Ethnographic art, autobiographical archive, activism, scholarship, pioneering praxis
Author, Performance Artist, Ritualist
For the last 10 years I have been archiving a prolific output of creative response to the unique lived experience of being a spiritually gifted young woman in the wake of crisis due to generational trauma and broken institutions.
As the daughter of a Vietnamese American refugee my gifts were awakened following the tragic loss of my brother to police brutality.
The journey that followed brought me around the world and to places I’d never dreamt I’d experience.
For ten years I’ve conducted investigations into these institutions and systems, their histories and the many cultural traditions of those they’ve impacted.
I’ve found profound depth and power in the people I’ve encountered in a radical search for ailments to a spiritual malady shared by many.
In my darkest hours and most perplexing moments, it has always been Joy that saves and sees me through.
My work consists of memoir writing, creative non-fiction, poetry; performance; improvisational arts; dance; meditative arts; ritual; visual art; immersive experience; and my favorite, channeling live musical events and free styling new and original lyrics and melodies in solo or ensemble configurations.
My life is my peace activism and prayer.
Savannah Smith 