Artists in Residence

11 May, 2012

Samuel Steward links and connections

2016-04-07T01:18:21-07:00By |Categories: Artists in Residence, CounterPULSE, Seth Eisen|

Phils Tattoo Joynt Okay. Since my first post it has become obvious that I need to make a list of all of the links and connections with Sam Steward that are on the web. The first is this amazing blog that was created by a writer who blogs about Steward's life and his own interests and connections to Steward's life. It is a really interesting project. He says about it... TRIBUTE TO SAM BLOG Tributetosam.com is a beyond-the-grave

24 May, 2012

Sordid Meditations of a Cyborg/Rasquacha Muchacha Cucaracha

2016-03-18T21:29:09-07:00By |Categories: Artists in Residence, CounterPULSE, Xandra Ibarra|Tags: , , , , |

Exodus. Last chapter, last verse of Porn a la Mexicana In the end there was La Cucaracha and she was pronounced dead: dead and alive--alive and dead with a bud light. (response to Guillermo Nericcio Garcia's birth of a Latina Bombshell) Everyone has dealt with at least one in their space and some of us have had to deal with being called a roach, a cucaracha, vermin. Rumors of Mexicans and other unwanted pests, infesting and infecting, scurry across the

3 Aug, 2012

Stuck With You

2016-03-18T21:28:51-07:00By |Categories: Artists in Residence, CounterPULSE, Xandra Ibarra|

Nada me han enseñado los años, siempre caigo en los mismos errores otra vez a brindar con extraños y a llorar por los mismos dolores. -Jose Alfredo Jimenez Ten years in burlesque has provided me with an intimate knowledge of the political and emotional consequences of performing with/against the fictions structuring Mexican/Chicana female subjectivity.  Burlesque is touted as a primarily carnal art form associated with pleasure, sexual liberation and erotic agency.  However I have found that the same representational power that prompts

27 Aug, 2012

Help support Homo File- and get some fabulous booty!

2016-04-07T01:17:44-07:00By |Categories: Artists in Residence, CounterPULSE, Seth Eisen|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Hey want to see some great video of what we are working on and get some fabulous booty while you are at it? We have just launched our Kickstarter campaign and we need your support to get Homo File off the ground. In only 1 week we have 25 backers and are $3713 away from our $5000 goal. If you can help us support his amazing project in this first stage you will also be helping to make it possible

13 Sep, 2012

Homo File articulates desire

2016-04-07T01:17:18-07:00By |Categories: Artists in Residence, CounterPULSE, Homepage Links, Seth Eisen|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

We are in the final stages in the Homo File production and very excited by our progress this week. Working with many types of media is very exciting especially where it is related to how Sam Steward documented and articulated his desire in a social arena that would have preferred to render him invisible. Ned Brauer as Sam StewardPhoto: Gary Ivanek One of Steward's documenting practices of queer sexuality in the 50s was with his Polaroid camera. The

21 Sep, 2012

Audience Reactions to Seth Eisen and Xandra Ibarra

2016-04-07T01:14:32-07:00By |Categories: Archive, Artists in Residence, CounterPULSE, Seth Eisen, Video, Xandra Ibarra|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

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 |Categories: Archive, Artists in Residence, CounterPULSE, Events, Free Events (donations welcomed), Homepage Links, Images, Seth Eisen|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

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

10 Oct, 2012

A short piece about Sam Steward and Homo File

2012-10-10T15:01:10-07:00By |Categories: Artists in Residence, CounterPULSE, Seth Eisen|Tags: , , , |

By Edward Guthmann -Freelance writer and former SF Chronicle film critic Thanks for your wonderful "Homo File." It's very inventive and smart, and I felt it captured a lot about Sam very accurately. Also liked the casting of your lead actor as Sam. Would love to see how it develops. I knew Sam for a few years, probably starting in '78. I was in my twenties, writing for a local gay rag, the Sentinel, and also occasionally for the Advocate.

15 Oct, 2012

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

2016-03-18T22:34:41-07:00By |Categories: Amara Tabor Smith, Artists in Residence, CounterPULSE, Free Events (donations welcomed)|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

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.

30 Oct, 2012

And the Pot Thickens…

2016-03-18T22:34:20-07:00By |Categories: Amara Tabor Smith, Archive, Artists in Residence, CounterPULSE, Free Events (donations welcomed), Images|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

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

13 Nov, 2012

Digest in Peace: The Beginning…

2016-03-18T22:34:30-07:00By |Categories: Amara Tabor Smith, Artists in Residence, CounterPULSE, Events, Free Events (donations welcomed), Talks|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

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

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