PXSO: PhoeniX rising in ScorpiO

Dear Beloved Community,

 

I hope this message finds you safe and in good health. Thank you for considering to be a donor/partner for my new artistic project PXSO : PhoeniX rising in ScorpiO. I am grounded and accountable to the creation of stories that represent the hopes, dreams, struggles and imagination of my family, culture and community. PXSO is a developing artistic project associated with my Masters in Fine Arts thesis at the City University of New York, Brooklyn College - Performance and Interactive Media Arts program.

 

PXSO is a 2-part artistic project that includes an immersive multimedia theater experience in the late Fall of 2021. For the past year I have been creatively workshopping stories about my daughter Phoenix and her life experiences with Charge Syndrome and Deafblindness . Despite theatrical stages and college performance studios being shut down for the past year, I have been developing new tools of storytelling that I am excited to present in PXSO such as video & visual projections, audio engineering, interactive technology (Max MSP), and augmented reality. I began writing PXSO in May of 2020, in the middle of the New York City quarantine and as I entered my MFA program in the Fall of 2020, I immersed myself in the virtual world with the ambition of developing PXSO. Honestly, working on PXSO is helping me get through the current global pandemic and offer an authentic piece of my soul to the world. My daughter Phoenix inspires me everyday. She is my hero and I am honored to share her story through PXSO.

 

 

 

 

 

The second part of PXSO is the formation of a Father's with disabled children support group that will begin meeting virtually and eventually in-person. The aim of this support group is to provide a safe and artistic space where Father's with disabled children can share stories, perspectives, resources and engage in a creative process to raise awareness about Disability Rights. In the Spring of 2022, I plan to honor these Father's, their stories and artistic expressions in an outdoor celebration in the New York City area. In addition to the support from PIMA, my MFA program at Brooklyn College, I am blessed to be a new Fellow with Social Practice CUNY's exciting new Mellon Foundation funded initiative. Both spaces will support the development and public presentations of PXSO for the 2021/2022 school year.

 

I am respectfully asking for your financial support and to join me as a partner in PXSO. Here is what your contributions will support:

 

-Interdisciplinary Artistic Director

-Performer/Storyteller

-Technology Specialist

-Video/Visual Art Technician

-Audio Engineer/DJ

-Venue Fees (rehearsals & public presentations)

-Equipment & Set Design

-Publicity, Promotions & Social Media Campaign

-Research & Documentation

-American Sign Language Interpreter

 

All donors/partners will be offered the opportunity to experience PXSO either in-person or through virtual live streaming. Additionally, the opportunity to be on our community email list serve to stay updated on our global movements will be offered to donors/partners. Thank you so much for supporting PXSO and the stories of disability, resiliency and our collective humanity.

 

For more information please visit www.kilusan1898.com/pxso.  This fundraising campaign will conclude on September 10th, 2021.