Urban Birds: Selections
Anuj Bhutani, Executive/Artistic Director
Call and Echo by Brandon J Rolle
Jennifer Bewerse, Cello
Monster by Jen Wang
Scott Worthington, Double Bass
Heat Thrasher by Dante De Silva
Michael Matsuno, Flute
Red Shouldered Hawk by Kenji Oh
Cassia Steb, Viola
Mockingbird Hopscotch by Vera Ivanova
Christopher Adler, Khaen
Installations
Cassia Streb, Curator and creator
Ashton Phillips, Creator
Thadeus Reed, Creator
Tim Feeney, Creator
Technical support provided by People Inside Electronics
Monsoon :: Superbloom
Inspired by the transness and collective power of water to change form and phase, to reshape both itself and its environment, and to bring life back to even the most dead and damaged places, Monsoon::Superbloom brings together a storm of trans voices reclaiming our authority over our own stories, our resiliency in the face of hostility, and our capacity to dream, more vibrant futures. Part speculative oral history project, part experimental sound art installation, part emergency T4T social practice project, Monsoon::Superbloom weaves together audio recordings from participants’ interviews, field recordings of water and birds collected from the International Bird Rescue and Death Valley during this Spring's Superbloom, with live performance.
Intention: listen, hold, amplify, become the storm that can clear away the present and transform this broken dry land into a field of wildness and flowers: so many that they cannot crush us all. Catharsis as rupture and communion. SUMMON THE RAIN.
Live Performers
Ashton Phillips, Composer/Director
Sadie Greyduck, Double Bass
Anais Azul, Vocals
Dorian Wood, Vocals
Cat Mahatta, Vocals
With vocal contributions from:
Badly Licked Bear
JD
Shane Dixon
Umi Hsu
Wesleigh Gates
Yvonne LeBien
edua mercedes
Naima Merella
Ash Morgan
O.K.
Pau Pescador
Yuri Preciado
Tanner Pfeiffer
Emji Saint Spero
Albus Wang
Brett Zhang
Video Installations
Voices from the Hill
Talia Greene, Director
Luis Rodriguez, Poet
Guillermo Brown, Drummer and Composer
David Saldaña, Composition Consultant
Maria Maea, Artist
Raul Baltazar, Artist
Elizabeth Huston, Synchromy Director
Elva Yañez, Community Partner, Save Elephant Hill
Shalandrea Houchen, Dancer
Tylana Renga Enomoto, Percussion
Dominic Salole, Percussion
Leticia Zavala, Percussion
Aponteporo, Percussion
Nia Andrews, Vocals
Rafael Bustamante, Vocals
Mikaela Elson, Vocals
Joe Galarza, Cultural Bearer
The Plasticene
Ashton Phillips, Creator, Composer (Act I), and Librettist (Act III)
Anuj Bhutani, Composer
Performers
Sadie Greyduck, Musician and Costume Designer (Act I)
MA Harms, Musician (Acts I and IV)
Isaura String Quartet, Musicians (Act III)
the Moirologist, Performer (Act II, May 10)
Sharon Chohi Kim, Performer (Act II, June 1)
Kion Heidari, Vocalist (Act III)
Molly Pease, Vocalist (Act III)
Abigail Whitman, Vocalist (Act III)
Jasmine Albuquerque, Choreographer and Dancer
Beatrice Gosse, Dancer
Joey Navarrete-Medina, Dancer
Nina Sarnelle, Performer, Composer, and Video Artist (Act II, May 10)
Yozmit The DogStar, Performance Artist
Crew
Mimi Handon, Costume Designer (Acts II and III)
Alicia Piller, Installation and Costume Designer (Act I)
Joseph Mueller, Set Designer (Act III)
Taylor Griffith, Underwater Sound and Video
Ariana Gastelum, Bird Rescue Clinic Sound and Video
This concert is made possible in part by a grant from the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, the California Arts Council, and the City of Pasadena Department of Cultural Affairs.