• January 17, 2013

    Time Flies

    By Published On: January 17th, 2013

    LESLIE Time flies insanely around, like a mosquito in the night. Moreover: http://www.gabberwocky.5u.com/installation.htm  

  • January 16, 2013

    Further reflections on Poets Theater

    By Published On: January 16th, 2013

    Small Press Traffic's 12th Annual Poets Theater Festival, held this January 18th and 19th at CounterPulse, both continues and refreshes a tradition of poets theater in the Bay Area's literary communities that dates back at least to the Berkeley and San Francisco Renaissances of the 40s and 50s -- with roots in experimental modernist theater, vaudeville, 19th century

  • January 11, 2013

    Reflections on SPT’s Poets Theater by David Buuck

    By Published On: January 11th, 2013

    Twelve years ago, in collaboration with New Langton Arts and the (sadly missed) Jon Sims Performing Arts Center, Small Press Traffic helped organize a Poets Theater festival, with several plays and panels in multiple locations around San Francisco. Though initially intended to be a one-time celebration of plays from the 80s and 90s, several younger poets

  • January 3, 2013

    Projection experiments 2

    By Published On: January 3rd, 2013

  • January 3, 2013

    Projection experiments 1

    By Published On: January 3rd, 2013

  • December 10, 2012

    GROUND SERIES: WINTER

    By Published On: December 10th, 2012

    Hello incredible CounterPULSE community from former CounterPULSE interns Sarah Ashkin and Brittany Delany, and curators of Oakland based arts program GROUND SERIES.  GROUND SERIES is a meeting place for artists to experiment with interdisciplinary investigation in a grassroots community arts model. This winter GROUND SERIES can be found at its usual home of the Temescal

  • December 10, 2012

    richien: Twindependent: CounterPULSE

    By Published On: December 10th, 2012

    Jennifer Chien and I, Rowena Richie -- a.k.a. "richien"-- have settled on a new title for our piece. After much musing, wordplaying, and a poll we announce: Twindependent, formerly known as Twinstigate. We wanted to change the title from Twinstigate in part because we are past the instigating stage of the process. As the other winter

  • December 9, 2012

    ONE WEEK ‘TILL WORKOUT!

    By Published On: December 9th, 2012

    We are only one week away from premiering at CounterPULSE! I am so excited for this. We have been in the rehearsal and creation process since February, which means there has been a lot of time for additional layers to join the work. WORKOUT is getting juicier and more fun all the time! The starting

  • November 26, 2012

    Art Workouts Showing This Saturday at 3!

    By Published On: November 26th, 2012

    *   Y o u   A r e   I n v i t e d    * Set, no set An Art Workouts Showing Saturday, December 1, 3pm CounterPULSE, 1310 Mission Street, SF $ Free With works by Alek Trail, Brianna Skellie, Lauren McKeon, Mara Poliak, Mary Lachman, Hallie Dalsimer, Jean Tarantino, and Zoe

  • November 21, 2012

    Interview with Sebastian Grubb on Dance and Fitness

    By Published On: November 21st, 2012

    July 09, 2012 by James Koroni http://www.enforcedarch.com Enforced Arch ‘Mover’ and contributor, Sebastian Grubb takes life one step at a time but carries the world in his arms. Tackling fitness, nutrition and dance in one lifetime may seem overwhelming but for him, it’s done with grace. He is thrilled to share his expertise with the

  • November 16, 2012

    Of Limb & Language… we begin…

    By Published On: November 16th, 2012

      This afternoon, a group of 5 experimental dance&performance people will begin rehearsals for Of Limb and Language, a 2012/13 ARC project. For my part, as the director, today marks the end of months of solo reading, dreaming, planning, and procrastinating. Thankyou CounterPULSE!!! Some tumbled thoughts I walk into the studio with…   #1 “ I’ve got

  • November 13, 2012

    Digest in Peace: The Beginning…

    By Published On: November 13th, 2012

    We are winding our way towards opening night this week. What started out as a conversation with my mother about our gumbo tradition many years ago, has become this little monster of a dance theater piece that has forever changed my life and how I think about food. With this incarnation of Our Daily Bread