DOCUMENTATION Archives - Page 7 of 9 - inkBoat
Last weekend we had the good fortune of getting to work with Ralph Lemon during our rehearsal process for Line Between. Shinichi has been one of three mentees working with…
On inkBoat’s facebook page I noticed that a recommendation on the right hand side to like the PJ Harvey and Sigur Ros pages, since inkBoat fans like them.
InkBoat has the best fans, I thought to myself.
Listen to linebetween radio to hear our favorites from these artists (I’m into second albums usually: Ágætis byrjun and Rid of Me), and don’t be surprised if you hear those influences in the soundscapes of the show. The atmosphere we’re creating can be easily read as Your Subconscious Iceland, and the gestures so small, so intimate, that you lean forward straining to hear the whisper.
And then your hair blows back.
Dana was very kind, but wasn’t exactly convinced this source material could find its way into the Line Between: After weeks (months?) of adaptation, Shin and Dohee showed a version…
And to this day I’m not sure it didn’t happen. During an improvisation where Jason and I were layering a small, dark sonic background against Shin and Dohee’s movement, Dana…
“Line Between” began as an extended conversation between Dohee and Shinichi about the space between waking and dreaming. The two noticed how often the subject of dreams and their connection…
“ODD,” inspired by the Norwegian figurative painter, Odd Nerdrum, united Shinichi Iova-Koga‘s inkBoat collaborative with Oakland’s Axis Dance Company, which integrates able and disabled performers. In the past, the troupe…
