted detritus to create a Magical Tent Cave Village in the Fishbon Pescadrome. The project was part of the process of developing the next event in the four seasons series of experiential multi-venue installations.
Later in the evening, two operatives took advantage of the abundant tulle fabric to invent Tulle Wresting, another great moment in live action gaming. Meanwhile on Santa Barbara's State Street, Michael and Dominique's Sculptures were installed and will be a holiday feature until January of 2007.

Tulle Madness

Michael and Dominique's
State Steet bear

Fishbon Retrospective

On Wednesday, November 22 Fishbon Event Lab operatives reviewed photos of past projects beginning with the creation of a 38 foot Fish Float for the 2002 Summer Solstice Celebration in Santa Barbara and ending with the Fishbon Apocalypse in October. Since more than 30 people (many of them new to Fishbon) worked on the piece and many more participated in the experiential performances, the retrospective provided an overview of the more than 25 projects that have been undertaken over the past several years.