Calgary Animated Objects Society
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Founded | 2003 Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
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Founder | Xstine Cook |
Type | Non-governmental organization |
Focus | Art |
Headquarters | 1030 20 Avenue SE Calgary, Alberta T2G 1M6 |
Website | www.animatedobjects.ca |
Calgary Animated Objects Society (CAOS) is a non-profit charitable arts organization based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
CAOS is dedicated to creative expression through the arts of mask, puppetry, and object animation, inspiring people of all backgrounds to discover and articulate their stories.
By amplifying voices through acts of radical creativity, CAOS exists to connect people and communities to each other and our world.
CAOS evolves and advances the art of mask, puppetry, and animated objects by teaching and providing educational activities, presenting live performances, and creating multi-disciplinary art works and films. We present in schools, senior homes, at festivals, and events around Calgary and area.
History
[edit]Founded in 2003 by multi-disciplinary artist Xstine Cook, CAOS is dedicated to the arts of mask, puppetry and animated objects, as well as building community through radical acts of creativity.
CAOS's major projects include animated films, Lilly in the Lab Augmented Reality app, Disinformation Warriors, the annual International Festival of Animated Objects, and "Spirit of White Buffalo" - a large-scale animated puppet and arts residency.
Origins and Goals
[edit]CAOS provides artistic opportunities through its activities, and initiates youth and community activities. these include: Young Spirit Voices, an aboriginal youth drama project, the Ramsay "Halloween Scream" and "The Great Ramsay Kinetic Sculpture Race".[1]
CAOS is led by founder Xstine Cook, a mask and puppet artist, who ran the Green Fools Theatre for 13 years prior to founding CAOS. Xstine trained at the Dell'Arte International School of Physical Theatre in Blue Lake, California.[2]
CAOS and the festival propel a very active local mask and puppetry tradition into an international arena, all the while bringing international attention to the city of Calgary. Extensive coverage for the organization can be found in FFWD magazine-Calgary's weekly arts & culture publication: "Calgary is a hotbed of original, unorthodox puppet work" (quote from an article written to cover CAOS's festival).[3][4]
Spirit of White Buffalo
[edit]CAOS also produces original art works, such as Spirit of White Buffalo. Guided by Cook, this giant kinetic sculpture[5] was built by incarcerated men in Drumheller Institution, in collaboration with local artists, Jeff De Boer, and youth. "Spirit of White Buffalo" appeared at the 2007 Calgary Stampede Parade, and was awarded first place in "Best Western Theme".[6][7]
Media coverage and recognition
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The organization has received coverage from news outlets including but not limited to the CBC, Calgary Herald, CTV and The Guantlet, and numerous community-level publications.[8][9][10]
Calgary Animated Objects Society has received national coverage for its activities consistently since 2005. The Globe and Mail credited CAOS with "putting Calgary in the pop-culture vanguard" in recognition of the International Festival of Animated Objects' programming, and the same article also drew attention to how "Calgary...has become one of the most fertile spots in North America for ground-breaking puppetry".[11]
CAOS was awarded the "Innovative Business Practices Award" from the Rozsa Foundation for Arts Management.[when?]
Notes
[edit]- ^ Animated Objects
- ^ "Dellarte". Archived from the original on 2007-12-09. Retrieved 2007-11-01.
- ^ "FFWD Weekly". Archived from the original on 2009-01-08. Retrieved 2007-11-23.
- ^ "FF Weekly". Archived from the original on 2011-05-25. Retrieved 2007-11-23.
- ^ Kinetic sculpture race
- ^ "Travel Canada". Archived from the original on 2007-08-25. Retrieved 2007-11-01.
- ^ "Animated Objects". Archived from the original on 2007-08-20. Retrieved 2007-11-01.
- ^ "Parade". Archived from the original on 2007-11-06. Retrieved 2007-11-23.
- ^ "Arusha". Archived from the original on 2007-10-22. Retrieved 2007-11-23.
- ^ "High Performance Rodeo". Archived from the original on 2011-07-06.
- ^ The Globe and Mail
External links
[edit]- CAOS website
- AMMSA
- Calgary Herald
- Canadian Theatre Review
- FFWD 2009 Festival Preview
- FFWD 2009 Crawdaddy Review
- Calgary Herald 2009 Les Voisins Review
- Calgary Herald 2009 Alice Nelson Review
- IMDB Xstine Cook
- Vimeo Xstine Cook
- Quickdraw Animation Society 2023 Tank Standing Buffalo and Xstine Cook
- Living a Creative Life 2022 Xstine Cook
- She Paints Red 2014 Graceland
- UNIMA WEST CAOS
- CAMP Board of Directors Xstine Cook
- Galleries West 2017 Xstine Cook Face Off
Press Links
- CTV 2023 MONSTR on HBO
- Calgary Citizen 2023 MONSTR
- City of Calgary 2022 Calgary Award Recipient Xstine Cook
- CBC 2023 Calgary-based animator premieres MONSTR on HBO Max
- My Lethbridge Now 2023 Animation project makes learning Blackfoot accessible online
- Native News Online 2022 RKLSS
- CBC 2023 Teacher's dream of Blackfoot language 'Sesame Street' inspires art exhibit
- Lethbridge News Now 2023 Blackfoot language project to be screened at Calgary’s Festival of Animated Objects
- The Conversation 2021 Slamalicious Puppet Slam
- CBC 2020 RKLSS goes to TIFF
- Avenue 2019 Golden Age of Puppetry in Calgary
- Swerve 2017 Puppet Masters: Festival of Animated Objects a labour of love for co-artistic directors
- CBC 2017 Interview with Xstine Cook and Peter Balkwill
- Nanton News 2021 Drive In Film Festival
- CBC interview with Xstine Cook
- The Calgary Herald 2016 Five facts about Dolly Wiggler Cabaret
- The Calgary Herald 2016 Mooky Cornish headlines Dolly Wiggler Cabaret
- AMMSA 2010
- Canadian Theatre Review 2010 Xstine Cook and Sprit of White Buffalo
- FFWD 2009 Festival Preview
- FFWD 2009 Crawdaddy Review
- Calgary Herald 2009 Les Voisins Review
- Calgary Herald 2009 Alice Nelson Review
- This Magazine 2012 Spirit of the Bluebird Xstine Cook & Jesse Gouchey
- Stride Gallery 2015 Xstine Cook
- HBO MAX 2022 Creating Access
- Calgary Herald 2015 Local kids animation featured at CIFF