Video recorded on Fire Island, August 10, 2023 "Italy" written by Anja Plaschg I do not own the rights to this song

Performed on July 9, 2023 @ Human Resources Los Angeles As BIH, vocalists/multidisciplinary artists Carmina Escobar, Roco Córdova and Dorian Wood consider the contexts of space, public proximity and ancestral energy to construct a web-like spatial environment consisting of their interacting voices. Each artist brings their respective trajectory to this intention, replete with mindfulness and an urgency to continue addressing hidden narratives around body autonomy and claiming/reclaiming space, specifically relating to the queer cosmic family model: the blood we choose. As an evening-length performance, BIH investigate fluid histories through ritualistic practices and material experimentation, centering on the broad possibilities of vocalization. BIH transform the space, intermittently inviting the public to engage in a mutation of process, utilizing concepts of voice as both unifiers and isolators. BIH pose the following: Are we vessels for something finite, or conduits for a broader, more complex purpose? Blood is here is a plea for an alternative to documentation and archiving that relies on human presence, mindfulness, focus, perspective and legend to assist in the longevity of our existences. Videography: Emily Lacy Sound: Justin Asher Post-production: Dorian Wood Concept: BIH

From the EP "Philomeno": https://dorianwood.bandcamp.com/album/philomeno Video created by Dorian Wood Graphics by Alexandria Rickets, Tim Willemsen and Miguel Arias Music by Dorian Wood Lyrics by Alexandria Rickets and Tim Willemsen Strings arranged and performed by Adrián Cortés "The Student Hotel" Copyright 2022 Why Are You Doing This Music (ASCAP)

CREATED BY CREATIVE DIRECTOR – WILLY CHAVARRIA CO-PRODUCER – DUSTIN HELLINGER ASSISTANT DESIGNER – VESKANANDA NARATAMA SHOW DIRECTOR and CO-PRODUCER – MARLON TAYLOR-WILES for FLYING UNDER THE RADAR STYLIST – CARLOS NAZARIO CASTING DIRECTOR – BRENT CHUA SENIOR CREATIVE COLLABORATOR – JESS CUEVAS LEAD HAIR STYLIST – NELSON VERCHER for RITA HAZAN and HARPER MELROSE LEAD MAKE UP ARTIST – MARCO CASTRO for 1999 beauty, skin prep with Embryolisse Performance by Dorian Wood accompanied by Katherine Woo, Naoko Nakajima, Peter Dudek, and Ian Video by Micah Ross - Director Daniele Sarti - Director of Photography Sam Wolff - Camera Operator Max Nemhauser - 1st Camera Assistant Cole Gabler - Swing Patrice Lighter - BTS Photographer Starring BODHI DAVIN JAN CARLOS DIAZ JUN MAHAMADOU NOAH BROWN NOEL HERNANDEZ RACHIDE RIDAN ALEXIS CHAPARRO AKBAR SHAMJI ATHIEY DANIEL AGUILERA ERIK CHACHI IBBY ISAIAH B KWAKU RUBUEN RYAN PARK AKITO DONOVAN RONALD YUJI RICO JENEVA ARTA NYAUETH ALYSSA SARDINE IMANI VIC C MEGUMI HIANDRA M LINEISY M AMERICA SMILLA WALI Special thanks to Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, Purple PR, Laura Fuchs, Jill Meisner, Antonio Perez, Taylor Uchytil, Andrew Zapata, Henry Rosann, Giorgio Vincenzo Parolini Arroyo, Rex Ye Wang, Jonathan Caguana, Samantha Spencer, Myrna Palacios, Virginia Gamez, Josh Nyitray, Rosario Cannata, Rebecca Velez, Miguel Luis, Erik Webb, Christie Stone, Louis, Sofia Garcia, Dani, Karla Hirkaler, Emma Ando, Chris Tabassi, Jianqiao Lu, Juliet Jane, Tia Rivers, Dimitrios Poppis, Jordi Perez, Melvin Vasquez, Noah Bolin, Josh Tate, Jeanette Karen Ann, Joanne Cruz, Miriam Arroyo, Cierra Ross, Jakob Sant, Daniela Natera, Jimmy Staple, True Maasai, Jasper Williamson, Graeme Macinnis, Kayla Mayhew, Manuel Bertoni, Justin Sisson, Matt Jones, Owen Bobby, Selwyn Tungol

Dorian Wood’s Canto de Todes is an immersive 12-hour composition and installation. Inspired by a lyric of the late Chilean singer and songwriter Violeta Parra, the Creative Capital-awarded project emphasizes the urgency of folk music as a vessel for social change. https://www.dorianwood.com/cantodetodes Movement I Dorian Wood: voice Alexander Noice: guitar Sophia Potter: cello Performed at Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, May 6, 2023 Canto de Todes, composed by Dorian Wood Copyright 2023 Why Are You Doing This Music (ASCAP) Video recorded by Dan Thompson Audio recorded by Keith Rodger Edited by Dorian Wood hey god you want i should be a lamb of rising flesh of bitter salt of colored glass god say what god damn you want i should steal some bread and break it down into a vision a dirty cloud god cum cloud god cum cloud we here we are cold rapturous dust it is beginning no wasted thoughts no screeching halt no tidying up no time at all here's my claw where words cannot strain your eyes love ponder clearly ponder long why here now and for who it's coming and where it's gone and why we took it sitting down for so long strain your eyes love so you warble out a sermon from which to hang your skin so foggy damp to tempt you in o how i love that you love me and how we love to see it breathe a love that flexes petals over its leaves a root of tributary weakened knees and who is romance for you plead strain your eyes love you my friend today but seer forever babe so very here to hold you bent and burdened in this space we stare down at those who deny the cloud riddled with anger and pox and things the hearts they keep in cupboards deep with fascist beans and other shapeless antiquities i knew the moment you'd arrived you'd disappeared from space and time you prepped the cannons and raised the gate and batter-rammed right through my heart so i want this world for you to twist to serve with sweaty open fist to position gently on my cheek as kisses do and kisses should and you go cleaving through this wood as if the wind caused hell to move as if the ocean spray was you as if your shout could clear this room strain your eyes love strain your eyes love strain your eyes love strain your eyes strain your eyes strain your eyes but you bring a noose tho it's not a noose so it's not a portal so it won't lead you away from pain no strain your eyes strain your eyes strain your eyes love just be still my love just be still my love you're all i've got

As part of their Test Pattern residency, multi-disciplinary artist Dorian Wood presents Mares Ocultos, a new composition that centers on themes of erasure, anxiety, and transgression. Divided into 3 movements, Mares Ocultos combines field recordings, video, interviews, and a rotating cast of performers, including Virginia-based musicians David Dominique, Jon Kassalow, and Elijah Hall. Performed on December 9, 2022 at Institute for Contemporary Art @ Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA

Dorian Wood’s Canto de Todes is an immersive 12-hour composition and installation. Inspired by a lyric of the late Chilean singer and songwriter Violeta Parra, the Creative Capital-awarded project emphasizes the urgency of folk music as a vessel for social change. https://www.dorianwood.com/cantodetodes Movement III Dorian Wood: voice Carmina Escobar: voice Roco Córdova: voice Adrián Cortés: cello Performed at REDCAT, Los Angeles, February 4, 2023 Canto de Todes, composed by Dorian Wood Copyright 2023 Why Are You Doing This Music (ASCAP) Video recorded by Emily Lacy Sound recorded by Pete Pace Edited by Dorian Wood

Air, in both its stillness and its movements, is what compels INVASIVA, the latest release by multidisciplinary artist Dorian Wood. In early 2022, Dorian set out to investigate the root of her anxiety—and how her breathing is both affected by, and complicit to, her mental state—during an artist's residency at Loghaven in Knoxville, Tennessee. Upon touring the campus, she learned of the Whittle House, an abandoned cabin on the grounds that had not been inhabited for many years, set apart by the other nearby, fully-restored cabins. In encountering this site, Dorian connected with the idea of isolation as a catalyst for disrepair. She came to understand how separation could trigger a fear of losing self-awareness and the inability to escape.  INVASIVA is a document of the artist meandering physically and mentally between two forms of confinement: "mandated" and "self-imposed". Like an abandoned house, the composition is filled with a stillness that seems both uninhabited and anticipatory. Gradual shifts in tone build an atmosphere of meditation, and droning notes are sustained like a deeply held breath. And yet, despite the fear of quiet isolation which permeates the piece, INVASIVA swells with slow respiration, revels in the wind, and echoes with gentle reminders of outside life.  The work is one that emulates a contemplative state which is constant threat—and perseveres.  Comprised of the recorded stillness within the Whittle House, and sounds captured in the office lobby of Dorian's breathing specialist in Los Angeles, INVASIVA is a quiet, ethereal triumph over suffocating loneliness. It is a piece that is filled with inhalation, anticipation, reflection,  exhalation, release—it is filled with air.

From the album REACTOR, out now: https://dorianwood.bandcamp.com/album/reactor Follow Dorian Wood: Instagram/Twitter: dorianwoodmusic Website: dorianwood.com Directed, recorded and edited by Graham Kolbeins on November 8, 2020 here for the end the healing mark of time the crashing waves of white indifference dissipating, honey dissipating, honey dissipating, honey gone and gone who’s the palace fire? are you the palace fire? are you the way? Song credits: "Honey" written and performed by Dorian Wood Copyright 2020 Why Are You Doing This Music (ASCAP) Recorded at Human Resources, Los Angeles, and at Maison Derriere, Los Angeles Mixed and mastered by Xavi Muñoz, Castellón, Spain Booking (Europe): joseluis@bornmusic.org Booking (U.S.): contact@dorianwood.com Press/inquiries: contact@dorianwood.com