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17 Aug, 2015

Exploring Engagement: CounterPulse & Violeta Luna in Salinas

2015-08-17T14:46:40-07:00By Erica Dixon|Categories: CounterPULSE|Tags: exploring engagement, Violeta Luna|

An update from the field, with CounterPulse executive director, Tomás Riley. With support from the James Irvine Foundation’s Exploring Engagement Fund CounterPulse recently celebrated the stage premier of Como la Tierra/Like the Earth in Salinas, CA. Presented in collaboration with the Alisal Center for the Fine Arts (ACFA), local artist collective Artists Ink and renowned performance artist Violeta Luna, the piece represented 8-weeks of intensive co-creation inspired by the provocative challenge inherent in bridging the perceived geographic and cultural distance between

25 Mar, 2010

The final week

2010-03-25T09:52:39-07:00By Jose Navarrete|Categories: Artists in Residence, CounterPULSE, Jose Navarrete|Tags: Artists in Residence, Jose Navarrete, Violeta Luna|

This is the last week of our residency here at CounterPULSE. It has been a honor and a great opportunity for us to be part of this residency, helping us to continue doing our work. The support and help we have received from CounterPULSE staff is invaluable, from their thoughtful feedback to the solutions of our tedious technical matters. Thank you so much for that. Lastly I would like to share with you a video we did last week exploring

14 Mar, 2010

Why focusing on Water?

2010-03-14T23:57:59-07:00By Jose Navarrete|Categories: Artists in Residence, CounterPULSE, Jose Navarrete|Tags: Artists in Residence, CounterPULSE, Jose Navarrete, Violeta Luna, water|

By José Navarrete In 2007 I went to India, and on that journey I experienced everything from horror to beauty: magnificent palaces and temples contrasting with the utmost human misery. Throughout it all, water was at the core of this gigantic human drama. On the one hand, there is a scarcity of the resource due to industrial overconsumption, and on the other, there is flooding due to the building of dams which, far from satisfying the thirst of millions of

11 Sep, 2009

Guillermo Gómez-Peña and Violeta Luna; La Pocha Nostra Violeta Luna Corpo/Ilicito: The Post-Human Society 6.9

2009-09-11T20:00:59-07:00By jez|Categories: Events|Tags: Guillermo Gómez-Peña, La Pocha Nostra, Violeta Luna|

Fri. & Sat. Sept. 11 & 12, 8pm, $15-20 sliding scale Experimental arts troupe la Pocha Nostra continues to surprise audiences around the world with shocking interactive ritual performances that question power relations and the criminalization of the brown body. In this latest project, la Pocha create a full environment performance setting that is both live jam session and reflective zone. brownpapertickets.com Photo by Zach Gross—Violeta Luna

7 Sep, 2009

Thoughts by Gómez-Peña on Corpo/Ilicito

2009-09-07T15:56:50-07:00By La Pocha Nostra|Categories: CounterPULSE|Tags: CounterPULSE, duet, Guillermo Gómez-Peña, La Pocha Nostra, Performance art, premiere, Violeta Luna|

Corpo/Ilicito premieres Sept 11th and 12th, 8:00 pm @ CounterPULSE 1310 Mission St @ 9th, San Francisco Tickets: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/73700 Guillermo Gómez-Peña and Violeta Luna's latest duet Corpo/Ilicito premieres in San Francisco next weekend and we wanted to share with you some thoughts behind the project -- as articulated by Guillermo himself: "We are now facing serious challenges as artists: The performance work we have created in the past 8 years -- which has been mostly in opposition to the Bush

19 Aug, 2008

Video of Buried in The Body Of Rememberance/Enterrada en El Cuerpo DeL Recuerdo

2008-08-19T22:09:02-07:00By Violeta Luna|Categories: CounterPULSE, Events, Video|Tags: Border Tryp(Tych), david molina, David Molina Video, immigrant, Roberto Varea, Secos Y Mojados, Victor Cartagena, Video, Violeta Luna|

View Video This is a montage of part one of Part 1 of Border Tryp(Tych) by Secos Y Mojados. The Piece is about the experiences, emotions, memories, and the moment an immigrant leaves their country and crosses the border. it features the voice and testimonial of the David's mother, Rosa Molina. Soundtrack: David Molina Video Projections and Set: Victor Cartagena Performance: Violeta Luna Direction and editing: Roberto Varea & Victor Cartagena enjoy david molina-composer/musician for Secos y Mojados www.myspace.com/losveneremos www.restingbell.net/releases/rb037-canciones-del-futuro

10 Aug, 2008

A Body Parted/Un cuerpo partido by Resident Artist Violeta Luna

2008-08-10T20:25:45-07:00By Violeta Luna|Categories: CounterPULSE|Tags: illegal body, immigrants, Latin America, Mexico, migrant, Reyna, The New York Times, Victor Cartagena, Violeta Luna|

Tijuana – California Border, 2005 / Frontera Tijuana-California, 2005, photo Roberto Varea Antes que nada quiero decir que me siento privilegiada estar como artista en residencia en CounterPULSE. El equipo artístico y técnico no sólo tienen un trato amable contigo sino que desarrollan su trabajo de manera muy profesional, dandote la oportunidad de que te enfoques en el trabajo creativo. First of all I’d like to say that I feel priviledged to be an artists in residence at CounterPULSE. The

Exploring Engagement: CounterPulse & Violeta Luna in Salinas

The final week

Why focusing on Water?

Guillermo Gómez-Peña and Violeta Luna; La Pocha Nostra Violeta Luna Corpo/Ilicito: The Post-Human Society 6.9

Thoughts by Gómez-Peña on Corpo/Ilicito

Video of Buried in The Body Of Rememberance/Enterrada en El Cuerpo DeL Recuerdo

A Body Parted/Un cuerpo partido by Resident Artist Violeta Luna

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