031726 / STUDIO REPORTAGE
STUDIO REPORTAGE is a series 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?
continuing to learn about composition as an interdisciplinary format
re-engaging with dance and honing in on my current movement practices
LISTEN / WHAT MEANS OF LISTENING HAVE I BEEN ENGAGING WITH?
adding an art search to my research process & daily task list
returning to writing prompts related to silence
creating outlines as a way to organize tasks
hearing others read aloud, and trying to read aloud more myself
RESPOND / IN WHAT WAYS HAVE I BEEN RESPONSIVE?
ICYMI: last month I shared new journal entries for the series STUDIO REPORTAGE, REHEARSAL OTHERWISE, and LISTENING JOURNAL
Curated & hosted a screening of Fluid Frontiers (2017) for BoA Cinema Club
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 form. ↩