Arts in Context - 4 ª Season

Riders Against The Storm build a community around a love of hip-hop and healing. Their bombastic music leads the charge as they seek to enlighten their audiences. This husband and wife duo envision themselves not as mere performers but as a vehicle for connection.

Allison Orr finds the poetry of motion in unusual places and uses non-traditional choreography to celebrate everyday life. For nearly two years Orr has been shadowing and observing technicians, linemen and machines at a power company. Now they are ready to perform Orr's choreography in front of thousands of people.

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Once a taboo practice largely confined to sailors and prisoners, tattooing has evolved into a highly prized fashion product for millions of consumers. Today, 45 million Americans have at least one tattoo. In the 1970s, artists trained in traditional fine art disciplines began to embrace tattooing and technique. Advances in electric needle machines and pigments provided them with new ranges of color, delicacy of detail and aesthetic possibilities. Primarily a male-dominated industry, Kate Hellenbrand pushed the boundaries, making a name for herself throughout the world. One of the last students of Sailor Jerry, Kate worked alongside Jack Rudy at Tattooland in the gang-ridden neighborhood of East Los Angeles. Her 40 years of tattooing and traveling the globe has paved the way for female tattoo artists today.

Octopus Project expresses the meaning of "multi" media by creating lively art through music, film and technology. The band has been releasing joyous party music since 2002, all the while touring the world both on their own and as handpicked support for artists as diverse as Aesop Rock, DEVO, and Explosions in the Sky.