Alli Marshall's Blog, page 2
May 29, 2020
New video: Pat Passlof Triptych
Three spoken-word pieces originally created as part of Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center’s “Question Everything” exhibition. They are performed here in collaboration with live painter Blais Bellenoit. Music by Blais Bellenoit, filming by Scott Varn, audio engineering by Dave Hamilton, spoken word by Alli Marshall.
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The poems celebrate the life and work of Black Mountain College alumna Pat Passlof, an abstract artist who lived until 2011. The first two poems take their titles from articles written about Pat; the third is an ekphrastic poem inspired by Rodin’s “The Centuaress” sculpture, which ties in thematically to Pat’s many images of horses and her feminist life.
May 13, 2020
Creativity Conversation (video)
Thanks so much to Silas Durocher of The Get Right Band for inviting me to be part of this Creativity Conversation series.
May 2, 2020
Home School online, May 7
Revolve is offering a series of online talks including this one on Thursday, May 7, 8 p.m. Stu Helm will interview Chef Melissa Gray of Rosabees Restaurant and Cakes by Gray; I will join photographer Sebastian Collett in conversation about his project, Ghost Man.
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Registration by donation here.
April 28, 2020
New project! Launching Friday
April 25, 2020
The Great Reset podcast
[image error]I recently spoke with Tommy Calloway and Shawndra Russell for their podcast, “The Great Reset,” which explores reinvention in the time of COVID-19. We discussed Asheville’s art scene, my own work, being laid off from my longtime job as an arts writer and editor, and next steps.
Listen here.
April 17, 2020
VIDEO PREMIERE! “Night Time”
Inspired by the life and music of Margie Hendrix and the “Wake” installation by Mel Chin. This is my first video in which I produced and edited all the components, and I’m so thrilled to share it!
April 15, 2020
Video premiere on Friday!
Save the date:
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April 12, 2020
Insta-prompts
[image error]Like many other creatives, I’m trying to spend my COVID-19 quarantine learning new skills, working on projects that feed my soul, and making badass art. I’m offering daily creativity prompts (Monday through Friday) on Instagram — please join me, tell your friends, share the 1-minute video series as you like.
The prompts are intended to foster some deep thought, new perspectives and (most importantly) fun. No prior artistic experience required. No judgement, no agenda, no wrong answers.
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April 11, 2020
VIDEO PREMIERE: “Regeneration”
This video was created in collaboration with filmmaker A.D. Weighs. The spoken word piece was written during a previous spring when the world felt uncertain in a different way. But the idea of regeneration feels apropos to this moment, too.
April 9, 2020
Online workshop: Ekphrastic Poetry, May 5
Taught through the Flatiron Writers Room. This class meets online via Zoom videoconferencing on Tuesday, May 5, 2020, 6-8:30 p.m.
[image error]Ekphrastic art is work made in response to another piece of artwork. It can be a story jump-started by a painting, a song inspired by a sculpture or — to paraphrase a cliche — a dance about architecture. In this workshop, we’ll focus on poetry as our medium and, while writers may use any poetic form to which they feel called, those new to poetry and/or ekphrastic work are encouraged to use freeform or prose poetry.
The workshop will include a discussion of ekphrastic art and examples of it from our own bodies of work (it’s likely we’ve all made ekphrastic art, even if unintentionally). We’ll also talk about ekphrastic art as a means of collaboration with a knowing or unknowing fellow artist. And we’ll work on outlining and/or writing poems in response to several artistic works of various mediums.
Workshop participants should have two pieces of art in mind, with an image handy.
1) One they’ve long been inspired by or to which they’ve felt called to respond.
2) One they’ve recently discovered.
These artworks can be in any medium, from literary or visual (painting, drawing, photography, etc.) to dramatic or cinematic, to performative or musical.
The workshop will include time for questions as well as tips and prompts for creating future ekphrastic poems, and resources, such as a number of museum collections and exhibitions that are online for free, virtual tours.
$40-$45. Register here.
