divine feminine (alchemy rising)

Featured visual artist at the O+ Festival in 2016 in Kingston, NY. Performed at Broadway Arts.

Featured Performers:

Live musicians: MK Burnell, Molly Riddle, Jeff Wrightson and Eli Winograd

Performers: Soyal Smalls, Erin Keating, Andrea Onstot, Lindsay Rothlein, Andrea Onstot, Holly McDonald, and Jackie.

This piece was living witchcraft: a ritual to rise up queer and femme collective energy through use of sound, color, and movement. In the face of the 2016 election, our rights as queers and femmes felt at stake - and now, here in 2025, it turns out they really were. This ritual intended to incite power within these two social groups where I interacted and existed within the context of Kingston, NY.

Against a mountain backdrop, 7 feminine bodies lay asleep while live ambient noisecore played. The Black Star, played by Anna, slowly entered the performance space using butoh-inspired choreography. The Black Star then woke up each performer aligned with each color of the rainbow, from Red all the way to Purple, creating a Living Rainbow. The Black Star then led the Living Rainbow through a series of movements and dances.