ANIMATED LOVE WITH CORY JOHNSON

The idea for Animated Love came about when Cory Johnson came by The ArtHouse with Rhonda Davis one afternoon to help move some things. When asked, “What did he like to do?” Cory responded “dance.” He is self-taught in a type of hip hop dance called animation, a style that involved layering new age concepts like strobing, cartoon animation and slow motion affects onto old school hip hop moves like break dancing and pop locking. He says, “You cannot know how to animate without knowing how to wave or pop or glide.”

Founder Joan, feeling inspired, invited him to perform with Arthouse violinist Laura Bossert. Cory sent Laura a song to arrange for violin. Laura, in Arthouse spirit, hired a student of hers to help her arrange the song in exchange for lessons. Cory and Laura didn’t meet until the date, then only practiced four or five times before the performance and filming began. Laura said “It was so beautiful to see how his rhythms came to life the more he danced.”

Cory plans 4 workshops in Body Animation, where any beginner can learn new moves and body expression. People with disabilities are encouraged to attend. "Cory" is self-taught, and has learned his trade from studying other dancers for inspiration. 

FACING MECCA SCREENING AND Q&A

To Watch Facing Mecca go:

https://www.kanopy.com/product/facing-mecca

https://www.amazon.com/Facing-Mecca-Peter-Freiburghaus/dp/B07LGHKDHP

Facing Mecca is a short (27-minute) drama written by Jan-Eric Mack that stars Peter Freiburghaus, Jay Abdo, and Ruth Schwegler. (Switzerland, Swiss German, English and Arabic with English subtitles)

Film Synopsis: “The hospital calls Fareed; his wife's situation is critical; the cancer has reached its terminal stage. Pensioner Roli comes to his help and takes him to see his wife who passes away shortly after. Her funeral falls under the jurisdiction of Amrikon council. Fareed wants to see his wife buried in accordance with Muslim rites. Roli is keen to help Fareed and his daughters but problems quickly arise: the graves in the local cemetery have not been aligned to face Mecca; the council is unable to carry out the burial within 24 hours after death. Councilor Thomas Künzli assures everyone that they’ll organise things for the following week. Unimpressed by the council's tactical heel-dragging, Roli offers a more creative idea: a family plot would allow for the body to be buried diagonally - facing Mecca. But even family graves are exhumed after 25 years and allocated anew. For Muslims this disturbance of peace is an absolute taboo.” - Written by Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion (Production company)

This event is made possible by Jay Abdo, Jan-Eric Mack, Ouat Media

Hosted by Professor Tula Goenka

Moderated by Nada Odeh

Presented by ArtHouse Collective

Co-Sponsored by Syracuse University Human Rights Film Festival

OPHELIAS PLACE AND THE EVERY BODY IS BEAUTIFUL PROJECT ARTHOUSE VIRTUAL TALK

Artist-in-residence, iara raquel and Holly Lowery-Davis, from Ophelia's Place and The Every Body Is Beautiful Project, dive into eating disorders as a social justice issue and how to create art that is not triggering.

OPERA HISTORY WORKSHOP WITH LILLIAN MAGRINELLI

CHORO MUSIC WITH DR. MAGRINELLI

‘DIRT AND SKY’ WITH THE BYRNE-KOZAR DUO

The ArtHouse welcomed local Syracuse musician Chris Cresswell on electric guitar and electronics, and the Boston-based Byrne-Kozar Duo. ArtHouse fosters public engagement in the arts, expands boundaries of exhibit making that supports and advocates creative, socially engaged individuals as artists. As a cultural hub it seeks local expressive participants, who see a way of solving social problems through cultural works. 

'Dirt and Sky' 

Created by New York City/Boston based soprano Corrine Byrne and trumpeter Andrew Kozar, the Byrne-Kozar Duo presents historically informed performances of Baroque music for natural trumpet and soprano in addition to commissioning new works for modern trumpet and soprano. They have been said to create 'an arresting symbiosis in their melding of voice and trumpet timbres' (Textura) and that the 'trumpet and voice seem to take on one another's qualities' (Bandcamp Daily). 

'Dirt and Sky' featured music that explores the concept of opposing forces in inventive and ingenious ways. The exploration of the earthly and divine heard in the music of Hildegard von Bingen, the oppositions inherent in war through Rob Deemer's 'Thalia Fields' with text by an Iraq War veteran, the 'clean' or 'dirty' possibilities of tonality in Scott Wollschleger's 'Bring Something Incomprehensible Into This World,' and our views of life and death through the prism of loss, in Chris Cresswell's 'all that's left is dirt and sky' are just some of the remarkable works for the Byrne-Kozar Duo that were presented.

Scott Wollschleger - Bring Something Incomprehensible Into This World, Mvt. 1
Hildegard von Bingen (1098 - 1179) - Karitas
David Smooke - All Are Welcome Here (2017)
Scott Wollschleger - Bring Something Incomprehensible Into This World, Mvt. 2Chris Cresswell - all that’s left is dirt and sky
Rob Deemer (text by Brian Turner) - Thalia Fields (2017)
Hildegard von Bingen (1098 - 1179) - Cum vox sanguinis
Reiko Futing - eternal return
Scott Wollschleger - Bring Something Incomprehensible Into This World, Mvt. 3


CNY based Electric guitarist and composer, Chris Cresswell opened the concert with a short set from his 'With Electronics' series, featuring new works for electric guitar and electronics. This set included works by Patrick Ellis, Adam Scott Neal, and Sean Clancy.

Many thanks to CNY Arts and ArtRage Gallery for making this event possible.