AESTHETICS PROJECT
This Aesthetics Project, co-created with Emily Jones, interweaves sculptures with spoken text and choreography in a performance lecture that explores the mysterious connection between Aesthetics and Intuition. We began this project with a focus on sensory processing, asking: How do aesthetics support (or derail) our processes of self-regulation and self-determination? What causes us to seek out certain forms of stimulation, e.g. hues of color or sensations of texture? How do these inclinations help us draw near to and develop affinity with one another? Ultimately, our project gives credence to the ineffable significance of aesthetics in both art and day-to-day existence.
This project has been supported and sustained by Ellis-Beauregard Foundation, Portland Institute for Contemporary Art’s Creative Exchange Lab Residency, Performance Works NW and the Water in the Desert.
Podcast, Episode #1, 2022
Performance Lecture, 3/14/23, 7:30PM-10PM @ KHFRESH23 (San Francisco), RIPE co-production with Performance Primers
Performance Lecture, 4/23/23, 2PM @ SE Cooper Contemporary, in tandem with the exhibition House March by Alina Tenser (Portland, OR)
Performance Lecture, 7/8/23 & 7/9/23, 6pm @ Performance Works NW (Portland, OR), pay what you will tickets!
Exhibition 11/17/23 - 1/6/24 @ Paragon Art Gallery (Portland, OR), feat. a Performative Installation, Friday, November 17, 2023. Gallery will open at 6pm with a 45-minute ASL-interpreted performance/lecture at 7pm, during which the artist will activate the space with sculptural materials and movement.
Research residency at The Chocolate Factory Theater 12/14/23 - 12/20/23 (New York, NY)