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"It was only just born, slipped from its nylon cocoon bathed in song and petroleum, and already it is going extinct. The chance to make a rainbow connection is now." Ronja Ver Matchbox Lab #4: Hybrid Tenders is tomorrow, Oct 27, 7pm PST RSVP: counterpulse.org/matchbox-lab-4-hybrid-tenders/... Meow!

'I’ve been talking with the StratoFyzika team about how identity resides in the body for their residency in CounterPulse’s Combustible program. We’re researching surveillance technology, machine learning, and dance for a performance in spring 2020. The research is conceptual as well as practical, and the following comprises my notes in building a first prototype of an AI for the performance. A common conception of identity might include one’s values, likes, dislikes, various ...personality traits. The things that make me who I am. How does your body make you who you are? Conversely, how does who you are make your body? What are the indelible traces of your identity in your body? Our bodies are our interfaces with reality. There is nothing we do or experience that is not mediated by the body, even in virtual or online reality." Ian Hiesters, StratoFyzika, CounterPulse’s Combustible 2021 Artists-in-Residence Combustible 2021 opens in April. Learn more >> counterpulse.org/combustible2021

How can we control our surveillance? Pay-what-you-can to tune into Matchbox Lab #4: Hybrid Tenders next Tues, Oct 27, 7pm. RSVP: counterpulse.org/matchbox-lab-4-hybrid-tenders/

You've never tuned into a livestream like this before. In Matchbox Lab #4: Hybrid Tenders next Tuesday, Oct 27, 7pm, you are invited to tend to the fragile equilibrium of life in an era of environmental emergency and mass extinction. A limited, on-site audience will collaborate with the artists (Ronja Ver & Kal Spelletich) to operate robots and create sounds live, on stage, as we explore the intersection of surveillance, machines, and our sentient selves.... Pay-what-you-can RSVP: counterpulse.org/matchbox-lab-4-hybrid-tenders/

SOMArts Cultural Center’s annual Dia de Los Muertos exhibition will be on view October 10November 6! Living Legacies: Día de Los Muertos 2020 invokes the strengths and lessons of our ancestors to survive the historic moment in which we’re currently living. Timed entry tickets are available with the suggested donation of $10, with no one turned away for lack of funds. ... Learn more: somarts.org/events/livinglegacies

Zedekiah Schild's practice explores narratives constructed with found objects and obscure historical imagery. The mediums are assembled around an internal dialogue that explores "my gut reactions around the divergence of American dominant culture family paradigms and the reality of the modern working-class experience. This manifests in themes of isolation, vulnerability, fragility, and resilience. " Don't miss Invisible Enemies: ArtSpan Artist Reception for Zedekiah Schild th...is Thurs, Oct 15, 6:30pm PST. Featuring live on-site poetry and cello performances by Zulfikar Ali-Bhutto, Europa Grace, and Justin Ebrahemi. Audio description will be included. Free RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/invisible-enemies-artspan-artist-recep ArtSpan

How do you control your surveillance? On Tues, Oct 27, you are invited to tend to the fragile equilibrium of life in an era of environmental emergency and mass extinction. Matchbox Lab #4: Hybrid Tenders with Ronja Ver & Kal Spelletich be livestreamed from CounterPulse with a limited audience on-site.... Participants will collaborate with the artists to operate robots and create sounds live, on stage, as we explore the intersection of surveillance, machines, and our sentient selves. RSVP: counterpulse.org/matchbox-lab-4-hybrid-tenders