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recently,
Performing new music
by leeward sands, for the opening of new work by Leah Koransky. Sunday, September 27, 5:30 pm.
at Confloptus Oakland (Winslow House Auxiliary Space). The space will be open to the public 4 - 7pm. 816 Alice Street, Oakland, CA.
new music.
+ LIGHTENING’S PRANKS EP (summer 2026)
Recorded in the Bay Area June 2025 - January 2026
Songs by Angela Berry (as Leeward Sands). Co-produced with Chris Cohen. Mixed and engineered by Chris Cohen and mastered by Thomas Muer.
With the generous musical support of Chris Cohen (bass, guitar, percussion, keys), Daniel Pearce (drums, percussion), Kash Killion (cello), Shaun O’Dell (alto saxophone), and Brett Goodroad (lute).
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IN THE PAST
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WRITING in Feral Fabric’s debut journal vol. 01 “Official Frills” (Spring 2020) and vol. 2 New Utopias “Cops are Kissing Under Clouds” (Fall 2020).
WORK from the platinum-palladium series exploring fortification, East of the Sun, will be published in the forthcoming book, “Platinum/Palladium Printing: A Step-by-Step Manual, Highlighting Artists and Their Creative Practice,” by Pradip Malde and Mike Ware for Focal Press & Routledge Taylor & Francis Group’s The Contemporary Practices in Alternative Process Photographyseries, focusing on “a variety of alternative, historical processes from the medium’s 180-year history.” First Edition December, 30th 2020.
THE DEVOLUTION DAYBOOKS, a project about the surreal reenactments, iterations and mutations of the real and fictionalized life of the 1925 U.S. court case commonly referred to as The Scopes Monkey Trial (ongoing).
AN ARTIST RESIDENCY AND VIDEO INSTALLATIONWalking The Strike of a Fissure at Eldfjallasafn / Volcano Museum, Stykkishólmur, Iceland (2018) exploring the geology of volcanoes and the physical, material, immaterial and spiritual cultures they produce. The project is inspired by the output and art collection of renowned volcanologist Haraldur Sigurðsson on view at his museum (Eldfajallasafn).
AND A RESEARCH RESIDENCY at Vatnasafn / Library of Water, Iceland (2017) to support writing on contemporary artist Roni Horn. Featured in the California College of the Arts Visual Studies Journal Sightlines.