working title No. 5
A pilgrimage through sacred spaces, profane realities, and everything in between!
exhibition of experimental art+music
MAY 28 - 30, 2026, 6:00 – 9:00 PM → ST. PAUL’S EPISCOPAL CATHEDRAL
Project [BLANK]’s annual exhibition returns to close the season with a festival of innovative local art and music. Our diverse lineup of transborder artists will fill the soaring gothic halls of St. Paul’s Cathedral with bold visual art, multimedia installations, performance art, and live experimental music. This year’s WORKING TITLE fills the soaring gothic halls of St. Paul’s Cathedral with bold visual art, multimedia installations, performance art, and live experimental music from a diverse group of transborder artists.
This year, WORKING TITLE centers on the theme of Sanctuary. What defines a sacred or protected space? What boundaries—physical, social, spiritual—are drawn to offer refuge to those under threat? We invite artists to submit works that engage with sanctuary as a personal experience, a collective practice, an architectural condition, or a political act of resistance.
Anchoring the event is the world premiere of a major new work by San Diego composer Michelle Lou, Excerpts from the Office of the Dead, a mind-melting composition for voices, tubas, pipe organ, and electronics surrounded by three days of new works, installations, and thought-provoking performances from some of the most exciting creative voices in Southern California, Tijuana, and Baja California.
The exhibition is curated by sculptor Diana Benavídez and Artistic Director Leslie Ann Leytham, and artist submissions will be reviewed by a panel of artists: Alessandra Moctezuma, Alvaro Díaz, Cat Gunn, and Luisa Martínez.
PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE
THURSDAY, MAy 28
Duo Lingua: Love as Sanctuary, voice, trumpet, electronics
7:00 PM:
Dia Bassett, Jessica Rabanzo-Flores, Demetrius Antuna: Datura, dance, video projection, & playback
7:30 PM:
Michelle Lou: Excerpts from the Office of the Dead (world premiere)
Gabriel Arrequi (pipe organ), Jonathan Nussman (voice), Leslie Ann Leytham (voice), Mattie Barbier (brass), Jonathan Piper (Tuba)
8:00 PM:
FRIDAY, MAY 29
Melissa Achten: HEART SCENES by Marguerite Brown for harp & electronics
7:00 PM:
Don Nichols: Our Intention Driven Anomalies: Copper Tunnels, circuit-bent omnichord
7:30 PM:
Michelle Lou: Excerpts from the Office of the Dead (world premiere)
Gabriel Arrequi (pipe organ), Jonathan Nussman (voice), Leslie Ann Leytham (voice), Mattie Barbier (brass), Jonathan Piper (Tuba)
8:00 PM:
SATURDAY, MAY 30
William Kuo & Julia Anne Cordani: : out of : away : off, for mouth, microphone, loudspeakers
7:00 PM:
Anqi Liu: Sanctuary for a Vanishing Sound, choor khuur & electronics
7:30 PM:
Michelle Lou: Excerpts from the Office of the Dead (world premiere)
Gabriel Arrequi (pipe organ), Jonathan Nussman (voice), Leslie Ann Leytham (voice), Mattie Barbier (brass), Jonathan Piper (Tuba)
8:00 PM:
INSTALLED
WORKS
Angie Jennings: Painted Futures, Performance Art
April Rose: Home Altar, Mixed media sculpture
Armando de la Torre: La Casita, Mixed Media Sculpture, Performance, Video, Sound, Water defender
Carolina Montejo: Dimensions, Video
Claudia Cano: ¿Dónde está Rosa?, Mixed Media Sculpture
Frankie Martin: Angel of Uncertainty, Performance Art
Jaime Leynes: Nuestra Señora de Lakwatsa, Mahal na Birhen ng Lamyerda, Mixed Media Sculpture
Joseph Bourdeau & Ilana Waniuk: Tent, Mixed Media Sculpture
Leila Khalilzadeh Aghdami: Temporary Shelter, Video
Maddie Butler & Joe Cantrell: Retreats, Mixed Media Sculpture
Matthew Hebert: Home Light and Space Depot, Mixed Media Sculpture
Shar Garcia: Behind your fence, Mixed Media Sculpture
Tasia Paulson: Spirits in Waiting, Sculpture
Yerbamala Taller de Arte y Gráfica: Refugio (Shelter),Mixed Media Sculpture
artists
ANGIE JENNINGS
ANQI LIU
music performance
performance art
carolina montejo
claudia cano
video art
sculpture
dance performance
music performance
joe cantrell
jonathan nussman
sculpture
music performance
JONATHAN Piper
julia anne cordani
sculpture
music performance
matthew hebert
mattie barbier
sculpture
music performance
melissa achten
michelle lou
music performance
music performance
waniuk+
bourdeau
william kuo
music performance
sculpture
ARMANDO DE LA TORRE
APRIL ROSE
sculpture
sculpture
don nichols
DIA BASSETT
FRANKIE MARTIN
DUO LINGUA
music performance
performance art
JAIME LEYNES
gabriel arregui
sculpture
music performance
music performance
music performance
leslie ann leytham
Leila K Aghdami
music performance
video
marguerite brown
maddie butler
TASIA PAULSON
shar garcia
sculpture
sculpture
yerbamala Art Collective
sculpture
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