PROPOSAL FOR FUNDING FROM THE DIVERSITY COMMITTEE NAME: Suzanne Kite !

SCHOOL: Music PHONE #: 949 307 0852 E-MAIL (required): suzannekite@alum.calarts.edu EXPLANATION OF PROJECT: SEE ATTACHED BOX #: ME-18 TOTAL BUDGET: ! AMOUNT REQUESTED: ! WHAT OTHER SOURCES OF FUNDING DO YOU HAVE: New Works Festival (Provide breakdown on separate sheet) (Maximum of $300.00) DATE OF PROJECT COMPLETION: April 26, 2014! DATE OF PERFORMANCE OR EXHIBITION: April 26, 2014! FACULTY MEMBER (S) FAMILIAR WITH YOUR PROJECT: Marcus Schmickler, Lauren Pratt HOW DOES THIS PROJECT PROMOTE DIVERSITY:
The most under represented peoples in the United States, and therefor CalArts, are the decimated populations of native peoples who populated what is now known as the United States. As a registered member of the Oglala Lakota tribe, I feel an obligation to acknowledge the extreme pain continually occurring as a result of the refusal of the American people to acknowledge the existence of the most impoverished ethnic population. My work seeks to create space within my audiences perception of the unending stream of
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othering within the human consciousness, while avoiding my bias to only represent my own peoples.

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Omega is an hour long exploration of that which cannot be accessed, and therefore cannot be sorted in our perception.! The human mind insists on categorizing, ling, and othering in order to make sense of reality. This piece seeks to identify perceptual boundaries through the use di"erent methods of counting, utilizing physical, visual, and auditory phenomenon. The moment the brain forgets that counting has been occurring, the moment where perception breaks from conscious categorization, is the door to the inaccessible. By exposing these limits in perception, every realm of categorization can be exposed, especially that which involves human interactions.

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DATE: March 31, 2014