RAQUEL BELL - CV
Multimedia Artist: Paintings, Compositions, Films + Videos, Dance, Fiber-Arts, Video-Synthesis, Original Instruments
Current Projects:
ASTROLOGY BALLET - The Astrology Ballet (Dance Company/Workshops/Dance Films) The Astrology Ballet has been a way to explore the vastness of the cosmos in dance and in relationship to the human body. The wisdom of the I Ching, Shamanism, Ancient Egyptian Tarot, and Astrology inform the infinite possibilities of movement and inform the relationships of dancers to environments and to each other. Explorations typically culminate in live performances or experimental dance films (Los Angeles, CA)
GALECSTASY - Live Performance, Composition, Video-installation & Recording Duo with Primary Mystical Experience (Los Angeles, CA). Physical releases on LO Recordings (London, UK) + Mystery Circles (Las Vegas, NV) + Aural Canyon (Austin, TX)
ANIMAL BALLET - The Astrology Ballet production of a Dance-Film & Live Multimedia Performance event with original film and score by Galecstasy, live dancing, video-synthesizers, special effects & animation (Premiered in Marfa, TX for Marfa Open Arts Festival) - Winner Artist of the Year
LEAFBLOWER - Solo synthesizer compositions, experimental films and live performance. Physical releases on Umé Records (Tokyo, Japan) + Aural Canyon (Austin, TX)
CV SELECTIONS:
2025: AUTOMATA - in my renewal i reach for ekstasis: a butoh showcase - UFOOFU (Kane Abolafia, Jared Marshall, Raquel Bell) created an improvised/shamanic musical environment for Neoma Collective, a butoh dance company led by world renowned dancer, Josie J. - Neoma was formed from butoh workshops facilitated by Josie J at The Philosophical Research Society. The lighting design and visual projections were designed by Chris Soohoo. Three performances were held at Automata in historic Chinatown, Los Angeles, CA
2025: Hell In A Handbag Festival - Galecstasy Performance of ritual shamanic dance and music featuring Bell’s creation: The Bell Ball, a handmade instrument based on traditional basket weaving techniques - Los Angeles, CA
2024: CULTUREHUBLA - Galecstasy artist residency at The Reef building in Los Angeles. We filmed performance artist/dancer Valerie Mccann with night vision cameras and edited the movements into animation blocks to be used with software programs Resolume and OBS. 3 projectors were mapped to the CULTUREHUBLA studio walls. The final performance was attended by a live audience and simultaneously live-streamed to a wider audience. The performance included an interactive animation projection mapped around Mccann and a broadcast that included live video interwoven with the animation. Mccann’s recitation of text was manipulated through modular synthesis with additional sound design and effects. The residency specifically called for the use of technology to further artistic expression. - Los Angeles, CA
2024: Pieter Performance Space - “Heavenly Bodies” an Astrology Ballet dance workshop. Dancers find their place in the zodiac based on their individual astrological chart and explore profound truths of our solar system in practical ways for enriched embodiment, personal empowerment, and artistic expression - Los Angeles, CA
2024: ICOSA Collective - Presents the LEAFBLOWER Record “Dew Magic” for an audio installation September 16 - October 18 from sunrise to sunset in the gallery -Austin, TX
2024: LUCKY CAT LABS - Group Art Show in downtown Los Angeles featuring new work: Glimmersonica (Oil, Acrylic, Ink on 8’x4’ wood panel) -Los Angeles, CA
2024: 2220 Arts+ Archives & Late Breakfast - “Dew Magic” Record release celebration with three of my Experimental Films, Solo Performances & The Leafblower Orchestra with Shelley Burgon, Dustin Wong, Primary mystical Experience, No Translation -Los Angeles, CA
