Choi reflects, "Coming out of Covid, and entering this new phase of my life - I'm in my 40s now - I was thinking, 'What kind of work do we want to do? Do we really want to just work for corporations?' That was never the intention of this group."
"We had super-scrappy Magik 1.0, where everybody got paid $50 and a slice of pizza to do a cool show with the Dodos. And then we grew up out of that and financially became more secure, but artistically it's been a bit more corporate," Choi explains.
Choi is optimistic about future directions: "So I see this as Magik 3.0 - how can we combine these in a way that lets us go back to collaborating with up-and-coming independent artists?"
"The Aug. 16 shows will be their first foray into this new chapter, and also a bit of an experiment," says Choi, highlighting their innovative approach to performances.
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