Gabriele Christian (they/them) is a San Francisco-based conceptual artist and descendent of stolen folk experimenting within somatic practices, language, performance composition, video production and community arts facilitation to locate and center BlaQ (Black and Queer) experience, vernaculars and aesthetics as wellsprings for radical futurity. Gabriel is currently a co-director of GRAVITY, and a founding member of Bay Area performance collectives and land projects RUPTURE, OYSTERKNIFE, and BlaQyard. They’ve presented and collaborated with NIC Kay, jose e. abad/fugitivity labs, LXS DXS, Sherwood Chen, Lenora Lee Dance, SAMMAY, Skywatchers, and more. They strive to excavate oral tradition and movement as conduits for urgent and equitable conversations around belonging, spirit, desirability, abundance, and care. This is Gabriele’s first project with MLD. ~ Instagram: @Gabriele.Mov