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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

4 Apr, 2014

Queer Tattoo History and my visit to Modern Electric

2014-04-04T16:36:51-07:00By seth|Categories: CounterPULSE, Events, Free Events (donations welcomed), Homepage Links, Seth Eisen, Uncategorized|Tags: Center for Sex and Culture, Cliff Raven, Ed Hardy, Herbert Hoffmann, Homo File, Modern Electric Tattoo, Phil Sparrow, Queer, Ron Athey, Sam Steward, Seth Eisen, Suzanne Shifflett, tattooing, Tattoos|

Sam Steward's fascinating life as a shapeshifter linked many disparate worlds: literature, sexual research, academia and tattoo art. For this iteration of Homo File I've taken a dive into researching Steward's life as a tattoo artist. In this world he went by the name Phil Sparrow. I recently read his fascinating and really well written book Bad Boys and Tough Tattoos: A Social History of the Tatoo with Gangs, Sailors and Street-Corner Punks 1950-1965. It's pretty pricey since it is a

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

22 Oct, 2013

Open Call Workshop/Audition for the CONTACT project

2016-03-12T02:01:05-08:00By Engagement Fellow|Categories: Artists in Residence, Classes and Workshops, CounterPULSE, Free Events (donations welcomed), Krista Denio|Tags: actors, ARC, artist in residence, artist residency commissioning, artists, Artists in Residence, collaboration, CounterPULSE, dancers, designers, Krista DeNio, musicians, Performance, veterans, visual artists, workshop, Workshops|

The CONTACT project, directed by Krista DeNio is currently looking for artists and non-artists for upcoming performances. Open Call: Come take a FREE workshop and learn more about the CONTACT project! Calling: Civilians, Veterans (of war and military service), Artists (actors, dancers, musicians, visual artists, designers) and non-artists. What: Workshop(s) - Two workshops investigating the project content (bridging the divide between civilians and veterans) through physical theater, movement, vocal work, writing, and dialogue. The intention is for participants to discover whether you

13 Aug, 2013

Performing Diaspora Symposium on social media

2013-08-13T15:11:22-07:00By Shamsher|Categories: CounterPULSE, Events, Free Events (donations welcomed), Performing Diaspora, Talks|Tags: 2013, diaspora, performing, symposium|

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13 Nov, 2012

Digest in Peace: The Beginning…

2016-03-18T22:34:30-07:00By AmaraTaborSmith|Categories: Amara Tabor Smith, Artists in Residence, CounterPULSE, Events, Free Events (donations welcomed), Talks|Tags: agriculture, Amara Tabor-Smith, CounterPULSE, ellen sebastian chang, Food Symposium, interdependency, Obama, ODB, our daily bread, Prop 37, seed slavery, Sisters at the Table, slow food, vandana Shiva|

We are winding our way towards opening night this week. What started out as a conversation with my mother about our gumbo tradition many years ago, has become this little monster of a dance theater piece that has forever changed my life and how I think about food. With this incarnation of Our Daily Bread my collaborator and director, Ellen Sebastian Chang and I engaged in daily conversations about food; about the difficulties of having a slow enough life to

30 Oct, 2012

And the Pot Thickens…

2016-03-18T22:34:20-07:00By AmaraTaborSmith|Categories: Amara Tabor Smith, Archive, Artists in Residence, CounterPULSE, Free Events (donations welcomed), Images|Tags: Acta Non Verba, Amara Tabor-Smith, From the Field to the Table, La Pena, Marvin K. White, Oakland Food Connection, our daily bread, People's Kitchen, peoples grocery, process, proposition 37, Urban Bush Women, Verdese Carter Community Garden|

If I had the time it would be better to keep me on track if I would blog every day during this process... but these days are full and there is much to say about what has taken place over the last month so forgive me if this blog is more like a sampler plate, with only a small taste of many ideas... Since the last blog there have been several food parties that have gone down. We had a

15 Oct, 2012

How many people does it take to make a salad? All of us!

2016-03-18T22:34:41-07:00By AmaraTaborSmith|Categories: Amara Tabor Smith, Artists in Residence, CounterPULSE, Free Events (donations welcomed)|Tags: Amara Tabor-Smith, artist in residence, deep waters dance theater, food parties, Fresh From the Oven, From the Field to the Table, ODB, our daily bread, proposition 37, salad, tenderloin national forest, The Luggage Store Gallery, UC Berkeley|

We are in full effect with the food parties and gatherings that will lead up to the remount of Our Daily Bread at CounterPULSE coming up this November 15-18. Though I love the performance work, I have to say these parties are what really FEED me! (yes, pun fully INTENDED!) Coming together with folks in public as well as private spaces to share food, stories and get to know folks in deeper ways is really what it is all about.

29 Sep, 2012

Homo File is loved by audiences. Last chance to catch a glimpse of “the Zelig of 20th Century homosexuality”.

2016-04-07T01:15:43-07:00By seth|Categories: Archive, Artists in Residence, CounterPULSE, Events, Free Events (donations welcomed), Homepage Links, Images, Seth Eisen|Tags: Carol Queen, Center for Sex and Culture, Elana Isaacs, K. Lisette, Michael Soldier, Michael Williams, Ned Brauer, Rich Hutchison, Sam Steward, Samuel Steward|

Well the run has been amazing thus far with sell out houses and very enthusiastic audiences for both Homo File and FML. We got wonderful press coverage and appeared in several blogs. Here are a few. A fabulous article by Kimberly Chun in the SF Chronicle 96 hours Really interesting article by Richard Dodds in the Bay Area Reporter Stance on Dance is a really interesting interview blog by Dancer/Writer Emmaly Wiederholt A lovely review by Rob Avila about Homo

2 May, 2012

Join us for Our Daily Bread’s “Seeds to Sprouts” youth showcase

2016-03-18T22:39:25-07:00By Julie Phelps|Categories: Amara Tabor Smith, Archive, Artists in Residence, CounterPULSE, Free Events (donations welcomed), Video|Tags: Amara Tabor-Smith, artist in residence, CounterPULSE, our daily bread, Video|

http://youtu.be/J1IiEtVIXQQ

7 Mar, 2012

Aesthetic Passageways: The Aging Dancing Body in Western Performance

2012-03-07T16:56:58-08:00By programintern|Categories: CounterPULSE, Events, Free Events (donations welcomed)|Tags: Aging and Dancing, CounterPULSE, dance discourse project #12, intern|

by: Sarah Ashkin Arts Administration Intern On the evening of February 27th a group of forty or so members of the Bay Area community met at CounterPULSE to engage in the Dance Discourse Project: “Dancing and Aging”. Dance Discourse Project is an “on-going series of artist-driven discussions organized by Mary Armentrout and co-produced by Dancers’ Group and CounterPULSE”. “Dancing and Aging” consisted of a three person panel consisting of choreographer+ Jess Curtis, activist+ Petra Kuppers, and educator+ Dr. Albirda Rose

29 Feb, 2012

dance discourse project #12 – the thoughts continue

2012-02-29T13:52:40-08:00By MaryArmentrout|Categories: CounterPULSE, Free Events (donations welcomed)|Tags: dance and ageing, dance discourse project #12, Mary Armentrout|

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 of the conversations during the break out sessions. In my intro to the evening I had rather emphatically stated that I felt a shift WAS

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

Queer Tattoo History and my visit to Modern Electric

CODAME ART + TECH PLAYGROUND at CounterPULSE

Open Call Workshop/Audition for the CONTACT project

Performing Diaspora Symposium on social media

Digest in Peace: The Beginning…

And the Pot Thickens…

How many people does it take to make a salad? All of us!

Homo File is loved by audiences. Last chance to catch a glimpse of “the Zelig of 20th Century homosexuality”.

Join us for Our Daily Bread’s “Seeds to Sprouts” youth showcase

Aesthetic Passageways: The Aging Dancing Body in Western Performance

dance discourse project #12 – the thoughts continue

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