tyson ayers- Lead Artist and Project Lead
Tyson has been creating musical sculptures, performance venues, and large scale art installations in the US, at Burning Man and around the world since 2006. Since 2010 he has been organizing, managing, and collaborating with the collective of artists, builders, performers, & technicians that are creating the Shrine of Sympathetic Resonance.
Leah Desjardins- Project Lead and Collaborating Artist
Leah has been part of the Sound Cave projects since 2017 with roles including creative design, fabrication and programming. Her first project was the Sound Cave Pyramid at Rainbow Serpent Festival in Australia in January 2017. She has taken part in every subsequent Sound Cave Project since then including Star Star Roadhouse, Chapel of the Chimes, Oregon Country Fair, Joshua Tree Music Festival, Lighting in a Bottle and Okeechobee Music Festival. Her role as the project co-lead and collaborating artist on the Shrine of Sympathetic Resonance was invaluable to the successful outcome of its creation and the entire crew.
Nicholas Christie- Engineer
Nicholas is an enthusiastic engineer, maker and designer taking delight in both the elegant and the absurd. He was part of the Dr. Brainlove build crew in 2014 and 2015, and lead/only artist for Wind Flute in 2017 (the least windy year on record).
Shannon Riley- Project Manager
Shannon Riley is an adventurous entrepreneur living in the Bay Area. She is the founder of Building 180, a women-run arts management, production, and curation agency for those who seek inspiration through art and design. She loves giving back to the community and inspiring confidence through building things with your hands! When in doubt remember sunshine and smiles are for free!!
Brent Bishop- Lighting Director/ Collaborating Artist
Brent Bishop is an LA-based director, animator, musician, and multimedia performance artists. His film work merges positivity and magical realism with archetypical themes and activism. His current project Just Sayin’! is a comedic PSA series featuring prominent comedians, actors, athletes, and public figures speaking out on current issues. Brent is a multi-instrumentalist and composer, and his music mixes vintage sounds like Gypsy Jazz, Delta blues, and Americana with rock, psychedelia, and other world sounds. He also has super hot dance moves.
Charline Formenty
Charline Formenty is an artist based in San Francisco, California. Originally from Paris, France, she caught the theater bug very early in life: began performing at the age of 3 and has not stopped since. Her stories are cut-and-paste montages assembled from art history and literature, observations of daily life and politics, and the vivid imagery and mythos of her dreams. She founded her first theater/dance company, Les Petites Portes, in 2000. After graduating from university Paris III and IESA Paris in 2008 she worked for DCA – Philippe Decouflé and Le Cirque du Soleil. In 2009 she moved to San Francisco and started freelancing as a designer/photographer for companies like Theatre of Yugen, Cirque Noir, Here and Now Dance Company, etc. She founded her own company, Carte Blanche, and created Ophelia at Fort Mason Center, le Garage and NOHspace (2013) and Femme Fatale at NOHspace, Ashby Stage and San Francisco International Arts Festival 2015. She worked for 6 years at SFJAZZ as a house manager and currently teaches dance-theater at the Lycée Français de San Francisco and is the Marketing Coordinator and Graphic Designer for Zaccho Dance Theatre.
Mike Brezinski
Mike Brezinski is a social worker and musician who lives in San Francisco. He often finds himself in improbable situations and honestly can’t get enough of it.
Ben Whelan- Master Rigger & Structures Lead
Rest of the crew will be added soon!