DÔME DO, WE (a space for reset)
After Yukihisa Isobe’s Air Dome
DAY 2: Monday, August 5
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DAY 2: Monday, August 5
All events are free. The only event that requires pre-registration is the Monarch Yoga. Please register via their website.
Monarch Yoga, outdoor yoga class Five Dollar Slow Flow (8:00-8:45 AM, 8/5-8/8)
Teacher: Alex Mello
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Join us for A Morning Reset at DÔME DO,WE (A Space for Reset). Practice meditation, journaling & slow morning movement in this one of a kind outdoor art installation located under the trees on The Oval. Class is all levels. In the event of rain, class will be cancelled.If cost is a barrier, please use the code RESET to sign up free of charge.
Class will take place in the Sycamore Grove in The Oval (2451 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy). Students should bring a mat, water, and comfortable clothes. Please note, rental mats will not be available at this location.
Self-portrait Time Lapse, in-person with online survey (3:00-6:00 PM)
Yuka Yokoyama and David Dempewolf paper-dome workshop (6:00-7:00 PM)
PAPER DÔME DO.WE
Inspired by Buckminster Fuller’s Dymaxion dome, Yuka Yokoyama & David Dempewolf (aka Marginal Utlity) will lead a workshop on constructing folded paper dome models. Materials for making the domes will be provided. A conversation about Fuller and optics will frame the workshop.
Scale-model of paper-dome, souvenir activity available to all visitors
False Friends #1 - sonic activation by TAKEDA (7:00-8:30 PM)
This sonic project of mine started many years ago when I was invited by Aaron Igler to participate in his LURE actions. So my thought was to make a sonic field of drones and repetitive lines that weave into the place for a nice long while.
The piece I perform will be a long form psychedelic minimalist improvisation attempting to create a sonic "kekkai" first around the stage then expanding that out into the dome then the trees. The spiritual barrier or kekkai - I am going make with bass and effects - To push back on ill will and fear, It can't hurt.
Artists
Yuka Yokoyama & David Dempewolf co-founded the Marginal Utility Gallery in 2009, which presents exhibitions of established and emerging artists. Yuka and David have also published a Philly arts paper and several books. Paper Dome Dowe is an extension of their long-term shared folded paper practice.
Clint Takeda is a founding member of Bardo Pond, and currently plays in the art damage improv rock unit Double Wig, and the freeform heavy psych trio, Bitter Wish, whose new album will be coming out this spring on Carbon Records.
Photo credit: Kelly Cobb
Aaron Igler (born 1972) is an artist with a fervent curiosity for the collection, modulation, and amplification of sound and light. Through the arrangement of field-recorded audio, electronic sounds, and video images in live performances and installation-based works, Igler seeks to create transposable spaces and experiences. In the early 2000s, he launched Lighting for Urban Rooftop Environments (LURE) to curate and produce collaborative art projects in outdoor venues. As a sonic practitioner performing under the moniker Sound Forager, Igler champions the generative potential and creative inspiration he discovers through modular synthesis. Igler is a founding Partner of the Philadelphia-based design and production firm Greenhouse Media.
This program is co-presented by Collaborative Cataloging Japan and the Japan America Society of Greater Philadelphia in partnership with the Parkway Council and Philadelphia Parks and Recreation as part of the 2024 Oval.
The project is part of the exhibition, Community of Images: Japanese Moving Image Artists in the US, 1960s-1970s. It is funded by the Pola Art Foundation and Japan Foundation.
Major support for the Community of Images exhibition has been provided by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage, with additional support from the Andy Warhol Foundation, the Toshiba International Foundation, and the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts.
Community of Images: Japanese Moving Image Artists in the US, 1960s - 1970s
Community of Images: Japanese Moving Image Artists in the US, 1960s-1970s will be an exhibition of experimental moving images created by Japanese artists in the U.S. during the 1960s and 70s, an area that has fallen in the fissure between American and Japanese archival priorities.