the entity known as “sal” took many new forms in 2025 that you may have missed out on. they look forward to the many shapes to come.
a selection from this past year:
1. dancing on the empty stage after @rrosapajaro played a sweet autumn set captured by @yuxima_
2. in drag for my sister’s “club like ur a miami ten” party
3. beer on the fire escape (apartment 5 of 6 for 2025)
4. camp selfie with a cute chick (she didn’t want my number, she doesn’t have a phone!) (she’s so modern)
5. “yippee! my biggest work project to date about queer history is open!”
6. green hair and rare makeup moment (apartment 2 of 6)
7. wig got too itchy, still a miami 10
8. work halloween costume as an archival box
9. 2015 tumblr throwback for selin’s bday
10. contemplative throwaway selfie in bathroom of dear philadelphia friends kit and dani
me alone / me and cate in the pile of people-leaves after the storm / all of us in one big wave 🌀 (photos by @austra_lia ) (hurricane by @cate.c ) (i am but one of many amazing performers in the pile, a gift to perform with all)
a clip from zona_1.2, an improv body/bass collaboration with my true friend of nearly a decade, katherine graci (@hugesugarcrystal )
some things i thought about: stalker (andrei tarkovsky), vulnerability as performance, performance as manipulation, the earth’s magnetic field, the symbol of The Living Room, movement as meditation, etc.
the full piece is 20 minutes. making it felt like 5. if you so please to see it in full the link is where you know it is.
moon between mattress flags and other miscellaneous textures from my camera #salssonycybershot
1. gorgina bina sky during a december road trip
2. peeking into a restaurant in chinatown
3. the trees in the backyard at pioneer works after i saw shintaro sakamoto in the last whispers of summer last year
4. haunted house in the middle of downtown providence, rhode island
5. water texture of the river in providence
6. a little moment of delight during a night out in august
