End of year gift to Art! :)

I set up a new paypal account. Donations can be made by clicking on the "Send Money" tab and entering the email address josephinesechopraxia@gmail.com
Thank you!
Marissa

PSKS Outreach Day

On Wednesday the 19th I spent a delightful afternoon with some of the staff and clients from the non-profit Peace for the Streets by Kids on the Streets (http://www.psks.org/about.html). I showed them "Holding This For You". They had smart and thoughtful questions and comments. And then we made wrisbands together using the props from the film as embellisments. Everyone seemed to have a nice time. One even said, "This is the best art project we've had in a really long time!" YAY! Thanks PSKS!

Please Join Me 11/23

Hello friends and associates,
I am very pleased to be hosting a screening of my first film "Holding This For You". This is a culmination of a few years of hard work by a group of very talented individuals (please see below). I would be honored if you can join me Sunday, November 23, from 3:30-5:530 PM at Northwest Film Forum. Located at 1515 12th Ave, Seattle 98122. The film will show at 4 and will be accompanied by refreshments, a slideshow preview of my upcoming film "Tracings", and a silent art auction. Admittance is a suggested donation of $8-$20 at the door. I hope you can make it and please forward to anyone who may be interested.
Thank you very much,
Marissa

Collaborators for "Holding This For You" include:
Benjamin Kasulke
Jason Staczek
Vinny Smith
Caoimhe Doyle
Courtland Premo
Tania Kupczak
Curtis Taylor
Alicia Graf
Ella Marie Gray

Support for "Holding This For You" in part from the Seattle Mayor's Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs and produced in association with Northwest Film Forum.

Collaborators for "Tracings" include:
Benjamin Kasulke
Dave Hanagan
Michelle Henley
Nathan Hadley
Adam Rasmussen

Support for "Tracings" in part from 4Culture and produced in association with Northwest Film Forum

Thank you to Northwest Film Forum for the use of their theater as part of their Progress in Works grant.

Poster design by Christopher Hydinger with photgraphy by Kaija Cornett

"Genius is the recovery of childhood at will."

I heard this Arthur Rimbaud quote today on the radio and thought it quite lovely and true. I would never say I've come close to touching genius but I would say that my best work is done when I am in a child-like state.

The characteristics I identify as a childlike state that are vital to the creative process are:
-unwavering trust in oneself and one's place in the world
-belief that the world is there to support and love you
-curiousity
-excitement
-emotions close to the surface and easily triggered
-easily wounded
-easily pleased
-hungry (figuratively speaking)
-lack of anxiety about the future
-lack of remembrance of the past
-lots of energy
-a total lack of self-judgement
-a belief that that you are important, you matter, someone wants to hear what you have to say
-a high tolerance for "ickyness" or really any uncomfortable situation
-lots of time (needed for contemplation, growth, rest..)
-life necessites provided for (adaquate food and shelter)

I think the list could go on much longer.
Do you have any you'd like to add?

!!ArtsLaunch!! 10/25 8 pm

UPDATE: Please note solo has additional minute and a half of choreography since it was shown at 12mm and includes an ALL-NEW MASHUP! 6 songs in under 6 minutes!



Here's a head's up:
I will be performing a short solo excerpt from my upcoming film "Tracings" at this month's !!ArtsLaunch!! with "makeup" by Dave Hanagan.
Saturday, October 25 8pm (doors 7:30)
The Chapel Space at The Good Sheperd Center
4649 Sunnyside Ave. N.
$5-$15 suggested donation
6 dance numbers
3 musical numbers
2 visual artists
AND
a discussion!



Photos by Dave Hanagan when the solo showed at OTB's 12MM

Vindicated

Last night my first major work showed for the first time. I sat in the theater watching myself full screen and the 20 minute film felt as long as the three years it took me to produce it. I was so excruciatingly nervous. Who am I to think anyone would be the least bit interested in watching my perspective? Finally the credits rolled and APPLAUSE and even a couple of CHEERS. I felt baptized, atoned, smiled upon by grace. So I want to send a thank you out there. Thank you for accepting what I have to offer.

"Holding This For You" Premier at Local Sightings

"Holding This For You" will be premiering at the 11th annual Local Sightings film festival at Northwest Film Forum.
Please join me in FINALLY watching this on the big screen. After over three years of work the film is presented as part of a shorts program "Movement in Place"... "an examination of movement and technique" along with 10 other films, some of which are dance oriented as well.

The show is Sunday, October 5th at 9pm at NwFF, 1515 12th Ave. Tickets are available through www.brownpapertickets.com or from their 24 hour hotline; 1-800-838-3006 and are only $6.12 for members and $9.70 general public.

A lounge is open afterwards where you can either spit in my face or congratulate me depending on how you feel about my work. I am so excited to be able to finally push this baby out into the world and hope you will join me for the occasion.

More info about the entire festival at:
http://www.nwfilmforum.org/go/localsightings/

photo credit: Kaija Cornett

T.V.

Tonight I made my first ever television appearance, a brief calendar spot on Nancy Guppy's Art Zone on The Seattle Channel; cable 21. Although obviously not a pro I think I handled myself ok. See for yourself.

It airs again:
Friday, September 26, 2008 12:00 a.m.
Friday, September 26, 2008 2:00 a.m.
Friday, September 26, 2008 9:00 p.m.
Friday, September 26, 2008 11:30 p.m.
Saturday, September 27, 2008 1:00 a.m.
Saturday, September 27, 2008 3:30 a.m.
Saturday, September 27, 2008 8:30 p.m.
Saturday, September 27, 2008 10:30 p.m.
Sunday, September 28, 2008 12:30 a.m.
Sunday, September 28, 2008 2:30 a.m.

Or online anytime at:
www.seattlechannel.org/artzone
Just look for the show for 9/25/08

Thanks Nancy!

12 Min. Max

This Sunday and Monday the 21st and 22nd I will be performing live a short excerpt from my film 'Tracings' as part of the 30th anniversary exhibition of On The Boards' 12 Minutes Max.

This is what OTB has to say about the solo:
"Josephine’s Echopraxia stems from the mysterious choreographic world of Marissa Rae Niederhauser. This solo dance erupts elegantly into moments of meticulous rage then gracefully returns to a simple and sacred state of being."

Dave Hanagan will be helping with a visual art element and I have done my first garageband mix ever... so that I'm not performing it in the silence it was filmed in.

The show is at 7pm and costs $8.
OTB is located at 100 W. Roy in lower Queene Anne.
Come check it out!

Stay posted for these other upcoming events:
My film "Holding This For You" premiers at Local Sightings the first weekend of October.
I will also be performing the same solo from 'Tracings' at Artslaunch, end of October. I'm sure it will have morphed by then, so come see it both times :)

Handmade Prop Jewelry

I've been making some sellable crafts for a fundrasing event I plan to have later this autumn.
Here is an advance look at some wrist cuffs and choker/bookmarks. They are made entirely out of repurposed materials (lots of pointe shoe ribbons!) and most of them have a prop from the shooting of "Holding This For You" incorporated into the design.