GAIA LIFESTYLE CURATION

Using crystal singing bowls, sound artist Noriko Whitfield will perform an immersive sound piece in collaboration with ICA San Diego Artist in Residence Edora Soto. As Whitfield's bowls sing, Soto will share portions of a letter dedicated to her mother an offering to fill the space between the two bodies Soto references in her abstract painting series, "Dos Cuerpos" currently on view at ICA North. "Dos Cuerpos" distills how a place, nation, or a culture imprints itself upon us, grounding us and growing with us no matter where we are. Working in her studio, Soto conducts imaginary conversations while crafting compositions of fragments of paper in order to generate each visual arrangement. These splintered visualizations are reminiscent of references including Caribbean petroglyphs and secret languages;communicative gestures across time that touch us while challenging our comprehension. Whitfiled's sound work amplifies the emotional journey that grief tends to set upon us. Whitfiled has specialized in various forms of healing arts for over 15 years. Her recent focus is on deepening the mind_body connection by incorporating body movements and sound, and her mission is to help others live to their full potential. Whitfield has performed at the Mingei International Museum and Jerwood Arts in London. She is currently conducting an ongoing sound meditation and body movement series at California Center for the Arts, Escondido.She is also a coach and Grief Recovery Method Specialist. During her sound therapy, Whitfield creates a sense of space, calming the nervous system for emotional well-being and facilitating connection to the unconscious mind. She lives Encinitas, California