Los Angeles Performance Practice is thrilled to be a recipient of a 2026 Infinite Expansion Grant from The Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts. The project we will be funding is Requiem: por las almas que nacen de la luna: a large-scale, immersive performance installation led by artist San Cha, with rafa esparza and Darian Donovan Thomas.
“I was like, I don’t just want to perform, I don’t just want to compose, and I was getting into improvisation. I just got introduced to the underground experimental music scene in Seoul and I discovered there are so many cool people who think outside the box and music practices out there that I never thought about and that school never taught.”
“Making work and creating spaces to share it matters. The act of sharing is just as important as the content. We need to honor interiority, connect in ways that go beyond words, and keep responding to the world as it is.”
“When you play an instrument, your body almost becomes part of that instrument. You co-resonate with that instrument in a way where you’re working together in this very physical partnership, like a dance.”
“The funds from BRIDGE THE GAPS were truly a lifeline for me, following the Altadena fires. They helped me continue creating, telling stories, and moving forward as an artist.”
“Clown has taken a lot of pressure off my own work, and it made me less afraid of how I’ll be received and more willing to take risks without needing things to feel polished.”