• March 1, 2012

    Monique Jenkinson at the de Young

    By Published On: March 1st, 2012

    My fellowship at the de Young Museum/Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco begins now! All year I will be working at the de Young – researching, creating, performing – enjoying this incredible opportunity to expand the scope and context of my work, to interact with the museum’s collections and curators, to ignite new collaborations, and

  • February 29, 2012

    dance discourse project #12 – the thoughts continue

    By Published On: February 29th, 2012

    so, last night quite a few of us gathered to discuss dance and ageing at Dance Discourse Project #12 - Shifting ground: examining the complex terrain at the intersection of dance and aging. I was heartened to have so many people (of so many different ages!) in the room, and also buoyed by the liveliness

  • February 29, 2012

    Dandelion – Interview of Underland Co-Director

    By Published On: February 29th, 2012

    Emmaly Wiederholt interviewed "Arthur in Underland's" Co-Director, Writer and Performer Mantra Plonsey about the creation of Dandelion's new work:   EMMALY WIEDERHOLT: What was the process of drawing from Eric's personal history to write Arthur in Underland? Conversely, what is it like to perform in? MANTRA PLONSEY: Eric had recently completed the process of creating and producing AND performing

  • February 24, 2012

    KickStarter & indifference

    By Published On: February 24th, 2012

    Hello Everyone, Right now my shared winter residency at CounterPULSE is in full swing and my performers & I are feeling really good about where we are in the process of creating this piece.  We've been working & playing hard in the studio making relevant material and out on the streets & beach shooting video

  • February 21, 2012

    Summer 2012 Artists in Residence announced

    By Published On: February 21st, 2012

    It is with great pleasure that I announce CounterPULSE's newest Artist in Residence, Xandra Ibarra (AKA La Chica Boom) and Seth Eisen! Xandra's subtle yet biting use of satire destabilizes images of authenticity. Seth's unique brand of dazzling storytelling reconnects us with lost queer wisdom. Together these works will make you question who you are

  • February 15, 2012

    It’s 2012…Let’s EAT!!!!!

    By Published On: February 15th, 2012

    Happy New Year of the Dragon! We are mid way through the first month of 2012 and have arrived in this New year of the Water Dragon… The Dragon year is special as it represents prosperity and abundance. Typically in our society the idea of prosperity leads us to think about money. But ultimately Prosperity

  • February 8, 2012

    Winter Special Snapshot: Hotel in a Bottle

    By Published On: February 8th, 2012

  • February 5, 2012

    Entering Underland

    By Published On: February 5th, 2012

    I'm thrilled to be back at CounterPULSE, about a year after our first ARC residency. The piece we created through the residency, FRIEND came out of the recent loss of one of my closest friends to a brain tumor at the beginning of our time at CounterPULSE. In working on that piece and unearthing stories

  • February 3, 2012

    Quarter 4: Collaboration

    By Published On: February 3rd, 2012

    Special thanks to Lynn Huang for writing and contributing this post to the Murakami conversation. Lynn is one of the four talented performer/collaborators in Hotel in a Bottle, which opens next Friday!   "Portales! We’re doing portales piquitos and then portales grandes, right?” Erin asked. “Si! Si!” we replied in turn.  Despite the fact that

  • January 30, 2012

    Alexander McQueen is dead, long live the McQueen

    By Published On: January 30th, 2012

    From Savage Beauty: pg 17 "As a human being, he was far more complex, elusive and indeed more magical than any reductive media incarnation." pg 18 "...Rather than waiting for someone to disappoint he provokes them into a hostile reaction which confirms his worst suspicions and justifies his own behavior." pg 19 "It had very

  • January 29, 2012

    Quarter 3: The music of Murakami

    By Published On: January 29th, 2012

    If Murakami's works came to life, and you could suddenly take a stroll through them, chances are music would be everywhere. Chauffeured in a car, you would hear "the classical strains of Chopin." In the bathroom of Denny's, Hall & Oates' I can't go for that would be playing. And jazz would fit into the

  • January 28, 2012

    indifference – Lisa Townsend Co.

    By Published On: January 28th, 2012

    VIDEO #3 - Waves I had the whole sky in my eyes and it was blue and gold.