we're coming for our roses
updates on my new installation that opens 6/12 and an upcoming live performance on 6/18.
happy pride month, friends. it’s been a busy time and there’s a handful of stuff to announce.
ASPIRÉMONOS launches!
my last few notes have mentioned that i have a sound art installation and accompanying lathe cut record in the works. i’m proud to say that it is done, ready to be installed, with records available for preorder on Bandcamp. the record (itself used in the installation) contains five lock grooves on its A side and the full composition on the B side. the audio was mastered by A.F. Jones at Laminal Audio, the records cut by Precarian Cuts, and the sleeves printed by Paper Press Punch.

the installation is part of “T4T”, a group art show at The Factory (1216 10th Ave, Seattle, WA, 98122) that opens on June 12, 2025 from 6-10 PM. lots of friends will be there, including tattoo artist Bed By Ten (the source of my infamous hotdog tattoo), who has a show-specific flash sheet(!). more details are in the flyer below.

unpoetry performance on june 18
if you’ve been following the last few messages you know i’ve been hyping the unpoetry performance series organized by Eric M. Acosta. Eric and I got to chatting finally a few weeks back and we thought it’d be cool to do something together, so i naturally said yes when given the chance to participate in one of the unpoetry events in conversation with Till the Teeth’s installation we being so at the Jack Straw Cultural Center (4261 Roosevelt Way NE Seattle, WA 98105). join us on June 18th at 7 PM; i’ll be there, along with Aaron Butler/Peter Tracy/Carlos Cotallo Solares, Sofia O, Shankar Narayan, and Eric/Till the Teeth.

other activities
well, other than wrapping up the installation we haven’t been up to a whole lot. christian nationalists came to Seattle twice, which i am not happy about. on happier notes: i’ve had a few backyard dinners at my girlfriend’s place. i saw Sophie Lewis give a book talk with Emi Koyama on Enemy Feminisms. i finally finished season 2 of The Rehearsal. and i’ve been continuing to train for the Pride Deadlift Party.
calendar
June 3: _in_Series w/ Sandesh Nagaraj, Till The Teeth, Peter Tracy, Eric Acosta, Sullivan Foderhase @ Vermillion (1508 11th Ave, 98122)
June 3: The Wedding Present, The Tubs @ Madame Lou’s (2505 1st Ave, 98121)
June 5: African American Writers Alliance Summer Reading Series @ Common Objects (2601 1st Ave, 98121)
June 6: “Moth Holes” closing reception @ Common Objects (2601 1st Ave, 98121)
June 7: Hyperboy presents Folk Fux @ Common Objects (2601 1st Ave, 98121)
June 7: Jake Muir, Raica @ Chapel Performance Space (4649 Sunnyside Ave N, 98103; advance tix)
June 7 & 8: Portraits of Past @ The Black Lodge (429 Eastlake Ave E, 98109)
June 12: T4T opening @ The Factory (1216 10th Ave, 98122)
June 13: Trans Art Market @ Common Objects (2601 1st Ave, 98121)
June 13: Cole Pulice, Max Stephens @ The Vera Project (305 Harrison St, 98109)
June 18: Unpoetry + Jack Straw Cultural Center in Conversation with Till the Teeth | we being so (4261 Roosevelt Way NE, 98105)
June 19: Water Shrews, Friends of the Road, What, CSTMR @ Chapel Performance Space (4649 Sunnyside Ave N, 98103)
June 21: Pride Deadlift Party @ 10th Ave between Pike & Pine, 98122
June 23: Planning for Burial @ The Black Lodge (429 Eastlake Ave E, 98109)
June 26: nohup, Bad Luck, THC.XLR @ Baba Yaga (124 S Washington St, 98104)
take care, y’all. hope to see you on 6/12 and 6/18!
xoxo
maría