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Scratch Night
Thursday, April 6th
Scratch is eclectic, multidisciplinary salon of new work from KC's most exciting generative artists, alongside a unique audience feedback framework.
TONIGHT'S LINEUP All pieces run approximately 15 minutes and are followed by a brief audience feedback interlude. |
Terms & Conditions i3 Collective |
New music Hadiza. |
New music KadeshFlow |
The Observing | The Observed Olivia Emert |
Feel free to stay after the final feedback session to enjoy another beverage, bite, and post-event mingle |
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Terms & Conditions
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About the piece: Exploring the social contract between people who work together and develop an unstable romance, this piece features preserved texts, AI generated content, data visualizations, and music to transcend the linguistic data -- expressing audibly what language cannot.
Performer: Chelsea Bihlmeyer
Music: Devina Boughton
i3 Collective is a group of trans-disciplinary artists, researchers, and a machine learning engineer who are passionate about using creative practices to explore and understand the world around us. We believe that the arts have the power to inspire, challenge, and transform, and we are committed to using them as a means of asking questions, generating new knowledge, and fostering social change. Our collective brings together a diverse range of disciplines and perspectives, from visual arts and global music performance to data science and critical theory. In everything we do, we strive to be inclusive, collaborative, and experimental. We believe that art has the power to bring people together and facilitate meaningful dialogue, and we are committed to creating spaces where people of all backgrounds and perspectives can come together to share, learn, and grow.
Performer: Chelsea Bihlmeyer
Music: Devina Boughton
i3 Collective is a group of trans-disciplinary artists, researchers, and a machine learning engineer who are passionate about using creative practices to explore and understand the world around us. We believe that the arts have the power to inspire, challenge, and transform, and we are committed to using them as a means of asking questions, generating new knowledge, and fostering social change. Our collective brings together a diverse range of disciplines and perspectives, from visual arts and global music performance to data science and critical theory. In everything we do, we strive to be inclusive, collaborative, and experimental. We believe that art has the power to bring people together and facilitate meaningful dialogue, and we are committed to creating spaces where people of all backgrounds and perspectives can come together to share, learn, and grow.
i3 Collective's questions for you
- Describe the work in one word
- What was a concept/aspect/moment that evoked an especially strong emotion from you (good, bad, or ugly)? Please Share.
- This project was developed in the context of academic research. What audiences or contexts do you imagine most resonate with (or benefit from?) future iterations of this work (therapeutic, policy, academic, artistic, other?)
- What other thoughts or offerings do you have for us?
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Three new songs from Hadiza. |
About the piece: Hadiza. performs stripped down versions of previously released songs from her album Shadow Weight, and new work in the Diaspora Gothic style she has been developing since her first EP, Gone.
Hadiza (with a period) is a 90s diaspora baby whose mother tongue is Hausa, most common tongue, English and adopted tongue is french. Her spirit’s tongue is music, and she uses her tools to more deeply connect with her shadow self, her ancestors and to process the realities of an often violently anti-black, queer antagonistic society as she moves through the world.
Hadiza (with a period) is a 90s diaspora baby whose mother tongue is Hausa, most common tongue, English and adopted tongue is french. Her spirit’s tongue is music, and she uses her tools to more deeply connect with her shadow self, her ancestors and to process the realities of an often violently anti-black, queer antagonistic society as she moves through the world.
Hadiza's questions for you:
- What do you tend to pay attention more to when you experience music? (words, melody, beat/rhythm?)
- What images come to your mind’s eye as you listen to song 1? song 2? song 3?
- How would you describe the style of this music to someone who hadn't heard it before? Are there any themes or elements you can identify? If so, what (if any) ways can you think of to modify and/or expand?
- Is there anything you were expecting to hear that you did not? Or anything you heard that you did not expect?
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Three new songs from KadeshFlow |
KadeshFlow is "a propulsive emcee, a bold songwriter, a skilled trombonist, an auspicious producer and an enterprising artist" (90.9 The Bridge).
Set List: "2 Lazy 2 Learn", "Anyway", "Demand"
Keyboardist: Vincent Orsolini
"2 Lazy 2 Learn" - written by Kadesh Flow. To be recorded and released by Splatt (fronted by trombonists/vocalists Kadesh Flow and Trevor Turla) soon. @splattkc on IG
"Anyway" - written, composed and produced by Kadesh Flow
"Demand" - written by Kadesh Flow; Composed and produced by Kadesh Flow and Vincent Orsolini
Socials:
@kadeshflow on all platforms
@vincento_g
Set List: "2 Lazy 2 Learn", "Anyway", "Demand"
Keyboardist: Vincent Orsolini
"2 Lazy 2 Learn" - written by Kadesh Flow. To be recorded and released by Splatt (fronted by trombonists/vocalists Kadesh Flow and Trevor Turla) soon. @splattkc on IG
"Anyway" - written, composed and produced by Kadesh Flow
"Demand" - written by Kadesh Flow; Composed and produced by Kadesh Flow and Vincent Orsolini
Socials:
@kadeshflow on all platforms
@vincento_g
KadeshFlow's questions for you:
1. "2 Lazy 2 Learn" - Describe this song in 1 word
2. "Anyway" - Describe how this song made you feel in 3 words.
3. "Demand" - Hook first, or hook after the first verse?
2. "Anyway" - Describe how this song made you feel in 3 words.
3. "Demand" - Hook first, or hook after the first verse?
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The Observing | The Observed |
About the piece: A draft of a longer length movement piece inspired by MINUCODE by Marta Minujín, “I want them to see themselves backwards.” This new work explores awareness of personal relationships and social anxieties: challenging observations and questioning our observed internal dialogue.
Choreography, Artistic Direction: Olivia Emert
Dancers: Kaitlyn Gardner and Mady Buerck
Music: “Tar,” “Liquid Sky,” “Bolero Super Item” Lucrecia Dalt, and “In All This Heavy Blue” Colin Stetson, Sarah Neufeld; Dialogue from TEDxLangleyED “The Observer & The Observed i1/2 Saint Soldier i1/2”; Edited by: Olivia Emert
Olivia Emert is a movement artist, choreographer, and curious maker/director. Recently, she graduated UMKC with a BFA in Dance Performance and Choreography. Her work dives into research of relationships, emotional intellect, and creates tangible environments. www.oliviaemert.com
Choreography, Artistic Direction: Olivia Emert
Dancers: Kaitlyn Gardner and Mady Buerck
Music: “Tar,” “Liquid Sky,” “Bolero Super Item” Lucrecia Dalt, and “In All This Heavy Blue” Colin Stetson, Sarah Neufeld; Dialogue from TEDxLangleyED “The Observer & The Observed i1/2 Saint Soldier i1/2”; Edited by: Olivia Emert
Olivia Emert is a movement artist, choreographer, and curious maker/director. Recently, she graduated UMKC with a BFA in Dance Performance and Choreography. Her work dives into research of relationships, emotional intellect, and creates tangible environments. www.oliviaemert.com
Olivia's questions for you:
- What major thoughts or feelings occurred while viewing this piece?
- How did the dialogue at the beginning impact your viewing?
- What motifs/gestures led you to feel a certain emotion within this piece? (write and/or draw your answer as you like, and describe the emotion/s)
- What kind of relationship do you feel was created during this piece? Is it relatable to one of your own?
- How do you feel after viewing this piece?
Lighting Designer & Event Technician:
Alice Combs
Photographer:
Pat Alexander/Charlotte Street Foundation
Scratch Night Series Curator/Producer
Jay Gilman, borderlandsKC
Alice Combs
Photographer:
Pat Alexander/Charlotte Street Foundation
Scratch Night Series Curator/Producer
Jay Gilman, borderlandsKC
About borderlandsKC
A new cutting-edge live + digital arts incubator, borderlandsKC presents adventurous projects that expand Kansas City's spectrum for artistic invention.
Led by Jay Gilman, recently-returned KC native, Jay spent more than a decade as a curator, producer, and civic practice artist in Minneapolis and Philly. Jay served as Artistic Director of Minnesota Fringe, conceiving, funding, and launching four new festivals including the site-specific outdoor festival Beyond The Box and FamilyFringe. As a director, highlights include an actor-instrumented production of 'Spring Awakening'; a production of 'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time' in collaboration with Autistic designers; and 'Peter & The Starcatcher'. www.jaygilman.com
Led by Jay Gilman, recently-returned KC native, Jay spent more than a decade as a curator, producer, and civic practice artist in Minneapolis and Philly. Jay served as Artistic Director of Minnesota Fringe, conceiving, funding, and launching four new festivals including the site-specific outdoor festival Beyond The Box and FamilyFringe. As a director, highlights include an actor-instrumented production of 'Spring Awakening'; a production of 'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time' in collaboration with Autistic designers; and 'Peter & The Starcatcher'. www.jaygilman.com
Our Thanks
The staff and board of Charlotte Street Foundation, including Amy Kligman, Patrick Alexander, Hope-Lian Vinson, Laura Blumenberg, and Boi Boy; Alexis Borth; Lynn Murray + Richard Gilman; Oscar Trujillo; UMKC Theatre.
Scratch Night is made possible through a Charlotte Street Foundation Open Call Grant. Learn more about Charlotte Street's Sponsors and Funders.
Scratch Night is made possible through a Charlotte Street Foundation Open Call Grant. Learn more about Charlotte Street's Sponsors and Funders.
Applications are open for future Scratch Nights!
Are you an artist interested in applying for the Scratch Series? Click here to learn more and apply.
