HRLA Studies Fall 2025 October Session by Star Feliz

HRLA Studies Fall 2025 October Session presents

SIRENS 

OCEANIC SONIC HAUNTOLOGIES

facilitated by Star Feliz

What is submerged always endures, often returning with a piercing sound. Sirens is a series on marine, sound, mythology, theory, and ritual across the primarily Black Atlantic. Through readings, presentations, conversations, and guided meditations, we’ll experiment with ideas of time and its relationship to suppressed lineages, endangered ecologies, and feminine performativity. 

OCT 12: WATER AS TIME

OCT 14: SEX AS WEAPON

OCT 21: MAGIC AS ECHO

6:30 – 9 pm

Suggested readings:

Week 1:The Sibyls: the First Prophetess’ of Mami (Wata):The Theft of African Prophecy by the Catholic Church by Mama Zogbe

Week 2:

Laugh of the Medusa by Hélèn Cixous

Uses of the Erotic by Audre Lorde

Week 3:

undrowned: Black Feminist Lessons from Marine Mammals by Alexis Pauline Gumbs (focus on chapter 3 + 7)

HRLA Studies –– Free of cost –– No RSVP –– Come share and take some home

Star Feliz is an artist originally from NYC currently based in LA. Their practice activates the intersections of spirit, ecology, and technology. Feliz works within sculpture, performance, installation, sound, and plant medicine to expand upon themes of hybridity, knowledge, and healing. They have exhibited, performed, and presented commissions nationally and internationally.

HRLA Studies, a series of free study sessions intended for skill sharing, thought provocation, collective learning and expansion of the commons. The sessions are free and open to everyone. This series is instigated by clara lópez menéndez