Exhibitions on view: November 6, 2011– January 8, 2012

Wireless: Francis Baudevin, Matthew Beiderman and Marko Peljhan, Dove Bradshaw, Nathan Carter, Tyler Coburn, Aaron S. Davidson and Melissa Dubbin, Ellie Ga, Nicolas Lobo, Neighborhood Public Radio, Daniel Perlin, Roman Signer, and Jim Toth

Curated by Elizabeth Lovero

In honor of community radio station KCSB’s 50th anniversary, CAF presents Wireless, an exhibition featuring an international roster of artists exploring themes of radio transmission and communications. KCSB is a leader in non-commercial FM radio and the resurgent free-form format in the U.S. KCSB 91.9 FM is run by the Associated Students of the University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA. Wireless at CAF showcases artists residing in New York, Berlin, London, and Santa Barbara whose work is similarly concerned with the conveyance of ideas, memories, and objects across distances long and short. Former KCSB DJ and CAF Assistant Curator, NY-based curator Elizabeth Lovero brings together diverse mediums, such as sculptural installations, painting, video, photography, and sound. Wireless addresses pertinent issues in the radio community by showing works that champion individuality, mirror the spirit of decentralization and diversity in ownership and programming, explore community and low-power radio stations, and challenge the corporate broadcasting formulas.

In addition, Jim Toth’s new sculptural speaker installation will carry a KCSB stream as well as a curated program of transmission artworks by the Wireless artists and the UCSB Multicultural Center will screen Magic Radio, a film about the democratic power of radio in Niger, on November 16, 6 pm at the MCC Theatre. Admission to exhibition and the above listed associated events is free.

Elizabeth Lovero is a curator and writer, who is currently pursuing an M.A. in Art History at Hunter College, New York, NY.

CAF’s exhibition Wireless is a collaboration between KCSB 91.9 FM, New Noise Music Foundation, and Santa Barbara Contemporary
Arts Forum on the occasion of KCSB’s 50th anniversary and the New Noise Digital Music Conference & Festival 2011. Visit sbcaf.org, kcsb.org, and newnoisesb.com for more information.

Special thanks to: The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, New York, NY, Casa Magazine, Santa Barbara, CA; KCSB 91.9 FM, Santa Barbara, CA; New Noise Music Foundation, Santa Barbara, CA; Presidio Motel, Santa Barbara, CA; Santa Barbara County Arts Commission; Santa Barbara Independent; Santa Barbara News-Press; UCSB MultiCultural Center, Santa Barbara, CA; and Wayne McCall & Associates, Santa Barbara, CA.

Bloom Projects: Kathleen Yorba, Sequence

Kathleen Yorba is a mixed-media artist, her interests are the study of her Latina genealogy, the idea of organic memory and the inner workings of what is fondly called the three-pound enigma (brain). Yorba delights in the novelty of discovery while furthering her ongoing exploration of memory and identity. Delicate materials and artistic brevity encourage rumination on “the illusive characteristics of memory,” and inspiration drawn from the observation of a beehive’s life cycle reflects the search for internal meaning in the world outside.

Kathleen Yorba is originally from La Junta, CO and currently lives and works in Arroyo Grande, CA. She received her M.F.A from Azusa Pacific University, Azusa, CA and her B.A. from the University La Verne, La Verne, CA. Yorba was selected for the Jentel Artist Residency Program in 2010. Most recently she has shown in exhibitions at the Pacific Arts League, Palo Alto, CA, Studio 5216, Los Angeles, CA, and 825 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.

Special thanks to: The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, New York, NY, Susan E. Bower Exhibition Fund, Santa Barbara, CA; Brush & Associates, Santa Barbara, CA; and Wayne McCall & Associates, Santa Barbara, CA.

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Installation view of Dove Bradshaw, Radio Rock, 1998, Pyrite, igneas rock, mixed media, radio, and speakers, 13 x 19 x 11 in., Courtesy the Artist and Larry Becker, Philadelphia, PA and Daniel Perlin, And Mother Always Told Me, 2009, Speaker wire and mp3 player,
72 x 24 x 224 in., Courtesy the Artist. Photo: Wayne McCall

Nathan Carter, Calling Four Towers Signal Drifting with No Fixed Purpose, 2008, Foam, resin, steel, and acrylic paint, 95 in. x 9 ft. x 3 in., Courtesy the Collection of Paul Urla and Becky Lenaburg, Seattle, WA. Photo: Wayne McCall

Neighborhood Public Radio, Park Park Revolution, 2011, Site-specific performance MOCA, Los Angeles , CA. Photo: Mark Woodworth

Kathleen Yorba, Ladder, 2010, Branches and encaustic,
10 x 6 x 5 ft., Courtesy the Artist