\\ INCARNATIONS //
Fervent collaboration is HARVEST for community culture.
— INSTRUMENTATIONS —
FOX4
QUARTET : guitar/vox, bass, synth, & drums.
MF Empress
The MF Empress offers an interactive and multi-sensory expanse piece with sound sculptures, altering scene-scapes, aromatherapy, and movement. "Yo banana boY" ritual plants seeds for palindrome and polyrhythm, in pursuit of earthly balance. Premiered on September 27, 2019 for The Veil DIY collective show in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Additonal performances: September 29, 2019 at C’mon Everybody in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn & October 23, 2019 at Flowers for All Occasions in Bushwick, Brooklyn.
P W R III
POWER TRIO : drums, bass, & guitar/vocals.
MF BOSS
SOLO sets incorporating stereo guitar loops, electronic drums with soundscapes and beats made from field recordings, occasionally accompanied with dance, projection, altering scenic design, and/or interactive ritual.
banda grande
BANDA GRANDE : violin, cello, tenor saxophone + flute, bass, drums, & guitar/vocals.
d u o
DUO : guitar/vocals & drums.
mf bass
MF BASS : upright bass trio & guitar/vocals.
zux
ZUX : synth/piano & guitar/vox.
— dance —
HARVEST
A Witch origin story movement cycle choreographed by Meaghan Adawe McLeod with Marielle Young & Mackenzie Jones. Music by WSABI MF BOSS. Performed October 26th, 2019 at The Schoolhouse in Bushwick, Brooklyn. Video by Demonic Sweaters.
Motion Triptych
A post trauma reconstruction movement cycle from isolation into connectedness, featuring movement by Leslie Gauthier & Sam Shin. Direction, music & lighting design by WSABI MF BOSS, with costumes by Sam Shin. Performed on November 2, 2018 at Spectrum as part of Gabriel Zucker’s Spectral Fridays, in Brooklyn Navy Yard.
Versus
Movement cycle exploring One-on-One, Us v Them, You v You, opposing, complimentary & inverse forces, featuring movement by Grace Weiss & Jen Galipo, with music by WSABI DUO of LOVE featuring Alex Goldberg, direction & lighting design by Jennae Santos, performed January 5th, 2019 presented by Hong’s Kong Salon at The Vulcan in West Oakland, CA.
LENORE v1
A song + movement collaboration regarding the climate apocalypse with Dee Dee Dame as Earth Mother & MF BOSS for FEAST3 Performance Series. Performed at Under St Marks theater on July 1, 2019. Photography by Sam Horvath.
LENORE v2
Live performance workshop of "Lenore" based on the Edgar Allen Poe poem of the same title, commissioned by The Culprits for {POE} live visual concept album, work-in-progress featuring WSABI MF BOSS with dancers: Mackenzie Jones, Marielle Young, Kate Hee, choreography by Meaghan Adawe McLeod. Performed live at South Oxford Space in Brooklyn on August 26, 2019. Video by Alex Goldberg.
Movement Labs
— LOVECOVE —
Immersive Art installation by SAM SHIN & WSABI FOX
Come bask romantic inside the LOVECOVE: an intimate & interactive, flesh & rose-toned tent for one to three lover-makers at a time. Love is not blind but a hand-quilted warm Gaussian blur within, and she's ripe with thrills of the sonic, tactile, & aromatic variety.
Soak in orgasmic serenade by WSABI SQUISH ORCHESTRA: singing soft sculptures reminiscent of erogenous delicacy (cuddles encouraged) by Sam Shin with song & volunteer-sourced audioporn by the MF BOSS.
“Mmmh” performed by Eva Lawitts, Jory Dawidowicz, Emma Sky, Matt Chilton, Alex Goldberg, & MF BOSS. Engineered by Alex Goldberg.
LOVECOVE premiered on February 14, 2019 at My Slutty Valentine Planned Parenthood Benefit show,
presented by Slut Magic at Trans-Pccos in Ridgewood, Queens.