Save the Vaquita! is a multi-disciplinary thematic project focused on raising awareness of the world’s most critically endangered marine mammal, the vaquita porpoise.
Jonathan Saxon collaborated with artist Yoojin Oh to create a mini-zine about the vaquita porpoise. The zine is available for free to audience members in attendance at Save the Vaquita! performances.
The vaquita porpoise is also known as the desert porpoise because its habitat is in the warm waters of the Gulf of California along the coast of the Sonoran Desert. Jonathan Saxon collaborated with artist Makoto Hashigami to create this design. Stickers with this image are provided for free to those in attendance at Save the Vaquita! performances.
Learn about the plight of the vaquita by viewing this short film edited by Jonathan Saxon. The music in this film is from the 2023 VASTLab Experimental short film festival where Jonathan’s trio, Threadbare Aristocrats, performed a live improvised score in a special screening of the film.
Threadbare Aristocrats performing an improvised score to a film about the vaquita at the VASTLab Experimental short film festival (Los Angeles, CA 2023. Still image from Jonathan Saxon’s video footage of the performance.).
The short film about the vaquita edited by Jonathan Saxon was selected for a special screening at the Handbag Factory’s 2023 concert and film screening anniversary event (Los Angeles, CA).
Listen to music composed by Jonathan Saxon that incorporates field recordings of the vaquita porpoise.Jonathan performed a solo performance under the name Save the Vaquita! at the Wonder Valley Experimental music festival in April 2024 (Joshua Tree, CA. Photo courtesy of Wonder Valley Experimental & Phog Masheen).
Learn more about efforts to save the vaquita porpoise at the links below.
