The Hand That Feeds You explores connection through staged interaction.
Participants are invited to enter a 7x8 ft oven mitt sculpture with one other person for an 11-12 minute time period with the instruction of a written score. Accompanying the work is a series of ink drawings that explore the artist’s experience of domestic frames and containers.
Pop-Up Hours 💡
Fri 1/23, 7-9pm
Sun 1/25, 1-3pm
Thu 1/29, 7-9pm
Feel free to linger & browse the bookshop 📒
Virginia Swenson is a multimedia artist and writer. Their work pushes the reflexivity of self-perception to the absurd or comical, producing excessive scenes and objects.
Made $1 drawings/notes/surprises for the Of Earth Faire on the last day of my residency with @concerninglandscape 💚
I 💚 Tujunga!!!
This was such a fun warmup for my upcoming show @plooooooot in January which will showcase more ink drawings and a performance piece. More info to come 💚
Some gorgeous shots by angel @maddiekeyeslevine of my recent performance of Have You Seen Mats? ❤️🔥
Together we raised over $500 for @save_san_pascual_park , the effort to stop development of a water filtration site along the river that would create habitat loss and divert 20 million gallons annually from the hahamongna to the south pas golf course. Instead, our community can dream of and create a real rehabilitation of the river 🩵
Have You Seen Mats? is a 60 min site specific performance set in the hahamongna or “south pasadena.” Audience members are led on a journey through the real and imagined landscape of the hahamongna, paced with the setting sun, to help Searcher, our main guide, find who he’s looking for. Along the way, we meet a diverse web of characters, learning how the body, like the forest, contains many interconnected beings.
Performed
Aug 24th, 2024
October 12th, 2024
April 5th, 2025
Learn more at my performance website, link in bio 🌌
The next performance of Have You Seen Mats? is April 5th, 7pm in the arroyo!! Tix on sale at 🔗 in ❣️
For this third iteration I am joined by @meat_bar@a.lag.xander and @_simha_ 💚
We have the magical combo of 3(!) flutes, a trumpet/and harmonica. Scroll to the end to hear our duet with the coyotes 🤎
We are raising money for @save_san_pascual_park ! the community effort to rehabilitate this section of the arroyo.
This show is a labor of love; a hopeful portal towards presence, self and fantasy; an invitation into the magic of the arroyo. Hope to see you there 💚
Photos by @maddiekeyeslevine
Hai 🩷 lil house show we are having this wed :)
@_simha_@publicmaximiano@a.lag.xander@gracie_sobeautiful ft me and you singing harmonies and playing whatever instruments we got (I may be breaking out the 🎺 again). Come one come all!
🔗 in bio for more deets
Hello friends! Tickets to my solo performance, Have You Seen Mats? Are now live at the link in bio 🌿🔗 for the final outdoor show on Oct 12th, 5pm.
Come join me and my ushers as we journey thru the magical world of the arroyo seco; 🌙🌾🌼🍂 into the twists and turns of the forest, where untold creatures, beings, and spirits live. Together, we may be able to find someone who’s been missing for a long time.
Half of ticket sales to Coyotl + Maceuhalli, ( @coyotl.macehualli ) open-space/native-plant protectors of NELA.
Photos by @maddiekeyeslevine 💞
Styling nu @stacey_nishimoto bonnet 💘 with kylies @customlandla pennant collar by @_mollywilkerson_ that she lets me and Maddie wear hehe. 💞
Ty Stacey for all the inspiration & ur open heart ❣️
Ft music from @ray.avram ‘s nu album, Husht 🌾
& the jasmine that is going off in our backyard 🌸🌝
