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  • May 19, 2022
    A bright patch of sunlight shines on a small clearing in the woods. Large trees extend out of frame.

    Notes from the process : [and then we must be]

    7:23 PM ByGrey Tartaglione
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    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.

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  • April 15, 2022

    Nkeiruka Oruche on ‘Mixtape of the Dead & Gone’, Proverbial Performance, and Igbo Practices of Mourning

    4:50 PM ByGrey Tartaglione
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    “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.”

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  • August 12, 2017

    Collaboration in the age of multimedia art

    9:57 PM ByYagiz Mungan
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    Hey everyone, This time I wanted to talk about my views on collaboration and how it applies to our residency with Freya at CounterPulse. So let’s start by dumping some ideas. Collaboration to me… is about communicating is about the work/project not individuals is also the individuals enjoying is the process of getting multiple people involved […]

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  • November 8, 2015

    Interview For Our Upcoming Premiere

    1:31 PM ByLiz Tenuto
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    A colleague of mine, Katharine Hawthorne, came to our recent work-in-progress showing and asked me a few questions about the work. Below is our interview that discusses why I am making a musical and how working during CounterPulse’s construction has influenced the piece: Interview: Liz Tenuto/Dance and a Half This Year is Different: A Self-Help […]

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  • August 17, 2015

    Summer Rehearsals: A Visual Post

    11:09 AM ByLiz Tenuto
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    Photo of Ben Juodvalkis and Rebecca Siegel at a music rehearsal in Rebecca’s garden. Video of creating choreography in the studio:  choreo.video  

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  • March 23, 2015

    CounterPulse Combustible collaborating artists and technologists show work-in-progress

    4:56 PM ByShamsher
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    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 […]

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  • July 26, 2014

    Pride and Polaroids: a review of Homo File by Cleo Dubois

    12:36 AM Byseth
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    Here is a moving article about Homo File by BDSM educator, coach, scholar and advocate Cleo Dubois. What an honor to have had her come see the show two times and to have participated on our panel discussion on June 6th. http://www.leatherati.com/2014/07/pride-and-polaroids/

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  • June 24, 2014

    Fly in the Ointment: Help lubricate Homo File

    3:32 PM Byseth
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      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.                         […]

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  • June 4, 2014

    BROTHERS- Impressions on Homo File

    3:19 PM Byseth
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    BROTHERS By Martin Schwartz These are impressions by playwright/theater director Martin Schwartz about the Work in Progress showing we presented a month before the show opened. A hot Sunday a few weeks ago, March 30. I walk the block and a half from where I live to CounterPULSE for a work-in-progress showing of Homo File. […]

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  • May 27, 2014

    Kindred Mirror- Surprising Spirit–On Sam Steward and Homo File

    9:30 AM Byseth
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    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 […]

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