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  • November 16, 2020

    Glitch Crush

    8:39 PM ByDaria Kaufman
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    “Primeiro estranha-se, depois entranha-se” (At first it’s strange, then it gets into your veins) – Fernando Pessoa I am part of the Human/ID team, a collaboration with StratoFyzika and Ian Heisters that probes how identity is rendered legible (or illegible) through movement and technology.  Tagging onto the notion of digital flaws and their rich potential […]

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  • August 31, 2020

    IDENTITY AND MOVEMENT: MOTION TRANSFER WITH NEURAL NETWORKS

    8:41 PM ByIan Heisters
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    Deep fake dancing and breaking technology I’ve been talking with the StratoFyzika team about how identity resides in the body for their residency in CounterPulse’s Combustible program. We’re researching surveillance technology, machine learning, and dance for a performance in spring 2020. The research is conceptual as well as practical, and the following comprises my notes in building a first […]

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  • March 23, 2020

    A Platform, A Stage, An Audience

    11:57 PM ByDazié Grego-Sykes
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    We are artists. In some ways, we are sacrificial lambs. We bleed publicly. We can be found dancing naked and crying the necessary tear. We do this so they can name what they have sacrificed. To those without words, we give poetry; those without melody, a song. And to him, that guy, that just can’t […]

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  • March 11, 2020

    How can dance be used to build relationships with change?

    7:39 PM ByRachael DichterandDia Dear
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            Rachael Dichter & Dia Dear are Edge Residency 2020 artists-in-residence. Their new work, WITH, opens at CounterPulse Apr 2-4 & 9-11. Get tickets at counterpulse.org/edge2020. Photos by Robbie Sweeny

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  • March 3, 2020

    Behind the Lens with Robbie Sweeny

    9:34 PM ByJustin Ebrahemi
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    I’ve always been a fan of Robbie Sweeny. For years I’ve admired his photographer choreography, his hurried movement and cadence during performances. It takes considerable method and skill to shoot the perfect angle, and to capture the compelling photos that highlight CountrePulse’s Instagram feed. My colleagues and I admire his stylistic editing; together we scroll […]

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  • February 18, 2020

    A Sacred Path: The Way of the Muscogee Creeks By Jean Chaudhuri and Joyotpaul Chaudhuri

    9:58 PM ByFaun Harjo
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    The book connects the Muscogee sacred history with the land, the spirit world, the confederacy`s sociopolitical organization, and its ceremonial cycle in a carefully researched and well-written single volume. It is an exploration of Muscogee Creek values and views, including concepts of nature, genesis, gender relations, religion, and history. www.books.aisc.ucla.edu/books/sacredpath.aspx I reconnected with a dear […]

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  • February 5, 2020

    Breaching Towards Other Futures

    8:41 PM ByZulfikar Ali Bhutto
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    On January 25th 2020, Lahore⁠—Pakistan’s self proclaimed ‘cultural capital’⁠—launched its second art biennale in multiple venues throughout this historic city, from 16th century forts and bath houses to contemporary museums and public parks. The theme this year: Between the Sun and the Moon is an ode to Muslim sciences that once thrived here, in particular, […]

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  • December 24, 2019

    An Imperfect CounterPulse: The Evolving Work of Equity, Change, and Survival

    3:50 AM ByDemi Chang
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    Before I came to CounterPulse, I had a dream job that can be roughly defined by this checklist:  A supportive space for experimental, anti-institutional art.  A critically thinking and politically engaged community.  A platform that is both accessible and uplifting of marginalized voices.   It feels surreal that I had found a place like CounterPulse […]

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  • December 11, 2019

    CounterPulse is a Place to Gather, Revive, and Evolve

    7:39 PM ByJesse Hewit
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    People! This is Jesse Hewit. Ya’ll, I’m not gonna beat around the bush: 2019 has been a doozy. It felt like the world was extra on fire. As I reflect on the big and fast and difficult swirl of the past year, I think of just how much I needed CounterPulse. I needed pulsating, breathy, sharp art. I […]

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  • November 25, 2019

    Figuring it Out: Inside She-Verse’s Narrative

    11:53 PM ByCherie Hill
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    In 2006, I hosted my first audition for Cherie Hill IrieDance performers. I desired an all-black female cast. I yearned to deepen my self-knowledge of being a black woman making dance and to analytically understand how aesthetics relate to white and black culture. In 2014, I looked for something different. I sought movers who could […]

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