Buran Summit: Day One

Jan. 9th:

We had such a productive day for our first day of the summit. In the morning participants were led through a typical Buran workshop (see "Sustained Applause" part 3) and in the afternoon we had a thick three hour discussion about the community of Buran, it's means, purpose, and involvement. Those who were a part of this discussion included Brady Blevins, Eric Avery, Val Smith, Lara Thomas-Ducey, Erin Phillips, Joshua Efron, Nick Kostner, Carter Waite, Justin Knudsen and Erik LaPointe. Joining us over the coming week will be a number of other artists from around the states including Casey Mraz, Hilary Kelman, Jean Goto, Laurel Butler, Ben Leifer, and Alex Haynes.

All of our minds are rattling with so many creative ideas and impulses that it's honestly quite difficult for me to distill everything that was dealt with in our first day. But the general consensus is that everyone is pretty thrilled to be sharing this time together to create, investigate, exchange, and extend.

Expect a more detailed report tomorrow from both Justin and myself.

-Adam