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
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This fall, CounterPULSE will collaborate with the California Institute for Integral Studies and the Alliance of California Traditional Arts to host a visual arts exhibit in conjunction with our Performing Diaspora programming. Here is the call for submissions/nominations: The ARTS at CIIS is seeking submissions by, and/or suggestions/nominations of, California-based artists who are challenging, expanding or experimenting with traditional forms or styles from their cultural backgrounds. Exhibition concept statement: This exhibit will explore the diverse ways in which contemporary artists
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
We were proud to hear that CounterPULSE Performing Diaspora artist Wang Fei is presenting a finished version of her 2009 Performing Diaspora Festival piece "From Beijing to San Francisco" as a part of the San Francisco International Arts Festival. Congratulations to her and she has offered followers of CounterPULSE a special discount. Her words and details of the discount can be found below: CounterPULSE's alumnus resident artist Wang Fei will be giving a guqin concert “From Before the Tang Dynasty
Readymade Dance Theater Company's new piece was inspired by Don Delillo’s 2001 novel, The Body Artist. Director Zsolt Palcza listened it to by audiotape—a great one read by Laurie Anderson—while driving to Mexico one year. Her voice is mesmerizing; it puts one into a trancelike state, much like the 300 miles of carretera between Nogales and the Pacific Ocean. “He sat with the newspaper, stirring his coffee. It was his coffee and his cup. They shared the newspaper but it
Dancers' Group and CounterPULSE have teamed up to present 2nd Sundays, a series of free salons where artists share work and dialogue with audience members and fellow artists. The Program: The upcoming proposal deadline is for the Fall season, which runs from September through December. Selected artists each present up to 10 minutes of work followed by a facilitated in-depth conversation between the artists and the audience about the work. This program is an ideal opportunity to gain useful feedback
Greetings folks! CounterPULSE's fiscal sponsorship program has two enrollment periods a year. We are coming up on the first deadline of 2010 on May 29. To read more about the program and to download application materials visit the fiscal sponsorship page on our site.
Here's the text from Michael Gene Sullivan's fantastic tribute to International Workers Day, performed last Friday at CounterPULSE's Agitprop Cabaret: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-gene-sullivan/international-workers-day_b_551427.html
May Day certainly ended with a bang on Sunday night: a spectacular - and completely sold out - revue of some of the Bay Area's favorite dance superstars. From high fashion to vicious food fights, the audience was kept entertained and impressed throughout the evening. Thank you to everyone who came out to May Day and helped make this weekend such a resounding success! Here's a few audience reactions to this past evening's show:
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