stacie chaiken
writer • performer
Artists respond to the Holocaust
presented by Visions & Voices , April 14, 2011
at the USC School of Cinema Ray Stark Theatre
I performed an original piece, based on materials from the recently
acquired Holocaust and Genocide Research Collection at USC’s
Doheny Library. The performance was followed by a panel discussion
about how artists interact with and draw from testimony, specifically
testimony about trauma or catastrophe.
Creativity by Encounter: a PechaKucha presentation
presented at the TCG National Conference in Los Angeles, June 16, 2011
The PechaKucha format—created as a concise way for overly
chatty Japanese architects to present their projects—allows you
to show 20 images, each for only 20 seconds. The images
(Here, they invited us to use audio and video, as well) advance
automatically and you talk along with the presentation. I found
it a brilliant way to put something together quickly and concisely,
and get a sense of what and how I am thinking.
The session was streamed live. You can watch it on line:
All the presenters have inspiring projects, so enjoy. If you
want to fast forward ahead to my piece, it begins at 1:04:50.
And ZEEK published an article and an excerpt from The Dig, Spring 2011
“Chaiken’s beautiful writing
strategically proffers up pieces of
bone and tooth in a scintillating
anthropological dig.”
— Steven Leigh Morris/LA WEEKLY
writing about “Looking for Louie”
Tuesday, February 7, 10am - 4pm
I’ll be performing Next Year in Jerusalem at 10am, as we begin the conversation about how artists and institutions can tell difficult stories and make a difference in their communities and in the world.
Please join us for a day-long event—open to the public— which focuses on artistic work that engages with catastrophe and events — personal and world-wide — which challenge our sense of how things ought to be.
