Kathryn Ricketts 1636 W. 7th Avenue, Vancouver. V6J 1S5 604 788 4800 http://kathrynricketts.blogspot.com/
January 20, 2013 To whom it may concern I am very excited to submit this proposal for nightswimming’s Pure Research, 2013 with Ellen Moffat my collaborator. Ellen and I have been working together for several years slowly and diligently circling in on each other’s work, first by exchanging our writing and then attending each other’s shows. These exchanges were always peppered with robust conversations around our common and yet distinct theories and methods of practice. When it came to our first experimentation together we felt we had honored this period of understanding the foundations of each other’s practice. This seems a rarity in the fast paced production oriented contexts of most of our creative periods and we continue to savor this lingering and leaning into the process. nightswimming would allow us to continue to honor the ‘slow cooking’ nature of this ongoing research, giving us an opportunity to target a particular aspect of our work with the benefit of informed and critical feedback. We are both very excited about the idea of being in the studio again with a structured framework that will still allow room for serendipity. Both Ellen and I have been grateful for the residencies we have had together and have a strong vision of how we could further this work over time. We feel that Pure Research would serve as an important and critical experience in this continuum with strong potential for our future projects. Our proposal includes a two page description of the project and concise version of my C.V. (an extended version is available on request) and a few pages from the Gertrude Stein text that we intend to use. Our estimated budget is attached. Ellen’s contact information is: moffat.e@sasktel.net; www.ellenmoffat.ca. Thank you for your consideration and I look forward to hearing from you! Sincerely, Dr. Kathryn Ricketts