// SH*T GOLD //
Open Mic Performance Night. For artists experimenting in any genre. For those unafraid to fail. Low stress. High focus.
Come show: A sketch, a task, a situation, a work in-the-works. You have five minutes or less to take a risk.
Sign-up: Arrive at 7:30PM to sign up. You can also email gold@
Food: Bring something to share if you’d like.
Booze: Available at the bar.
1ST + 3RD MONDAYS / 8PM
Velocity 1621 12th Ave
Contact gold@velocitydancecenter.org
Join the SH*T GOLD Facebook Group to get messages about upcoming events.
SH*T GOLD THE DEEP END
It’s a SH*T GOLD marathon! Bi-annually, we open up the floor for long-form performance events up to 20 minutes in length. Like at any SH*T GOLD, your performance may be at any point in its development and in any live medium. We encourage raw works-in-progress, presented in the spirit of experimentation and risk. Dive into The Deep End as a resource for your creative development. You might take the time to:
- Show a five-minute work. Show a 10-minute work. Show an 11-minute work. Present that epic 20-minute thing you’ve been working on.
- Build an installation for 10 minutes, lead the audience through it for two minutes, and tear it down and load it out for eight minutes.
- Stage a 12-minute scene and follow it with an eight-minute Q&A or work-shopping session.
- Start a community discussion about performance.
- Slip 20 one-minute performances throughout the day’s other performances.
You also don’t have to take anywhere near 20 minutes. Your use of time is your prerogative and limited only by your imagination—We only ask that your work do no lasting harm to yourself, others, or the space.
Please note that while you may bring in any number of technical components, this is a low-tech to no-tech showcase with Velocity providing one standard lighting set-up and access to a sound system. You get through set-up and tear-down within your 20 minute time slot.
Developed by Velocity in the spirit of community co-creation.
// PAST SPECIAL SH*T GOLD EVENTS //
2018
SH*T GOLD: THE DEEP END
SUN JUL 15 / 6PM–10PM
Velocity 1621 12th Ave
FREE + open to all
SUN APR 1 / 6–10PM
Velocity 1621 12th Ave
FREE + open to all
It’s a SH*T GOLD marathon! We’re opening up the floor for long-form performance events up to 20 minutes in length. Like at any SH*T GOLD, your performance may be at any point in its development and in any live medium. We encourage raw works-in-progress, presented in the spirit of experimentation and risk. Dive into The Deep End as a resource for your creative development. You might take the time to:
- Show a five-minute work. Show a 10-minute work. Show an 11-minute work. Present that epic 20-minute thing you’ve been working on.
- Build an installation for 10 minutes, lead the audience through it for two minutes, and tear it down and load it out for eight minutes.
- Stage a 12-minute scene and follow it with an eight-minute Q&A or work-shopping session.
- Start a community discussion about performance.
- Slip 20 one-minute performances throughout the day’s other performances.
You also don’t have to take anywhere near 20 minutes. Your use of time is your prerogative and limited only by your imagination—We only ask that your work do no lasting harm to yourself, others, or the space.
Please note that while you may bring in any number of technical components, this is a low-tech to no-tech showcase with Velocity providing one standard lighting set-up and access to a sound system. You get through set-up and tear-down within your 20 minute time slot.
Developed by Velocity in the spirit of community co-creation.
2017
SH*T GOLD: The Deep End
JUL 16, 2017 / 6-10PM
Velocity 1621 12th Ave
FREE + open to all
SH*T GOLD: The Deep End
MAR 19, 2017 / 6-10PM
Velocity 1621 12th Ave
FREE + open to all
It’s a Sh*t Gold marathon! We’re opening up the floor for long-form performance events up to 20 minutes in length. Like at any Sh*t Gold, your performance may be at any point in its development and in any live medium. We encourage raw works-in-progress, presented in the spirit of experimentation and risk. Dive into The Deep End as a resource for your creative development. You might take the time to:
- Present that epic 20 minute thing you’ve been working on.
- Build an installation for 10 minutes, lead the audience through it for 2 minutes, and tear it down and load it out for 8 minutes.
- Stage a 12 minute scene and follow it with an 8 minute Q&A or work-shopping session.
- Start a community discussion about performance.
- Slip 20 one-minute performances throughout the day’s other performances.
You also don’t have to take anywhere near 20 minutes. Your use of time is your prerogative and limited only by your imagination – We only ask that your work do no lasting harm to yourself, others, or the space.
Please note that while you may bring in any number of technical components, this is a low-tech to no-tech showcase with Velocity providing one standard lighting set-up and access to a sound system. You get through set-up and tear-down within your 20 minute time slot.
Developed by Velocity in the spirit of community co-creation.
2016
SH*T GOLD: The Deep End
July 17, 2016 / 6-10pm
Velocity 1621 12th Ave
FREE + open to all
It’s a Sh*t Gold marathon! We’re opening up the floor for long-form performance events up to 20 minutes in length. Like at any Sh*t Gold, your performance may be at any point in its development and in any live medium. We encourage raw works-in-progress, presented in the spirit of experimentation and risk. Dive into The Deep End as a resource for your creative development. You might take the time to:
- Present that epic 20 minute thing you’ve been working on.
- Build an installation for 10 minutes, lead the audience through it for 2 minutes, and tear it down and load it out for 8 minutes.
- Stage a 12 minute scene and follow it with an 8 minute Q&A or work-shopping session.
- Start a community discussion about performance.
- Slip 20 one-minute performances throughout the day’s other performances.
You also don’t have to take anywhere near 20 minutes. Your use of time is your prerogative and limited only by your imagination – We only ask that your work do no lasting harm to yourself, others, or the space.
Please note that while you may bring in any number of technical components, this is a low-tech to no-tech showcase with Velocity providing one standard lighting set-up and access to a sound system. You get through set-up and tear-down within your 20 minute time slot.
Developed by Velocity in the spirit of community co-creation.
2015
SPECIAL SH*T GOLD: TOGETHER
The Utopian Edition
Part of Next Fest NW 2015: UTOPIA
DEC 7, 2015 / 10PM
Velocity 1621 12th Ave
FREE + open to all
After Next Dance Cinema, join a special Next Fest NW Utopia edition of SH*T GOLD. Come show a sketch, a task, a situation, a work in-the-works with the aspiration of a utopian ideal of Togetherness. No electronic devices or use of technology. No imprints or digital recordings. A focus on the communication that happens in the room. Hosted by Petra Zanki, Campbell Thibo + Crystaline Brown.
SH*T GOLD: The Deep End
July 12, 2015 / 4-10PM
Velocity 1621 12th Ave
FREE + open to all
It’s a SH*T GOLD marathon! We’re opening up the floor for long-form performance events up to 30 minutes in length.
Like at any SH*T GOLD, your performance may be at any point in its development and in any live medium. We encourage raw works-in-progress, presented in the spirit of experimentation and risk. Dive into The Deep End as a resource for your creative development.
You might take the time to:
- Present that 30 minute dance epic you’ve been working on.
- Build an installation for 20 minutes, lead the audience through it for 2 minutes, and tear it down and load it out for 8 minutes.
- Stage a 12 minute scene and follow it with an 18 minute Q&A or work-shopping session.
- Start a community discussion about performance.
- Slip 30 one-minute performances throughout the day’s other performances.
You also don’t have to take 30 minutes. Your use of time is your prerogative and limited only by your imagination. We only ask that your work do no lasting harm to yourself, others, or the space.
Please note that while you may bring in any number of technical components, this is a low-tech to no-tech showcase with Velocity providing one standard lighting set-up and access to a sound system. You must get through set-up and tear-down within your 30 minute time slot.
SH*T GOLD at SAM Remix
MAR 13, 2015 / 8PM
Seattle Art Museum 1300 First Avenue
Choose your own adventure from this fabulous late night of performances, activities, dancing, and more with Indigenous Beauty: Masterworks of American Indian Art from the Diker Collection and SAM’s fantastic collection.
