A two-hour session focused on collective and individual strategies to avoid capture, de-escalate, and stay safe in large crowds. Participants will learn self-defense techniques and build skills to identify, counter and protect themselves in a variety of settings.

*We will be moving our bodies so please wear clothing and sneakers you feel comfortable in.

Dawn Chorus

work by Layan Attari, an emard and Katie Revilla

August 3 – 31, 2025

on view Sundays
11 a – 2 p

A sound carried over the lake recalls the measured path it took to arrive.

Dawn Chorus reflects on barriers crossed; structures that protect and ones that displace; mechanisms that connect what is hidden to what is seen. The artists each respond to instances of displacement and disappearance within the city and offer a collective sound that carries forward.

Layan Attari (b. Kuwait) is a Palestinian artist who seeks to understand how meaning is preserved, passed on and transformed within the nation-state.

@layanattari_

an emard (b. Ventura, CA) is an interdisciplinary artist seeking to locate the myth-making and world-building potentials of queerness.

@legolas1fan

Katie Revilla (b. San Francisco, CA) is an artist who combines personal narrative, magical realism and the proximity of specific events to translate installation and performance based work.

@katierevilla