http://www.seattlechannel.org/Verve/ Verve is a showcase of local artists -- those already known and those yet to be discovered. Viewers will get a look inside the artists' worlds -- their creative processes, studio and work environments, and thoughts on inspiration. The Verve video podcast is part of the SEATTLE CHANNEL'S Art Zone, an innovative, first-in-the-nation TV project that creates programming celebrating local arts and culture and encourages people to go out and take part in the region's rich cultural life in person. en-us © 2007 SEATTLE CHANNEL Arts laurie.kraft@seattle.gov beth.hester@seattle.gov Verve Seattle SEATTLE CHANNEL Verve is a showcase of local artists -- those already known and those yet to be discovered. Viewers will get a look inside the artists' worlds -- their creative processes, studio and work environments, and thoughts on inspiration. The Verve video podcast is part of the SEATTLE CHANNEL'S Art Zone, an innovative, first-in-the-nation TV project that creates programming celebrating local arts and culture and encourages people to go out and take part in the region's rich cultural life in person. Laurie Kraft laurie.kraft@seattle.gov no art, zone, artzone, seattlechannel, tvsea, Kindred Designer and woodworker, Laura Yeats uses domestic woods and steel to create sculptural and functional works of art. The designs are simple, modern, and timeless. http://video.seattle.gov:8080/podcasts/Verve/LauraYeats.m4v Thu, 20 Dec 2007 08:00:00 GMT SEATTLE CHANNEL Featured Artist: Laura Yeats Designer and woodworker, Laura Yeats uses domestic woods and steel to create sculptural and functional works of art. The designs are simple, modern, and timeless. 9:12 verve, artzone, art, artist no Ree paints his delicate paintings onto scraps of paper, cardboard, bits of matting, brown paper bags, and just about anything else that will hold paint. http://video.seattle.gov:8080/podcasts/Verve/ReeBrown.m4v Fri, 14 Dec 2007 08:00:00 GMT SEATTLE CHANNEL Featured Artist: Ree Brown Ree paints his delicate paintings onto scraps of paper, cardboard, bits of matting, brown paper bags, and just about anything else that will hold paint. 9:02 verve, artzone, art, artist no Her thoughtful, minimalist piano parts form the strong sonic backbone around which her melodies are built. http://video.seattle.gov:8080/podcasts/Verve/JohannaKunin.m4v Thu, 6 Dec 2007 08:00:00 GMT SEATTLE CHANNEL Featured Artist: Johanna Kunin Her thoughtful, minimalist piano parts form the strong sonic backbone around which her melodies are built. 9:32 verve, artzone, art, artist no A composer, bassist, thinker, and kind human. Evan's passion for life and learning translates into amazing music. http://video.seattle.gov:8080/podcasts/Verve/EvanFloryBarnes.m4v Thu, 6 Dec 2007 08:00:00 GMT SEATTLE CHANNEL Featured Artist: Evan Flory-Barnes A composer, bassist, thinker, and kind human. Evan's passion for life and learning translates into amazing music. 10:23 verve, artzone, art, artist no Harnessing a spectrum of rich color, a strong sense of depth, and repetition of forms, Maija Fiebig creates paintings that transport and move the viewer with their beauty and the other-worldly environments she creates. http://video.seattle.gov:8080/podcasts/Verve/MaijaFiebig.m4v Thu, 1 Nov 2007 08:00:00 GMT SEATTLE CHANNEL Featured Artist: Maija Fiebig Harnessing a spectrum of rich color, a strong sense of depth, and repetition of forms, Maija Fiebig creates paintings that transport and move the viewer with their beauty and the other-worldly environments she creates. 8:53 verve, artzone, art, artist no Robert Hardgrave is a self-developed artist, who creates work both highly intricate and abundant with personal symbols. http://video.seattle.gov:8080/podcasts/Verve/RobertHardgrave.m4v Thu, 1 Nov 2007 08:00:00 GMT SEATTLE CHANNEL Featured Artist: Robert Hardgrave Robert Hardgrave is a self-developed artist, who creates work both highly intricate and abundant with personal symbols. 9:05 verve, artzone, art, artist no Dufon Smith, a.k.a. Orb/Orbit/Orbitron, is a free-style dance expressionist, as well as an MC and rapper. Dufon's crew, Circle of Fire, has been together for ten years, and can be seen and heard every Monday night at the War Room. More information about Dufon can be found on his myspace page: myspace.com/orbcircleoffirecrew http://video.seattle.gov:8080/podcasts/Verve/DufonSmith.m4v Thu, 13 Sep 2007 08:00:00 GMT SEATTLE CHANNEL Featured Artist: Dufon Smith Dufon Smith, a.k.a. Orb/Orbit/Orbitron, is a free-style dance expressionist, as well as an MC and rapper. Dufon's crew, Circle of Fire, has been together for ten years, and can be seen and heard every Monday night at the War Room. More information about Dufon can be found on his myspace page: myspace.com/orbcircleoffirecrew 7:35 verve, artzone, art, artist, dancer, breakdancing no Charles Mudede is presently the Associate Editor for the Seattle-based weekly The Stranger as well as lecturer in English Humanities at the Pacific Lutheran University, located near Tacoma, Washington. The column he writes in that paper, Police Beat, was turned into a film of the same name in 2004. Police Beat the movie was selected for competition at the Sundance Film Festival 2005. In 2003, Mudede published a short book called Last Seen with Diana George. Mudede was also a member of the defunct Seattle Research Institute, a Marxist circle inspired by the Frankfurt School and the work of Hardt and Negri. SRI published two books, Politics Without The State and Experimental Theology. (Mudede and George edited the former.) Mudede has also published essays and articles with Nic Veroli, a French American Marxist philosopher, and is on the editorial board for Arcade, an architectural journal. Mudede's work has appeared in The New York Times, The Village Voice, LA Weekly, and C Theory, which published one of his most popular pieces of writing, The Turntable, a theory of the hiphop practice of scratching and sampling. Charles Mudede is also the writer of Zoo, a movie about the Enumclaw Horse Case, and he played a priest in The Naked Proof, released in 2003. He and the director Robinson Devor run a film company called The Cook Ding Institute of Imagination which is presently producing The Cloud Room, a movie about a society of cloud lovers. http://video.seattle.gov:8080/podcasts/Verve/CharlesMudede.m4v Thu, 26 Jul 2007 08:00:00 GMT SEATTLE CHANNEL Charles Mudede Charles Mudede is presently the Associate Editor for the Seattle-based weekly The Stranger as well as lecturer in English Humanities at the Pacific Lutheran University, located near Tacoma, Washington. The column he writes in that paper, Police Beat, was turned into a film of the same name in 2004. Police Beat the movie was selected for competition at the Sundance Film Festival 2005. In 2003, Mudede published a short book called Last Seen with Diana George. Mudede was also a member of the defunct Seattle Research Institute, a Marxist circle inspired by the Frankfurt School and the work of Hardt and Negri. SRI published two books, Politics Without The State and Experimental Theology. (Mudede and George edited the former.) Mudede has also published essays and articles with Nic Veroli, a French American Marxist philosopher, and is on the editorial board for Arcade, an architectural journal. Mudede's work has appeared in The New York Times, The Village Voice, LA Weekly, and C Theory, which published one of his most popular pieces of writing, The Turntable, a theory of the hiphop practice of scratching and sampling. Charles Mudede is also the writer of Zoo, a movie about the Enumclaw Horse Case, and he played a priest in The Naked Proof, released in 2003. He and the director Robinson Devor run a film company called The Cook Ding Institute of Imagination which is presently producing The Cloud Room, a movie about a society of cloud lovers. 10:15 verve, artzone, writer, film, police, public, safety no The Vis-a-Vis Society was founded in a year that felt like 1957 by Drs. Ink and Owning (aka Sierra Nelson and Rachel Kessler, of the literary performance group The Typing Explosion). Gathering data from audiences using original poem-surveys, the Vis-a-Vis Society presents its findings in humorous and informative multi-media performances which include song, dance, and live graphs. The Vis-a-Vis Society has performed across the nation (including at the NW Film Forum, Wave Books Poetry Bus, Henry Art Gallery, Bumbershoot, Galapagos Art Space) - building installations, teaching the polka, crying into telephones, rapping equations, and tenderly taking the poetic pulse of every audience they meet. http://video.seattle.gov:8080/podcasts/Verve/visavisSociety.m4v Thu, 12 Jul 2007 08:00:00 GMT SEATTLE CHANNEL Vis-a-Vis Society The Vis-a-Vis Society was founded in a year that felt like 1957 by Drs. Ink and Owning (aka Sierra Nelson and Rachel Kessler, of the literary performance group The Typing Explosion). Gathering data from audiences using original poem-surveys, the Vis-a-Vis Society presents its findings in humorous and informative multi-media performances which include song, dance, and live graphs. The Vis-a-Vis Society has performed across the nation (including at the NW Film Forum, Wave Books Poetry Bus, Henry Art Gallery, Bumbershoot, Galapagos Art Space) - building installations, teaching the polka, crying into telephones, rapping equations, and tenderly taking the poetic pulse of every audience they meet. 9:54 verve, artzone, 1950, performance, art no Dante 's reinterpretations of classical vessel forms are intensely individual, and instantly recognized as his creations, combining a deep reverence for the history and tradition of glass as a craft, with a sleek, modern design sense. While the exaggerated scale and flawless execution of the pieces give them an architectural, even monumental quality, Marioni's work is more concerned with color and skill than making a conceptual statement - it has always been about the process, the experience of blowing glass, and he continues to design pieces that push his skills to their limits. http://video.seattle.gov:8080/podcasts/Verve/DanteMarioni.m4v Thu, 12 Jul 2007 08:00:00 GMT SEATTLE CHANNEL Dante Marioni Dante Marioni's reinterpretations of classical vessel forms are intensely individual, and instantly recognized as his creations, combining a deep reverence for the history and tradition of glass as a craft, with a sleek, modern design sense. While the exaggerated scale and flawless execution of the pieces give them an architectural, even monumental quality, Marioni's work is more concerned with color and skill than making a conceptual statement - it has always been about the process, the experience of blowing glass, and he continues to design pieces that push his skills to their limits. 8:45 verve, artzone, glass, blowing, blown, dante, marioni no Like a mad scientist with an insatiable appetite for invention and discovery, Jim Rittimann is a benevolent Dr. Frankenstein of sorts, using the natural world both as his raw material and subject matter. Insects and bugs, bones, plant seeds and other organic parts are taken apart and put back together, altered, reassembled, added, and subtracted. By merging a genuine interest in science with an aesthetic sensibility, Rittimann is the embodiment of both the curious child and the Renaissance man, merging the real and the fantastic into new and impossible creatures, both mesmerizing and ambiguous http://video.seattle.gov:8080/podcasts/Verve/JimRittimann.m4v Thu, 28 Jun 2007 08:00:00 GMT SEATTLE CHANNEL Jim Rittimann Like a mad scientist with an insatiable appetite for invention and discovery, Jim Rittimann is a benevolent Dr. Frankenstein of sorts, using the natural world both as his raw material and subject matter. Insects and bugs, bones, plant seeds and other organic parts are taken apart and put back together, altered, reassembled, added, and subtracted. By merging a genuine interest in science with an aesthetic sensibility, Rittimann is the embodiment of both the curious child and the Renaissance man, merging the real and the fantastic into new and impossible creatures, both mesmerizing and ambiguous. 9:38 verve, artzone, ritiman, rittimann, insects no Since co-founding Degenerate Art Ensemble (formerly The Young Composers Collective) in 1993, Haruko has produced a consistent stream of original and adventurous works combining physical theater and butoh dance with live experimental music. http://video.seattle.gov:8080/podcasts/Verve/HarukoNishimura.m4v Thu, 21 Jun 2007 08:00:00 GMT SEATTLE CHANNEL Haruko Nishimura Since co-founding Degenerate Art Ensemble (formerly The Young Composers Collective) in 1993, Haruko has produced a consistent stream of original and adventurous works combining physical theater and butoh dance with live experimental music. 9:49 verve, artzone, Haruko, Nishimura, performer, choreographer, dance, music no CHARLES KRAFFT is considered a pioneer of the 'low brow' or Pop Surrealism movement. This is an alternative visual arts universe with roots in California custom car culture, surfing culture and '60s era underground comix. http://video.seattle.gov:8080/podcasts/Verve/CharlesKrafft.m4v Thu, 7 Jun 2007 08:00:00 GMT SEATTLE CHANNEL Charles Krafft CHARLES KRAFFT is considered a pioneer of the 'low brow' or Pop Surrealism movement. This is an alternative visual arts universe with roots in California custom car culture, surfing culture and '60s era underground comix. 11:05 verve, artzone, charles, krafft, art, pop, disasterware, spone no She is one of the founding members of the Washington Ensemble Theater. http://video.seattle.gov:8080/podcasts/Verve/MaryaKamisky.m4v Thu, 3 May 2007 08:00:00 GMT SEATTLE CHANNEL Marya Sea Kaminski, performer/writer/director She is one of the founding members of the Washington Ensemble Theater. 11:23 verve, artzone, Marya, Sea, Kaminski, performer, writer, director no Alonso's work has been exhibited in galleries and museums throughout the U.S., Canada, and Latin-America. http://video.seattle.gov:8080/podcasts/Verve/JuanAlonso.m4v Thu, 3 May 2007 08:00:00 GMT SEATTLE CHANNEL Juan Alonso, painter Alonso's work has been exhibited in galleries and museums throughout the U.S., Canada, and Latin-America. 9:20 verve, artzone, Juan, Alonso, painter, artist no Anna Lange, a.k.a. Anna Banana, loves color, fashion and, most of all, people. http://video.seattle.gov:8080/podcasts/Verve/AnnaBanana.m4v Thu, 3 May 2007 08:00:00 GMT SEATTLE CHANNEL Anna Lange Anna Lange, a.k.a. Anna Banana, loves color, fashion and, most of all, people. 8:13 verve, artzone, anna, banana, lange, pretty, parlor no As a performer, Johnson draws from his experience as a visual artist, poet, truck driver and boiler mechanic to create solo performances exploring the recklessness and vulnerability needed for an intimate encounter with God, a lover, or oneself. http://video.seattle.gov:8080/podcasts/Verve/AllenJohnson.m4v Thu, 5 Apr 2007 08:00:00 GMT SEATTLE CHANNEL Allen Johnson, writer/performer As a performer, Johnson draws from his experience as a visual artist, poet, truck driver and boiler mechanic to create solo performances exploring the recklessness and vulnerability needed for an intimate encounter with God, a lover, or oneself. 9:58 verve, artzone, allen, johnson, writer, performer no Scott always had a fascination for fusing a variety of materials and processes together. The contrast between industry, nature, figure, and machine, have long been sources of his imagery. http://video.seattle.gov:8080/podcasts/Verve/ScottTrimble.m4v Thu, 5 Apr 2007 08:00:00 GMT SEATTLE CHANNEL Scott Trimble, sculptor Scott always had a fascination for fusing a variety of materials and processes together. The contrast between industry, nature, figure, and machine, have long been sources of his imagery. 9:24 verve, artzone, scott, trimble, sculptor no Norman Courteny's primary work for many years now has been in the arena of public art. Norman says, Making artworks that are seen by a vast and diverse audience in a public place is rewarding and challenging at the same time. http://video.seattle.gov:8080/podcasts/Verve/NormanCourtney.m4v Thu, 5 Apr 2007 08:00:00 GMT SEATTLE CHANNEL Norman Courteny, public artist Norman Courteny's primary work for many years now has been in the arena of public art. Norman says, Making artworks that are seen by a vast and diverse audience in a public place is rewarding and challenging at the same time. 8:45 verve, artzone, norman, courtney, artist, public, glass no Zoe Scofield is a Seattle based choreographer. Her signature modern dance style has been watched at Bumbershoot, Spectrum Dance Theater, Velocity Dance Center and On The Boards. http://video.seattle.gov:8080/podcasts/Verve/ZoeScofield.m4v Thu, 15 Feb 2007 08:00:00 GMT SEATTLE CHANNEL Zoe Scofield, choreographer Zoe Scofield is a Seattle based choreographer. Her signature modern dance style has been watched at Bumbershoot, Spectrum Dance Theater, Velocity Dance Center and On The Boards. 8:00 verve, artzone, zoe, scofield, choreographer, dancer no Paul Rucker is an Interdisciplinary artist with an emphasis on musical composition. Cellist, Bassist, Composer, Visual Artist moved to Seattle in 1998. http://video.seattle.gov:8080/podcasts/Verve/PaulRucker.m4v Thu, 15 Feb 2007 08:00:00 GMT SEATTLE CHANNEL Paul Rucker, interdisciplinary artist Paul Rucker is an Interdisciplinary artist with an emphasis on musical composition. Cellist, Bassist, Composer, Visual Artist moved to Seattle in 1998. 9:19 verve, artzone, paul, rucker, cello, music no Born and raised in Italy, Iole Alessandrini is an artist who has been living in Seattle since 1994. It is in the intersection of art and architecture through which her work moves. http://video.seattle.gov:8080/podcasts/Verve/IoleAlessandrini.m4v Thu, 15 Feb 2007 08:00:00 GMT SEATTLE CHANNEL Iole Alessandrini, architect/sculptor Born and raised in Italy, Iole Alessandrini is an artist who has been living in Seattle since 1994. It is in the intersection of art and architecture through which her work moves. 10:01 verve, artzone, iole, alessandrini, architect, sculptor no