Intersections and Arches
While based in Boston this year, I've had the chance to connect with poetry and lit circles, take advantage of libraries, and take part in collaborations. On Saturday, Intersections, a collaborative project was staged at Massachusetts College of Art and Design in Boston; a second staging will take place on Sunday March 15 at the Dance Complex in Cambridge.
The group I was privileged to work with chose the theme of Arches.
Our process, and the process followed by the other groups, is featured on the process posts on the Intersections blog. Our group consisted of a musician (cellist), sound and video artists and me, writer. We kicked around our ideas in a brainstorming session, then I composed "Arches in Five Movements," a series of prose poems around the concept of arches.
Intersections was the brainchild of Kelsey Trottier, a senior at MassArt--her idea was to bring together artists--visual, performance, literary, musical--to collaborate on projects. Her first aim was "bringing together artissts of different disciplines from neighboring communities to collaborate and work alongside each other on a common concept."See her "Why, When, Where and How" post on the Intersections blog.
Here are a few photos from the three performances/installations that resulted.
"The Reading" which included improvisation of gestures and music that was used as raw material for paintings.
"Arches" took advantage of the Pozen center's arches, and combined spoken poetry with video narratives, movement, and cello music.
Here is one segment of "Arches" with apologies for poor video quality
"TBD" combined spoken word and movement with blackout poetry.
Huge thanks to Kelsey Trottier for making this all happen, to my talented "Arches" team, to MassArt, and to the Dance Complex. Wouldn't it be great if Intersections could become an annual event to bring Boston artists from different disciplines together in collaboration?
In the meantime, if you are in the area, there is another show on March 15, at 6:00 pm at the Dance Complex in Cambridge.
May you, too, find inspiring influences through artistic intersections.
The group I was privileged to work with chose the theme of Arches.
Our process, and the process followed by the other groups, is featured on the process posts on the Intersections blog. Our group consisted of a musician (cellist), sound and video artists and me, writer. We kicked around our ideas in a brainstorming session, then I composed "Arches in Five Movements," a series of prose poems around the concept of arches.
Intersections was the brainchild of Kelsey Trottier, a senior at MassArt--her idea was to bring together artists--visual, performance, literary, musical--to collaborate on projects. Her first aim was "bringing together artissts of different disciplines from neighboring communities to collaborate and work alongside each other on a common concept."See her "Why, When, Where and How" post on the Intersections blog.
Here are a few photos from the three performances/installations that resulted.
"The Reading" which included improvisation of gestures and music that was used as raw material for paintings.
"Arches" took advantage of the Pozen center's arches, and combined spoken poetry with video narratives, movement, and cello music.
Here is one segment of "Arches" with apologies for poor video quality
"TBD" combined spoken word and movement with blackout poetry.
Huge thanks to Kelsey Trottier for making this all happen, to my talented "Arches" team, to MassArt, and to the Dance Complex. Wouldn't it be great if Intersections could become an annual event to bring Boston artists from different disciplines together in collaboration?
In the meantime, if you are in the area, there is another show on March 15, at 6:00 pm at the Dance Complex in Cambridge.
May you, too, find inspiring influences through artistic intersections.
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