Category: Performance Making

  • This was at the Periwinkle Palace, for their monthly Performance Primer. The Periwinkle Palace is the only exclusively performance art and dance DIY venue in Oakland. This was the first time I did Dance Therapy/Playback with the overhead projector. Looking at it now, it seems a little distracting, but I like it anyways. Before the…

  • One of the most successful Dance Playbacks, performed at WIP Open Mic (sep 24), hosted by Fenner at the Flight Deck. Dance Playback is a piece where I ask the audience what was the best part about your week and the worst. This time I asked them to write it down and put it in…

  • a photo from a play called A Public Toilet on Gogol Blvd, Part 1: A Gay Fantasia, from Playhaus, presented by art collective Klanghaus. My housemate and talented artist, Em Lee Reaves put on a site-specific play in Z SPACE‘s bathroom. I’m the one on the left in the balaclava. I had a great time working with…

  • I haven’t read from my zines before. After starting the zine club, it was suggested by a friend to do a reading. My zines have more than just writing: drawings, performance art descriptions, a zine was dedicated to my Plant Meditation workshop, etc. so I decided to throw a party at my favorite bookstore, E.M. WOLFMAN.…

  • psychobotany-program9-9-2psychobotany-program9-17-2 above: programs, containing artist bios, Note: 3 of the 4 shows, the dancers were Hannah Ayasse, Annikah Peabody, and Andrew Rose. The Sunday showing featured Anne Kouzmanoff instead of Annikah. below: Photos credit to Ezra Reaves, The closing night of psychobotany Below: Videography Credit to Bill Russell, the third night of psychobotany (fun fact,…

  • Last July I was invited to join the art collective Klanghaus. Led by Teddy Hulsker, Klanghaus runs monthly (sometimes themed) art events, inviting artists to showcase work. I enjoy being a part of this group because there’s a variety of mediums and material. Some stuff I’ve done for Klanghaus: contributed to installation art, painted faces, offered…

  • (above is one of the promotional videos I made… I had videography of the first performance, coming soon to this blog) I had two performances of this piece (which is a living piece, growing and changing) at SAFEhouse for the Arts. With prerecorded music, live overhead projector art manipulation and authentic movement (Authentic Movement –…

  • Happy Place I wrote this after a bad morning trying to submit old paper work for food stamps in person. My ticket number was A003. My paystubs were a month too old and I have terrible luck with remembering passwords, so it’s not an easy feat to get them. UGh. Then my phone decided to…