Artists in Residence

31 May, 2010

Post-Pre-interview…

2016-03-18T22:41:23-07:00By |Categories: Artists in Residence, CounterPULSE, Laura Arrington|Tags: , |

When I was an undergraduate in North Carolina, I would often decide to drive home to Louisiana late at night. Around ten or  eleven pm I'd decide that now was as good a time as any to make the 12 hour southbound drive .  My car only had a radio, and the late night interstate travel radio station options in South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, and Louisiana were quite limited.  A solution I came up with to combat boredom/fatigue was to

10 Jun, 2010

Sketch of a new work

2016-03-18T22:41:05-07:00By |Categories: Artists in Residence, CounterPULSE, Laura Arrington|

Two weeks ago myself and a gaggle of my tremendously talented artist friends put on a show at my house. I showed a very rough sketch of some of the ideas we are working on for Hot Wings, and the always generous and lovely Mark Mc Beth filmed it. so here's a peek at some of what we are working on... 100529 Laura Arrington Fox Den: Laura Arrington from In Studio on Vimeo. also check out some of the other

20 Jun, 2010

A self portrait

2016-03-18T22:46:41-07:00By |Categories: Artists in Residence, CounterPULSE, Jesse Hewit|Tags: , , , , , |

I wish I could say that I came to it on my own, but I didn't. Yesterday's work-in-progress showing was very important for the development of this work. And I'm feeling pretty emotional about it right this second. The question/"issue"/conflict of me as a male auteur, making this work very much ON the women of this company has always been a beast. Initially, there were ways of trying to do some sort of damage control, ie: The work would include

5 Aug, 2010

tell them that you saw wings

2016-03-18T22:46:28-07:00By |Categories: Artists in Residence, Jesse Hewit|

last post. i am scared to ever self present again. CounterPULSE has spoiled me absolutely rotten. Jessica, Andrew, Hae-Jin, Estacia, Ryan, Julie, Roz, Margarita, Meleta, and Cameron...my lord, what solid supporters. I am calm. The performers of  'Tell Them That You Saw Me' are holding this work with fire and commitment. Long live the sextet: Anna, Erika, Julie, Loren, Maryam, and Shawnrey. Mica has designed looks for the show that are chokingly startlingly strong. Andrew was crafted my lighting ideas

4 Oct, 2010

Let’s get Cookin’!

2016-03-18T22:36:56-07:00By |Categories: Amara Tabor Smith, Artists in Residence, CounterPULSE|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

For the next year my blogs will be focusing on the development of my piece, “Our Daily Bread” which will premier next April at CounterPULSE…and the journey that this piece is taking me on is already soooo deep… Most recently, I cooked for folks who were taking Rashad Pridgen’s (AKA Soul Nubian) AfroHouseHop class at Dance Mission this past Saturday. I made my recession stew and rice for the students who joined me in the Dance Mission lobby glowing from

27 Oct, 2010

“Home Cookin’” Food Party @ CounterPULSE was deep…

2016-03-18T22:36:44-07:00By |Categories: Amara Tabor Smith, Artists in Residence, CounterPULSE|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

So this past Sunday it was raining in the Bay Area. Cold and wet. But that afternoon at CounterPULSE in San Francisco, an intimate crew of folks braved the rain, brought food, shared stories and ate together. The topic was, “what are the factors that support or prevent us from cooking meals on a regular basis”. What I am finding about food is, no matter what the topic might be, the food will direct the path of discussion. Most of

1 Dec, 2010

Beginning

2016-03-18T22:20:10-07:00By |Categories: Artists in Residence, CounterPULSE, Dandelion Dancetheater|Tags: |

Today is the first day of my very first CounterPULSE ARC residency. I'm excited and scared by what lies ahead. I'll be working with my Dandelion Dancetheater interdisciplinary ensemble on the next stage of a multi-year project exploring the ins and outs of competition. We began with a vision for creating a Reality TV program on experimental dance creation in collaboration with videographer Austin Forbord. Over the past year of initial experiments we have encountered a tremendous amount of emotional

5 Dec, 2010

Superheroes

2016-03-18T22:12:29-07:00By |Categories: Artists in Residence, CounterPULSE, Kegan Marling|

When I was seven, I wanted to be a superhero. By the time I was 14, I had moved on to Broadway Star or Professional Nerd, but I still created stories of myself as a superhero as I walked home from school. The stories shifted, but in the end I always saved the day through some daring strategery. These narratives were never particularly violent - even though I was a superhero, I wasn't so delusional to think that somehow I

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