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The Porch Swing Live from the Gowanus

It’s back! Check the link below for The Porch Swing Live from the Gowanus, by Reflection and Response resident artist Samuel Bostick. This is Samuel’s second live, one-take audio recording for The Porch Swing. Lookout for more to come!

The Porch Swing Live

Samuel Bostick

@THEREALSHANTS

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the LIFESTYLE’s role is to create collective space for active Reflection and Response through the arts. This space is built around dialogue, expression, collaboration, and artistic (ex)change involving international craftspeople and their realities. The Porch Swing series opens up a Reflection and Response residency where we feature a Collective member’s ongoing project through weekly installations.

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The Porch Swing: WORD of the day

Reflection and Response resident artist Samuel Bostick continues his WORD of the day project with installment VIII, a live, one-take, off the top audio recording from Berkeley, CA. Swingin’.

Photo courtesy of Creative Commons, Jim Natale.

Yield verb. 1) Produce or provide (a natural, agricultural, or industrial product) 2) (of an action or process) produce or deliver (a result or gain) 3) (of a financial or commercial process or transaction) generate (a specified financial return) 4) Give way to arguments, demands, or pressure 5) Relinquish possession of something; give something up 6) Cease to argue about 7) Allow another the right to speak in a debate 8) Give right of way to other traffic 9) (of a mass or structure) give way under force or pressure. noun. 1) The full amount of an agricultural or industrial product

Photo courtesy of Megan Branch

Reflection and Response.

Samuel Bostick

@THEREALSHANTS

the LIFESTYLE’s role is to create collective space for active Reflection and Response through the arts. This space is built around dialogue, expression, collaboration, and artistic (ex)change involving international craftspeople and their realities. The Porch Swing series opens up a Reflection and Response residency where we feature a Collective member’s ongoing project through weekly installations.

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Talk of the Town: The Boundaries of Freedom? Part II

A few weeks back, Samuel and Vicken began a 2-part Talk of the Town called The Boundaries of Freedom? with an introductory look at Kanye West’s “Hell of a Life”. Today we have Part 2 of this discussion, which will open up the floor for analysis and dialogue in the comments section!

“Have you lost your mind? / Tell me when you think we crossed the line”

Considering the lyrical content of Kanye West’s track, “Hell of a Life,” what themes or practices does the artist call into question/critique? What is he saying about the constructed “boundaries” of freedom?

“How could you say they live they life wrong?”

From what lens is the track developed and is there an overall message?

– S & V

Reflection and Response.

The Talk of the Town series opens up dialogue motivated by questions, observations, and analysis that any person would like to bring to the Collective. ANYone who wants to craft a space for discussion on ANY topic can email us at the.lifestyle.rr@gmail.com. One question will be posted every other week, with dialogue following in the comments section below. Thank you and we look forward to building and expanding the Collective!!! – P & V

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Talk of the Town: The Boundaries of Freedom?

This week’s Talk of the Town is Part 1 of a 2-session dialogue titled The Boundaries of Freedom? brought to the table by Samuel and Vicken…

We want to open up a dialogue based on the lyrics, symbolism, and concepts in Kanye West’s “Hell of a Life” – Track 10 from his 2010 album, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. Because we feel like this is one of the “under the radar” cuts on this album that many people may have dismissed or listened to only a few times, we wanted to kick off our discussion by inviting yall to take an extended look at this expressive track. In a couple weeks we’ll come together again for Part 2 of this Talk of the Town and create a dialogue around the topic highlighted in our title, The Boundaries of Freedom?

– S & V

Reflection and Response.

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Talk of the Town: What’s OUR California?

Our second Talk of the Town session begins with a question from the LIFESTYLEfam member Megan Branch:

For the Joad family in The Grapes of Wrath and for many during that time their future was California. What’s OUR California? #RR

Quick catch-up: Talk of the Town consists of Discussion Questions focusing on any topics interesting to any viewer that feels like it can spark dialogue. Anybody can email us questions to throw out to the Collective, and we’ll post one every other Friday, with dialogue following up in the comments section below! Thanks to Fran’s question two weeks ago and Megan this week for getting this series off the ground!!

Reflection and Response.

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