A score is a living framework and possibility for relation between bodies, spaces, and times; the material and the performative. A score holds within it the etymological calls of counting, marking, and reckoning, while also extending into spaces of creativity, connection, and storytelling. A score, as an accumulation of marks and movements records the somatic while opening pathways for re-interpretation and re-performance. It is a holding of the infinite—a resonance of history, memory, and possibility, all contained within a single mark, gesture, description…

Score is a play of words. Scoring in performance and ceramic practice archive movements that cross material and disciplinary borders to broaden applications for scoring and scores. I repetitively use found objects in ways that they were not intended. Scoring is not bound to the pencil in performance nor to the needle tool in ceramics. Recontextualizing scoring by combining the language of performance with that of ceramics, reorients our relationship to objects and their functions. A cactus spine can score as well as a hairpin.

Score. Ongoing performance. 2023. University of California Davis, Davis, California. Sounds created with the assistance of Ryan Danley.

(cleaning brush bristles)

(needle nose pliers)

(dried cattail stem)

(stitching spacer)

(tape dispenser)

(electrical fuse)

(point bar stilt)

(broken mirror)

(edge creaser)

(earring post)

(plumb bob)

(tweezers)

(aloe vera)

(threader)

(bayonet)

(star stilt)

(pop tab)

(spindle)

(skewer)

(square)

(needle)

(ripper)

(stylus)

(icicle)

(spine)

(blade)

(spork)

(beak)

(rake)

(nail)

(tack)

(knife sharpening steel)

(drafting compass)

(clothespin spring)

(clipped toenail)

(credit card cut)

(basket pieces)

(feather shaft)

(coffee stirrer)

(key opener)

(corkscrew)

(cultivator)

(tree bark)

(capacitor)

(chopstick)

(barrette)

(incense)

(twist tie)

(resistor)

(curette)

(grovel)

(pruner)

(chisel)

(zip tie)

(pencil)

(brush)

(knife)

(tooth)

(thorn)

(comb)

(stick)

(clip)

(liquid soap nozzle)

(broken ceramics)

(eyeglass temple)

(string with aglet)

(stitcher wheel)

(alien wrench)

(air pump tip)

(broken glass)

(barbed wire)

(screwdriver)

(belt prong)

(transistor)

(glue tool)

(scissors)

(splinter)

(groover)

(beveler)

(hanger)

(scalpel)

(drill bit)

(scaler)

(sharps)

(staple)

(spike)

(briar)

(straw)

(wire)

(rasp)

(hook)

(pick)

(awl)