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Spontaneous Community: A Conversation with Oliver Herring
Jerome Deck

Planning is thinking ahead. By infusing intention into our actions, planning can shed clarity on our future.  Consequently, having a plan fosters preemptive thinking and acting.

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Alchemical Materiel and Changing Tides: A Conversation with Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Moises De La Cruz

With a unique perspective on Islam, global conflict, colonialism, and queer identity, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto has consistently produced sublime artworks that imprint beauty on substrates both ragged and fine.

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Moving Collectively, Sparking Change: Talking Dance and Community with Lenora Lee
Emily Chung

A native of San Francisco, who frequented Chinatown, Lenora’s own story is heavily tied to her upbringing there. Through a path which took her across the state, and then the country, her practice has been driven by the potential for dance to impart complex narratives.

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Disorientations, Healing and Hope: A Conversation with Gazelle Samizay and Labkhand Olfatmanesh 
Misbah Mamoon

Disorientations. Confusion. Confrontation. All these are prevalent as people come to terms with past and current traumas, to begin healing.

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Community of Coexistence: Reconnection Through Movement with Arahmaiani
Zoë Levit

As we watch our earth slowly heat up and our societies crumble at the foundation, it is through human connection that we are to repair our homes and communities.

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Distance, Intimacy and Oddity in the Archives: A Conversation with TT Takemoto
Moises De La Cruz

Across the diverse landscape of artists who empower their work with the historical contents of  archival material, few accomplish this task as sublimely as TT Takemoto. As a nonbinary Bay Area creator whose Japanese-American heritage lends both the personal and political to their work, TT shifts comfortably between the languages of film, darkroom photography, collage, animation, and performance.

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