Artist Residency 2025 Watching the Detectives
Watching the Detectives is the collaborative work of Jaimie Tait and Philip Goodridge, two artists whose shared practice is rooted in a deep commitment to ensemble creation. Their work is grounded in Viewpoints, a movement practice that explores time, space, and relationship, and invites both performers and audiences into a shared experience of discovery.
Anne Bogart and Tina Landau’s Viewpoints methodology has been a central catalyst in their process, offering a structure that is both rigorous and open. Through this work, Jaimie and Philip have developed a collaborative language that prioritizes responsiveness, interpretation, and meaning-making in real time.
Their practice resonates strongly with Untellable’s own approach. There is a shared belief that the work emerges through the room, through the relationships, and through the willingness to remain open to what unfolds.
Here/There/Together
As part of their residency, Watching the Detectives will be developing a new project, Here/There/Together (working title).
This work explores the transient nature of connection. As artists, collaborators, and people, we move in and out of each other’s lives. Sometimes relationships become lasting structures. Sometimes they are brief, but no less meaningful. This project sits inside that tension.
The creation process will unfold across distance and time. Jaimie and Philip will spend part of the summer working separately, using shared soundscapes and Viewpoints-based improvisation to generate material in different locations. Their work will diverge and align in unexpected ways. Midway through the process, they will reunite for site-specific exploration, before coming back together in the fall to review, refine, and shape the work into its final form.
The final outcome may take multiple forms. It may exist as a live performance, a film, or a hybrid of both. The form will be guided by the process itself.
Public Workshops: Viewpoints
As part of their residency, Watching the Detectives will offer public workshops in Viewpoints in Fall 2026.
These sessions will be open to artists and community members who are interested in exploring movement, composition, and ensemble work in a structured but accessible way. Viewpoints offers a practical entry point into improvisation and creation, and it aligns closely with Untellable’s commitment to making dance and movement practices accessible to a broad range of participants.
More details on dates and registration will be shared in the coming months.