Punk, Funk & The Absurd is a one night only performance event, which serves as the closing event for the exhibition, Funk Ain’t Dead.

Live performance whether musical, participatory, or multi-media offers engagement into the many facets and influences of Funk Art. By escaping a central definition of what “Funk” entails, this evening of performance presents diverse musical performances by Chaki, Sputnik and Swiftumz, as well as participatory performances by exhibiting artists, Joey Enos and Heesoo Kwon.

Punk, Funk & The Absurd will provide an alternative experience of our shared experiences of joy, color and the “hot, committed, bizarre and sensuous” elements of Funk Art. The immediacy of live and interactive performances in relationship to the exhibition offers additional explorations of the many individual and unique paths of Funk makers today.

Featuring performances by:
Chaki: Cory Sklar (vocals, bass, drums, and synth)
Clyde Always: Emcee, The Bard of the Lower Haight
Joey Enos
Heesoo Kwon
Sputnik: Matt Goldberg (vocals and bass), Carl Goldberg (guitar and vocals) and Michael Joseph (keys)
Swiftumz: Swiftumz: Chris Mcvicker (guitar and vocals), Marie Bananas, (bass), Eli Wald (guitar) and Nick Makanna (drums)

Funk Ain’t Dead Exhibiting Artists:
Katie Chin
Marshall Elliott
Joey Enos
Jose Figueroa
Santiago Insignares
Kuo-Chen (Kacy) Jung
Hadar Kleiman
Charmaine Koh
Elisabeth Kohnke
Heesoo Kwon
David Lasley
Lee Lavy
Ian Mackay
Nick Makanna
Cait Petersen
Flo Pizzarello
Stephanie Rohlfs
T2R
Matthew Usinowicz
Benjamin Vilmain
Blu Voelker

Funk Ain’t Dead is free, open to the public, and includes a Creative Station - all ages art activities hosted in our classroom during the 2nd Saturday opening reception.