Writing

as a practice

My reason for making work is connection. It is following an idea or movement to see where it leads, what is realized from the research. The retrospective reflection (my practice of writing) allows threads to connect and describe themselves outside of my experience, beyond the process of practice, back to the world that initially inspired the creation. These are some thoughts shared publicly.


I presented this paper at the 2023 AMPS (Architecture Media Politics Society) Conference November 15 - 17, 2023. The conference is a joint effort of the Glasgow School of Art, Louisiana State University, and Wenzhou-Kean University. Read the paper (pgs. 52 - 66) or view the presentation. Published July 23, 2024.

Flâneuring in the De_Constructiv Garden

Dance’s Duet with the Camera: Motion Pictures is a collection of essays written by various authors on the relationship between live dance and film. Chapters cover a range of topics that explore dance film, contemporary dance with film on stage, dance as an ideal medium to be captured by 3D images and videodance as kin to site-specific choreography. Read the chapter Wrestling the Beast…and Not Getting Too Much Blood on Your Skirt: Integration of Live Performance and Video Projection. Credited as Heather Coker, pgs 141 – 158.