PERFORMANCES and presentations in the Spring of 2003:

1) The Role of Utopia in Los Angeles, Panel Discussion, Thursday, January 30th, 2003 @ JACCC in Downtown LA.

2) Museum of Contemporary Art, performance, Thursday April 10th @ 7 PM

3) Produce Department, performance, Saturday April 12th @ 8 PM

4) Utopia Pop Pop, Lecture, Cal State University Northridge, Tuesday May 6th, 2003 @ 2:00 PM

5) Utopia Pop Pop, Lecture, University of California, Irvine, Tuesday May 27th @ 3:30 PM

6) Utopia Pop Pop, Lecture, UCLA Extension, Japanese Institute of Sawtelle, 2110 Corinth Ave, WLA 90025, Wednesday, May 28th @ 10:00 AM

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UTOPIA POP POP

A Hip and Modern Cabaret utilizing puppets, animation, sound, and video.

It's a hurricane of images of our perfect little worlds which we created because the real one sucks.

Utopia is here, between your ears, from the City of Angels.

Featuring Paul Zaloom, Monkey Pete, Smoggy Mountain, Beans and Crackers and Collage Ensemble Inc.

 

Top L to R: Eric Mao, Alan Nakagawa, Eric Junker, Charles Goodan, Jonathan Alvarez, Ann Marie Gamez

Bottom L to R: Joji Okazaki, Paul Zaloom

Made possible through the funding of LA Cultural Affairs, California Arts Council and Friends of Collage Ensemble Inc.

Photos by Melissa Flores, 2002