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A mix series on @dublab acknowledging bodily systems as containers storing the ability to transform/transport + absorb/release nutritive input+stimuli

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[alt text: Image 01: a graphic image with a light lavender background and dark forest green text which reads: URBAN ECOLOGY AND VESSELS OF SELF AND OTHER. Storage Container 15, w/ Rowan. Saturday 3/26 4 - 6 PM DUBLAB.com. The image also reads: “Together, Callie and Rowan (gender fluid, sound & video artist, urban ecologist, and horticulture ecological healer psychogeography documentarian) of ecogreenarchives, explore what might be possible when we honor and take an active response to our interconnectedness with the ecology within, above, below and all around us. Much of Rowan’s journey into Urban ecology and observing ecosystems and how people, plants, and other animals cohabitate is rooted in their experience within radical movements of grassroots activism and mutual aid. How can an approach or mindset which de-centers the individual and re-prioritizes the whole might affect our shared ecosystems - for all beings, plants, humans, animals, waters, lands, micro and macro-organisms? What is the relationship between Urban Ecology and viewing our own bodily vessels as a part of our ecosystem, constantly intertwined, contributing either positive/nutritive stimulus and care into our surroundings and/or harmful stimulus or dissociation with our environment? The sonic component of this episode will include clips from Rowan’s own compositions/video work/and field recording archive.”

Image 02: A screenshot from a zoom video recording showing Rowan on the left and Callie on the right. They are both smiling. Rowan is located underneath a variety or dark and light green plants an Is wearing a white shirt. Callie has a light peach button up linen shirt on and a golden mezuzah necklace. Callie is in seated in front of a kitchen.] by @storage_____container

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[Alt Text: Image 01: A dark beige background with black font which reads in all capital letters: "WHAT MAKES YOUR HEART SING?". Below that there is smaller black text reading "Storage Container 14, FEATURING THE VOICES, MUSINGS, AND COLLECTED SONIC OFFERINGS FROM LOVED ONES". Below that, on the right side there is a dark red font that reads, "SAT 12/25 4 - 6 PM DUBLAB.COM". Below that is black font in lowercase letters reading, "A HOLDING OF ONE ANOTHER IN TIMES OF ISOLATION THROUGH ARCHIVED MOMENTS OF BODILY AND HEART-CENTERED JOY AND DELIGHT. IN THESE TIMES OF ABUNDANT FEAR, ANXIETY, AND OVERWHELM, CAN WE GIFT ONE ANOTHER WITH AN OFFERING OF GUTTURAL COMFORT? MUSIC CURATION THAT FEELS LIKE HANDS HOLDING, ARCHIVED EXPLORATION OF SUPPORT THROUGH THE LAND, SCENT, WATER, LEMON, ONE-ANOTHER, ANIMALS, GROUND, NOISE, NAVIGATION, EXPRESSION THROUGH PROJECTS, NETTLES, GIVING - RECEIVING, SINGING, BIRDS, dandelion, and all the complexities included in our ability to feel deeply". On the bottom left corner there is a photo of a pale yellow pen with multiple ink options - this picture shows from left to right the colors - light blue, dark purple, pink, and red. The top of the pen is a small rubber burger shape with a red top and pale yellow bottom.] by @storage_____container

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image 01: a graphic image with a beige background with black font reading: Honoring Archives of Friendship (mini ecosystems of personalized long form care) as a way of De-centering the Individual and Re-prioritizing the Collective Whole. Storage Container 13, w/ Ella Warren & Kesley Rootenberg. In lavender font it then reads: SAT 12/25 4 - 6 PM DUBLAB.COM. Then again in black font, it says: A warm and loving sharing of the many ways Los Angeles based best friends and offerers of care - Ella Warren and Kelsey Rootenberg provide safe containers for one another. How can friendship offer both the comfort of acceptance and unconditional love as well as the necessary giving and receiving action which lends itself to growth?

Can friendship respond to moments of heaviness in the way that tendons and ligaments of the body do - growing to meet the needs of resistance and weight?

In this conversation, Callie offers questions to create a tender explorative space for Ella and Kelsey to honor, acknowledge, share, remember, story-tell, and laugh with all of the sacred innermost workings of their love for one another.

This episode works to ask the question - if we spend more present moments listening to one another’s unique stories of mutual care, can we continue to work towards ecosystems where we are de-centering the individual and re-prioritizing the collective whole? All music featured in the episode was selected by Ella and Kelsey as a way to provide a mini snapshot into their special sonic pocket of the universe.

At the top right of the image there is a photo of two ceramic cups sitting on top of a light wooden counter. The cup on the viewer's left is red and the cup on the viewer's right is royal blue. The two cups are casting a small circular shadow and the red cup is slightly in front of the blue cup.

Image 02: A film photo of Kelsey and Ella sitting close to one another, top of their heads leaning into one another. Kelsey is on the viewer's left, and Ella on the viewer's right. They are both smiling with their mouths closed. Ella's eyes are squeezed closed and her head is tilted upward. THey are in a dimly lit room with wood walls.] by @storage_____container

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image 01: a beige background with a photo of a brown open ceramic cocoon with small orange figures inscribed on the vessel. Over the beige background there is text that reads: "Body as a Site of Memory. Storage Container 12 w/Rino Kodama. Sat 10/23 4 - 6 PM DUBLAB.com. "An abundance of love envelopes you" - a phrase inscribed on Rino Kodama’s sacred cocoon vessel as well as the main source of inspiration for this episode of Storage Container. Rino Kodama (they/them) is an interdisciplinary artist born in Singapore and raised on Ohlone land, the bay area. They draw with clay to reconnect to the earth, dance to return to their body, and write to listen to their inner child and ancestors past. They give grief the chance to unfold…and they treasure joy like the light it is.

Callie and Rino explore the idea of “the body as a site of memory” - a vessel which is able to hold everything from delight to trauma and how the process of creating art can not only act as a way of releasing these heavy holdings but also as a practice in sharing the abundance of life with one another. Rino discusses the ways in which engraving text onto vessels, writing, and listening to music can allow us to surround ourselves with everyday spells.

Together, as new friends meeting for the first time, Rino and Callie deconstruct ideas about “community” structure as they acknowledge that support looks and feels differently for everyone and that both healing and caring for one another is a non-linear, ever-changing practice. All music curated by Rino Kodama.

Image 02: a photo of Rino Kodama standing in front of a vast valley made up of green and brown foliage and cactus. Rino is wearing a red longsleeve shirt with a brown and beige tie dye shirt on top, as well as a pink and red and purple bucket hat. Their hair is red and is pulled back. They are smiling.

Image 03: a closeup of Rino's cocoon which depicts a brown ceramic vessel with the text ' an abundance of love envelopes you / an abundance of love envelops me" as well as small orange figurines.] by @storage_____container

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[Alt Text: A text graphic with a light pink, slightly lavender background which reads in dark red / maroon font: VESSELS EDITION, Storage Container 11, featuring a community sourced compilation of voice memos and field recordings honoring spaces, beings, & objects that hold; SAT 8/28 4 - 6 PM DUBLAB.COM, A sonic blanket of warmth, holding and connection weaving community sourced voice memos and field recordings which acknowledge and archive various relationships with vessels and the environments they exist within. These noise - based documents of holding are sprinkled and nestled within a landscape of music compositions which also represent actions of containing. featuring a community sourced compilation of voice memos and field recordings honoring spaces, beings, & objects that hold. On the top right corner of the graphic there is a photo of a blue ceramic bowl to the left of a red ceramic cup. The blue bowl is holding a dark purple viscous smoothie and the red cup is holding white coconut shreds. Both vessels are sitting on top of a light wood surface."] by @storage_____container

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[alt text: A graphic flier with a light pink background. The title, in larger lavender font, reads "UNLIMITED PRACTICE AND QUESTIONS ABOUT CARE", below there is text also in lavender and vibrant royal blue, reading "STORAGE CONTAINER 10 with Ghorba". To the very right there is a photo of a ceramic cup with a soft pink glaze on the outside and an ocean blue varied glaze on the inside. The view of the cup is from a bird's eye view looking into the mug. The mug is on a light wood surface. Below the image the text reads "SAT 6/26 4-6PM DUBLAB.COM". In two columns on the bottom half of the flier there is text that reads: "Guest, Ghorba, an LA producer, DJ and founder of Feminist Synth Lab Library, a workshop series and synthesizer and music equipment lending library for all marginalized genders in LA - joins Callie to discuss all of the ways in which community work, intentional cooking/sharing food, and expansive, unlimited creative practice can result in joy and grounding. Ghorba’s musical selections highlight compositions recorded in various regions of Swana and are interwoven with stories and vessels honoring Ghorba’s Lebanese roots. Together they explore the complexities of caring for one another and creating safety for all bodies during this transitional moment during the pandemic as covid mandates in Los Angeles are being lifted. In this conversation, Callie and Ghorba ask what is possible moving forward from this past year and what ideas regarding accessibility and mutual aid can be implemented within our music communities."] by @storage_____container

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