a collective unsilencing, a divine portent, a wail, an omen, a refusal to cower in the face of attempted erasure, a call to our ungovernable animality, a convening of artists using their voices and creative agency to resist intimidation and summon alternative worlds where transness is holy and bodily autonomy is sacrosanct, a portal built of rage and grief and glimpses of euphoria, an experiment in collaborative methods, kinship, and open process where shared labor becomes a form of care and the gallery becomes a staging ground for the battles we did not ask to fight
featuring: Nicki Green, Ashton Phillips, Edgar Fabian Frias, Badly Licked Bear, Umi Hsu, Sadie Greyduck, Leslie Foster, Salvador De La Torre, Nina Sarnelle, Alystair Rogers, Wesleigh Gates, Beatrice Gosse, Tanner Pfeiffer and 8TPS, Jynx Prado, Elizabeth Frances Folk
September 14th, 2-3pm Procession of Divine Portent joule bricks from Automata Arts (504 Chung King Rd, Los Angeles, CA 90012) to Human Resources
September 18th, 7-9pm \Opening of Howl with live performance by Umi Hsu at 8pm and flash tattoos from Salvador de la Torre 7-9pm
September 19th Mobile Sewing Station activation by Badly Licked Bear
September 19th, 8pm Los Angeles premiere of Breath Work by Nina Sarnelle
September 20, 2-4pm Mobile Sewing Station activation and participatory patchmaking session with Elizabeth Frances Folk
September 20, 5-6pm Open Rehearsal with Tanner Pfeiffer and 8TPS choir
September 20, 7-9pm Live performances and readings, including a choral performance of protest songs by 8TPS choir; an original movement piece embodying trans subjectivity, violence, and self-actualization by Beatrice Gosse; a site-specific grappling hook performance by Sadie Greyduck; and a fractured, non-linear lecture performance on trans horror by Wesleigh Gates.
September 21, 2 - 3pm artist panel on strategies for resisting silencing and erasure and cultivating resiliency in an age of fascism with Salvador de la Torre and Edgar Fabian Frias
September 21, 3 - 4pm: tactical magic workshop by Edgar Fabian Frias