011226 / STUDIO REPORTAGE
STUDIO REPORTAGE is a space in audio-visual.journal which drops y’all into the frequencies emitting from my current workflow. Expressed through one dimension of my research methodology,1 (call, listen, respond),2 I’ll gather notes and references for what I’m working on, as well as share updates about this virtual journal and other parts of my art practice.
CALL / WHAT HAS BEEN CALLING TO ME?
composition as an interdisciplinary method to learn more about
thinking about collecting music (cds, probably) + getting a speaker setup3
jamming/freestyling, either thru dance, deep listening, or playing with synths
still thinking about conversation as a slow method for processing/research
LISTEN / WHAT MEANS OF LISTENING HAVE I BEEN ENGAGING WITH?
practicing generating movement scores4
taking notes/contextualizing projects using a lifecycle framework
RESPOND / IN WHAT WAYS HAVE I BEEN RESPONSIVE?
revising the entries page for this journal
actually engaging in play and rest5
new drafts of graphic documentation6 from application cover letters
attended a public education/talkbalk series for organizing around the solidarity economy
sharing my current thoughts on publishing
thanks for being an audience, and stay tuned.
— Paris ★
shout out Ayana Zaire Cotton, founder of Seeda School, for helping me express my orientation toward musicality and encouraging me to choose these pillars for a generative framework. and shout out to fellow Seeda School alum, isabetta bleu whose structure for sharing studio updates directly influenced me attempting to try this out. ↩
‘call and response’ is a Black technology rooted in traditions of musical expression, spirituality, and oral history/storytelling. when i was challenged to adopt a 3 part framework to structure my art practice, i considered how adding the pillar “listen” might help articulate what happens in between calling and responding. this is an active revision aimed to deepen my engagement with this ancestral technology. ↩
replies welcome if you would like to tell me about your own music listening setup or if you collect cds/vinyls/tapes ↩
i am using the term ‘movement’ to describe how i interact between (choreographed) dance, deep listening, and (body-based) improvisation. a ‘score’ is a framework for unplanned movement that appears in each of these forms of study. ↩
i mentioned in the journal entry ‘120425 / STUDIO REPORTAGE’ that i was learning to define ‘play’ and ‘rest’ in relation to my practice. ↩
examples of what i mean by ‘graphic documentation’ are in the journal entry ‘120425 / STUDIO REPORTAGE’