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Surgery is just over a week away. It’s starting to get super real. I’m so incredibly grateful for all the support and am humbly sharing again as surgery gets closer. The physical and financial toll this has already taken is a lot so if you’re able to help (Link in bio), or share, or even send prayers/energy/magick/etc, it would mean a lot. To be honest I’m pretty scared about the surgery and overwhelmed with the physical and financial logistics, but I’m also grateful to feel so much love and be able to have it so I can hopefully live a life in far less pain moving forward. I love you all very much!!!

ROPEBERRY IV
“Between despair & hope“

June 1st
at @mahallaberlin

with Ropeberry crew @cocokatsura @carmen_lafran @valentintszin
and special guests @louisfleischauer @operafication @bernhardhollinger @vii.x.xcvi @darkam_arcadia
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In the photo suspension performance by @operafication and @louisfleischauer
wings by @amf_korsets
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#butoh #shibari #shibariart #performance #liveperformance #photography #berlin #bondageart #butohandshibari #artistscollaboration #photographyperformance #photographyberlin #photographyart
#berlinphotographer #performancephotographer #suspension

ROPEBERRY IV
“Between despair & hope“

June 1st
at @mahallaberlin

with Ropeberry crew @cocokatsura @carmen_lafran @valentintszin
and special guests @louisfleischauer @operafication @bernhardhollinger @vii.x.xcvi @darkam_arcadia
.

In the photo suspension performance by @operafication and @louisfleischauer
wings by @amf_korsets
.
.

#butoh #shibari #shibariart #performance #liveperformance #photography #berlin #bondageart #butohandshibari #artistscollaboration #photographyperformance #photographyberlin #photographyart
#berlinphotographer #performancephotographer #suspension

ROPEBERRY IV
“Between despair & hope“

June 1st
at @mahallaberlin

with Ropeberry crew @cocokatsura @carmen_lafran @valentintszin
and special guests @louisfleischauer @operafication @bernhardhollinger @vii.x.xcvi @darkam_arcadia
.

In the photo suspension performance by @operafication and @louisfleischauer
wings by @amf_korsets
.
.

#butoh #shibari #shibariart #performance #liveperformance #photography #berlin #bondageart #butohandshibari #artistscollaboration #photographyperformance #photographyberlin #photographyart
#berlinphotographer #performancephotographer #suspension

ROPEBERRY IV
“Between despair & hope“

June 1st
at @mahallaberlin

with Ropeberry crew @cocokatsura @carmen_lafran @valentintszin
and special guests @louisfleischauer @operafication @bernhardhollinger @vii.x.xcvi @darkam_arcadia
.

In the photo suspension performance by @operafication and @louisfleischauer
wings by @amf_korsets
.
.

#butoh #shibari #shibariart #performance #liveperformance #photography #berlin #bondageart #butohandshibari #artistscollaboration #photographyperformance #photographyberlin #photographyart
#berlinphotographer #performancephotographer #suspension

ROPEBERRY IV
“Between despair & hope“

June 1st
at @mahallaberlin

with Ropeberry crew @cocokatsura @carmen_lafran @valentintszin
and special guests @louisfleischauer @operafication @bernhardhollinger @vii.x.xcvi @darkam_arcadia
.

In the photo suspension performance by @operafication and @louisfleischauer
wings by @amf_korsets
.
.

#butoh #shibari #shibariart #performance #liveperformance #photography #berlin #bondageart #butohandshibari #artistscollaboration #photographyperformance #photographyberlin #photographyart
#berlinphotographer #performancephotographer #suspension

ROPEBERRY IV
“Between despair & hope“

June 1st
at @mahallaberlin

with Ropeberry crew @cocokatsura @carmen_lafran @valentintszin
and special guests @louisfleischauer @operafication @bernhardhollinger @vii.x.xcvi @darkam_arcadia
.

In the photo suspension performance by @operafication and @louisfleischauer
wings by @amf_korsets
.
.

#butoh #shibari #shibariart #performance #liveperformance #photography #berlin #bondageart #butohandshibari #artistscollaboration #photographyperformance #photographyberlin #photographyart
#berlinphotographer #performancephotographer #suspension

Meet Walter, one of our most beloved Wildlings. 🐷✨
Walter’s story starts where so many do: a 4H project. For those unfamiliar, 4H programs have kids raise farm animals from babies… only for those animals to eventually go to market. Sometimes, those kids fall in love, and in a panic, they reach out for help. 💔
Luckily, Eilan from @avalonmicrosanctuary answered that call, and Walter found a foster family @operafication . But as Walter grew (as AGH pigs do!), city life just wasn’t cutting it anymore and that’s when we got the call.
We welcomed this big, intact, chaotic baby boy into our actual house while he waited to be neutered. He was a LOT. He was loud, he was mischievous, he turned our world upside down
and we wouldn’t change a single thing. 🏡🐽
Today, Walter lives his absolute best life in Pig Park alongside his best friend Javier. From a frantic rescue call to a lifetime of mud, snuggles, and sunshine.
We’re sharing Walter’s story today in honor of his stunning new photoshoot, captured beautifully by the incredibly talented @bethlilyredwood 📸🌿
Welcome to forever, Walter. You’ve always deserved it. 🩷
Ps… the music selection for this reel is Mariza (queen of fado music) singing about fate. 🥰

#Wildlings #WalterThePig #AGHPig #FarmAnimalSanctuary #PigSanctuary

Meet our Crew @operafication
Hilary Whitmore is an experienced body suspension practitioner and performance artist whose work bridges ritual, art, and agency. A dedicated reproductive justice advocate, she creates spaces that honor autonomy and embodied power. The HR Director for Best Studio Ever, she lives in Vancouver, Washington in her cute little witchy cottage with her two sweet dogs, Riley and Benny.

I finally asked. She said “Yes!”
After a lovely time in Portland with @operafication I knew it was time.

#engaged💍 #cellista X #operafication

Arrived with @azhyd and Izzie and doing the obligatory thing! Can’t wait to see my babes@operafication and @sarahszumba for #friendsgiving2025🍁❤️🍂

#cellista #pdxcarpet

Mictlan
A journey through the underworld
By @santasangrebodyrituals , Joa Helgesson @operabestia and @operafication
Mictlan is a threshold — a space between worlds, where the soul is tested and unmade.
Here, gods ask for fragments of you. The order of things unravels: wild beasts become guides, and shedding your human skin becomes a necessary rite.
Follow the path of a soul through the trials of the underworld — a journey of disintegration, where death clears the way for new life.
Rooted with one foot in the Western Requiem tradition, the music evokes that weightless state between the physical and the metaphysical — where the body hovers, as in body suspension, between worlds.
It then meets the rich, symbolic terrain of the Aztec underworld, where the dead are not forgotten, but guided, challenged, and transformed.
In this piece, opera and body suspension meet, merging the voices of the professional Opera singers @joahelgesson and @operafication and the violin of @5.string.theory with the blood offering of Santa Sangre Body Rituals (@kukulcanrituals & @darkam_arcadia )into an experimental ritual of passage at @bmxnet_e.vSound & noise by @isnt_vetra @xfechx
Camara by @photo_sociati and @odronatafpvYou can see the full video on our YouTube channel santasangrebodyrituals #santasangrebodyrituals #kukulcanrituals #betorea #hooks #bodysuspension #bodysuspension #bodysuspension #bodysuspensionberlin #operasuspension #performance #mictlán #mictlanopera #mictlanjourney #bodysuspensionperformance #suspensionperformance #operameetsuspension

It’s hard to believe it’s been eight years. Grief has no expiration date; it’s an emotion that morphs over time. Some days are easier, others feel like the wound is fresh. She was my home, and I miss her every single day. I love you, Mom!

weirdest throwback to touring my one woman show in the UK.
The post show weird came out
with my wife @operafication

#stuffedanimalsofinstagram #stuffedanimals #cellista #London #UK

Four days until the Opening!

Wrapping up final details before we install, and had the pleasure of listening to a piece composed by @zemblanomica with vocals by @operafication.

Thank you @operafication for introducing me with folks you've connected with over the years! One of the most gratifying parts of curating has been talking with artists, and watching how the web of connections unfolds.

Join us to at the opening reception of Bleed Like Me on 9/6 from 6:00 pm until 9:00 pm at the 465 Collective on 465 South Van Ness Ave. and see more work by @drigboy, @zemblanomica and @operafication!

Through photography, performance, sculpture and video, this eclectic group exhibition tells the stories of practitioners, artists, participants and communities who use radical ways of witnessing our bodies as a canvas and material to experience connection, joy, ecstasy, and altered states of consciousness.

RSVP on Eventbrite!
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1603965015539?aff=oddtdtcreator

Late night witchy shenanigans with @habbanerotattoo !!! 🩸🩸🩸

Late night witchy shenanigans with @habbanerotattoo !!! 🩸🩸🩸

Late night witchy shenanigans with @habbanerotattoo !!! 🩸🩸🩸