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Catherine Chen is a multidisciplinary poet and performer living in Brooklyn. Their practice activates a kind of architectural writing exploring the ways they inhabit rituals of mourning, desire, and postcolonial identity making. A Lambda Literary and Poets House fellow, they have received artist support and fellowships from Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (Arts Center at Governors Island), Theater Mitu, Franconia Sculpture Park, and Monson Arts Center. They are the author of Beautiful Machine Woman Language (Noemi Press, 2023).
Kristina Moore is a multi-instrumentalist and vocalist hailing from Phoenix and based in NYC. She has been releasing music under the moniker, “koleżanka” for several years, premiering her first LP “Place Is” via Bar/None Records in 2021. While “Place Is” was an exegesis on place and travel and a point of self-discovery, her latest release "Alone With The Sound The Mind Makes” explores the inward, the making of friends with even the unsettling states of being, and of reckoning with a self and a body. In between both records, Moore joined Foyer Red, an NYC-based art rock group, on guitar and secondary vocals. Foyer Red released “Yarn the Hours Away” via Carpark records earlier this year.
Brooklyn-based Michael Madrid is on a quest for genuine connection through music and performance art. Mixing experimental rock, orchestral sound collages, and a dash of indie flair à la The Books and The Microphones, Michael crafts soundscapes aimed at disrupting the everyday and sparking inward change. But for them, it's more than just making noise; it's about seeking catharsis, for themselves and everyone in the room. Whether drumming for the local rock trio "Mope" or pouring their soul into their own project, James World, Michael plays to stir hearts and challenge minds, all while staying grounded in a philosophy of openness and vulnerability.