Here’s a video of the performance of Slippages, edited by Jonathan Girard to show the relationship between the Graphic Score written by Deborah Carruthers & the performance the audience heard.
It was great to be involved in this project; my thanks to Deborah, Jonathan, and John William for being such great collaborators, and for welcoming me in to this project!
Enjoy.
Just back from an amazing, life-and-practice affirming few days on Lethbridge at IAST 2018. More on that later, when I aim more grounded and in a better space.
Being immersed in such a creative and positive environment made the return to ‘the news of the day’ perhaps more jarring & disheartening, I don’t know.
What I do know is that what is going on globally, and most certainly to the immediate south of Canada is deeply disturbing, more so by the day. And it is mirrored elsewhere in the world, including in my home province (to a lesser degree, to be sure – for now).
But I wonder increasingly about the entire notion of ‘humanity’ and ‘civil society’ in a time in which we are witness to fewer and fewer examples of both.
So, for the moment, I must sit with this reality, in order to move forward in a positive way.
Wishing you all peace and safety.
*feature image for this post from the work of Micheal Pederson)
Happy to say that I have been busy sorting and packing work, and helping to write a presentation for the last while …
Scott Smallwood and I will be presenting a talk and our collaborative work Macromareal: a rising tide lifts all boats at Crossing Boundaries/IAST 2018 symposium, October 25 – 27th!
If you would like more background on this project, see the blog posts here>, here>, here>, and here> – and the project page HERE>
It’s going to be a really interesting few days, and I am looking forward to meeting the other participants and talking with them about discipline-bridging work. I’ve long held the belief that the ‘divide’ between art & science as disciplines is false and limiting – which is not to say that there aren’t real challenges to be faced when working this way.
But there are so many rich opportunities to be had for artists to stretch themselves and learn to ‘speak science’ a bit better, and pay attention to the precision in research & practice in that discipline – just as there are for scientists to learn how to ‘speak art’ a bit better and open up the potential for co-creation, and approaching their work with fresh eyes (and ears!)
No, the title isn’t a typo …
Some vintage reel-to-rell meets percussion – I’d love to see a live performance of the Open Reel Ensemble!
Hope you enjoy.
You can check out more videos of their work here.
I’ve only just begun to wend my way through the photos and video I shot while I was in Vienna last month.
I came across these little gems this afternoon, and thought it would be fun to pass them on … good for a giggle I think.
First up, a video I shot while out sightseeing on my last day in Vienna. Mid afternoon, on the Graben in the heart of Vienna.
As if that wasn’t … interesting … enough, the powdered wig crew wound up right behind us going into the subway:
… Sadly, they were going in the opposite direction from us. I feel that it would have been a hilarious train ride, so I’m sorry we weren’t heading the same way.
I’ll continue to post more tidbits from the trip over the next while, but for now, I’ll leave you with these.
Enjoy, and I hope you all have a good week! (keep dancing, it helps!)