EVOKE II (curated by IOVXTC)

EVOKE resurfaces, once more summoning two nights of radical, transgressive, and deeply immersive performance—an unflinching exploration of the body as both canvas and conduit. This latest manifestation gathers an eclectic cadre of artists who navigate the liminal space between the visceral and the cerebral, wielding their craft to provoke, unsettle, and awaken.

This is Not a glorification of the Shadow – This is an Exaltation Ov Thee Self, Thee Whole, and One’s True Divinity.

A ritual of extremity unfolds—one where flesh is both medium and message, where the sacred and profane intertwine in acts of raw authenticity. Audiences will bear witness to unfiltered expressions of corporeal transcendence: nudity as reclamation, bloodletting as invocation, sexuality as liberation, flesh hook suspension as defiance, noise as exorcism, and video projections that dissolve the boundary between spectacle and spectator. Those unprepared for such intensity should enter with reverence—or not at all.

EVOKE ARTISTS

Adam Cooper-Terán (ACT) is a media agitator crafting video for performance, theater, and spectacle for over two decades. Rooted in storytelling, their work explores decolonial themes through surveillance culture, psychedelia, and the supernatural. Originally from so-called Tucson, they weave digital rituals into cinematic expressions.

Angri Kitti Jacque Mahoney is a witch, composer, singer, and performance artist using art and music to dismantle personal and cultural barriers. Her work is an invocation—an exploration of transformation through sound, ritual, and movement.

Casey Anderson is a sound artist working across composition, improvisation, electronic music, saxophone, text, and installation. His work has been featured at MOCA-LA, ISSUE Project Room, STEIM, Mass MOCA, and The Walker Art Center. He co-founded The Experimental Music Yearbook and operates a wave press. Website | A Wave Press | Go To Trade School

Christian Anger is a Colombian-born, New York-raised multidisciplinary artist working with fabric, sound, words, and improvisational performance—essentially crafting 3D live poetry. His latest work, Martyrdom, explores the weight of faith, sacrifice, and suffering through poetry, body manipulation, and ritualistic performance, blurring the line between art and devotion.

DA’ATH II with ACT/LDR is the second phase of a ritual cycle evoking death, grief, and loss through techno-majik, trance-somatics, and vocal invocation. Part mourning ceremony, part digital war cry, this performance is a segment of an ongoing, evolving body of work.

Diana J. Torres AKA Pornoterrorista (Madrid, 1981) coined the term Pornoterrorismo in 2001, later developing it into a political-artistic movement through performance and writing. Blending poetry, literature, video, and post-porn direct action, her work confronts body politics, sexuality, gender, and the injustices of the world. Wikipedia

Embrace Chaos is an artistic directive using suspension to facilitate transformative experiences. Through defying gravity, their work documents the beauty of vulnerability and power, creating sacred moments in space. Website

Fetus Disposal is an experimental sound project delving into the raw, the grotesque, and the extreme. Instagram @fetusdisposal

Ione Wang is an LA-based artist working with the artifacts of intimate, bodily encounters and secret rituals of transformation. Her alter ego, a Dominatrix and whore, co-founded the NYC-based sex worker artist collective Veil Machine. She creates across studio spaces, dungeons, hotel rooms, basements, and penthouses. IG @ioneartprojects | Portfolio

Jeanelle Mastema (IOVXTC) (Pronounced: Eye Of Ecstasy) is an international performance and body suspension artist exploring the psyche through theatrical rituals, somatic awareness, dissociation, and ecstatic states. Through live magick, flesh hooks, bloodletting, and visceral catharsis, she promotes empowerment by transforming the human body into an altar of limitless creativity.

Lana Del Rabies (LDR), the project of artist Sam An, is a force in underground dark electronic and fringe heavy music. Blending industrial, gothic noise, and metal with experimental elements, she explores the esoteric brutality of human existence in an apocalyptic world. Her intense live performances immerse audiences in a cathartic, visceral experience. Website | Linktree

Lucid Interval is an interdimensional conduit bridging imagination and the tangible world. Pulsing through ripples in spacetime, this visual symphony—created by Derek Holguin—transmits immersive images, videos, and experiences, weaving psychedelia, futurism, and the unknown into a tapestry of sensory exploration.

Lunaxix is a Bay Area artist who crafts sonic journeys for the aural traveler. Ranging from ethereal to distorted, her music is designed to either arouse or dissuade, constructing soundscapes that invite deep listening and sensory immersion. Website | Bandcamp

M-0ther is an experimental audiovisual voyager, creating immersive musical experiences through field recording sampling, live electronics, sound-based installations, and performance.

MM is an enigmatic artist known for visceral, haunting imagery and performance, captured through the lens of Suitcase Joe.

Nathaniel Eras is a Los Angeles-based multi-disciplinary artist, composer, and sound designer. His recent works include scores for films such as Iffy, Drunk Bus, and How I Learned To Fly, as well as music for IFC’s Speak No Eviland A24’s Midsommar trailers. Deeply immersed in performance art and rave culture, he runs Vertexx, an ephemeral art space hosting some of LA’s most innovative underground events. His upcoming project, Omniaglyph 0, 1 & 2, offers a sonic triptych—melding mystic beauty with bleak, industrial landscapes to create deep, esoteric soundscapes. Website | Instagram | Music

Operafication (Hilary Whitmore) is a Portland-based performance artist blending operatic vocals, experimental sound, and body suspension. Her striking performances span four continents, bringing ritualistic intensity to theaters, museums, and even secret tunnels beneath rail stations. She merges classical music with the raw power of body manipulation to create transcendent spectacles.

Orban Isma is a boundary-pushing artist delving into extreme performance and visceral expression.

PonyLee is a multidisciplinary artist based in Los Angeles, weaving together body modification, gender euphoria, BDSM, and sacred symbolism in their practice.

*Body suspensions facilitated by legendary body modification artist Ron Garza*

A legendary body modification artist and educator, Ron Garza has been a professional piercer since 1992. As a member of the original U.S. body suspension performance group TSD (Traumatic Stress Discipline), he has performed suspensions for Ripley’s Believe It or Not, Criss Angel’s Mindfreak, and bands like Marilyn Manson and Black Sabbath. Website