So this past Sunday it was raining in the Bay Area. Cold and wet. But that afternoon at CounterPULSE in San Francisco, an intimate crew of folks braved the rain, brought food, shared stories and ate together. The topic was, “what are the factors that support or prevent us from cooking meals on a regular basis”. What I am finding about food is, no matter what the topic might be, the food will direct the path of discussion. Most of
For the next year my blogs will be focusing on the development of my piece, “Our Daily Bread” which will premier next April at CounterPULSE…and the journey that this piece is taking me on is already soooo deep… Most recently, I cooked for folks who were taking Rashad Pridgen’s (AKA Soul Nubian) AfroHouseHop class at Dance Mission this past Saturday. I made my recession stew and rice for the students who joined me in the Dance Mission lobby glowing from
100807 Jesse Hewit / Laura Arrington Strong Behavior Post Show Panel from In Studio on Vimeo.
100805 Jesse Hewit / Laura Arrington Strong Behavior Post Show Panel from In Studio on Vimeo.
last post. i am scared to ever self present again. CounterPULSE has spoiled me absolutely rotten. Jessica, Andrew, Hae-Jin, Estacia, Ryan, Julie, Roz, Margarita, Meleta, and Cameron...my lord, what solid supporters. I am calm. The performers of 'Tell Them That You Saw Me' are holding this work with fire and commitment. Long live the sextet: Anna, Erika, Julie, Loren, Maryam, and Shawnrey. Mica has designed looks for the show that are chokingly startlingly strong. Andrew was crafted my lighting ideas
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I wish I could say that I came to it on my own, but I didn't. Yesterday's work-in-progress showing was very important for the development of this work. And I'm feeling pretty emotional about it right this second. The question/"issue"/conflict of me as a male auteur, making this work very much ON the women of this company has always been a beast. Initially, there were ways of trying to do some sort of damage control, ie: The work would include
Two weeks ago myself and a gaggle of my tremendously talented artist friends put on a show at my house. I showed a very rough sketch of some of the ideas we are working on for Hot Wings, and the always generous and lovely Mark Mc Beth filmed it. so here's a peek at some of what we are working on... 100529 Laura Arrington Fox Den: Laura Arrington from In Studio on Vimeo. also check out some of the other
When I was an undergraduate in North Carolina, I would often decide to drive home to Louisiana late at night. Around ten or eleven pm I'd decide that now was as good a time as any to make the 12 hour southbound drive . My car only had a radio, and the late night interstate travel radio station options in South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, and Louisiana were quite limited. A solution I came up with to combat boredom/fatigue was to
Today is May 27th, 2010...that never gets old. So, Tell Them That You Saw Me (which I'm realizing is kind of a very Miranda July-esque title...funny how subconscious influences work on us) is being built. Julie, Maryam, Loren, Shawnrey, and Anna are all pretty much on fire. I'm learning not to fixate so much on identifying dominant themes, and instead trusting the work to kind of reveal itself as it will. Now that Julie's back from Croatia, we've been having
the beginning... my favorite part everything seems possible and the threads of connection are just barely starting to show themselves. At the beginning, I spend a lot of time drawing, painting, imagining, and (i wish less often) buying/collecting objects. the visual component of the work is hugely crucial for me. here are some preliminary paintings i've done for the set inspiration for Hot Wings and some amazing finds from Scrap (a decoy deer and waves of tiny birds) how will these
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