Artists
shiloh and Polly
shiloh burton believes that passion is not possession or control, but recognition, the kind of recognition where one really sees and truly feels seen. Together, in partnership with her community, shiloh’s photographic storytelling makes ignored, denied or disregarded experiences visible. shiloh burton’s photography is about speaking up and out about life experiences, as well as beautifully random fantastic possibilities by sharing conversations, dialogues and ideas in the hopes of communicating with each other in imaginatively expansive ways. She states, “I have a tendency to hold conflicting or contradictory states of beings simultaneously. I think of myself as a literal dreamer where prose and science mingle and mate. Intuition, trust and integrity lead me along my path as an artist, photographer, educator and lover. While I strove for social justice, I live my life passionately and persistently. Change doesn’t happen immediately, but power pivots on perception. For me, photographer is about the exchange of ideas and the power of art to significantly affect people’s preconceived notions. I try not to shout anymore, most times I whisper.”
(http://www.shilohburton.com)
Polly Moller enjoys a multi-faceted career as a performance artist, composer, improviser, chamber musician and avant-garde flute player. Since 1995, she’s recorded three solo albums and performed in diverse venues all over the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond. Her recent performances include a Late-Night Cabaret at the National Flute Association’s annual convention, plus concerts at San Francisco’s Luggage Store Gallery, the Big Sur Experimental Music Festival and the Woodstockhausen Festival. Her gateway performance art workshop, “You May Already Be a Performance Artist” has been presented at the Flute Festival Mid-South. Her flute quartet, Remove Before Flight, was commissioned by the Hiller Aviation Museum and premiered in October 2005. Her spoken word and electronica work, Cold Blood, was selected for the 2005 60x60 Project presented by the Vox Novus Collective. Polly Moller has been awarded grants by the American Composers Forum Subito Program, the American Composers Community Partners Program, and the National Foundation for the Advancement in the Arts. Her recordings have been released on Albany Records, Pax Recordings, Mindspore Records and Silver Wheel Music. She is currently recording her fourth album of original work, Not Made of Stone.
On their pairing:
We are defined by the stories we tell. Or imagine. We make up who we are when we say who we are – perception, personal or collective, is constantly shifting. shiloh and Polly are two artists who enjoy the seduction of the role play. shiloh: “The body’s surface… is a map where social and sexual distinctions may be articulated or decoded.” Polly: Imagine “… two lovers, having flirted online, meet in person only to find one falls in love at first sight, and the other feels nothing.” Relationships are a game of memory and narration, and in Polly and shiloh’s hands, gender, desire, fantasy and seduction are pawns.