The Artist Talks About His Upcoming Performance of FRE!HEIT with Michelle Jacques Get tickets now at www.counterpulse.com/fre-heit “I felt I was lacking freedom, but I couldn’t find out what made me feel so unfree,” performance artist and co-founder of Shifts– Art in Movement David Brandstätter tells me about the inspiration behind FRE!HEIT, his evening length work that […]
Inspired by ancestral, community-centered, and spiritual relationships to land and plants, [and then we must be] by Audrey Johnson is a research and ritual project honoring Black American practices with land and plants through the modes of food, farming, rootwork, and magic. The work honors the practices that get passed down through recipe, spell, and story, as well as the memories active and activated in the body, plants, the land (soil, clay, mycelium, strata), and in spirit.
Paying homage to Black American spirituality and African Diasporic rites of community, the 2022 CounterPulse Edge program presents [and then we must be] by Audrey Johnson and, in partnership with Afro Urban Society, Mixtape of the Dead & Gone #1- Egwu Onwu Ahamefula by Nkeiruka Oruche + Gbedu Town Radio. This year’s Edge performances invite the audience into conversation with the land, spirits, the afterlife, and the legacies that inform the rituals and practices around them.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA — CounterPulse is proud to be unveiling the new light sculpture titled “Elektra” on the façade of our building at 80 Turk St by the award-winning art and design studio FUTUREFORMS. The installation of this world-class public art installation marks the summit of CounterPulse’s current capital campaign to purchase their building in […]
“Traditionally, in Igbo cultures, we have had death as part of the conversation. We understand that life doesn’t end when you die. Ancestors are part of our life connection and day-to-day practice.”
SAN FRANCISCO, CA — Tickets are now available for CounterPulse’s annual art party and auction Innerspace : Homecoming on Saturday May 7th, 2022. This one-night-a-year spectacular of art and performance will happen throughout CounterPulse’s building at 80 Turk Street in the Tenderloin. Don’t miss a diverse program of artists spanning many disciplines including the world […]
Change has been a constant for CounterPulse for a long time. From moving into our new building in the Tenderloin in 2014, to pivoting our shows and performances to site-specific and digital formats throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, to our ever rotating cast of artists and accomplices, we have gotten really good at adapting on the fly and […]
Three upcoming events tell a rich story about San Francisco’s past, present, and future SAN FRANCISCO – CounterPulse first opened the doors to its venue in the Tenderloin back in 2016. Ever since, it has been a central hub for avant-garde performing arts and dance in San Francisco as well as a shining light for […]
For Immediate Release: March 9, 2022 San Francisco Bay Area / Performing Arts / Real Estate Establishing a permanent home for arts in San Francisco’s overheated real estate market SAN FRANCISCO, CA — At a time when arts spaces are struggling to maintain their foothold in San Francisco due to the high cost of real […]
by Rick Darnell, Associate Director CounterPulse Neighborhood Arts Hello neighbors near and far. After over a year and a half, CounterPulse’s Block Fest is back and better than ever! Every second Friday of the month we will feature a local artist including: Janet Williams who will lead an embroidery workshop on Friday, March 11th Ramekon […]