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On the face of it: Kate Gies's It Must Be Beautiful to Be Finished (2025) and Louis Kuhne's The Science of Facial Expression (1917)
24 Apr 2025
Elsa Gindler in Context #1
The work, life and legacy of Weimar movement teacher Elsa Gindler (1885-1961) will form the uniting thread for our conversations in Spring 2025. To head up this section, I deliberately chose a grainy picture of Gindler, reproduced many times and appearing as part of someone else's story. To
26 Mar 2025
Recordings from year 2: Wege zu Kraft und Schönheit #1
In 2024 and early 2025 we worked our way through a silent film from 1925: Wege zu Kraft und Schönheit created at the famous Ufa studios in Berlin, this documentary gives a cross-section of German physical culture in the mid-twenties – from outdoor living, to dance, to sport to that fascinating
24 Mar 2025
Spring 2025 dates
Join me in a series of discussions about Elsa Gindler and her legacy. Tuesday, March 18 – 7 p.m. EST – lecture/discussion Tuesday March 25 – 4 p.m. EST – followup discussion Tuesday April 15 – 7 p.m. EST – lecture/discussion Tuesday April 22 – 4 p.m. EST – followup discussion Tuesday
10 Mar 2025
Introducing @Work
This week, I scaled technology-mountain and published my first podcast: @Work. It's the here-and-now version of my exploration of craft and method, where I invite artists of all kinds to reflect on their practice. Technically it's, well, a Work in progress, but the guest makes up
20 Sep 2024
SUMMER 2024 POSTS
10 Jul 2024
Recordings from year 2: Wege zu Kraft und Schönheit #2
In 2024 and early 2025 we worked our way through a silent film from 1925: Wege zu Kraft und Schönheit created at the famous Ufa studios in Berlin, this documentary gives a cross-section of German physical culture in the mid-twenties – from outdoor living, to dance, to sport to that fascinating
26 Mar 2024
Fall 2023 Talks
The Work: Straight Talk on Craft and Method launched in the fall of 2023 with a series of three talks called Breathing in History. Of course, there's much more to say, and the theme will come back, but here's a list of the talks you can
19 Mar 2024