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Kaia

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About Me


I'M CURRENTLY SEEKING:
Dedicated experimental musicians for collaborations (PDX & OLY)
Illustrators for a childrens book (each artist will do one)
A photographer willing to do some form of trade for capturing small paintings and,
Shamelessly- mass funding for an art(?) film... any ideas?
Please contact me here or email [email protected]
Kaia Selene is a multi-disciplinary artist whose scope of mediums include; Butoh and experimental dance, performance art, painting, sculpture, assemblage art, installations/ environments, mask making, casting, costuming , music and writing. Currently based in Olympia WA, she's originally from Arroyo Hondo New Mexico and has lived and worked in many cities including Albuquerque, Portland, San Francisco, Austin, New Orleans and Seattle.
She's studied and performed Butoh with; Katsura Kan, Yuko Kawamoto, Diego Pinion , Death Posture, Sheri Brown , Alan Sutherland, Douglas Ridings, Haruko Nishimura (of Degenerate Art Ensemble ), and Helen Thorsen (of Dappin' Butoh.)
Some of the many wonderful musicians well worth exploration who've played in performances encompass; In The Deep Museum , Celadon, Natazatan, Noise Poet Nobody , Vox Vespertinus , Dean Moore , Katrina of Sataray , Xaxis Wye , Geisterfahrer , Nequaquam Vacuum , Blind Physics, Soriah , Azphodel , Port of the Sun, Mele Pele, Magmatone, Margaret Rhodes and Jen Grady

Musical endeavors include solo voice work and piano for the collaboration Endure. She has had writings published, done album and magazine cover art and contributed heavily to the ongoing explorative multi-media art shows Cabaret ReVoltaire (New Orleans 2002-2005). Her modeling portfolio includes artists JK Potter , Dan Ouellette , Maggie Mceleney , and Heather Stevens-Ortiz ; as well as bodily contributions to two in-progress films, the silent Selene Of The Spirits and Visage Of Contact, an experimental film by Xaxis Wye .She is also the former co-owner of New Orleans based casting, mask making and costuming company Nethereal Designs.
Current focuses include;
-Two butoh based dance performances which use the movement of the body to also create the soundscape
-Blood-slick Petals of the Wind, a film in collaboration with Xaxis Wye Media which tells a story of fragmentation and re-emergence through the rise and fall of sacred and desperate love, the power of the subconcious and a return from suicide, incorporating dream-visions, a variety of soundscapes, visual art, writing, and butoh based movement.
-The adventures of Phinnius Pinkus Starlight- a childrens book involving a little boy, time travel and the pursuit of the preservation of history.
-A series of watercolor/ink paintings to be shown at the end of the year.
Nearly all of her works stem from other-worldly imagery which is born of both sleeping and waking dreams.
A BURNING SILENCE~ selected clips, 2007.
Death Posture with Ariel Denham, Douglas Ridings, Alan Sutherland and Kaia Selene. Music: Celadon and Natazatan. Video: xaxis wye
MORE VIDEOS:
From DENIAL OF THE BODY, DEATH POSTURE 6/07, Videos by Xaxis Wye:
Part 1~Love, Alex Ruhe
Part 2~Hatred, Alan Sutherland
Part 3~Destruction, Vanessa Skantze
Part 4~Denial, Kaia Selene
Denial of the Body, ~Extras
From MUTATION DANCE, Collaborative installation and performance w/Jay Felton of Blind Physics 1/08
Video: Leam Murray
The drowning~
From VIVA! THE FLOWERS OF DISSECTION~ Death Posture 9/07
Videos by Celadon
VIVA! 1~obsession with death
VIVA! 2~clinging to life
visit www.deathposture.org for more videos and info about them.

My Interests


maitri, butoh, life/decay, dance, performance art, painting, visceral existence, experimental art forms & the processes therein, holistic healing, exoskeletons and other forms of functional protection, fierce winds which bring us kind flowers to rest and root inside of our shockingly old and withered bones, wildly smashed up bits, anomalies of all ilks, being ridiculous, you.

I'd like to meet:



Expansive open-hearted creatures whom with to dance, romp and collaborate.

also, a carinariid heteropod:

Music:


the accordion and the sea, viol de gambas, the hurdy gurdy, yann tiersen, kristen hersh, amber asylum, diamanda galas, yma sumac, nick cave and the bad seeds, the birthday party, coil, hedningarna, garmarna, vartiina, helium vola, qntal, gogol bordello, joy division, early current 93, muslimguaze, z'ev, lpd, death in june, the rachels, cocteau twins, the mirror reveals, the mood lay hidden beneath a cloud, swans, angels of light, chopin, satie, the black heart procession, tom waits, einsturzende neubauten, jarboe, rasputina, nick drake, howlin wolf, nina simone, otis taylor, good old blues, ambient, experimental, ethno-industrial, rom, old-timey tunes, new wave, silly 80's, & anything with Hips

you please go find now if no know;

port of the sun, mele pele, fauna, magmatone, noise poet nobody, azphodel, noise cellist uxepiipexu/uxe mede, soriah, st. mary's, geisterfahrer, elysium on 37th, sketches of an amorous window, lovesake, why are we building such a big ship?, crooks and nannies, baby rosebud, a particularly vicious rumor, el radio fantastique, katrina of sataray, kid twist, the hazard county girls, ratty scurvics, vox vespertinus, dean moore, in the deep museum, poison ring, tom swafford, xaxis wye, dame darcy, the high seas, the white ghost shivers, psykik houses, polka dot dot dot, wolves in the throne room, the blind physics

Heroes:



Deep sea divers.

Dominican Sisters Carol Gilbert, Jackie Hudson, and Ardeth Platte, (the nuns who poured their blood on the the N-8 missile silo).

Anyone who can tell their paintings what to do.

My Blog

10/11/08 "Here, have it. I dont want it anymore".

A three room multi-media installation by Knyatni Friday October 10th, 11pm @ The Hall of the Woods, 3712 Sapp Rd SW, Olympia. Knyatni's putting a truly inspiring amount of craft, ...
Posted by Kaia on Mon, 06 Oct 2008 11:53:00 PST

aeR CaeoV 8/1/08

A night of womens performances~Friday August 1st, ABC House, OLY. 8pm-aeR CaeoVexperimental aerial movement by Kaia Selene, Linnea Rothenmaier (of the Penny Dreadfuls) and Miss Mutation (of Thee Casua...
Posted by Kaia on Sun, 27 Jul 2008 01:18:00 PST

6/14 The ebb of Lilies, Into the White

Solo movement with music by; Chris Beug (Viola), Margaret Butler (Cello), Colleen Johnson (Voice)Followed by:*The blind Physics*Magical Horse*DJ Onyx of OlympiaSaturday June 14th, Hall of the Woods 9p...
Posted by Kaia on Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:37:00 PST

claymudstoneblood. performing 5/22

CLAY MUD STONE BLOOD:~Port of the Sun with Mele Pele and Magmatone, butoh by Kaia Selene~FaunaThursday May 22nd 9pm @ the LAB, 2613 Conger, Olympia...
Posted by Kaia on Sun, 18 May 2008 05:24:00 PST

Performing 5/10

Dance:Margaret Butler and Kaia Selene w/Ocean, butoh performanceDaniel Menche (formerly of Dappin Butoh) using movement to trigger noisescapesMusic:Port of the SunControla colaand others...Saturday Ma...
Posted by Kaia on Sun, 04 May 2008 01:09:00 PST

Performing with Azphodel 4/12

Adam Hurst, The Daughters of Bristol, Prozac and Peaches, and Azphodel azphodel with Kaia Selene (doing butoh based dance/movement) April, 12 2008 at 9 Muses Acoustic Pub2715 SE Belmont St, PORTLAND,...
Posted by Kaia on Wed, 09 Apr 2008 10:55:00 PST

Our lady of spoils

Sometimes I can flail an arm or leg, try to mimic true fluidity, grace,yet my tongue always tastes of iron and is so heavyI cannot even flick it. My hair grows into the weeds. It is a strange kind of ...
Posted by Kaia on Mon, 03 Mar 2008 03:29:00 PST

Butoh practice/classes Wednesdays

Butoh practice starts this week. Wednesdays 6:30-8:30 PM. All levels of dance/movement/butoh experience welcome. We have a quiet and large space and if you have children there is a possibility for coo...
Posted by Kaia on Mon, 14 Apr 2008 09:38:00 PST

Soriah w/kaia selene, Poison Ring, Others 3/22

March 22nd at 9 Muses in Portland. 9 pm. I'll be contributing some movement to Soriah's performance. Come check it out!...
Posted by Kaia on Thu, 20 Mar 2008 11:43:00 PST

Polly pretty polly, the chameleon queen

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Posted by Kaia on Sun, 16 Oct 2005 07:26:00 PST