The CARTUNE XPREZ caravan is in Riga, Latvia tonight kicking off our 2009 tour: DARK VOYAGE. I am floating across Europe thru November 29 presenting our newest animated program…. incarnations of the human shadow projected with a backdrop of inflatable crystals. This is a rare opportunity to see videos by emerging artists as well as internationally known artists whose collective resume includes collaborations with Frank Zappa and major exhibitions at the Whitney Biennial, the MOMA in New York, the Sundance Film Festival, and many other institutions across the world. In addition, I am taking Hooliganship on a solo voyage for the first time, doing a live performance of some trashy cartoon theater.

In total, this dark voyage features work by Shana Moulton, Takeshi Murata, Martha Colburn, Bruce Bickford, Jacob Ciocci, Amy Lockhart, Taras Hrabowsky, Yoshi Sodeoka, Francine Spiegel, Barry Doupe, Adrian Freeman, Hooliganship and Jeff Kriksciun.

Here is the schedule of dates+venues so far:
September 5: Riga, Latvia – NOASS + The Dirty Deal Cafe
September 21: Nantes, France – Universite de Nantes
September 25: Marseille, France –L’Embobineuse
September 30: Porto, Portugal – TBA
October 3: Bordeaux, France – A Suivre
October 5: Paris, France – L’Ecole Estienne
October 7: London, England – Horse Hospital
October 8: Bristol, England – Cube Cinema
October 10: Manchester, England – Islington Mill
October 14: Antwerp, Belgium – Cinema Zuid
October 15: Saint Petersburg, Russia – Rodina
October 16: Utrecht, Holland – IMPAKT Festival
October 18: Amsterdam, Holland – OCCII
October 21: Rotterdam, Holland – Worm
October 22: Nijmegen, Holland – Extrapool
October 23: Bielefeld, Germany – Artists Unlimited
October 25: Karlsruhe, Germany – Ferenbalm Gubru Station
October 27: Berlin, Germany – East/West
October 28: Berlin, Germany – Image Movement
October 29: Kiel, Germany – KOKI Kiel
October 30: Copenhagen, Denmark – Husets Teater
October 31: Malmo, Sweden – Loyal Gallery
November 5: Oslo, Norway – Galleri Okmina
November 6: Gothenburg, Sweden – Koloni
November 7: Stockholm, Sweden – TBA
November 11: Helsinki, Finland – Ptarmigan
November 20: Glasgow, Scotland – CCA
November 29: London, England – House Party