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Performance as Ritual Practice

By integrating ritual and biohacking into live performance art, the organization fosters embodied experiences of transhumanist and multispecies futures, because transformative change arises through sensory, participatory engagement rather than intellectual abstraction alone. This strategy uses performance not merely as representation but as a lived, ceremonial practice that enacts the futures it imagines. Unlike traditional film screenings or didactic art exhibitions, it emphasizes somatic participation and experimental technologies to blur the line between art, science, and spiritual practice, creating immersive pathways for audiences to inhabit alternative modes of being.

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activities of orgs running this strategy

A sample of programmatic activities from the orgs above. These are what the strategy looks like on the ground.

  • Co-curate QT/BIPOC festivals The Multivrs Is Illuminated
    capacity building
    Co-curates festivals centering queer and trans Black, Indigenous, and people of color (QT/BIPOC) artists in cities including California, New York, London, and New Orleans.
  • Cocurating QT/BIPOC Festivals The Multivrs Is Illuminated
    capacity building
    Cocurates QT/BIPOC festivals in California, New York, London, and New Orleans.
  • Conducting Residencies The Multivrs Is Illuminated
    capacity building
    Completes residencies at various organizations, including Philadelphia Community Farm and Esalen Institute.
  • Deliver performance-lectures and artist residencies The Multivrs Is Illuminated
    capacity building
    Conducts performance-lectures at universities such as UCLA and Columbia University, and completes artist residencies at institutions including Philadelphia Community Farm and Esalen Institute.
  • Organize annual 143 Fest event The Multivrs Is Illuminated
    direct service
    Produces the annual 143 Fest in the San Francisco Bay Area, CA, featuring multidisciplinary artists, performers, and film screenings. The 2018 edition took place from August 9–12 across venues including Artists' Television Access, ProArts, Partereo del Sol Park, and Red Bay Coffee.
  • Organizing the 143 Fest The Multivrs Is Illuminated
    direct service
    Organizes the annual 143 Fest in the Bay Area, CA, which in 2018 featured a diverse lineup of performers and showcased films by various artists at multiple venues.
  • Screen films at festivals and museums The Multivrs Is Illuminated
    direct service
    Regularly screens films by QT/BIPOC artists at film festivals and cultural institutions internationally, including the London Short Film Festival and the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego.
  • Screening Films The Multivrs Is Illuminated
    direct service
    Screens films at various film festivals and museums, including the London Short Film Festival and Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego.
  • Teaching Performance-Lectures The Multivrs Is Illuminated
    capacity building
    Teaches performance-lectures at multiple universities, including UCLA and Columbia University.