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Brian Arnold has lived 1,000 lives over 13 million years in forms ranging from geometric interstellar giant to moonlight ghost, from radiant snake deity to field-of-water consciousness, and always returning to human form to tell the tales of his long travels. He thrives on the vital life force of stories that look into the crooked junk piles of our lives to find the jewels that lie within. From the over-perfumed widow in a loud patterned dress lighting candles at the memorial of her lover, to the man who built a mad hatter palace out of a rotted warehouse, Brian Arnold seeks out the dreamers and brings to life their art and their madness through metaphor, allegory, nuanced narrative, and the occasional documentary.
Learn more about Brian here.
Photo by Matheus Coura
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Maxine Flasher-Düzgüneş is a Turkish-American poet, dance artist, and filmmaker engaging with the disciplines of choreography and visual art as tools for grasping poetic language. She has received residencies from Djerassi Resident Artist Program, Center at Eagle Hill, Surel’s Place, Stapleton School for the Performing Arts, and SAFEhouse Arts, and has been commissioned by Sadler's Wells and The Place (UK) for her dance writing and by World Stage Design (Canada), 92NY’s Future Dance Festival (New York), and FACT/SF Summer Dance Festival (San Francisco) for her choreography.
Visit poeticabythebay.com to learn more
Photo by Brian Arnold
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Liz Cahill is a producer, curator, poet, and artist based in San Francisco. She is originally from Philadelphia, a city known for its litter and delicious food. Her background in finance and banking colors her perspective on resource distribution, income inequality, hyper-consumption and waste. She’s the co-founder of the non-profit Decentered Arts, where she works to build resilient communities using art of all media. Some of her recent projects include producing Piles of San Francisco x j.ehren - an ongoing fashion and art show working with artists across disciplines to document and upcycle textile waste in San Francisco, Decentered Open Mic, and Poolside Poets.
Learn more about Liz
Photo by Camille Cohen
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Decentered Arts builds resilient and accessible creative communities in the Bay Area by enabling artists of all mediums and levels to grow their artistic practice and progress in their career. Our work cultivates community and provides access to mentorship, performance spaces, and opportunities for paid gigs creating a network effect that lifts up the whole community. We produce Decentered Open Mic, Poolside Poets, bespoke fashion shows, art openings, and poetry workshops in addition to digital community resources.
Visit decentered.org to learn more.
CATACOMBS, Presented by the House of Xxhe and Friends
Thank you to everyone who made Catacombs possible.
The Organizers: Kelsie Jones, John Potter, Zabby Starchaser, Ж. The Dancers: Maxine Flasher-Düzgüneş, Timmorie Freeman, Em Hansen, Rosie Dater-Merton, Vesper Synd, Yuqi Sun, Jubilee. The Music Performers and Surprise Alien DJ's: mot.physics, Ж, DJ Benji, DJ Eric Molina. The leaders of the not-slow motion/very normally motioned drum circle workshop: Nick Sievers, Daniel Hertz. The Lighting Wizard: Jonathan Armer, Armer Productions. The Volunteers and People who hung a lot a LOT of things: Jake Rabeck, Liz Cahill, The Very Well Dressed Sponsors: Joshua and Inga Goldbard, Supreme.us, NOTAFLOF.co The Very Bearded Man Who Found a Venue at the Last Second and Saved the Fourth Catacombs: Isaac Rodriguez. The Venues: The Embassy House, Monument SF, The Continental Club Oakland.
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