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About Livestream No. 007: The S1 Finale
LIVE From The BEATBOX—Livestream No. 007: The S1 Finale was originally presented on Saturday May 15, 2021 at 4pm Central Standard Time. It featured new collaborations with Sade M. Jones and Taji Senior as well as conversation with past BEATBOX collaborators Yunina Barbour-Payne, Jamal Batts, siri gurudev, Kaitlyn B. Jones, and kt shorb. Portions of Livestream No. 007 utilize pieces of media not original to the presenting artist(s). These items have been curated and are presented in the type of "found footage"/ "found audio" format typical of mixtapes. Each piece of media is attributed to its creator in the list of citations below.
"To conclude six + months of embodied research, artistic exploration, and original livestream performances, Livestream No. 007 will be a reunion of a handful of my collaborators and "LIVE From The BEATBOX" Season One guests. Together, this dynamic groups of artists, thinkers, scholars, writers, organizers and I will reflect on making art in the midst of a pandemic as I turn my focus towards the development of the forthcoming initial production of my evening-length piece, The AURALVISUAL MIXTAPE Collection, Part III: (RHY)PISTEMOLOGY! (OR, TO KNOW THROUGH THE RHYTHM). In a variety-talk format, Livestream No. 007 will weave together interviews, discussion, and performance, with guided moments of healing and meditation—the ideal farewell to a virtual performance series that has sustained my physical practice and artistic-intellectual processing of an especially tumultuous moment."
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LIVE From The BEATBOX is supported in part by the Cultural Arts Division of the City of Austin Economic Development Department and is fiscally sponsored by ARCOS Foundation for the Arts.
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Livestream No. 007 Guest Artists and Collaborators
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Sade M. Jones is a dancer, choreographer, theatre maker, Trauma Informed Yoga Facilitator, Social Psychologist, griot, and energy worker. She specializes in mind-body connectivity, cultural discourse, performance, cultural advocacy, and the healing arts. She created SADEIZM and Ashe Arts to provide artistic, mindful, and culturally relevant ways for individuals and groups to embody innate wholeness and walk their path with it. Her work has won B. Iden Payne and Austin Critics Table awards and has been commissioned by The Vortex, UT Austin, Facebook, Salvage Vanguard Theatre, CASA, and more. www.sadeizm.com
Taji Senior is a multidisciplinary actress, writer, and theater maker. She is the recipient of the 2020 B. Iden Payne Award for Outstanding Digital Performer and her most recent solo project, amendment: the making of an american myth, or the slowing sipping of a peacock tea, is the recipient of three 2020 B. Iden Payne Awards for Outstanding Original Script, Outstanding Digital Production, and Outstanding Direction.
Born in Stuttgart, Germany and raised in Amarillo, TX and Philadelphia, PA, Taji’s work is often centered on the intersections of race, gender, and sexuality. Her solo performance, ‘A’ (What the Black Girl Found While Searching for God) was produced as a radio play by The Parsnip Ship (NY) and her solo performance, devour., was an official selection of LadyFest 2019 produced by The Tank NYC. Her work has also been produced by Salvage Vanguard Theatre (Austin, TX) and the Tulsa Artist Fellowship in Tulsa, OK. She holds an MFA in Acting from UCLA (March 2021) and a BA in Journalism from Texas Tech University. www.tajisenior.com
Additional Livestream No. 007 Guests
Yunina Barbour-Payne
Featured Artist/ Collaborator,
Livestream No. 002
Jamal Batts
Q&A Moderator,
Livestream No. 001
siri gurudev
Featured Artist/ Collaborator,
Livestream No. 003
Kaitlyn B. Jones
Featured Artist/ Collaborator,
Livestream No. 001
kt shorb
Featured Artist/ Collaborator,
Livestream No. 003
Livestream Recording
Livestream No. 007 took place on Saturday, May 15, 2021 at 4pm CST. It included a pre-recorded presentation, "A BEATBOX Meditation," which included text performed by Taji Senior and guided meditation by Sade M. Jones.
Livestream No. 007 is approximately 65 minutes in length, including discussions with the collaborators and invited guests. The copy of the livestream available here in the Livestream No. 007 Library has been edited so "A BEATBOX Meditation" lives with the live discussions that took place during the stream.
CITATIONS
All media curated by Michael J. Love
Music (in order of appearance in program)
"Forget Me Nots" by Patrice Rushen on Straight From The Heart (Elecktra Records, 1982)
"Can't Hold Me (Machinedrum Remix)" by Emily King on Can't Hold Me (Machinedrum Remix) - Single (ATO Records, LLC, 2019)
"Rock Steady" by The Whispers on Just Gets Better With Time (Unidisc Music Inc., 1987)
Text
Let Me Begin Again (2021) by Major Jackson
Excerpts from Deep Sightings and Rescue Missions: Fiction, Essays, and Conversations by Toni Cade Bambara (Vintage Books: 1996, pp. 139-142)
Performed and recorded by Taji Senior (May 2021)
Projections - YouTube Videos
"Chattanooga Choo Choo!" (by "vsatter1," December 14, 2008) https://youtu.be/QzHIn5S-RbY
"Getting It Right With You (1939)" (by "plipskis," January 3, 2012) https://youtu.be/JOcQ6uC8gyg
"Gregory Hines Solo Tap Scene White Nights" (by "jbbe2," August 29, 2009) https://youtu.be/VbxI3K8GnpU
"PARIS IS BURNING Trailer" (by "Film Forum," May 15, 2019) https://youtu.be/9SqvD1-0odY
"The Best Of Soul Train Vol. 1" (by "Ched’s Music TV," January 30, 2020) https://youtu.be/Tg1yxRU6SJI
Projections - Music Videos
"100% Pure Love" by Crystal Waters (1994)
"Pleasure Principle" by Janet Jackson (1986)
LIVE From The BEATBOX - Livestream No. 007: The S1 Finale
Saturday, May 15, 2021 at 4pm Central Standard Time
Pre-recorded performances filmed at The BEATBOX in Austin, TX
Conversations and interviews streamed live from Austin, TX
Sound, Lighting, Projection, and Video Design/ Media Curation/ Choreography and Improvisation
by Michael J. Love
Pre-recorded guest performance by Guest Artist/ Collaborator
Sade M. Jones, filmed in Austin, TX
Graphic Design, Promotional Photography, Video Editing, and Marketing/ Public Relations
by Michael J. Love
Special Thanks:
Sound/ Audio Mixer, courtesy of Ariel René Jackson
Projector, courtesy Eliot Fisher and Erica Gionfriddo
Streamed via Zoom and YouTube Live