feed that which dreams us, seed that which frees us
Sat, June 14, 12-8 pm
at The Collapsible Institute; exact location provided upon registration (in-person with simultaneous livestream)
a sliding-scale community clinic for QT2SBIPOC/PGM
feed that which dreams us, seed that which frees us is a personal and collective prayer. A living altar, ritual performance installation, mutual aid market and mobile healing sanctuary weaving our spiritual solidarities as Queer, Trans, Two-Spirit, Black, Indigenous, API, POC/PGM (People of Color/the Global Majority) reclaiming our ancestral practices to show up in solidarity and kinship with one another here in Ohlone territory. Centering artists born & raised in the Bay directly impacted by colonization, housing displacement & gentrification, we ask: what are we creating & building in the midst of systemic collapse that will sustain us beyond it? What is returning?
co-created & curated by seh-reum tom in collaboration with:
- Mesiah Burciaga-Hameed
- Sienna Kateri
- Mei-Ling (Nicole) Oak Wong
- Orion Camero
- Lidagat Luna
- Lawrence Tome
- Vick Montano
- & many others in the seen and unseen
Schedule:
all day: feed that which dreams us, seed that which frees us Mutual Aid Market & Free Store
12-1pm: feed that which dreams us, seed that which frees us Open Installation Viewing, featuring work by seh-reum tom, Sienna Kateri, Lidagat Luna, Vick Montaño, BB Gunz, and Millie Robinson
1-2pm: a confluence and a cascade: Opening Ritual Performance with seh-reum tom, Orion Camero and Lawrence Tome
2-5pm: molding the ocean floor: clay sculpting as grief alchemy with Lucile Henderson
2:30-5pm: a river flowing in two directions: a QT2SBIPOC/PGM Community Grief Clinic (free to sign up, services offered prioritizing those grieving, tips for practitioners welcome) held by seh-reum tom, Sutara, Kimberley Acebo Arteche, Diego Jimenez & others
5:15-6:15pm: thank you for your prayers, always: a QT2SBIPOC/PGM Poetry Showcase featuring poems by seh-reum tom, Jean (JT) Teodoro Mei-Ling (Nicole) Oak -Wong, Rebekah Olstad, BB Gunz, Mesiah Burciaga-Hameed & others
6:30-8pm: watering the seeds: Closing Ritual Performance & Water Offering
About the Artist:
seh-reum tom (they/them, we/us) is a nonbinary, genderfluid, multidisciplinary practitioner of healing, performance, aquatic, visual, martial and ritual arts whose lineages are from Jeju Island and Southern Coastal China (Pearl River Delta) and has Japanese and Mongolian ancestors through complex histories of colonization, occupation and imperialism.