{"id":4747,"date":"2016-06-30T09:34:09","date_gmt":"2016-06-30T09:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.compeung.org\/?p=4747"},"modified":"2020-01-29T16:34:24","modified_gmt":"2020-01-29T16:34:24","slug":"artist-sarah-bernstein","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/compeung.org\/main\/artist-sarah-bernstein\/","title":{"rendered":"Sarah Bernstein"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Agatha, Herself.&nbsp;<\/em>is a series of video works created for ComPeung . The video series centers on a character named <em>Agatha<\/em> and follows her as she navigates an experience of loss. As the&nbsp;narrative moves between descriptive and abstracted storytelling, these works highlight the body as a site&nbsp;of joy, mourning, mistake-making and intimacy.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EqrJXljWEFk\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/X0k9iObesr4\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pdg-_BiGvRE\/\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x10 pg-1ha pg-1y42 pg-1ff3 pg-1fs6 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\">I am interested in creating a series of objects and videos related to my&nbsp;recent exploration of Japanese Butoh Dance and the way in which this&nbsp;dance form conveys a speci\ufb01c yet abstracted story through&nbsp;hyper-realized emotional expression.&nbsp;I plan to fashion a series of symbolic objects, small collages and simple&nbsp;costumes to weave into several autobiographical dances that will be set&nbsp;amongst the plants and natural environment of the ComPeung Residency.&nbsp;These dances will then be turned into video works that I plan to showcase&nbsp;upon my return to the United States.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x10 pg-1ha pg-1y42 pg-1ff3 pg-1fs6 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x10 pg-1ha pg-1y42 pg-1ff3 pg-1fs6 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/static.wixstatic.com\/media\/322016_e1980726da8d4afd9cca18c663e8fbb3.jpg\/v1\/fill\/w_696,h_464,al_c,q_90,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01\/322016_e1980726da8d4afd9cca18c663e8fbb3.jpg\" width=\"696\" height=\"464\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x10 pg-1ha pg-1y42 pg-1ff3 pg-1fs6 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\"><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-2m0 pg-2x6 pg-2h7 pg-2y9 pg-2ff2 pg-2fs3 pg-2fc0 pg-2sc0 pg-2ls0 pg-2ws0\">Sarah Bernstein is a Portland-based artist, performer and storytelle<span class=\"pg-2fc2 pg-2sc0\">r<\/span><span class=\"pg-2fc2 pg-2sc0\">.&nbsp;<\/span>Combining themes of symbolism, visual storytelling and cultural&nbsp;context through a variety of media, her work aims to portray both a&nbsp;collective and personal cannon of contemporary mythology.&nbsp;She received a B.F.A. in Printmaking from Washington University in&nbsp;St. Louis and her work has been shown around the United States&nbsp;and Internationally.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Agatha, Herself.&nbsp;is a series of video works created for ComPeung . The video series centers on a character named Agatha and follows her as she navigates an experience of loss. &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/compeung.org\/main\/artist-sarah-bernstein\/\" class=\"more-link\"><span>explore this artist(s)<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sarah Bernstein<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4748,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70,72,61,65],"tags":[79],"class_list":["post-4747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-activism-intervention","category-film-video","category-painting-drawing","category-performance-dance","tag-usa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/compeung.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/compeung.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/compeung.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/compeung.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/compeung.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4747"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"http:\/\/compeung.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4747\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8671,"href":"http:\/\/compeung.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4747\/revisions\/8671"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/compeung.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/compeung.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/compeung.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/compeung.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}