The Kinetic Cake Expo
(SANTA BARBARA, CA, March 22, 2024) – The Kinetic Cake Expo (KCE) is an art challenge that will showcase 6 teams with non-motorized kinetic creations. This public event will be held at the Community Arts Workshop, 631 Garden Street, on April 13, 2024 starting at 12pm. The Expo devised by artistic collaborators Adrienne De Guevara and Patrick Melroy of MISC Workshop challenges artist teams to move a human powered kinetic sculpture through a series of obstacles on a course to deliver a cake “mostly intact” to the “judges”.
The Expo invites artist teams to create human-powered sculptures to be presented and evaluated at this expose’. The sculptures are designed with the simple task of delivering a cake to a picnic through an obstacle course, affectionately named the Cake Wash, built with all the classic notes of a car wash. Each team’s sculpture will be observed and examined by three judges, Christine McCarthy of UCSB Theater Dance, Karen Taggart former organizer of the former Ventura Kinetic Race, and Joe Velasco of Boxtales fame. Teams will be assessed by categories that range from aesthetics to agility, to construction, theatricality, and of course humor. Ultimately awards will be assigned and winners will be minted, perhaps even, legends will emerge.
Location
Santa Barbara Arts Collaborative at the CAW.
Date and Time for this Past Event
- Saturday, Apr 13, 2024 12pm - 5pm
