Artists in Residence

15 Nov, 2022

The Settler Body and Its Undoing

2022-11-15T23:46:05-08:00By |Categories: Artists in Residence, Performing Diaspora|Tags: |

Unsettled/Soiled Group is a group of East, Southeast, and South Asian diasporic movers, makers, and settlers on Ramaytush and Chochenyo Ohlone land. Unsettled/Soiled Group is led by June Yuen Ting, one of CounterPulse's 2022 ARC Performing Diaspora artists and will debut Dwelling for Unsettling alongside VERA!'s Try, Hye!, Thursday through Saturday, December 8-10 & 15-17, 2022

18 Oct, 2022

O Hye I Didn’t See You There

2022-10-20T19:00:17-07:00By |Categories: Artists in Residence, Performing Diaspora|Tags: |

VERA! (they/them) is a queer Armenian American drag king, dancer, and community activist. They are one of CounterPulse's 2022 ARC Performing Diaspora artists and will debut Try, Hye! alongside Unsettled/Soiled Group's Dwelling for Unsettling, Thursday through Saturday, December 8-10 & 15-17, 2022

19 May, 2022

Notes from the process : [and then we must be]

2022-05-22T23:45:59-07:00By |Categories: Artists in Residence, edge residency|Tags: |

Inspired by ancestral, community-centered, and spiritual relationships to land and plants, [and then we must be] by Audrey Johnson is a research and ritual project honoring Black American practices with land and plants through the modes of food, farming, rootwork, and magic. The work honors the practices that get passed down through recipe, spell, and story, as well as the memories active and activated in the body, plants, the land (soil, clay, mycelium, strata), and in spirit.

15 Apr, 2022

Nkeiruka Oruche on ‘Mixtape of the Dead & Gone’, Proverbial Performance, and Igbo Practices of Mourning

2022-05-19T19:18:18-07:00By |Categories: Artists in Residence, edge residency|Tags: |

"Traditionally, in Igbo cultures, we have had death as part of the conversation. We understand that life doesn't end when you die. Ancestors are part of our life connection and day-to-day practice."

12 Aug, 2017

Collaboration in the age of multimedia art

2017-08-23T20:53:47-07:00By |Categories: Artists in Residence, Uncategorized|

Hey everyone, This time I wanted to talk about my views on collaboration and how it applies to our residency with Freya at CounterPulse. So let's start by dumping some ideas. Collaboration to me... is about communicating is about the work/project not individuals is also the individuals enjoying is the process of getting multiple people involved in a way to create something that is not possible individually. is about knowing when to stay silent is not about going further but slower

8 Nov, 2015

Interview For Our Upcoming Premiere

2016-02-02T02:53:04-08:00By |Categories: Artists in Residence, CounterPULSE, Liz Tenuto|Tags: |

A colleague of mine, Katharine Hawthorne, came to our recent work-in-progress showing and asked me a few questions about the work. Below is our interview that discusses why I am making a musical and how working during CounterPulse's construction has influenced the piece: Interview: Liz Tenuto/Dance and a Half This Year is Different: A Self-Help Musical What is your favorite moment or section in the piece? My favorite aspect of the piece are the songs. I love how they carry

23 Mar, 2015

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

2015-03-23T16:56:24-07:00By |Categories: Archive, Artists in Residence, CounterPULSE, Free Events (donations welcomed), Images|Tags: , , , , , , , |

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

26 Jul, 2014

Pride and Polaroids: a review of Homo File by Cleo Dubois

2014-07-26T00:36:31-07:00By |Categories: Artists in Residence, CounterPULSE, Seth Eisen, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

Here is a moving article about Homo File by BDSM educator, coach, scholar and advocate Cleo Dubois. What an honor to have had her come see the show two times and to have participated on our panel discussion on June 6th. http://www.leatherati.com/2014/07/pride-and-polaroids/

24 Jun, 2014

Fly in the Ointment: Help lubricate Homo File

2014-06-24T15:32:23-07:00By |Categories: Artists in Residence, CounterPULSE, Homepage Links, Images, Seth Eisen|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

by Gary Ivanek   What a wonderful run !!! It's been a week since we closed Homo File and the excitement continues. We sold out 8 of 9 shows in our run and we are starting to make plans to take the show to other cities.                                       Here are some images from the show that we thought you might like. And

4 Jun, 2014

BROTHERS- Impressions on Homo File

2016-04-07T01:15:10-07:00By |Categories: Artists in Residence, CounterPULSE, Jewlia Eisenberg, Seth Eisen|Tags: , , , , , , , |

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. I am psychically prepared to listen to human speech and to watch human bodies on a black stage. I write and direct for the stage,

27 May, 2014

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

2016-04-07T01:15:25-07:00By |Categories: Artists in Residence, CounterPULSE, Images, Seth Eisen, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

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 was to me as a straight- identified male, and how I saw Sam as bridging our cultures. This is the most concise answer I can

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