Shamsher, Author at CounterPulse

23 Mar, 2015

CounterPulse Combustible collaborating artists and technologists show work-in-progress

2015-03-23T16:56:24-07:00By Shamsher|Categories: Archive, Artists in Residence, CounterPULSE, Free Events (donations welcomed), Images|Tags: capacitor, combustible, CounterPULSE, dohee lee, Performance, pilot, residency, technology|

As part of the pilot CounterPulse Performance and Technology Combustible — a residency model for artists collaborating with creative technologists— we hosted two work-in-progress labs last week for participating artists: Capacitor with collaborator Zach Howard, and Dohee Lee with collaborator Donald Swearingen. Dohee Lee and Donald Swearingen were first to show their work. Dohee is a dancer, vocalist, and musician who draws on the artistic forms and shamanistic rituals of her native Korea to inform her contemporary performance practice. Donald

20 Oct, 2014

$10,000 Art and Tech Match now live!

2014-10-20T18:01:23-07:00By Shamsher|Categories: CounterPULSE|Tags: art and tech match, honey soundsystem, indiegogo, matching pledge, twitter|

We have radically exciting news… Our DJ pals from Honey Soundsystem and our tech-savvy neighbors at Twitter have each pledged $5,000 in matching funds to our Indiegogo campaign! That’s a $10,000 Art and Tech Match to build the new CounterPulse! So if our tantalizing perks weren’t irresistible enough on their own, you and your friends can now triple your money thanks to Twitter and Honey Soundsystem! This is the kind of collaboration between art and tech that will create the

23 Jun, 2014

A New Logo for CounterPulse

2014-06-23T16:50:39-07:00By Shamsher|Categories: CounterPULSE|Tags: logo, visual identity|

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 Turk Street and as we do so, we're re-imagining our visual identity. Our move from 848 Divisidero Street in 2005 also marked a change in

21 Mar, 2014

Before and After War: Post-show panel discussion

2016-03-12T02:00:36-08:00By Shamsher|Categories: Artists in Residence, Charya Burt, CounterPULSE, Krista Denio|

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 Medical Center. She also completed a postdoctoral fellowship in the PTSD clinic. She provides individual and group psychotherapy for veterans coping with post traumatic stress

12 Feb, 2014

CODAME ART + TECH PLAYGROUND at CounterPULSE

2014-02-12T11:09:57-08:00By Shamsher|Categories: CounterPULSE, Free Events (donations welcomed)|Tags: 80 Turk, art, call for proposals, CODAME, CounterPULSE, new media, tech, technology, underground|

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 list: book your ticket with a donation CODAME will be turning our new building at 80 Turk Street into a vibrant playground for tech-artists to

26 Dec, 2013

Video highlights of 2013

2013-12-26T22:19:36-08:00By Shamsher|Categories: CounterPULSE|Tags: 2013, Action Hero, Amara Tabor-Smith, andy field, bill t. jones, bodycartography, brian lobel, Cara Rose DeFabio, Dance, faye driscoll, forest fringe, headmistress, jen chien, Jeremy Wade, Jia Wu, Joti Singh, kiandanda dance, lucy ellinson, Miriam Wolodarski, monique jenkinson, muisi-kongo malonga, nava dance theater, Performance, richien, Rowena Richie, sam halmarack, sense object, sherwood chen, Video|

15 Nov, 2013

CounterPULSE is moving to 80 Turk Street!

2013-11-15T14:53:27-08:00By Shamsher|Categories: CounterPULSE|

We have some very exciting news to share — in early 2015 CounterPULSE will move to a new building! We have embarked on an exciting partnership with the newly formed Community Arts Stabilization Trust (CAST) to lease-to-own the former Dollhouse pornography theater located at 80 Turk Street in the Central Market/Tenderloin neighborhood. This move will come just as our 10-year lease at 1310 Mission Street expires. During a press conference in front of the Luggage Store art gallery, San Francisco

24 Oct, 2013

CALL OUT for One Minute Manifesto

2013-10-24T17:03:49-07:00By Shamsher|Categories: CounterPULSE|Tags: battersea arts centre, forest, forest fringe, fringe, lucy ellinson, manifesto, minute, one|

CALL OUT: ‘One Minute Manifesto’ This is a call out for participation for a project by Lucy Ellinson running in the foyers and cafe of CounterPULSE, this weekend - OCT 25-27 (Forest Fringe’s microfestival of UK work). Come and take part in 'one minute manifesto' - a pop up project where you have 60 seconds to speak about anything you feel strongly about. The idea is very simple – between the shows at you are invited to speak to the assembled audience

13 Aug, 2013