In this new lecture, Gamboa looks at myth in contemporary society with images and videos of his work. For more than forty years, his artistic lens has responded to the Los Angeles “urbanscape” with its subtle layering of codes, rules, and visual markers that contribute to making a sophisticated living space for millions of people.Read more
In 2016, Ghana ThinkTank asked What’s your Houston diversity problem? Houstonians had a lot to say—much of it related to cultural and ethnic identity. Now, international think tanks in India, Iran, Indonesia, Morocco, Gaza, Serbia, and Germany are concocting solutions to Houston’s problems. During CounterCurrent17, come see how these think tanks are solving the issues of the “first world.”Read more
See a vivid assortment of creative visions by festival artists featured in the CounterCurrent17 festival. Each artist was asked to select a short film that ignites their artistic practice. This screening of those films on the festival’s final day brings the artists together for an informed exchange about their work.Read more
Now it’s time to talk. Join us for daily conversations with festival artists at the MATCH Gallery. Artist Carrie Schneider pairs the artists of CounterCurrent17 with experts from wide ranging disciplines at the University of Houston to discuss how their respective practices are reflected in the themes of the 2017 festival.Read more
This interdisciplinary performance incorporates the formality of kabuki, the prideful energy of flamenco, and the instinctive physicality of contemporary dance through the meeting between two multi-award-winning artists: the Argentinian-born Daniel Proietto, trained in kabuki, and the 76-year-old Shōji Kojima, who moved to Spain from Japan to become a master of flamenco.Read more
Lili Taylor performs Suzanne Bocanegra’s newest lecture as Suzanne Bocanegra.
Using text, song, costume, film, and projections, Farmhouse/Whorehouse draws on the lives of Bocanegra’s grandparents on their small farm in La Grange, Texas, which was across the road from the Chicken Ranch, better known as “The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas.”Read more
Four films are projected onto the four walls of a gallery. Each film follows a Palestinian resident of a refugee camp on the coast of Lebanon, walking from their dwelling to the sea. Along the way, they speak of the history of the land, their arrival, and everyday life in the camp.Read more
TKB Center for Ballet and Dance presents its 2nd annual Spring Show . “Dance is Life” will have original contemporary works by the renowned choreographer Viktor Kabaniaev as well as Artistic Director Tina Kay Bohnstedt. Come enjoy an evening of dance as TKB Company members perform excerpts from the classical ballet Don Quixote and various contemporary pieces.Read more
In Wild&Precious, Steve Cadwell dramatizes, celebrates, and educates about the arc of the last 60 years of Gay Liberation -- social transformation. The Huffington Post called it a “powerful, lyrical history our times.”
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Houston is the most diverse city in the United States. The Game City Showcase is presenting this small business panel discussion as an outreach initiative designed to help Houston’s diverse small business owners to better engage with the city’s major league sports teams. The panel will also explore the current state of business diversity in professional sports from sports executives.Read more
