Calgary Animated Objects Society

FESTIVAL MOVES TO MARCH!

In a winter-defying move, the 5th biennial International Festival of Animated Objects will take place in March, 2011. Stay tuned for updates.

SUBMIT YOUR FILM

Animovies at the International Festival of Animated Objects seeks films that feature animated objects. Submit your short film or feature-length via WITHOUTABOX to be screened at Animovies, part of the 2011 Festival of Animated Objects. Screening fees paid to selected work. Selected work is eligible for glorious Awards and Prizes.

Earlybird Deadline: August 15, 2010

SPIRIT OF WHITE BUFFALO

Spring is upon us, and as the shoots push through the earth, we are searching for our summer helpers to dust off the ol’ Buffalo Bike and get her rez-ready. And maybe make fire to roast a giant chicken. And help with many other artistic - community oriented activities.

We will be hiring Youth Program Co-ordinators, Puppet Artists, and a Graffiti Animation Artist for the summer term (aprox May 24 to Aug 31). If you are an artist with great people skills, a multitude of artistic and technical skills, and you are returning to secondary or post-secondary school, apply!

Email Xstine for a full job description.

WALK AROUND THE MEDICINE WHEEL

Anishnabae filmmaker Sharon Jinkerson-Brass traveled to Calgary in January to share teachings of the Medicine Wheel in Elementary schools. We also traveled back to Drumheller Institution to work with the Native Brotherhood.

We look forward to welcoming Sharon back in June, to document the creation of Piitoayis’s original aboriginal opera. It will premiere on National Aboriginal Day / the Summer Solstice. Check back for details.

: Sharon Jinkerson-Brass

SUCKATHUMB

Bloody thumbs! A starving brat! Spontaneously combusting cats! A child’s imagination runs wild in the Canadian wilderness, fueled by her mother’s horrific bed-time tales.

Directed by Xstine Cook, and starring Cirque du Soleil clown Mooky Cornish, this twisted 9 minute film also features animation by Chrystene Ells and puppets by Xstine Cook.

Look for Suckathumb at a film festival near you.

Augustus Who Would Not Have Any Soup - Illustration by Chrystene Ells

COZ WE’RE FRUM RAMSAY… ROIGHT?!

Every week this winter, CAOS’s Ramsay Art Club families created masks for halloween, paintings, mobiles and other projects. Thanks to the dedicated parents of our emerging artists for supporting the kids, and also for the great food and the good times. RCA website.

DEVICE TO ROOT OUT STINK ACTUALLY WORKS!

In August, the community of Ramsay created the Device to Root Out Stink!

A Giant Dead Chicken! Drumstick Relay Race! Kiddie Egg Races!

Screening of “Chicken Run” on the wall of Lilydale Chicken Plant!

And of course, a BBQ! (chicken donated by Lilydale).

Unveiled at the crack of the whip and a burst of flame crowds of joyous families spontaneously danced the Chicken Dance.

Device to Root Out Stink Slideshow!!!

And after all that… Lilydale received orders to clean up.

Now.

And it’s been sold to Sofina.

Maybe art really can change the world. Okay, and Ecojustice too.

THE GREAT RAMSAY KINETIC SCULPTURE RACE

For the Glory!

Bring your human powered art and race it for the Glorious prizes on Father’s Day at Ramsay Rocks.

Behind Ramsay School on Spiller Rd SE, in Ramsay. All Ages

Kinetic Sculpture Slideshow

: Leo and Megan as Cap’n & Crew of the Jolly Roger

CURTIS POULSON WINS THE WHITE BUFFALO!

First-time Festival goer wins the Alabaster White Buffalo Sculpture, carved by the Native Brotherhood in Drumheller Institution, after buying ticket from Siamese Twins at the Galabash! Congratulations Curtis!

: Curtis Poulson!

The Fifth Biennial
INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF ANIMATED OBJECTS
runs March 9 - 13, 2011

Spring! Calgary becomes an exploding hotbed of masks, puppetry and all things animated. We present mainstage shows, films, workshops, lectures and exhibitions at various venues in coolest Inglewood and downtown.

The Festival is curated by Xstine Cook

The 2011 Festival lineup will be announced in January 2011.

Explore the site!

For information call (403) 266 – 1503

2009 FESTIVAL ARTISTS

Big Sky Multimedia Storytelling

Calgary Puppet Club

Crawdaddy’s Odditorium

Dojo Workhorse

Dolly Wiggler Cabaret

Sharon Jinkerson-Brass

Youth Animation Project

2009 FESTIVAL STAFF

Xstine P. Cook FOUNDER & ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Trevor Anderson ASSOCIATE PRODUCER & FILM CURATOR
Skye Perry PRODUCTION MANAGER
Stephanie Hawking ABORIGINAL PROGRAMS OFFICER
Richard Van Hazendonk CULTURAL ADVISOR

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

John Holt PRESIDENT

Sean Dennie VICE-PRESIDENT

Poul Bay TREASURER

Michal Lavi SECRETARY

Kathleen “Mooky” Cornish DIRECTOR

Jesse Glasnovic DIRECTOR

Aviv Fried DIRECTOR

Juanita Dawn, DIRECTOR

Kerry Clark DIRECTOR

Xstine Cook FOUNDING DIRECTOR

ABOUT CAOS

Spawned in the shadow, or shall we say stench, of a chicken factory in 2003, the Calgary Animated Objects Society, a.k.a. CAOS, burst onto the art scene with a mandate to develop and promote the arts of puppetry, mask, and animated objects. Bringing the world’s best manipulators to Calgary is our primary obsession.

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