Zarah Cabañas
“Tune in and the rest will follow.”
Zarah at Space Acres!
Zarah Cabañas is a Video Artist and Consultant who loves bringing people together through meaningful experiences. Long-time collaborators have included The Roots, Dave Chappelle, New York University, Blue Man Group, and The Homestead School.
She is Co-Founder of Space Acres, a boutique studio nestled in the Catskill forests of New York. As video artist Lady Firefly, she specializes in live video performances, bringing her mood-expanding visuals to audiences of thousands in places like The Hollywood Bowl, Madison Square Garden, Radio City Music Hall, New Orleans Superdome, America’s Got Talent, and Lincoln Center. She has traveled the world bringing her fresh visuals and unique expression of video art to festivals, galleries, and underground events in Japan, Russia, Brazil, Spain etc, and is author of a widely circulated text by video artists around the world titled Respect Your VJ.
Zarah received her B.F.A. in Film and Television from NYU Tisch School of the Arts. At the heart of Zarah’s work is a love for spontaneity, musicality, and desire to keep learning. She is a published poet, a performing musician, and an avid traveler. Zarah has also spent much time refining her techniques as a World Champion Filipina eskrimador, and perfecting her formulas as a wildcrafting herbalist through her company Space Acres Botanicals.
When not adventuring with her lovely family, Zarah is hard at work on her music projects City and Forest, Pond Wave, and planning the next creative gathering at Space Acres.
