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Bonding in Snuggle: Jamila Woods & D-Composed

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A video comic review of a sound healing experience presented at Kehrein Center for the Arts.

Image: A black and white image featuring the title of this comic in black type: "Bonding in snuggle"
Image: A black and white image featuring the title of this comic in black type: "Bonding in snuggle"
Image: A black and white video features black illustrations of attendees of a performance by Jamila Woods & D-Composed at Kehrein Center for the Arts. Video Captions: Once in the Kehrein Center for the Arts auditorium, you sense the audience cheering each other with similar expectations about the performance. Everyone gets comfortable and prepares for a very personal experience. Characters Dialogue: “Tall: Todos traen yoga mats Short: I don’t even have one?” Created by Carlos Matallana for Sixty Bilingual.

Image: A black illustration of a musician playing a sound bath goes in and out the frame for a vibrational effect. Video Captions: The quiet resonance of the crystal bowl grows steady and attunes us to similar frequencies. Chicago’s social thread  informs Jamila’s work,  it branches out, physically and creatively throughout collaborations and experiences shared in community spaces. D-composed, a chamber music collective that promotes and supports talented black musicians  serves as a canvas for Jamila’s ethereal voice. Created by Carlos Matallana for Sixty Bilingual.
Image: A green wave sways under a black illustration of three attendees on yoga mats in various positions coming in and out of the frame. Video Captions: Strings and vocals drive us to different places, where balmy aromas, deep reflections and gentle feelings are created. This collaboration creates a sound-bubble, where a music treat evolves into a healing retreat.  Chamber music and Yoga have this long history of solace for the mind, and spirit. This performance reveals an additional aspect, they enable connection among the audience. Characters Dialogue: “Tall: The same weekend of EXPO? Short: But in the Austin neighborhood.” Created by Carlos Matallana for Sixty Bilingual.

Image: A green wave sways under black illustrations of multiple attendees in different positions on the floor and ends with two characters conversing. Video Captions: We witness the intimacy of a message from Chicago’s South side to the West Side, and beyond, about Hermandad. Bonding in snuggle. D-Composed and Jamila remind us that the early steps of any revolution relies on whispering ideas with love. Characters Dialogue: “Tall: That was deep. Short: Solemnidad total.” Created by Carlos Matallana for Sixty Bilingual.
Carlos Matallana Portrait made by his teenage children Marcela and Samuel Matallana, 2021.

About the artist: Carlos Matallana’s (He/Him) illustration tool is ink/pen on paper, He relies on high contrast and its expressionism qualities. Like an anonymous quiet observant, he prefers to illustrate his characters from the back. He enjoys illustrating full body characters standing or in movement, revealing attitudes and feelings through posture or even clothing instead of facial expressions. He published the graphic novel Brea https://manualofviolence.org/ in 2018. Instagram @tropipunk

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