The Art of Busking with “Vaudevillian Extraordinaire”...

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The Art of Busking with “Vaudevillian Extraordinaire” @karlamilugo

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Performance artist Karla Mi Lugo (@karlamilugo) describes herself as many things: balloon portraitist, nonviolent piñata-maker, Billie Holiday impersonator and “vaudevillian extraordinaire.” Yet it’s her self-proclaimed identity as a busker that perhaps explains her art best.

“‘Busking’ comes from the Spanish word ‘buscar,’ which means ‘to seek,’” Karla explains. “You go out there seeking — most of the time money, because you need money to do anything — but also seeking truths, or seeking friends or seeking any kind of spiritual fulfillment.” She takes her art to the streets of San Francisco, Paris and other cities around the world, often playing accordion while singing and balancing on a circus ball, or serenading passersby with her handmade “whisholin” — a decorated cardboard violin played by miming and whistling. And it’s on the street where she finds inspiration from the shared community space.

“I’m longing for so much meaning in life, and also for connection and experience,” she says. “When I go out in the street, it’s undeniably going to happen if I open myself to what I will find.”

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