Kismet Arts Tangent
Art Collective
Author: KC
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above– screenshots from the livestreamed videos I hosted my first little market with performances. We had four vendors, Miles Pekala, Wesley Haack, Dominique Nigro, and myself. We had five performing acts Simone Bloch, Squeakie, Light Pollution, The Green Wheel, Dominique and Kevin (duo), and myself. A note about hosting this show/market. It was a doozy…
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This year’s threadlife includes patches, mobiles, and wall hangings. I was blessed with a commission from a new father to make a mobile and it made me think about other ways to use the loads of embroidery floss I have. This year, feels like a leap into three dimensions and I’m for it.
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In February, 2017, I started a new art practice: zine making. Since then I’ve been making one a month and I started a patreon as an easy way to manage subscribers. Sometimes, I have the wherewithal to blog about an individual issue, but that’s been pretty rare. For the most part, I don’t archive them.…
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(above: stills from the Documentation video Mark McBeth produced at the show) ‘Last Sunday was the one-night-only performance of Pluot Season. The devised theatre piece performed in the backyard of where I currently reside and the first in-person show I’ve produced since before the global pandemic of Covid-19. Some safety notes, all audience and performers…
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Greetings from the Producers! We are about to embark on an artistic voyage through the obstacles of the pandemic: a multi-sensory live outdoor event we affectionately refer to as “Pluot Season” (like the fruit). We need your financial support in making this dream a reality. Our Team and Process We have handpicked six artists to…
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Inspiration One day I was scrolling instagram when I saw Miranda July’s post. It struck me that there could be some kind of collaboration between choreographer and dancer over zoom. I was thinking a bit about how to make the work I’ve made in the past in my dance pieces happen with less people and…
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This is a post describing an ongoing work/practice in progress, Lanna Cotta. Last year (during the ides of march), my world changed. A lot of people’s world’s changed. Essentially, the pandemic related to coronavirus escalated to the point where both my part-time jobs shut and then had a lot of time at home with the…
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In playing a game of “catch-up” or “catch-all,” here are images from the year 2020 of portraits where to varying degrees of styling and photographing embroidery/sewings– it’s by no means exhaustively catalogging all the things that passed through my hands this last year. Possibly one of the saddest things about art/craft documentation is that you…