Fishbon Breathless Preview

On Wednesday, June 27th, Fishbon Event Lab operatives took a moment from their clandestine activities for a briefing on the upcoming August 10th and 11th event, Fishbon Breathless. A celebration of Love and Attraction, the event will feature a 20 minute theatrical vignette and music from DJs Mouse, Sparkle and many more. Thge third in the Wheel of the Year series, Breathless is based on the myth of Eros and Psyche. Costumes and props are the featured elements for the 100 foot illuminated runway where participants are free to strut their stuff.

Breathgless Details

Apocalypse and Mystique

Accordions, G-Force and Vacuole Robes

On Wednesday, June 20th, special agents of the Fishbon Event Lab gathered to witness the juxtaposition of technology and madcap analog madness. Beginning with Jim's demonstration of the wonders of G-Force graphics software synced to music, the evening shifted gears as an Accordion Duet showed the prowess of the boulevard staple. Finally, UCSB grad student, Anne-Marie showed her amazing Vacuole Robe project as participants donned the stretchy tube-like robes and sensors created musical compositions as they moved. The Virtual Reality Headgear heightened the effect as robe wearers could see themselves as they danced.

Accordians and G-Force

Anne-Marie's Vacuole Robes

Crowson Tactile Motion Effects System Test

On Wednesday, June 13, Fishbon Event Lab agents were part of a secret test of Randy's Tactile Motion Effects System, special Motion Actuators that vibrate along with audio from an action video sequence. First, actuator pads were attached to each of the four legs of 4 chairs in the Pescadrome. Along side them were four chairs with no actuators (the control group-I told you it was an experiment). Then the eight people in the test group had Alan's biofeedback sensors attached to their fingers (no pain was involved). The lights were turned down and action scenes from The Matrix, Star Wars, and other films were shown on the big screen. The chairs vibrated and if you were in an actuator chair, you felt like you were in the scene. The sensors collected data and plotted it against time for analysis.

Alan Describes the Experiment

Bio-measurement Setup

Evaluating Results

Fashion and World's Strongest Men

On Wednesday, June 6, Fishbon Event Lab stalwarts gathered in the Pescadrome to witness a typical Event Lab matchup, Ulrike's Fashion Trend Update and Alan and Clay's recent adventure with Strongmen pulling Trucks, lifing 300 lb. concrete balls, 900 lb. tractor tires and other assorted heavy objects without protest. Was this some kind of Battle of the Archetypes? Nope, just another fun-filled night in Santa Barbara. After Ulrike outlined the top 5 current trends, Alan explained his foray into Hollywood reality programming. Strongmen contestants were wired with electrodes to measuring equipment to track how and when their muscle groups responded to extreme strength tests. The results were plotted against time.

World's Strongest wired

Ulrike's latest fash

Reason and Imagination

On Wednesday, May 30th, undercover Fishbon Event Lab operatives gathered for a special briefing by BBQ, Labyrinth and Theory officer Nathan on the subject of his recent thesis Reason and Imagination. The evening included an interactive lecture and lively question and answer session about the relationship of imagination to narrative and perceived reality.

Nathan talks theory

Fertile Sound: DUOS

On Friday, May 25, the Fishbon New Music Cell presented FERTILE SOUND: DUOS, their second concert of original compositions. Featured composers were students and graduates of CalArts and UCSB music programs and the works were performed by area musicians.

For information about the New Music Cell contact Scott Cazan at: scottcazan@gmail.com

Scott Introduces Performers

Creative Commons and Video Mashup

On Wednesday, May 23, undercover Fishbon Event Lab operatives heard about the latest developments in the Creative Commons battle to free intellectual property from overly protective copyright regulations. Why is this an issue? Just like audio samples used to create house tracks, video artists are exploring new ways to combine video to create original compilations. To illustrate how Video Mashups work, the assembled agents were treated to Pixel Pirates II, a new DVD with hundreds of samples produced by Australian collective, Soda Jerk.

For more information about new Creative Commons formats, check out their site at:

http://creativecommons.org/