figure it out (a temporary commune)
figure it out (a temporary commune)
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Come to hang out, play around, drink a toast, and ritualize our gratitude, intentions, and kinship
FREE :: No RSVP needed
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~ Lime returns, it's a new time ~
New Work By Leyya Mona TawilFREE-$30 :: Tickets here
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Tentacular improvisation & imagination
FREE :: More info ®ister here
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A new show from Olivia Bratko about the vastness of nothing, the smallness of life and the absence of death. with love
$15-$55 NOTAFLOF :: tickets here
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More info coming soon
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How Not to Be Afraid: "Your suffering is your bridge"
Your suffering is your bridge. - James Baldwin
Joel’s work continues an ongoing dialogue with his chosen spiritual ancestor, James Baldwin, offering a space to connect through shared suffering as a bridge toward collective belonging. The evening will be held through sound and movement. Guests are invited to lie down, allow themselves to feel fully, and join in a shared experience of shaking and trembling together.
FREE-$30
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Funding is getting cut left and left, capitalism is a fuck, come to The No Money Show where we have no money but we still make art
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Culminating premiere performances of a new work guided by Keith with a stellar team of dancers, aerialists, sound and performance artists including B Dean, Clarissa Rivera Dyas, Emily Leap, Kevin Lo, Miriam Wolodarski, quinn dior, Snowflake Calvert…
figure it out (a temporary commune) is a community performing artist residency.
figure it out (a temporary commune) is two-months of 24/7 access to a one of a kind warehouse/gallery/studio made freely available to a diverse community of experimental artists who need space to improvise, experiment, fail, and thrive.
figure it out (a temporary commune) is experimental performance research generating dance and aerial workshops, public conversations, queered gatherings, and performances.
figure it out (a temporary commune) is togetherness-in-difference, collaborating in an intergenerational, multiracial, cross-class, and inter-disciplinary reative process.
figure it out (a temporary commune) includes culminating experimental performances guided by Keith Hennessy, created in collaboration during the residency.
WANT TO USE THE SPACE? HAVE EVENT IDEAS?
As part of this project, we are making the space free to use for folks in our community.
Want to rehearse or put on a show or teach something or ____________??
Write us a brief summary of your ideas and dates to info [at] circozero [dot] org
CONTEXT
In the past few weeks we have been in conversations about dancers in both Ukraine and Palestine who can no longer prioritize dancing, who could not make a public invitation to dance while so many of their people are suffering, mourning, and struggling to survive. This isn’t the time for dancing, some say.
Simultaneously, there are artists from both nations, including friends and colleagues, who are absolutely prioritizing dancing. They are responding to genocide, brutality, and tyranny by making music and art, gathering in studios, streets, internets, and theaters, using dance to support trauma-informed healing, activism, political organizing, and radical kinship.
figure it out lives in the borderlands of this contradiction. When the stench of brutality and fascism is all around, our ancestors remind us that culture can be resistance… especially if rooted in love, struggle, beauty, pleasure, and a deep connection to the invisible worlds.
If this offering can be helpful, restorative, inspiring, fun, or affirming of you and your concerns, please come by, to engage or escape, to struggle and to heal.
ABOUT SPACE 124
Space 124 is part of Project Artaud, a historic artist live-work cooperative created in the 70’s in a former canning factory.
A few tech specs:
❈ 1,368 square feet of raw industrial space
❈ Basic sound and lights, 38’ x 36’
❈ Column free open floor plan with a 27’ ceiling
Additionally, Keith is designing the space to be a playful installation with 3 primary features:
❈ Carpeted cozy area inside a large tent for 10-15 people
❈ DIY flooring collage made of cardboard and padding
❈ Massive aerial sculpture that can support 5-10 people made in collaboration with sculptor/rigger and original Artaud resident Benjy Young
Click here for more photos and info about Space 124
FUNDING
figure it out (a temporary commune) is supported by The San Francisco Arts Commission, The Kenneth Rainin Foundation, and The Zellerbach Family Foundation.