Our Journal
Our record and approach for reflection so that we can learn from our experiences and use them as lessons that we can apply towards future projects.
We invite you to use it as a source for inspiration.
You’ll find content covering our past and current projects to resources for artists and nonprofits.
LOOM:FIELD by BANDALOOP at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History
LOOM is a trilogy of large-scale, outdoor public vertical dance pieces directed by BANDALOOP Artistic Director Melecio Estrella that deepens and challenges our perspective on the art and industry of textiles. Bringing together a collective of performing artists, climate scientists, regenerative textile artists, a visual technologist, and creative riggers, the evening-length piece turns a building’s façade into a giant loom where stories and dances interlace. The result of this multi-layered collaboration is spoken word, vertical dance, fabric manipulation, film segments, and original music. As vertical dance is a form that relies on state-of-the-science woven nylon climbing ropes, LOOM locates BANDALOOP’s core technical framework in a textile lineage.
Chicago Architectural Biennial preview at the Chicago Cultural Center
jimmy Robert (@jimmyvaleryrobert) uses performance, photography, film, video, and drawing to explore important artworks from the twentieth century in ways that complicate their racial and gendered readings. Composed of several objects activated by sound and performance, "Descendances du nu (Chicago)" casts an unexpected human light on the @chiculturcenter's historic building
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We are always interested in learning about organizations and artists that are doing the work, making a difference, and taking control over their own narratives. We are continuously seeking to work with those that are doing their part to make history and shape the future for the better.