"Hull" Soundpedro 2019

"Hull" June 1, 2019, Soundpedro, Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, Ca

Photo by : Chloe Lessard

4hr durational meditative play

Description:
"Hull" was a meditative play that revisited historical issues involving military, fishing and shipping industries in opposition to natural land, then sent these issues through an agitator. In this process the aim was to up heave and reprocess the history of the land, to start anew with wiser ways even if it was only limited to the artist experiencing this meditation. This meditative play resonated with a history echoing far beyond the constrained location of San Pedro. "Hull" explored these conflicting themes and histories as they cascaded down its epicenter and out into its surroundings. Perch high above the shoreline Hull presented itself to this beautiful landscape.

Violinist Zachary Paul (https://www.thezacharypaul.com) opened the door and set this four-hour durational piece in motion. Notes trickled in like morning dew, every two minutes to build micro-tonal resonances. Every twenty minutes, they begin this process again with a new note, building up to a lush twelve note chordal drone by the end of the piece.

A hull of a wooden vessel, echoing oil rigs, fishing boats, military bases shipping containers was at the physical center of this work. Like dirty laundry on a washboard, fish dancing on a wooden decks, materials transported, bodies will rose and descended from this structure. This circular action expanded every twenty minutes eventually expanding into the landscape. What was presented was a representation of the collective memory of a space, it’s dark vortexes to its lighter moments of joy.

Participating artist:

josie j

Olive Hays

Maia Cristina Fuentes

Brennan Lowe

Serene Caffrey

Zachary Paul

Brisa Romero

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Opening up the space.

“Four Directions Prayer”

Originally choreographed by Chi Whizz and Hiroko Tamano.