R A W M A T T E R S: ADaPT Fest Vienna

 

Not 100% sure that this is the route we are taking - but this is what seems to be emerging!

Stephen and I both had the image of the SB-ADaPT Festival not necessarily always taking place in Santa Barbara.  Regina Picker invited us to Vienna this summer to share work and invited Raw Matters to be a part of the promotion/organization process.  When thinking of titles they suggested Raw Matters: ADapt to refer to the festival where Regina connected with us.  In that the event is kin to the SB-ADaPT 2011 Festival, I thought - why not!  Let's do it to it!  Shape it like a Festival. 

Working on the promotional bits right now.  Carving out a website, creating a video trailer for ArtBark, creating a video trailer of the visual art I'll be sharing.  Super cool!  In the theater there will be 50% Austrian artists and 50% from other countries (ArtBark and Dance Entropy.)   In the gallery portion I'll be hanging a show.  The work Joanna and I created for this tour, Unzipped, is related to life drawing and we're thinking of installing it there.  We'll also be doing some Guerrilla style street art . . . so, it is shaping up nicely.


Not as HUMONGOUS as 2011 and thankful for that!

The one constant in life: change

photo by Sue Bell

The one constant in life is change.

Embarking on a new adventure.

SonneBlauma Danscz Theatre sheds its petals, the stalk has withered, fall is gone and seeds have scattered far and wide.

We're embracing change beginning with a new name and a simplified mission.

As the sunflower reincarnates as a salty, howling - and hopefully somewhat artistic - dog, ArtBark represents the unceasing hunt for new fields, new scents, easy puns, and an easier name to spell. With a mission to spread love and light through the power of creative expression, one thing is sure to remain the same – our commitment to being the change we wish to see in the world & to place a strong value on relationship, communication, and building community.

Founding Collaborators:  The Kellys (Misa and Stephen) and Mojca Majcen

Up next?

Performances in Vienna come July.  Hosting a New York/Santa Barbara choreographic exchange in collaboration with NECTAR October 20th, a New York/Los Angeles choreogrpahic exchange at ARC Pasedena October 21st, looking ahead to 2013.