Taiko artist and co-director of Unit Souzou Michelle Fujii’s “Constant State of Otherness” was set to tour the country and then was delayed due to the coronavirus outbreak. She talks with Douglas Detrick about “otherness” in American culture and what she learned by exploring this concept in a large-scale work for her taiko company. This episode was sponsored by Vanport Mosaic.
Livestream Interview with Michelle Fujii of Unit Souzou
As part of The ~virtual~ Vanport Mosaic Festival 2020 – May 8-30 Vanport Mosaic presents: MORE DEVOTEDLY podcast Volume III: […]
Read moreVol. III | Ep. 1 – Sam and Lisa Adams, Meara McLoughlin
Sam and Lisa Adams, of the band Sama Dams, were about to embark on a five-week tour in Europe as the coronavirus outbreak took hold there and here at home in the United States. Meara McLoughlin, Executive Director of Music Portland, collected data on lost income from nearly one thousand musicians that helped to quantify the economic damage the outbreak was doing to musicians in Oregon helped to shape the response of Oregon’s congressional delegation. Hear their responses to this tragedy, and what they’re doing to help their communities move forward.
Vol. I | Ep. 4 — Anna Fritz and Paul Susi
Hear what Anna Fritz and Paul Susi learned after performing “An Iliad” in prisons across Oregon.
Vol. I | Ep. 3 — Kunu Bearchum
Kunu Bearchum, (Northern Cheyenne/Ho Chunk nation) talks about how he found a way to express his experience as an indigenous person in the United States by applying the ethic of the warrior to his artistic practice.
Vol. I Ep. 2 — Joe Kye
Joe Kye is a violinist-looper and vocalist whose music is motivated by a deep desire to be a steward of culture.