Illusion

Illusion is a project that gathers together a great amount of artists from the Bay Area. It is a beautiful project which was initiated by Adrian Arias.

Remendando Corazones/ Mending Hearts at SomArts for Day of the Dead, 2006

Somarts is a space in San Francisco dedicated to art.
The "Day of the Dead" was celebrated with an impressive amount of artists.
This day never fails to amaze me, especially within the Mexican culture. The color, the happiness, and how each performance is conceptualized with great emotion.

With Adrian we had the opportunity of presenting a performance which was a celebration to our grandmothers. We made ceviche,and mended hearts while we shared stories, sorrows, and happiness.
In this process we mended our pains that which is borne from the loss of
individuals whose marvelous presence we were fortunate enough to have in our lives.

We all mend hearts. When we love honestly, and what we do; our lives, our friends, the earth, and the art of expressing our talents to the universe.

Frontera de Cuerpo/ Frontier of the Body

The benefit of our footprints; perhaps briefly pause, read them, and find them again, along with our past; ancestors and history. I believe that through this process we would be capable to deeply inhale our truth.

Project: Adrian Arias and Tania Figueroa, 2006

San Francisco, Castro "The Bar"

One of those nights, in which inevitably, you remember your motherland, the enjoyment of variety in your life, the people, the arts, your friends and yourself.