ABOUT

Indira Allegra is a conceptual artist and founder of Cazimi Studio. Cazimi Studio uses weaving as a framework to creatively transform tension within different sites. The studio is unique in its emphasis on performance, publication and the integration of spiritual care as preferred design solutions. Thinking as a poet, threads of connection are discovered between seemingly disparate experiences. Moving as a weaver, these connections are interlaced into a greater whole.

Allegra's work has been featured in The Art Newspaper, Artnet, Art Journal, BOMB Magazine, SF Chronicle, e-flux, All Arts and ARTFORUM and in exhibitions at the Museum of Arts and Design (New York, NY); Blaffer Museum (Houston, TX), Center for Craft Creativity and Design (Asheville, NC); John Michael Kohler Arts Center (Sheboygan, WI); Gray Area (San Francisco, CA); the Museum of the African Diaspora (San Francisco, CA) and San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles (San Jose, CA) among others.

Allegra is the author of Tension Studies and Dispersal of a Feeling: Bloodnotes on Choreography and Illness (Sming Sming Books). Their writing has been featured in Theater, TEXTILE: Cloth and Culture, American Craft Magazine, Panorama Journal, Leonardo and Material Intelligence among others. Their monograph Blackout (Sming Sming Books) is in the collection of major art museum libraries nationwide. Allegra has been the recipient of numerous awards including the Burke Prize, Creative Capital, United States Artists Fellowship, Gerbode Choreographer Award, Art Matters Fellowship and CripTech Metaverse Fellowship. cazimistudio.space | @indiraallegrastudio

LISTEN

On Episode 1.04. Finding a New Constellation in Our Grief, Five and Nine podcast welcomes artist Indira Allegra to talk about collective grief, calling vs. career, staying true to our many selves, and giving names to our devices. Five and Nine Podcast newsletter exists at the intersection of magic, work and economic justice, produced by Dorothy R. Santos, Xiaowei R. Wang and Ana Mina (aka An Xiao).

ETHOS

Space is not passive.

There is no such thing as ‘blank’ or ‘open’ space geographically, visually or ideologically.

As visitors it is our loving responsibility to learn who is/was there before.

Everything is animate and all animacies communicate in their own way.

Seeking permission is a form of spiritual care.

Spiritual care is a vital part of a wholistic design strategy.

The process of working together is as important as the product.

All workers contributing to the studio are compensated in a timely way.

Citation is a form of love and respect.

The success of a work is measured by changes of state, transformations of perspective and opportunities for future generations to imagine.

Heartbreak is the public health issue of our time and considered in all projects.

Not all projects require a built environment or objects. Material production requires storage, water and oil.

Listening is the most valuable tool an artist and designer can use.

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