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By CK · May 1, 2022

Emissary (2022) – Stained and Natural Wood, Steel – 7′ W x 5′ H x 5′ D (From the Latin “emissus” meaning “sent out.”)

By CK · April 8, 2022

Dualita (2022) – Cardboard – Variable dimensions (approx. 6′ W x 6′ H x 4′ D)

By CK · February 28, 2022

COPULUM (2022) (wood, variable dimensions, approx. 8′ L x 2′ H x 4′ W) From the Latin cōpulāre, to bind or tie together, unite, join, couple; to connect. The inherent embodiment of movement is a conundrum, sating the desire for representation, while producing a collectivity of gesture that pulls away from that very representation. Each pose […]

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By CK · December 6, 2021

IMMERGENCE/TRANSPORTAL (2021) painted wood, 7 feet wide x 7 feet tall x 21 feet deep (Installed on the 5th Floor of UIC’s School of Art and Art History, at 400 South Peoria street in Chicago.) A transitory movement of seven sided entities, descending obliquely out-of-phase within a lofted wood-floored space. (A sculptural meditation on transness.)

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By CK · April 28, 2021

A temporary inbuilt installation featuring a plaster and cloth figure, lit from within and emitting intermittent tapping sounds, obscured behind a newly constructed plaster and lath false wall, at UIC’s AEH Building – 400 s. Peoria, Room 5204 (May 2021). Figure Dimensions 6′ L x 1.5′ W x 2.75′ H, Hidden Room Dimensions 9’ W […]

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By CK · April 14, 2021

https://vimeo.com/536171956 Choreography, film, edit, score by: Kaia; Performed by: Kristen Vasilakos

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By CK · March 1, 2021

WHEN BREATH LEAVES THE BODY is an active installation designed to engage participants in the manifestation of an ice and steel tower that will inevitably collapse. The piece rises over a period of approximately 60-90 minutes, and is best suited to an outdoor staging in 60+ degree weather. Indoor iterations employ an 8’ x 8’ […]

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By CK · December 9, 2020

Below are a selection of recent Performance/Film works devised, directed, written, choreographed, and edited by Kaia.

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By CK · December 1, 2020

Installed at UIC in the 400 s. Peoria building 5th floor November 30,2020 – December 18th 2020 Two forms stand interconnected by sight. The upper stretches outwards, balanced upon a rising tower of individually stacked wooden blocks, basking in the sunlight while casting long shadows down towards the lower. The lower casts its wide gaze […]

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By CK · October 3, 2020

Alone amongst many (wood, twine, 7’h x 3’w x 3’d, 10/3/2020)

Emissary

Dualita

COPULUM

immergence

(things get left behind)

InTween

WHEN BREATH LEAVES THE BODY

Performance/Film

May I Fall To Pieces & Whacher

L’IMPOSTORE