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William Franco and Miki Seifert have been collaborating on creating videos and installations
that examine contemporary social and political issues for 20 years. Their most recent installations have been: No Olvidado
/ Dont Forget Me, an altar installation for the over 2,300 who had died crossing the US-Mexico border, at the Stevenson
Blanche Gallery at the California Institute for the Arts, Valencia, CA; This Ruined Temple, a Butoh dance installation
contemplating the fleetingness of human endeavors, at In the Nursery the Armory Northwest, Pasadena, CA; and
For Whom the Bell Tolls, an interactive altar installation on capital punishment, at Without Alarm III
at the LAPD Police Museum, Los Angeles, CA.
William Franco, a filmmaker, installation artist, and Butoh dancer, has been making videos and films for over 15 years.
His work has been shown in museums, film festivals, and on television, including Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, Los
Angeles County Museum of Art, and on ARTE in Germany and France. In 2003, he discovered Butoh and has performed with Corpus
Delicti and Miki Seifert.
Miki Seifert is an accomplished dancer and installation artist. Trained in modern dance at the Martha Graham and Alvin
Ailey Studios in New York, she also studied ballet, jazz, contact improvisation, and Butoh. Her recent performances have been
at the Electric Lodge, Angels Gate, and Track 16. Her videos and installations have been shown at Washington Projects for
the Arts, Washington, D. C., Phoenix Art Museum, and Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego.
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