HIPPY HOLY DAZE annual music and art holiday celebration curated by Kao Ra Zen, returns for its 8th incarnation! Featuring performances by artists of many disparate performance practices, Hippy Holy Daze has become an anticipated holiday tradition!
A gift to you from Watershed Art & Ecology, Kao Ra Zen, and his friends in the Chicagoland performance community: Yasmeen, Hobbyist, Kao Ra Zen, Spiderface, Devika Dhir, Gilded Waves, The Waffle King, Yuri Basho Lane, The Raw Offices.
Guest star appearances from Yuri Basho Lane, Rob Walker, Professor K (of the Ungovernables), Lotus, & Cochise Soulstar!!!
Kenya “Kao Ra Zen” Fulton is a Chicago-based rapper, spoken word poet, multimedia performance artist, video director, recording engineer, curator, photographer, and educator. Kao has performed and/or curated at venues such as the Museum of Contemporary Art, Symphony Center, DANK-Haus, Elastic Arts, Constellation, Alhambra Palace, Oliva Gallery, and Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago; in addition to performances and screenings in New York; Berlin, Germany; and turku, Finland. Kao earned his Associate in Fine Arts degree from Harold Washington College and then earned his BFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Much of Kao’s written, musical, and performance work addresses historical and contemporary societal concerns, existential matters, and promotes self expression, fostering community, and challenging oppressive systems and intolerant perspectives.