At the Still Point of the Turning World: Solstice Esoterica & Queer Spiritualism for a Radical Democracy Curated by Steve Galindo & Meghan DeRoma Highways Performance Space & 18th Street Arts Purchase Tickets at highwaysperformance.org Participating Artists & Schedule: All Day outside 18th Street : Marcus Kuiland-Nazario one-on-one performances 11am: Ruby Vartan Workshop 1pm: Kyoko Takenaka + Yumi Sakugawa Workshop 4:30pm Edgar Fabian Frias Community Art Spell Procession 7:30pm Evening Performances: Meghan DeRoma + Community Ambient Performance Andre Atkins Muertos Ari Salka Poetry Reading Kyoko Takenaka + MA Tiesenga Performance Pradagurl Performance + DJ Set Curation Statement: At the Still Point of the Turning World brings together artists who have surrendered to the seduction of the wild, who dare to embrace what our post-everything era often dismisses: the profound entanglement of flesh and spirit, ritual and identity, nature and gnosis, Self and the natural world. In late June, the sun will rise, arching over the northern hemisphere and almost pausing in the center of the sky at midday before journeying towards the sea. This is the summer solstice. The flowers and leaves unfurl to their fullest stretch, soaking in the warmth of the longest day and radiating vibrant hues in heliotropic celebration. The profound connection of this cyclical point of the year to embodiment practice lends an intrinsic grounding to our human experience. There is an inherent tension in the pause in the sky— between stillness and wildness. A scintillating energy, and a burst of life in an ephemeral moment, lest we dare wonder around. "At the still point of the turning world. Neither flesh nor fleshless; Neither from nor towards; at the still point, there the dance is" T.S. Eliot from Four Quartets The confluence of ritual and transcultural, spiritual energy extends to all corners of the globe and throughout all time. A common thread of ancient civilizations. The Solstice is a celebration of the bounty of nature, and the thinning of the veil. A crux point for the alignment of sacred places and sun worship. It’s the peak of nature's spiritual energy between celebration, ritual, the death of the dark, and the rebirth of all the goodness brought by the sun. At the Still Point of the Turning World: Solstice Esoterica & Queer Spiritualism for a Radical Democracy performance explores the tactile, the sensory, and the primal relationship with the natural and spiritual worlds, and our own animalistic nature. Together contemporary interdisciplinary practitioners will explore a transcultural evolving relationship with the summer solstice by engaging with the energy of nature and fluidity of spirituality as a reclamation of democracy. Purchase Tickets at highwaysperformance.org About Dorado 806 Projects Dorado 806 Projects, an experimental art and exhibition space in Santa Monica, CA, explores the questions and nature of being through evolving shows, projects, and workshops. Dorado was founded by artists Amelie Laurice and Meghan DeRoma. About the Curators: Steve Galindo aka THESTYLEGUYDE is an emerging, multi-media Los Angeles-based artist and curator. Galindo has a background in entertainment, fashion, and art; they have spent the last decade in entertainment and fine art learning from prominent artists, community, and foremost thought leaders formulating an artistic philosophy steeped in a desire to express unifying truths about the human experience. THESTYLEGUYDE, their acronym, stands for “Uniting Communities through the Language of Art in hopes of driving the conversation of change for marginal communities including but not limited to BIPOC and LGBTQA+ in the United States. “My goal in my community building work is to build out a paradoxical bridge of conversation that intersects our communities and respective lives.” Their exhibitions have been featured in The Los Angeles Times, Aspen Times, Los Angeles Magazine, and local as well as local and national television news stories. Meghan DeRoma is an emerging visual artist and curator. She is interested in the array of ways we relate to and regard nature and other-than-human sentient beings. DeRoma is a co-founder and curator of Dorado 806 Projects in Santa Monica and has shown her work in exhibitions in Los Angeles, California, Berlin, and Mexico. Presented by Dorado 806 Projects dorado806.com Press: md@dorado806.com Inquiries: steve@thestyleguyde.com