I’m cooking as fast as I can! A week and a half ago, I found myself cooking for one food party after another and no sooner than I finish washing my trusty pot that I cook my stews in does Julie Phelps and Keith Hennessey call me and ask me if I can come cook for 150 people at the amazing marathon performance they produce at Dance Mission called, Too Much! What do I say? Hell yeah! I had a
For many years on my birthday, my mother would make her seafood gumbo. It was one of the few times I would ask her to make this dish and I always liked to share this experience with family and friends because my mother’s gumbo is an experience. It is thick, messy, full of crabs legs, shrimps, oysters and okra. We used to spread newspaper on the table, wear bibs and used nut crackers to crack the crab, the sound of
The beauty of the artists I’m working with never ceases to amaze me. When I witness them, I witness the uniqueness of each person’s spirit, each person’s love and passion for her or his art, each person’s gift of giving deeply to the birth of this piece. This creative endeavor is bringing to life the histories stored within our bodies. We convey through movement, martial arts, Chinese lion dance, music, text, and video the depth of what cannot be translated
DA: You mention that indifference is based on Albert Camus' The Stranger. How did you decide to use this novel as inspiration for your performance? LTCo: As a reflection on the absurdity of free will, indifference questions the troubling impenitence experienced by Camus' protagonist, Meursault. What if free will, which we hold so dear as a marker of individual freedom, actually engenders a lack of empathy for those around us? Does our experience of the world then simply become a series of self-affirming reactions to
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
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
ImShift explores the shifting identity of "living in the in-between" as Latin American living in the diaspora. Through the ritualistic practice of self-affirmation, one can challenge systemic barriers and create art that transcends borders. The expiration of this piece is my lived reality and the work of performance scholar Diana Taylor. This piece is also about the shifting pressures and negotiations in collaboration. The music, the video and the choreography were developed separate. Its in the later part of the
When I saw my college art instructor Seth Eisen at the Homo File Salon, his greeting was warm and sincere in his thanks for my support. Nevertheless his genuine warmth couldn't hide some genuine curiosity as to my presence. He asked me to come up with a few words as to what Sam Steward's significance was to me as a straight- identified male, and how I saw Sam as bridging our cultures. This is the most concise answer I can
On MAY 31, 2014, CODAME turned our future home in the Tenderloin into a vibrant playground for ART + TECH enthusiasts and practitioners. We buzzed with activity all day long, with workshops, live performance, electronic music, and interactive projections. Here are some takeaways: [View the story "CODAME ART + TECH PLAYGROUND at the Future Home of CounterPULSE" on Storify]
by Gary Ivanek What a wonderful run !!! It's been a week since we closed Homo File and the excitement continues. We sold out 8 of 9 shows in our run and we are starting to make plans to take the show to other cities. Here are some images from the show that we thought you might like. And
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
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