June 18, 2021
Ishimwa Muhimanyi
About This Artist
Ishimwa Muhimanyi is a London-based Rwandan artist. His work is his journey as he asks: how can I live freely in this black body scared or perhaps gifted with memories of loss, abuse and neglect?
Upcoming Events
City Stories Workshop
San Francisco Creative Writing Institute
Thursdays, July 1 & 15, 12pm-2pm PDT at CounterPulse
Archived Events
ArtSpan Virtual Reception with Elvira Dayel and Emily Gui
ArtSpan & CounterPulse
Thu, Jun 17, 6:30pm-7:30pm PDT
to leave the land and [Re]member
pateldanceworks and Byb Chanel Bibene/Kiandanda Dance Theater
Thu & Fri, Jun 3-4 & 10-11, 8pm PDT at CounterPulse. Sat, Jun 5 & 12, 2pm PDT Matinee at CounterPulse. Sat, Jun 12, 2pm PDT Livestream and Artist Q&A
The School of Tenderness, Embodied Kinetics, & Alchemical Arts presents: underground underneath the underground [u.u.u.], prelude
Estrellx Supernova & Friends
Thu-Sun, May 27-30, 2021
Tenderloin Art Fair
Sat, May 15, 12pm - 5pm PDT on Larkin Street between Ellis & Eddy
Blog Roll
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March 23, 2021
How to Write a Piece Description with Mica Sigourney
Leaked Email Thread: Justin Ebrahemi <justin@counterpulse.org>Mon, Mar 15, 3:07 PMto Mica Sigourney, Silk Worm Hi Mica and Silk, I loved the Insta takeover on Sat! I just wanted to follow up in hopes you could provide more info on Colossus and I will draft a work description and press release. Can’t believe we’re a month […]
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November 16, 2020
Glitch Crush
“Primeiro estranha-se, depois entranha-se” (At first it’s strange, then it gets into your veins) – Fernando Pessoa I am part of the Human/ID team, a collaboration with StratoFyzika and Ian Heisters that probes how identity is rendered legible (or illegible) through movement and technology. Tagging onto the notion of digital flaws and their rich potential […]
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August 31, 2020
IDENTITY AND MOVEMENT: MOTION TRANSFER WITH NEURAL NETWORKS
Deep fake dancing and breaking technology I’ve been talking with the StratoFyzika team about how identity resides in the body for their residency in CounterPulse’s Combustible program. We’re researching surveillance technology, machine learning, and dance for a performance in spring 2020. The research is conceptual as well as practical, and the following comprises my notes in building a first […]
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March 23, 2020
A Platform, A Stage, An Audience
We are artists. In some ways, we are sacrificial lambs. We bleed publicly. We can be found dancing naked and crying the necessary tear. We do this so they can name what they have sacrificed. To those without words, we give poetry; those without melody, a song. And to him, that guy, that just can’t […]