Via Soundcloud . Featured performers include: Christa Forster Gonzalo Guerrero Kevin Jeffries Todd Leger Special thanks to Chris Bakos for the audio recording of the show.
Link to post where I describe the experience of creating my virtual ancestral avatar, Ysidora Pico de Forster. For several other posts related to the creation of this project, please visit my faculty page at Medici University.
Thanks to all who were able to make it to the show last night at 14 Pews and EZTV. It gratified me to see so many friends and new faces in the audiences. Thanks so much to Michael Masucci and … Continue reading
Tonight’s premiere performances of What’s on [My] Mind? are at 8 and 10 pm in Houston and 6 and 8 pm in California. We had rehearsal in the 14 Pews space on March 9. Tom Callins took some beautiful … Continue reading
Click #1850charla 2.28.14 to get the custom Twitter timeline for this 2/28/14 performance of What’s on [My] Mind? Today @xtaforster, @ysidorapico and several .Re/actors took to the Twitter stage for the #1850charla. One of the performers, @mediciprincess, asked Initially, I came up … Continue reading
Since 1993, I’ve been playing music with three awesome guys — Gino Guerrero, Kevin Jefferies and Todd Leger. We wrote our own songs; we also covered gems like X’s “The New World. In the 90s, our legendary band Shag regularly … Continue reading
What’s on [My] Mind? is a multi-platform (transmedia) performance project investigating the terrain of intergenerational identity. Working in multiple mediums — monologues, music, social media, virtual worlds, and blogs — Christa Forster explores how race, identity, kinship and annexation conspire … Continue reading
EZTV’s roots began in West Hollywood, in 1979. It was an early advocate for the part that independent media would play as a transformative voice for a wide range of cultural communities. Its ever-evolving role has embraced a diverse community … Continue reading
Todd Leger (Guitars/Vocals) has been involved the Houston music scene since the late 1980s, and tonight’s performance marks his return to the stage after a several year hiatus. Resume highlights include being a founding member of the Houston-based band Fab … Continue reading
Gino Guerrero (guitar, vocals) has been in the Houston music scene since 1979. While attending Stephen F. Austin State University, he founded the seminal punk band The Recipients, which led the early Houston punk scene. He was a founding member … Continue reading
I asked the guys who are performing with me on March 12, 2014 — Gino Guerrero, Todd Leger and Kevin Jefferies — to send me their bios for the program. Despite my stern reprimands to be serious, Kevin just would … Continue reading
In October 2013, while working as an individual artist on a new project funded by the Houston Arts Alliance, I stumbled upon a MOOC offered by Stanford University’s NovoEd platform, Practice Based Research in the Arts. Because I needed a … Continue reading
As part of the What’s on [My] Mind? project, @xtaforster and @YsidoraPico are joined by other time travelers (including @mediciprincess, @PJSweetman, @YellowFever and more!) in a Twitter chat — #1850charla — on February 28, 2014 from 11am to 12pm CST (5pm UTC). For people wanting to read … Continue reading
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