Perpetual Chrysalis: A Fundraiser Benefit for thai lu
Murmurs will be hosting a fundraiser benefit to support artist, community organizer and disability activist thai Lu. The fundraiser event will be a day comprised of 8+ artist performances, music performances and DJ sets, as well as various specialty food and drink offerings. In addition to the live event, we will be hosting an art auction with works from over 30 artists worldwide.
thai Lu is a chronically ill, disabled, autistic, and gender-divergent Vietnamese American from a family of refugees. thai works at the intersections of social, cultural, and physical effects of chronic illness, Southeast Asian diaspora, post-war intergenerational suffering, and the concept of metamorphosis.
thai is a cancer survivor with multiple chronic illnesses that do not allow them to safely receive vaccination for Covid and other viruses. They are severely immunocompromised with chronic skin infections that require expensive medical dressings. Their immune system has been too susceptible to risk seeing doctors, therapists, or specialists in-person, or receive any consistent hands-on treatment. Their care, including home care, physical therapy, and other treatments have been on hold since the start of the pandemic, leaving them bedbound for five years to fend for themselves however possible, usually through continuous crowd-funding efforts online.