By Maria Shaplin On Sunday May 15, Applied Mechanics gathered at Christ Church Neighborhood House for our Spring Community Dinner. Chef Rebecca Wright crafted a tasty menu for the occasion: Spinach and Mushroom Phyllo Squares, Cypriot Lentils and Rice and Lemon Coconut Bars. Our Philly friends, colleagues and extended artist families drifted in from their weekend […]

By Mary Tuomanen THREE CATEGORIES OF HUMAN EXTINCTION THREAT: NATURAL CAUSES UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES HOSTILE CAUSES These were the categories Cain Elliott, of the Critical Writing Center  in Arts and Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania, laid out for us at the beginning of his seminar on Human Extinction with us this Sunday. At Becky’s comfy

By Mary Tuomanen “Pho-give. Pho-get.” This past month, Applied Mechanics created some interesting experiments around food. We were gearing up for Scratch Night at FringeArts last night, which was really fun and energizing. We brought in family recipes, and studied strange cookbooks. We shared feelings and histories around the recipes. Thomas danced a reindeer stew. Stephanie

By Thomas Choinacky Earlier this month I took part in the annual Art + Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon, hosted by the Philadelphia Museum of Art.  The event was led by Mary Mark Ockerbloom, who is “Wikipedian in Residence” at the Chemical Heritage Foundation.  She gave us a detailed introduction to Wikipedia, and the tools to become

By Rebecca Wright I am about to go into previews for St Joan at Quintessence, Maria is in tech for Richard III at People’s Light, Mary just had her first workshop for Machinal with EgoPo, Thomas is getting ready to load in Action is Primary with Meg Foley, Bayla is working her butt off at Camden Printworks,

  “I’m mostly concerned with space and form, time can go fuck itself.” – some uncredited internet source Ok – that’s not entirely true. I’m about to open an exhibition that is obsessed with time. Time is my constant opponent. My mortal enemy. My most skilled adversary. This exhibition, I’d rather choke than be a

Applied Mechanic’s feminist phenoms THE BANDITS rocked out at the premier of “Local Girls”, a new play by Emma Goidel. Check out their cover of Outkast’s “Hey Ya” By Mary Tuomanen In 2014, Applied Mechanics created We Are Bandits, a show about a fictitious punk band of feminists in bandanas. We were inspired by Pussy

By Bayla Rubin and Maria Shaplin On January 30th, Applied Mechanics and their amazing friends descended upon Headlong Studios to get their aerobics on.  It was cold outside, but it was hot n’ steamy on the dance floor. MC Jane Hanoi (Amy Smith) guided us through the evening in her signature striped leotard, and fitness

By Anita Holland The desire to write a one woman piece, based on my life as written in myth, has been percolating in me for some time. I’d been walking around with a notebook of ideas but no roadmap. After the empowering work I did with Applied Mechanics in We Are Bandits I found a

By Bayla Rubin Just a couple weeks ago, the Bernadettes put on their fuzziest sweaters, warmest tights, and furriest earmuffs, and braved the cold winter air (and some snow!) to crash some theater festivals in NYC. We hawked our wares of cookies, crackers and secret tiny art experiences to patrons at Under the Radar Festival

By Maura Krause If there were people Living in these tiny folds Whose world would this be? I often end up meditating while I walk my dog. This often takes the shape of noticing nature with an empty head, and then imagining myself surrounded by thousands of microverses, suspending my existence within an unseen dance

By Isabella Sazak This year is off to a great start. I’m trying new things and accepting new challenges. This is my first blog post ever. And this year I am embarking on a new journey as Lead Teaching artist for Big Green Theater. “Big Green Theater (BGT) is a program developed by The Bushwick Starr and Superhero

By Maria Shaplin I’m not an overly sentimental person, but looking back at 2015, it’s hard to not get a little misty-eyed about all the amazing things we have accomplished individually, and as a group. We kinda rocked it this year. Not to toot our own horns or anything, but…….TOOT TOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT! Its just that time

By Jessica Hurley This fall, Applied Mechanics and I have been immersed in the world of college education. At the University of the Chicago and the University of the Arts, we have worked closely with students as they have tackled questions of history and violence, protest and the purpose of art. Our students, in their