#practiceasresearch

[ccbdanceproject]

Winter 2024-August 2024 (PC Mariah Karson). CCBdance Project at Links Hall in 2007.

July 24-27th Cartographies of Movement in Buenos Aires. Dance Studies Association presentation of "Cycles of Growth" screen dance made with Lacina Coulibaly and Jessica Ray to be shown at the Dance Studies Association with remote presentation on improvisation, collaboration, and process.

July 15th-18th IFTR Performance as Research Group sharing of methods in improvisation drawn from two solo works dating 15 years apart in relation to Jewish and African diasporic practices and identities. (unable to attend)

June 14th, 15th work "The Still, The Fleeting" in performance lab 1 with Hong Kong Academy of the Performing Arts will be shown in Dance Studio 1 theater for Dance 3 production.

Revised work on La Lune (drafts winter into summer), solo with dramaturgie by Lacina Coulibaly. Music to be announced.

Move to HK January 2023. #jewishgirlsinHK, #screendance #interculturalism #par #dancemaking #improvisation

[tawandaarchive]

gesture studies

photos by Lauren Pond

[pufablog]

Busy spring Open Studio Event - Fine Art Stages 1,2 and 3 - alongside PhD students. Great to talk about new ideas and to test thinking and presentation.

[thefutureisweave]

Here is an image of one participant’s work in progress for Activity 1.

I should point out that the weavers started the day not knowing what the activities were and could therefore not plan or have any idea in their head or on paper. The purpose of not giving the participants a chance to plan, was to try to capture an intuitive response to the activities and materials, as opposed to a prepared response. In capturing a more intuitive response to weaving, I believe the participants have a more immediate relationship with the process of weaving, making it easier for me to access their knowledge.

She has chosen contrasting materials (leather, fleece and silver plastic tape) and colours (black, neon orange, silver) as her weft yarns and a cotton/lycra yarn as the warp. The combination of weave structure and weft placement resulted in an outcome that appears to have depth and a 3D texture. This outcome would have been the result of years of experience and knowledge working with different materials

[textommendation]

Helper: raspberries & coconut cream & chia seeds. #paleo #practiceasresearch #readingday

[ccbdanceproject]

Film Still- “Cycles of Growth” (2022) Lacina Coulibaly and Celia Weiss Bambara in collaboration with David Zoungrana and Jessica Ray. 

[tawandaarchive]

sculptural studies,

photos by Lauren Pond

[tawandaarchive]

from series on on poster board;

re-figuring the past, re-visioning colonial imagery

photos by Lauren Pond

[thefutureisweave]

This image shows one participant demonstrating the warping up method to another participant. This surprised me, as I assumed that as my participants were experienced weavers, they would all know how to use a very basic weaving frame. This goes to show that there is always more than one way to learn and progress weave knowledge and that sometimes it is useful for experienced weavers to go back to basics in order to learn something new. The frames used were laser cut by me and the design can be downloaded from The Interlace Project, for free.

Despite a few of the participants not immediately knowing how to warp up these frames, they quickly understood the ins and outs, using their tacit and experiential knowledge to complete the task. They also had colour, yarn and material understanding that went into the choosing of warp, weft and weave composition, so they did not start the activity a complete weaving beginners, but as weave experts that furthered their knowledge through learning.

[thefutureisweave]

Here are three images of outcomes from my 4d weaving workshop with the fabulous participants, Dash and Miller. The workshop took place over a morning with lots of coffee, croissants and easter eggs. It was a relaxed environment - sitting around  large table, slightly packed in, but only because I had brought along a vast selection of treats and weaving goodies that spilled onto our laps.

The aim of this workshop was to try to understand weave thinking and knowledge, through hands on making and discussion. I had six very experienced weavers in my company for the entire morning and it was just wonderful. I think the participants ended the workshop feeling pleasantly surprised by their findings, which I wasn’t anticipating. I thought it was going to be an incredibly hard challenge - teaching old weavers new tricks!

[tawandaarchive]

black studies on recycled paper

photos by Lauren Pond