• June 23, 2014

    A New Logo for CounterPulse

    By Published On: June 23rd, 2014

    We've known for a long time that the only constant is change. We're certainly seeing a good deal of it in our city these days. As the winds shift, CounterPulse is adapting and continuing to make a place for daring, intimate, socially relevant performance in San Francisco. We're planning our growth into a new home on

  • June 5, 2014

    CODAME ART + TECH PLAYGROUND at the Future Home of CounterPULSE

    By Published On: June 5th, 2014

    On MAY 31, 2014, CODAME turned our future home in the Tenderloin into a vibrant playground for ART + TECH enthusiasts and practitioners. We buzzed with activity all day long, with workshops, live performance, electronic music, and interactive projections. Here are some takeaways: [View the story "CODAME ART + TECH PLAYGROUND at the Future Home

  • June 4, 2014

    BROTHERS- Impressions on Homo File

    By Published On: June 4th, 2014

    BROTHERS By Martin Schwartz These are impressions by playwright/theater director Martin Schwartz about the Work in Progress showing we presented a month before the show opened. A hot Sunday a few weeks ago, March 30. I walk the block and a half from where I live to CounterPULSE for a work-in-progress showing of Homo File.

  • May 27, 2014

    Kindred Mirror- Surprising Spirit–On Sam Steward and Homo File

    By Published On: May 27th, 2014

    When I saw my college art instructor Seth Eisen at the Homo File Salon, his greeting was warm and sincere in his thanks for my support. Nevertheless his genuine warmth couldn't hide some genuine curiosity as to my presence. He asked me to come up with a few words as to what Sam Steward's significance

  • April 4, 2014

    Queer Tattoo History and my visit to Modern Electric

    By Published On: April 4th, 2014

    Sam Steward's fascinating life as a shapeshifter linked many disparate worlds: literature, sexual research, academia and tattoo art.  For this iteration of Homo File I've taken a dive into researching Steward's life as a tattoo artist. In this world he went by the name Phil Sparrow. I recently read his fascinating and really well written

  • April 1, 2014

    Homo File’s First 2014 Work-in-Progress

    By Published On: April 1st, 2014

    Famed painter Sir Francis Rose and his model. With drawing in background by Diego GomezPhoto: Gary Ivanek Here is a photo from our March 30th work-in-progress showing of the new and updated Homo File which will premiere May 30th at CounterPULSE for the National Queer Arts Festival. The show chronicles the fascinating life

  • March 21, 2014

    Before and After War: Post-show panel discussion

    By Published On: March 21st, 2014

    On Friday, March 21st,  our Winter 2014 Artists in Residence will be joined by four experts who will discuss the larger themes both works have in common. About the panelists: Susan Maxwell, Mental Health Expert - Susan Maxwell works as a Clinical Psychologist employed in the Posttraumatic Stress Disorders Clinic at the San Francisco Veterans Affairs

  • March 9, 2014

    At the end of Silenced:

    By Published On: March 9th, 2014

    It has been an intensive residency for the past five months at CounterPULSE, beginning from November of last year up until now. From the first stages of research to the exploration of movement and recently the presentation of three works-in-progress performances, now Silenced has reached its final stage. These five months of discovery and inspiration

  • February 23, 2014

    Silenced Has Taken Shape

    By Published On: February 23rd, 2014

    My first work-in-progress felt a bit rushed because there were so many new ideas I was experimenting with. After a while things came together and I was able to see how I could I make the piece into what I wanted – a compelling story bringing together many elements, thematically, choreographically, musically, and visually. I

  • February 12, 2014

    CODAME ART + TECH PLAYGROUND at CounterPULSE

    By Published On: February 12th, 2014

    As part of the CounterPULSE Underground programming we're running at our new building until renovation begins, we're excited to announce that we've partnered with CODAME, who will be producing a month of new media ART + TECH events this coming May. The schedule of events is being finalized, but you can already put your name on the

  • February 3, 2014

    Behind the Scenes at our 2nd ARC Work In Progress

    By Published On: February 3rd, 2014

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  • January 20, 2014

    This is a gun.

    By Published On: January 20th, 2014

    From the Rehearsal Room...  the CONTACT project process is deepening, and we find ourselves moved...to tears, to anger, to hysterical laughter....to formation, to renovation, to solidarity, to push-ups....pushing up against the fight, the flight, the meeting, the holding of...one another.  the pressing into flesh and bone...contact...the memories, the histories, the shared pain and sorrow of