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21 Oct, 2016

It’s amazing how much better a meal tastes when there’s a seat at the table for everyone.

2016-11-16T23:50:39-08:00By |Categories: Jess Curtis/Gravity|Tags: , |

The Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990 set the bar for equitable physical access to facilities and public accommodations.  Bathrooms are handicap accessible, buildings have elevators, stairs have handrails, Braille signage is posted, doorways are wide enough for wheelchairs, toilets have grab bars and so on What the ADA requirement doesn’t mandate is a mindset of “welcome to this building”.  One of the lovely things about CounterPulse is that in addition to having a building that is ADA compliant, there

5 Aug, 2015

CounterPulse Interviews: Artist-in-Residency Emily Hoffman

2016-03-12T00:27:22-08:00By |Categories: CounterPULSE|Tags: , , |

Julie Phelps: Is there a politic to the ways that the work you are developing in CounterPulse’s ARC Program with the Affinity Project is experimenting with duration, repetition and mutability?  Emily Hoffman: It might be more of an attitude than a politic, but I do feel an impulse to disrupt certain structural tropes in performance. I'm wary of the structures of narrative theater even as they – the climax, the end – compel me. Even in more experimental work certain structures

11 May, 2015

RIOT

2016-03-18T21:34:05-07:00By |Categories: (X)Change, CounterPULSE, Mica Sigourney|Tags: , , , |

"A riot literally tears the city apart. It is a striation...like a skater from the days before skateparks, it sketches invisible trajectories in the urban motif. A shapeless event that eludes reification, even if it relates to rituals, and thus summons the repertoire of tricks and knowledge accumulated by a provisional community bound by a transgressive dynamic."  Withches: Hunted, Appropriated, Queered ed. Anna Colin, The Rioter and the Witch by Olivier Marboeuf

6 May, 2015

A proposal- Mica

2016-03-18T21:34:29-07:00By |Categories: (X)Change, CounterPULSE, Mica Sigourney|Tags: |

Hello Other (X)Changers, I have a proposal for our process. I'm usually drawn to the obvious, or blatant. I am also fascinated by impersonation, doubling and repetition (not just as a compositional tool but also as a process). I propose that our exchange be direct, meaning each of us recreates a work by another in the group. This will provide us with a solid structure and process within to work (rehearsals, learning each others work), and coupled with group conversations

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

12 Feb, 2014

CODAME ART + TECH PLAYGROUND at CounterPULSE

2014-02-12T11:09:57-08:00By |Categories: CounterPULSE, Free Events (donations welcomed)|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

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

2 Nov, 2013

Open Workshops for the CONTACT project- FREE- Nov 9 & 10

2016-03-12T02:00:49-08:00By |Categories: Artists in Residence, CounterPULSE, Krista Denio|Tags: , , , , |

The CONTACT project directed by Krista DeNio www.kristadenio.com IN RESIDENCE @ CounterPULSE www.counterpulse.org OPEN CALL: COME TAKE A WORKSHOP (FREE), and learn more about the CONTACT project! CALLING:  Veterans (of war and military service), Non-veterans, Artists (Actors, dancers, musicians, visual artists, designers) and Non-artists WHAT: Workshop(s) Two workshops investigating the project content (bridging the divide between veterans and non-veteran civilians) through physical theater, movement, vocal work, writing, and dialogue.  The intention is for participants to discover whether you are interested

1 Nov, 2013

Year Of The Snake : November 15-17, 2013

2013-11-01T14:33:33-07:00By |Categories: CounterPULSE|Tags: , , , , , , |

NEW EDGE presents Year Of The Snake a work for dance, music, and text WHAT "However long it takes to reach each other's shores." -Karl Jensen, All This We're Each Forced Into; Private Painful Insight YEAR OF THE SNAKE is a work conceived by three bay area artists: composer Jason Hoopes, choreographer Peiling Kao, and writer/visual artist Karl Jensen. The three elements that make up Year Of The Snake include the choreography, a physical record of the music (available November 15th),

22 Oct, 2013

Open Call Workshop/Audition for the CONTACT project

2016-03-12T02:01:05-08:00By |Categories: Artists in Residence, Classes and Workshops, CounterPULSE, Free Events (donations welcomed), Krista Denio|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

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

2 Aug, 2013

When I dance…

2013-08-02T01:31:20-07:00By |Categories: CounterPULSE, Nadhi Thekkek, Performing Diaspora|Tags: , , |

When I dance... Nadhi: “I can feel a deep love for God and an emotional connection to human-kind. Particularly when I perform, that connection can be so strong, that I forget where I am and who is watching. I find that I keep dancing to chase those moments. Sophia: “Dancing excites me, challenges me, moves me, pushes me, humbles me. It is the single most thing that makes me feel completely and truly alive.” Arun: “I enter the zone. My mind

12 Feb, 2013

Rhizozygotic twins beat the frozen odds

2013-02-12T07:58:57-08:00By |Categories: BodyCartography, CounterPULSE|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

  Scientific American, 14 June 2007 Emmett and Otto Ramstad present a fascinating glimpse into the diversity of biology. They are rhizozygotic twins. Rhizozygotic twins are an extremely rare form of multiple birth, enabled by the wonders of assisted reproductive technology. On September 20 1975, an egg, or blastocyst, was harvested from the Ramstad twins’ mother Josie Winship and cryogenically frozen. Four years later, in January 1979, Ms. Winship decided to have the frozen egg thawed to try for pregnancy.

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