Raven x Melanie Marie (Live A/V Performance: SMARTBOMB x Exploratorium SF 9/21/23)

Raven x Melanie Marie (Live Collaborative A/V Performance for SMARTBOMB x Exploratorium SF) Music: Raven Visual: Melanie Marie Opening/Closing Animation: Lil' Zen Ten For one night only on September 21st of 2023, Oakland-based creative arts community SMARTBOMB took over Exploratorium After Dark to share our singular approach to an art party. Drawing from our rich community of artists, SMARTBOMB paired musicians with visual artists to present three distinct sets of aural and visual interplay. In between sets, the audience experienced an offering of short films that highlight a variety of emerging Bay Area artists, and pull from the Exploratorium’s Cinema Arts film collection. Event info: “Alter Destiny”: LIVE A/V Performances & Short Music Films Curated by SMARTBOMB 7:30 p.m. Gallery 1, Kanbar Forum With short films by Anna Firth, Aaron Patrick (Perfect Chao), Laneya Billingsly (Billie0cean), Jules Retzlaff (Cereal4thekids), Tessa Shimizu & W.A.L.A, and the Exploratorium Cinema Arts collection. “Return To The Source”: Short Film Screenings By Macro Waves, Andtheothers & Jin Lee Baobei 6:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. Gallery 1, Microcinema Curated by Asonic Garcia (W.A.L.A) Curatorial/Archical Film Assistance: Andrew Kodama, Tessa Shimizu