| Are people available for two consecutive Saturdays? One would be at practice (or shortly before), the second would be at 7a. (I’m sadly gone for a bunch of these, but maybe we can get nine without me…)
Please let me know if you are interested in this project, which Saturdays you are available for.
Thanks, Ricky Begin forwarded message:
Subject: Re: Reciprocity Collaborative, well, collaboration!
Date: September 10, 2019 at 1:31:05 PM EDT
Hey Ricky,
We got the green light! We are SO. EXCITED.
Would you and the team be free for two consecutive Saturdays coming up? The first Saturday we would ideally meet before your practice, and the next week we would meet at 7am to film. Because of the massive cruise ship tour groups etc, we only have full access of the sanctuary before opening hours- thus, the early bird call. We know this is brutal, but we think the magic of what this collaboration can be will be worth it. . . . we also promise to bring coffee. 😬
How about any 2 of these Saturdays? - Sep 14
- Sep 21
- Oct 5
- Oct 19
- Oct 26
Additionally, we'd like to bring in a professional sound artist in to record one of your practices to capture the method we ultimately want to physicalize in the film, but also whatever it is you guys are working on that day. Is that cool?
Feel free to text or call me if that's quicker - 224.714.7517, and we can't wait to get started!
All the best,
Jenna + Sue Hey Ricky,
We had a really great meeting with Catherine and Erin on Tuesday - we're still waiting on a confirmation from Steve and the Board, but it's looking like a much greener light than it was last month!
While we await the final 'go' I wanted to throw some possibilities for play/rehearsal and for filming to you and the group. We would ideally like at least 8 people to match the 8 bells, and potentially someone to help guide/coach/call from the outside.
What do you think about a 2 hour rehearsal on a day either before or after a practice session? As for filming, we have been told that we cannot film during business hours and are thus proposing a weekend, probably Saturday as to not interfere with Sunday service preparations, to film from 7-9a.
Let me know what you and crew think - can't wait to get together in the space!
All the best,
Jenna + Sue
Thanks for helping to problem solve! Good to know that's potentially a scheduling option for you, and we really, really hope it works out with you guys.
We don't love the lighting conditions for the church at night on film, but trying not to count out anything at this point before speaking to Catherine and Steve. To be continued!
On Wed, Aug 28, 2019 at 6:55 PM Richard Morse < pukku mac com> wrote: Thanks! One other possibility, if no weekend day is possible, might be an evening? It would heavily depend on the evening, but if nothing can be done weekendwise?
Ricky Hi Ricky,
Thank you for following up with us - we have not forgotten about you guys. In fact, bringing y'all in remains one of our biggest excitements for this fall!
Unfortunately, we've hit some roadblocks with the administration regarding timing with the heavy flow of tourism this fall. I have hesitated to reach back out to you until we had more answers, but now is as good of a time as ever to say we're meeting in person with Catherine and Steven next Tuesday the 3rd, and hope to report back with an update on a possible weekend filming opportunity shortly thereafter.
To be continued - thank you for your continued commitment to our project at Old North!
All the best,
Jenna + Sue On Tue, Aug 27, 2019 at 7:08 PM Richard Morse < pukku mac com> wrote: Hi! I haven’t heard from you in a while — did you receive my earlier response?
Thanks,
Ricky
> On Jul 16, 2019, at 12:06 PM, Jenna Pollack <jenna pollack gmail com> wrote:
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> Hi Ricky,
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> No worries at all. Condolences for the loss of your loved one, and hope the snow is beginning to melt.
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> Thank you for agreeing to pitch our idea to the guild. To make it simple I wanted to share some more language and details that can be easily sent along if you wish:
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> Date: A morning in September or October, pending confirmation of the Old North group tour calendar
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> Prompt: Physicalizing a bell method of your choosing, for 8 ringers, in the sanctuary. Exploring simple gestures of things looking, turning, and sliding in the pews at varying tempos.
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> Offering: We would love to support the work of the guild with a humble offering of $300.
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> Example: Here is an example from our public event in May where we invited folks to respond to the slide prompt in an open-ended structure. People were moving according to their own desires here, whereas with you all we are thinking about using the bell methods as a possible framework for movement.
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> Attached: A formal invitation from The Reciprocity Collaborative.
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> Many thanks,
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> Jenna + Sue
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> On Fri, Jul 12, 2019 at 10:27 PM Richard Morse <pukku mac com> wrote:
> Hi! I’m sorry — this message came in, I looked at it, but I was heading out for a funeral and decided to deal with it when I got back in town, and then life snowballed.
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> I will talk with the other bellringers and see what they think.
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> Ricky
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> > On Jul 11, 2019, at 9:02 AM, Jenna Pollack <jenna pollack gmail com> wrote:
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> > Hi Ricky,
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> > Just refreshing this! Might you and the Guild be interested in being a part of our culminating Old North residency film this fall? We'd want just a morning of y'alls time, sliding and tilting your heads in the pews to match a bell method of your choosing.
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> > Let me know what you think - would be happy to jump on a call this week to get off the internet if that's easier!
> >
> > Sunny days,
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> > jenna
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> >
> > On Mon, May 27, 2019, 20:16 Jenna Pollack <jenna pollack gmail com> wrote:
> > Hi Ricky,
> >
> > Hope you've been nothing short of swell since we last spoke in March. It seems that summer may finally be here?!
> >
> > Sue and I are moving through the research stages of our residency at Old North into crafting a performing and a film for the fall/winter. One of our prompts that we're interested in capturing is something we call a 'Pew Slide', and we're intrigued to see overlapping heads in one aisle of box pews from the perspective of the back of the sanctuary. An example can be seen here, and a solo version here.
> >
> > Last Tuesday we opened our process to the public to get fresh eyes and bodies inside of the prompts, and we quickly learned that when the parameters are too wide it becomes less interesting. We'd instead like to directly correlate it with a/some methods (as there are 8 regular sized box pews per aisle!), using slight physical variations of sliding to correlate with the bells ringing. Ideally, we would edit the video so the pew slide would be a physical representation of the method as you're hearing it.
> >
> > Might the Guild of Bellringers be interested in not only ringing, but sliding, a method for us?! //Happy to connect by phone to explain more if that's easier.
> >
> > All the best,
> > jenna
> >
> >
> >
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> <Old North Reciprocity Collaborative.pdf>
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