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DAM! A Song of Water
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Free.Location: LAT/LONG: 29.000000, -98.000000
8500 Mission Pkwy, San Antonio, TX 78223
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“DAM! A Song of Water” will take place Oct. 9, 2022, from 10:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. outdoors. Registration and parking are at Acequia Park, 8500 Mission Pkwy, San Antonio, TX 78223 with activities in the surrounding areas.
Admission is free and all ages and levels are welcome. Please RSVP. We encourage participants to bring refillable water bottles. Participants should be prepared to walk between the different stations of the event, a half mile radius.
Individuals or partners can reserve an audio recorder via this form for a 30 min time slot that includes a 15min orientation of the technology. Please bring your own wired headphones if possible.
EVENT SCHEDULE:
10:30 a.m. Espada DAM! Musical Opening & Meditation with composer Pamela Martinez/Teletextile, a welcoming from San Antonio Missions National Historical Park, and land acknowledgment and blessing by an elder of the Tāp Pīlam Coahuiltecan Nation.
11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Drop-in Personal Water Ceremony and Group Sound Meditation and Field Recording Instructions with Mark Menjivar
11:00 a.m. Field Recording Reservation 1 (Reservation Required)
11:45 a.m. Field Recording Reservation 2 (Reservation Required)
12:30 p.m. Field Recording Reservation 3 (Reservation Required)
The DAM! Performance Series is an original music theater work that highlights our waterways in San Antonio, TX. It was specifically inspired by the Espada Dam as a historical landmark the acequia system created in Spanish colonial times. The kickoff event at DAM! - Espada Dam Oct 9, 2022 will be followed by the two performances happening in Spring 2023; DAM! - Lake Elmendorf (March 4, 2023) and DAM! - Roosevelt Tunnel Outlet (March 22, 2023 on World Water Day). Teletextile’s goal for DAM! is to give our community new ways to interact with local historic landmarks and the natural environment around them, while highlighting the rich history of San Antonio’s central, south and west-side neighborhoods.
Teletextile will include the following artists for DAM! - Espada: Mark Menjivar, Tanesha Payne, Meredith Shuman, Zach Sokoloski and Olivia Roybal.
Pamela Martinez is a musician in healing, immersive performer and creator, reiki master, and composer specializing in deep listening, sound baths, and sonic expressions who performs under the moniker Teletextile. Martinez holds a Bachelor's degree in Music Education from Berklee College of Music in Boston. She is a San Antonio native who spent the last 18 years performing and creating primarily in Brooklyn, NY. Martinez has performed all over the world and worked with many notable organizations including The Park Ave Armory, REDCAT: Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater and Brooklyn Greenway Initiative. Martinez passes on the craft of music and wellbeing by teaching at the Southtown Music Studio (SATX) located at Mercury Project Contemporary Art Space. www.teletextile.org
Creation of this work was made possible in part by an award from the Department of Arts & Culture of the City of San Antonio.
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