May 2020 Tucson, AZ Watercolors celebrating essential workers of the Sonoran Desert and the coronavirus pandemic. These paintings first appeared in ANTI/body, a site-specific collaboration between the University of Arizona’s Art+Feminism Collective and artist Natalie Brewster Nguyen, involving installation events in multiple locations around Tucson. The installations were viewable from a distance, on foot, or via car and bike. All were accompanied by a soundtrack.

I’ve moved my artwork site to www.KimiEiseleArtwork.com. View my original papercuttings (and purchase originals, prints, and notecards) there!

A short video about “In and Out of the Shadows,” by Emmett Williams of MissionMan Media. This film appears on “The Form Appears,” a collection of shorts about artists and their makings. A tribute to the Alaskan Yellow Cedar tree. Performed live in Sitka, Alaska, Nov. 11, 2015. Created and performed by Kimi Eisele, with assistance from Annika Ord. Music by Sarah Swong and AnnaLee Hirschi. Filmed by Emmet Williams. Created with support from the Rasmuson Foundation Artist Residency Program. Yellow cedar grows in coastal Southeast Alaska and British Columbia. In the last 100 years, the tree has been dying off due to climate change. … Read more

CREATOR | PERFORMER A dance-theatre production exploring the forests of the sky islands through dance, sound, text, and shadow. 2018 with Vicki Brown “The Forest Is the Moon in Slivers” was a theatrical dance production of a work-in-progress presented on Dec. 30, 2018 at the Scoundrel and Scamp Theatre by myself and musician Vicki Brown. It incorporated the following elements: The performance lasted ~45 minutes, followed by Q/A and conversation, and hot cocoa. Special thanks to the Arts Foundation of Tucson and Southern Arizona for supporting this work via a New Works grant and to Scoundrel & Scamp Theatre for hosting it. Stills from video by … Read more

CREATOR/PERFORMER A video/performance at the border wall. 2019/2020 in collaboration with Julius Schlosburg Part 1 Sentient: adj., able to perceive or feel things  In late September 2019, I organized a group of human animals to bring attention to new construction of border wall, just south of Lukeville, Arizona and east of Sonoyta, Mexico. The wall is a project of the Trump administration. On the US side of this section of wall is Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, a federally protected wilderness area and a UNESCO-recognized international biosphere reserve. The administration has waived state and federal laws—including the Endangered Species Act and the Clean Air Act—to … Read more